Updated: Mar 10th, 2026 The Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) Fact Check unit on Tuesday dismissed as fake a viral claim on social media that India had shared the location of an Iranian naval ship with Israel, reportedly based on an AI-generated video of Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi that was widely circulated by Pakistani...
Updated: Mar 10th, 2026 American artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the administration of former US President Donald Trump, challenging a government decision that labeled the company as a “supply chain risk”, as per reports. The lawsuit was reportedly filed in a federal court in California on Monday. Anthropic says the decision...
Updated: Mar 10th, 2026 Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has criticised the United States and Israel over recent strikes on Iran, calling the military campaign an ‘Operation Epic Mistake’ as tensions escalate in the ongoing Iran–Israel conflict. In a post on X, Araghchi warned that oil prices have surged and global commodities are rising sharply...
Updated: Mar 10th, 2026 The death toll from a massive garbage avalanche at Indonesia’s largest landfill rose to seven, the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office said on Tuesday. The search and rescue operation ended around midnight on Monday after the last victim was found at the Bantar Gebang waste processing site. “With all victims found...
US President Donald Trump said the United States and Israel were “winning very decisively” in the ongoing military campaign against Iran and suggested the conflict could end within days, as he defended the scale of recent strikes and warned Tehran against threatening global energy supplies. Speaking at a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami,...
Updated: Mar 10th, 2026 The first two days of US military strikes on Iran cost about $5.6 billion in munitions alone, according to a report by The Washington Post, underscoring the enormous financial cost of the conflict even as President Donald Trump suggests the war could end soon. The estimate, based on information shared with...
Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 The Human Rights Watch, a global watchdog, has claimed that the Israel Defence Forces used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over residential areas in southern Lebanon as hostilities in West Asia continue to intensify. The rights group claimed in a statement on Thursday that it had verified evidence suggesting that white phosphorus...
Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 Turkey reportedly said on Monday that NATO air defence systems intercepted a second ballistic missile fired from Iran after it entered Turkish airspace, warning that Ankara would take all necessary steps against threats to its territory. The Turkish Ministry of National Defence said in a statement that the missile was shot...
Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva reportedly has cautioned that escalating tensions in the Middle East could trigger fresh inflationary pressures worldwide if energy prices remain elevated for an extended period. Speaking at a symposium hosted by Japan’s finance ministry on Monday, Georgieva said the global economy was once again...
Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and owner of X, has reacted to the recent suicide of two college students in a temple washroom in Surat, after police said the victims had searched for information about suicide methods using ChatGPT. Responding to reports about the incident, Musk posted a brief...