Speed climber Jake Whisenant dies in Sierra Nevada fall
Record-breaking speed climber Jake Whisenant, 30, died on August 3 after a fall in the Sierra Nevada. The Tulare County Coroner ruled his death an accident caused by blunt force trauma, the…
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North Dakota mother slits throats of 3 children, 2 dead
Kailey Erhart, 22, allegedly slashed the throats of her three children in Mandan, North Dakota, on August 6, killing her two daughters aged 3 and 5 months, and critically injuring her 1-year-old…
Mecca defence pact seen as setback for India
On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the 'Makkah Joint Defence Agreement', declaring that an armed attack on any one member would be considered an attack on all. The pact,…
Meta launches Muse Glimmer, Zuckerberg urges US to ease AI curbs
Meta on Monday released Muse Glimmer, a compact open-weight AI model designed for agentic tasks that can run on a Mac or PC with a single graphics card. The 30-billion-parameter model is…
Q1 results: Bharat Forge shares plunge, Zee profit falls 47%
Over 250 companies reported Q1FY27 earnings on August 10, with mixed results. Zee Entertainment's profit fell 47%. Bharat Forge shares tanked after reporting a quarterly loss. Hindustan Copper posted standalone PAT of…
Extradition of Sheikh Hasina raised in India-Bangladesh envoy meet
India’s envoy to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, has returned to Delhi to brief the Prime Minister’s Office and external affairs ministry after a meeting with Bangladesh’s interim government. The meeting reportedly included a…
Bin Laden’s chosen 9/11 hijacker nearly missed plot
NDTV reports that one of the 19 hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks, hand-picked by Osama bin Laden, nearly got dropped from the plan after arriving in the United States in…
Pakistan’s Kashmir narrative collapses under PoK uprising
NDTV reports that Pakistan's long-running effort to internationalise the Kashmir issue is now unravelling. The uprising in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has exposed the contradictions in Islamabad's narrative. For decades, Pakistan presented itself…
Brazil central bank proposes 24-hour holds on crypto transfers
Brazil's central bank has proposed rules that would let it order virtual asset service providers to hold certain crypto transfers for up to 24 hours before execution. The measure targets transfers to…
35th New York International Bengali Book Fair opens in US
The 35th New York International Bengali Book Fair 2026 opened on Friday at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in New York, drawing writers, publishers, artists and Bengali-speaking communities from across North America.…
