Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services experienced a widespread outage across India on Thursday evening, disrupting digital transactions for thousands of users and causing chaos for businesses reliant on cashless payments. This marks the fourth major UPI disruption in 2025, raising concerns about the reliability of the nation’s most widely used payment platform. The issue began around 7:45 PM, with users...
Urgent Security Alert for Apple Users: Government Warns of Critical Device Vulnerabilities
Apple users in India have been issued a serious security warning by the central government, urging them to immediately update their devices. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has detected multiple critical vulnerabilities in Apple products and classified the alert as high severity. The advisory, catalogued as CIVN-2025-0163, points out serious...
Kapil Sharma’s Kap’s Cafe Attacked Again in Surrey, Gunfire Reported for Second Time in a Month
In a shocking recurrence, Indian comedian and actor Kapil Sharma’s café in Surrey, Canada — Kap’s Cafe — has been attacked again, marking the second armed assault in less than a month. The latest incident unfolded on Thursday morning at the cafe located near 85 Avenue and Scott Road. Reports indicate that multiple bullets were fired, resulting in at least...
Is dark matter a mirror of our universe? Physicists explore ‘mirror matter’ theory
Updated: Aug 7th, 2025 Representative image: Dark matter A compelling theory in particle physics is gaining renewed attention– What if the universe has a hidden twin, a mirror world that could hold the key to one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: dark matter? In the study published on July 8 called ‘Dark matter from quasi–de Sitter horizons’ by author Stefano Profumo...
Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir to visit US for second time in two months
Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir will be travelling to the US for the second time after his first meeting with President Donald Trump in June. This will mark Munir’s second official US trip since the April 22 terror attack on Indian tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 civilians dead. The Resistance Front, an offshoot of Pakistan-based terror...
Putin to Visit India Amid Rising Tensions Over US Tariffs
In a major geopolitical development, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India soon, at a time when New Delhi is facing increasing pressure from the United States over steep trade tariffs. The visit, which is anticipated to strengthen India-Russia ties, comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government pushes back against what it views as unfair tariff impositions by...
Rishabh Pant Ruled Out of Asia Cup and West Indies Tests Due to Toe Injury: Big Blow for Team India
Team India has been dealt a significant blow ahead of the Asia Cup 2025 and the upcoming Test series against the West Indies, as star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is set to miss both events due to a toe injury. Pant sustained the injury during the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England in Manchester, where a sharp delivery from...
Gujarat Police raids illegal call centre in Hansol duping US citizens, two nabbed
The Gujarat Police have effectively dismantled an illegal call center located in the Hansol area of Ahmedabad, which was targeting American citizens through a fraudulent loan scheme. This operation has received commendation from the United States (US), underscoring the increasing collaboration between Indian and American law enforcement agencies in addressing cybercrime. In response to this development, the US Embassy in...
Rahul Gandhi Accuses EC-BJP Nexus of ‘Vote Chori’ in Lok Sabha Elections; Cites Over 1 Lakh Duplicate Voters in Karnataka
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made serious allegations of voter fraud in the recently held 2024 Lok Sabha elections, claiming that the Election Commission of India (ECI) colluded with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to manipulate the results. Speaking at a press conference held at Indira Bhawan in Delhi, the Leader of Opposition stated that the Congress party’s suspicions were...
6-year-old Indian girl in Ireland punched on face, private parts in another racial attack
In a third incident of racial violence against Indians in Ireland this month, a six-year-old Indian girl was brutally attacked on Monday in Waterford, as reported by local media. Nia Naveen, the daughter of Anupa Achuthan and KS Naveen from Kerala, was allegedly punched in the face, struck in her private areas with a bicycle, and hit on the neck....