New Zealand’s largest-ever drug bust has revived focus on Baltej Singh, the nephew of Satwant Singh — one of the two bodyguards involved in the assassination of late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 — highlighting a complex intersection of “international crime, historical legacy and legal complexity”, a report said on Monday. Citing a...
Updated: Mar 30th, 2026 The Union Home Ministry of India has launched a major crackdown on rising digital arrest and investment scams, blocking thousands of online accounts and mobile connections used by cybercriminals, as per reports. The cyber wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), has blocked 3,962...
Updated: Mar 30th, 2026 A new study published in Science journal has found that human reproduction in space could be difficult because microgravity and cosmic radiation may affect fertility. Scientists discovered that sperm struggle to move in zero gravity, which could reduce the chances of pregnancy. The research titled, ‘Human sperm navigation is impaired in...
Updated: Mar 30th, 2026 Scientists have discovered new details about a 2,000-year-old supernova with the help of a NASA mission. The study focused on a supernova remnant called RCW 86, observed by astronomers for years. Earlier observations by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory showed that RCW 86 is surrounded by a large, low-density cavity. This space...
Updated: Mar 30th, 2026 Iran’s heavy water production plant at Khondab, located in central Iran, has been severely damaged and is no longer operational, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. “Based on independent analysis of satellite imagery and knowledge of the installation, the IAEA has confirmed the heavy water production plant at Khondab, which...
Updated: Mar 29th, 2026 Iran on Saturday accused two US Navy officers of carrying out a missile strike on a school in Minab that it said killed around 175 people, as a US military review indicated the attack may have resulted from an intelligence error. Iran’s embassies in several countries shared images of two officers,...
Updated: Mar 29th, 2026 Image: KitKat website Swiss food major Nestlé has reported the theft of a large consignment of its popular KitKat bars in Europe, which is likely to disrupt supplies ahead of the Easter season, as per reports. In a statement, the company reportedly said a truck carrying 4,13,793 units of its newly...
The residence of Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, was reportedly targeted in an attack in the northern city of Duhok on Saturday, causing damage but no casualties, officials said. A regional government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, reportedly said the residence was unoccupied at the time of the incident. As per...
Updated: Mar 29th, 2026 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly proposed a set of measures to strengthen digital payment security under its Payments Vision 2028 framework, including a shared liability model for unauthorised transactions and expansion of user-controlled features. Under the proposed framework, the responsibility for unauthorised digital transactions will be shared between...
Updated: Mar 29th, 2026 Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed its air defence has struck a US F-16 Fighting Falcon and an MQ-9 Reaper drone in the country’s southern airspace. Making the announcement in a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the US fighter jet and drone were hit...