YouTuber Booked for Falsely Linking Teacher to Mumbai Mayor's Husband

A YouTuber has been booked after falsely portraying a teacher as the husband of Mumbai's mayor in an online video. An FIR has been filed in connection with the misleading content. The video included personal details about the teacher, such as their name, education, profession, religion, hobbies, and family background. These details were presented alongside visuals that falsely linked the individual to the mayor's husband. The case highlights growing concerns over the spread of misinformation through social media platforms.

Russia Plans Large-Scale Strikes on Ukraine Energy Infrastructure Amid Escalating Conflict

Russia has announced plans to launch massive strikes targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure as tensions between the two nations continue to escalate. The announcement follows a deadly attack in Bucha that claimed 37 lives. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy criticized what he described as negligent ammunition storage practices in the wake of recent strikes. Both sides have been trading aerial attacks, with civilian areas and critical infrastructure bearing the brunt of the ongoing conflict. The escalating campaign has pushed the region deeper into crisis, with no signs of de-escalation in sight.

Wearable Neck Fans Gain Popularity in European Offices Amid Heatwave

A severe heatwave across Europe has prompted businesses to seek innovative cooling solutions for their workplaces. Wearable neck fans have emerged as a favored option due to their energy efficiency and ability to cool workers directly. A recent analysis found that these devices are comparable to desk fans in maintaining employee comfort. They are being seen as a cost-effective alternative to conventional air conditioning systems.

TaMo rides 3x EV bookings into festive season

Indian Railways revises timings of 2 Vande Bharat Express trains: Check new schedule

NASA Tests GPS-Free Satellite Navigation System Using Orbital Objects as Beacons

NASA has successfully tested a new navigation system called FALCON, designed to allow satellites to determine their position without relying on GPS. The system works by using other spacecraft and orbital debris as reference points for navigation. During a three-day test, FALCON autonomously refined the known orbits of over 200 space objects. Simultaneously, the system accurately calculated the position of NASA's Starling spacecraft. The development marks a significant step toward independent satellite navigation in increasingly congested orbital environments.

Texas community rallies to send 100 cards to WWII veteran on 100th birthday

Weldon Kenneth Bowen, a 100-year-old Marine Corps veteran from Texas, is being honored with a special birthday card campaign. The Texas Veterans Land Board has called on members of the public to send him 100 birthday cards to mark the milestone. Bowen served during the final months of World War II and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for his service. The initiative aims to celebrate both his extraordinary life and his dedication to the country.

pdf-lib's default fonts silently drop non-Latin characters from generated PDFs

A developer discovered that pdf-lib, a popular Node.js PDF generation library, silently deletes non-Western characters such as Polish or Czech letters when using its built-in standard fonts. The default fonts rely on WinAnsi (Windows-1252) encoding, which only covers Western European Latin characters, leaving names like Łódź truncated without any error or log warning. A common workaround of stripping unsupported characters to prevent crashes makes the problem worse, as it causes data loss that is invisible in logs and only detectable by visually inspecting the output. The fix is to embed a TrueType or OpenType font using pdf-lib's fontkit plugin, which supports the full Unicode range. Developers are also advised to enable font subsetting to keep file sizes small and to cache font file reads in serverless environments to reduce latency.

Jharkhand on high alert over swine flu

Why HTML Emails Break and How Developers Should Handle Images

HTML emails behave differently from web pages because once sent, they enter email clients that may block remote images, rewrite markup, or alter colors for dark mode. Unlike a web page, an email is a delivered document outside the sender's control, making remote image references an unreliable contract. Developers are advised to classify email visuals as critical, decorative, or essential before choosing an embedding strategy, rather than applying a blanket rule. Critical visuals should be embedded inline using a content identifier, while essential information like deadlines or warnings should always be expressed as real text rather than stored inside images. A sample implementation using ASP.NET Core demonstrates how a resolver can load trusted local assets and fall back to remote URLs when needed.

Mumbai Man Allegedly Poisons Pregnant Girlfriend Over Infidelity Suspicion

A Mumbai man allegedly killed his girlfriend, identified as Vishnumaya, by giving her a poisoned soft drink. Police reports indicate the woman was approximately two to two-and-a-half months pregnant at the time of her death. The suspect reportedly acted out of suspicion that his partner had been unfaithful to him. Vishnumaya died after consuming the drink that had allegedly been tampered with by her boyfriend. Authorities are investigating the case following her death.

Researchers Map Earth's Longest Straight-Line Paths Over Water and Land

A 2018 study published on arXiv investigated the longest theoretically possible straight-line paths traversable entirely over water or entirely over land on Earth. Researchers applied computational and geometric methods to identify these extreme routes across the globe. The longest all-water path and the longest all-land path were calculated as part of the findings. The study attracted renewed attention on Hacker News, where it garnered community discussion. Such research highlights the intersection of geography, mathematics, and computational problem-solving.

Speeding SUV Kills 3 Siblings in Faridabad Hours After Rakhi Reunion

A family in Faridabad, Haryana, suffered a devastating tragedy when three siblings were killed by a speeding Fortuner SUV. The incident occurred shortly after the brothers and sisters had gathered to celebrate Raksha Bandhan together. What began as a joyous family reunion for the occasion quickly turned fatal within hours. The accident has left the surviving family members in shock following the festive gathering.

Yash's 'Toxic' Nears Rs 200 Crore India Net in First Five Days

Yash's latest film 'Toxic' has delivered a strong box office performance in its opening week. The movie crossed Rs 255 crore in worldwide gross collections within its first five days of release. Its India net collection is closing in on the Rs 200 crore mark. The film opened to a massive Rs 101.10 crore net on its first day alone. Steady daily collections in the days that followed have sustained its overall box office momentum.

Security Report Flags High Oracle Manipulation Risk in Hyperliquid's $6.5B Bridge

A DeFi security research team published a risk report on October 26, 2023, identifying critical vulnerabilities in the Hyperliquid Bridge, which holds over $6.54 billion in total value locked across Ethereum Mainnet and the Hyperliquid L2. The bridge's security model depends on a small set of authorized relayers to submit Merkle state roots, meaning a single compromised relayer key could allow submission of fraudulent withdrawal transactions. Researchers also noted that the bridge does not independently verify asset prices on-chain, instead trusting the L2's internal state, which introduces additional systemic risk. High-latency communication between Ethereum and Hyperliquid L2 was flagged as a further concern, as it creates windows for reorg-based manipulation if finality is not strictly enforced. The report assigned an overall risk score of 7.2 out of 10, classifying the findings as high severity and recommending a shift toward a more trustless architecture.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, steps up as East Zone captain in Duleep Trophy semifinal

Teenage cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi took over as East Zone's stand-in captain during their Duleep Trophy semifinal against Central Zone. The 15-year-old assumed leadership after regular captain Ishan Kishan was sidelined with a thumb injury. Sooryavanshi, who normally serves as vice-captain, had already caught attention with an impressive bowling performance in the quarter-final. East Zone made a solid start under his captaincy, reducing Central Zone to 81 for 3.

Developer launches 100+ free, client-side text and developer tools at ilovetexts.com

A developer has launched ilovetexts.com, a free suite of over 100 browser-based text utilities and developer tools built with privacy and speed as core priorities. The platform includes JSON formatters, Base64 encoders, regex testers, password generators, and text case converters, among others. All processing runs entirely in the user's browser using pure JavaScript, meaning no data is ever sent to a remote server. The site also supports offline use through Progressive Web App (PWA) technology and offers an embeddable, ad-free widget for use in blogs or documentation. The creator says new tools are being added weekly and is actively seeking user feedback.

Developer Builds Zero-Trust Security Layer for Multi-Agent AI Systems Using Gemini and HMAC

A developer created a security framework called the Fortified Enterprise Agent Fleet to address privilege escalation risks in multi-agent AI architectures, submitting it to Google's All Things Agentic Hackathon. The system uses zero-trust principles to ensure that permissions can only narrow — never expand — as tasks are delegated from an orchestrator agent down to specialized worker agents. A Blast-Radius Firewall intercepts each delegated task and assigns a risk score based on the severity of the requested action, blocking and quarantining unauthorized operations instantly. Every delegation event, whether approved or blocked, is cryptographically signed using HMAC-SHA256 to create tamper-evident audit logs that can detect post-hoc manipulation. The stack is built on Gemini 1.5 Flash, Google's Agent Development Kit, and Google Cloud Run.

Imam-ul-Haq doubtful for remainder of Lord's Test with calf injury

Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has sustained a left calf tear during the ongoing Lord's Test against England. While he has not been officially ruled out, sources indicate he requires approximately ten days of rest to recover. The injury makes it highly unlikely that he will take any further part in the current match. Pakistan are yet to make a formal announcement regarding his status for the remainder of the Test.

Zoho's Sridhar Vembu cautions against purely profit-driven economic models

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has raised concerns about the dangers of a society that prioritizes profit above all else, warning it could lead to dystopian outcomes. He argued that modern economics must account for preserving essential elements of human life, including nature and culture. Vembu also stressed that technology should serve as a means to strengthen society rather than purely drive financial returns. In his view, businesses carry a broader responsibility that goes well beyond generating profit.