<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reportedly indicated on China's willingness to recognise teh Taliban regime in Afghanistan. South China Morning Post has reported that Wang said China would recognise the regime ‘when conditions are ripe’. The Chinese foreign minister was talking at the end of two-day meeting organised to discussed Afghanistan affairs, said the report.</p>

<p>The meeting was organised in China's Anhui province and was attended by officials from the US, Russia and 'several countries neighbouring Afghanistan'.</p>

<p>After they captured power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have struggled to control the country. Though the regime remains the most prominent power centre in the country, the economy is in shambles and people are facing extreme poverty. Funds of the erstwhile Afghanistan governemnt have been frozen in banks in the West and the Taliban regime does not have full access to them.</p>

<p><strong>Watch | US cancels Doha meet after Taliban close school for girls</strong><br />
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<p>In such light Chinese support may prove to be vital for the regime. China, in return, appears likely to get a toehold in the strategic country rich in minerals.</p>

<p>“Afghanistan has been suffering from war for many years and has fallen behind the pace of world development. This situation should not continue,” said Wang as quoted by the SCMP</p>

<p>“Solving the above problems still requires unremitting efforts. It is believed that diplomatic recognition of the Afghan government will come when conditions are ripe that the concerns of all parties are given a stronger response,” he reportedly said further.</p>


Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reportedly indicated on China's willingness to recognise teh Taliban regime in Afghanistan. South China Morning Post has reported that Wang said China would recognise the regime ‘when conditions are ripe’.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reportedly indicated on China's willingness to recognise teh Taliban regime in Afghanistan. South China Morning Post has reported that Wang said China would recognise the regime ‘when conditions are ripe’. The Chinese foreign minister was talking at the end of two-day meeting organised to discussed Afghanistan affairs, said the report. The meeting was organised in China's Anhui province and was attended by officials from the US, Russia and 'several countries neighbouring Afghanistan'. After they captured power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have struggled to control the country. Though the regime remains the most prominent power centre in the country, the economy is in shambles and people are facing extreme poverty. Funds of the erstwhile Afghanistan governemnt have been frozen in banks in the West and the Taliban regime does not have full access to them. Watch | US cancels Doha meet after Taliban close school for girls × In such light Chinese support may prove to be vital for the regime. China, in return, appears likely to get a toehold in the strategic country rich in minerals. “Afghanistan has been suffering from war for many years and has fallen behind the pace of world development. This situation should not continue,” said Wang as quoted by the SCMP “Solving the above problems still requires unremitting efforts. It is believed that diplomatic recognition of the Afghan government will come when conditions are ripe that the concerns of all parties are given a stronger response,” he reportedly said further.

China will recognise Taliban regime ‘when conditions are ripe’: Report

<p>Certain memories are seared into physicians’ psyches. The chirp of the pager. Driving home half asleep in a postcall haze. The strangest objects found in human orifices (cockroach in the ear). The most hours we continuously stayed awake. Delivering our first baby, watching our first patient die. These are all rites of passage. I’ve found it’s easy to discuss the funny memories, but the disturbing ones are harder. Even with the closest of friends, recounting the tough moments feels like passing on a burden.</p>

<p>My shifts in the pediatric emergency room during my three-year residency training were a tour of human heartbreak for me: A 15-year-old needed a sexual assault kit. A 3-year-old tested positive for the dad’s meth. A man dipped his 6-year-old’s feet in boiling oil. I once had two children die within six hours of each other. After each death, I choked back the welling tears, picked up the next patient’s chart and soldiered into the next room. The culture of medicine discourages doctors like me from crying, sleeping or making mistakes. Worse, we can even be punished for seeking mental health care.</p>

<p>Even before the Covid pandemic, mental health issues were an occupational hazard for physicians. A systematic review and meta-analysis published in 2015 in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that roughly 29 percent of resident physicians experienced depression or depressive symptoms. For context, from 2013 to 2016, 8 percent of Americans age 20 or older had depression in any given two weeks. In a study published in August 2019, 16 percent of emergency physicians met the criteria for a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis. The pandemic seems to have made things worse: A survey conducted in the fall of 2020 and presented at the American Psychiatric Association suggested that as many as 36 percent of frontline physicians suffered from PTSD.</p>

<p>Doctors also have a high risk of death by suicide compared to many other professions. An estimated 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide in the United States every year — about a doctor a day. Last year officials at a hospital in New York confirmed that two doctors in its residency program killed themselves within months of each other.</p>

<p>Residency can consist of sleep deprivation, hunger, constantly being told you are not a good enough doctor and working a torturous 100-hour week, all while six figures in debt. Resident physicians routinely work on weekends and holidays, often with only four days off per month. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education regulations generally do not allow resident physicians to work more than 80 hours a week averaged over four weeks, but some residents feel that they must lie on their time sheets to avoid scrutiny.</p>

<p>The merciless culture of medical education can revel in publicly shaming students; the practice of peppering residents or medical students with rapid-fire questions in front of colleagues and patients is called pimping.</p>

<p>Despite the grueling experiences, the medical profession often stigmatizes physicians who seek mental health care and erects barriers to such care. As of last spring, medical boards in 37 U.S. states and territories asked questions that could require a doctor seeking licensure to disclose any mental health treatments or conditions. These questions can be intrusive and overly general.</p>

<p>Ticking those boxes can feel like risking everything we have worked toward over years. It could result in the medical board reviewing our personal medical records, possibly in psychiatric and drug testing and perhaps even in having our medical license reviewed, suspended or revoked, all under the guise of establishing our professional competence. The questions have a chilling effect on doctors. In a 2017 paper, nearly 40 percent of physicians reported being reluctant to seek mental health care because they worried it would jeopardize their chances of getting or renewing their medical licenses. In a 2016 survey of female physicians, close to half said they believed they had met the criteria for a mental illness but avoided care, in part for fear of licensing boards.</p>

<p>When physicians summon the courage to seek help, they might have to do so at the very hospital where they work and could be recognized by patients and colleagues.</p>

<p>Dr. Glen Gabbard, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, has dedicated much of his career to treating physicians. He explained why his physician patients struggle to admit that they need care: “You’re supposed to know everything in a life-threatening crisis. There isn’t room for self-doubt,” he said.</p>

<p>Dr. Gabbard noted that one way doctors reach out for help is through a “curbside consult.” A friend can stop you in the hospital cafeteria and ask for a quick prescription for Prozac. Not only are doctors terrible patients, but we are often crunched for time and can give fellow physicians awful care, too. According to Dr. Gabbard, these consults can be rushed, and some psychiatrists are too quick to rely on their colleagues’ medical knowledge.</p>

<p>This all has helped create an underground market of sorts for physician mental health care. An often unspoken rule: If you must seek mental health care, do it quietly. Find a therapist outside your city who documents only the bare minimum in your chart, pay with cash only, don’t let it be billed to your insurance company. Make sure there’s no paper trail.</p>

<p>As we enter the third year of the pandemic and creep toward one million dead Americans, it’s time for American health care to recognize the toll on its doctors and what it owes. The past two years have been characterized by violent attacks against doctors, accompanied by even longer hours, sicker patients, limited hazard pay and family sacrifices. A survey conducted in the second half of 2020 found that around one in five doctors was considering leaving their practice within two years. Perhaps the saddest part is that the doctors we are often losing are the very ones we need: the gentle ones who you want holding your mother’s hand, the thoughtful, meticulous ones who call you on their day off.</p>

<p>The quickest and easiest remedy to this problem is to eliminate the questions about physician mental health from state licensing applications and hospital credentialing forms. This would require a fundamental shift in paradigm for the medical community. Other solutions include more physician time off, comprehensive parental leave policies and adequate hazard pay.</p>

<p>A former colleague has told me it is ill advised for me to even write this essay. I can feel my palms sweating as I type. But I’d rather be the doctor who confesses all instead of the one who buries the memories of dead children in bottles of bourbon or syringes of fentanyl. This essay is not brave; it is foolish but necessary. It is time we collectively agree that physicians are worthy of the same compassion we give our patients.</p>

<p>We, as doctors, bear witness to humanity’s ugliest and most glorious moments, so it is only natural that we are deeply moved and sometimes disturbed by it all. Acknowledging this vulnerability isn’t weakness. It makes me a better doctor. It is what allows me to hold a patient’s hand under the fluorescent lighting of a sterile hospital in the middle of the night or stroke the congealed blood out of an infant’s lock of hair.</p>

<p>I do not have all the answers, but I can no longer watch my colleagues suffer. Doctors’ audacity to be human must outshine the medical institution’s cold, indifferent check box.</p>


Certain memories are seared into physicians’ psyches. The chirp of the pager. Driving home half asleep in a postcall haze. The strangest objects found in human orifices (cockroach in the ear).

Certain memories are seared into physicians’ psyches. The chirp of the pager. Driving home half asleep in a postcall haze. The strangest objects found in human orifices (cockroach in the ear). The most hours we continuously stayed awake. Delivering our first baby, watching our first patient die. These are all rites of passage. I’ve found it’s easy to discuss the funny memories, but the disturbing ones are harder. Even with the closest of friends, recounting the tough moments feels like passing on a burden. My shifts in the pediatric emergency room during my three-year residency training were a tour of human heartbreak for me: A 15-year-old needed a sexual assault kit. A 3-year-old tested positive for the dad’s meth. A man dipped his 6-year-old’s feet in boiling oil. I once had two children die within six hours of each other. After each death, I choked back the welling tears, picked up the next patient’s chart and soldiered into the next room. The culture of medicine discourages doctors like me from crying, sleeping or making mistakes. Worse, we can even be punished for seeking mental health care. Even before the Covid pandemic, mental health issues were an occupational hazard for physicians. A systematic review and meta-analysis published in 2015 in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that roughly 29 percent of resident physicians experienced depression or depressive symptoms. For context, from 2013 to 2016, 8 percent of Americans age 20 or older had depression in any given two weeks. In a study published in August 2019, 16 percent of emergency physicians met the criteria for a post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis. The pandemic seems to have made things worse: A survey conducted in the fall of 2020 and presented at the American Psychiatric Association suggested that as many as 36 percent of frontline physicians suffered from PTSD. Doctors also have a high risk of death by suicide compared to many other professions. An estimated 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide in the United States every year — about a doctor a day. Last year officials at a hospital in New York confirmed that two doctors in its residency program killed themselves within months of each other. Residency can consist of sleep deprivation, hunger, constantly being told you are not a good enough doctor and working a torturous 100-hour week, all while six figures in debt. Resident physicians routinely work on weekends and holidays, often with only four days off per month. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education regulations generally do not allow resident physicians to work more than 80 hours a week averaged over four weeks, but some residents feel that they must lie on their time sheets to avoid scrutiny. The merciless culture of medical education can revel in publicly shaming students; the practice of peppering residents or medical students with rapid-fire questions in front of colleagues and patients is called pimping. Despite the grueling experiences, the medical profession often stigmatizes physicians who seek mental health care and erects barriers to such care. As of last spring, medical boards in 37 U.S. states and territories asked questions that could require a doctor seeking licensure to disclose any mental health treatments or conditions. These questions can be intrusive and overly general. Ticking those boxes can feel like risking everything we have worked toward over years. It could result in the medical board reviewing our personal medical records, possibly in psychiatric and drug testing and perhaps even in having our medical license reviewed, suspended or revoked, all under the guise of establishing our professional competence. The questions have a chilling effect on doctors. In a 2017 paper, nearly 40 percent of physicians reported being reluctant to seek mental health care because they worried it would jeopardize their chances of getting or renewing their medical licenses. In a 2016 survey of female physicians, close to half said they believed they had met the criteria for a mental illness but avoided care, in part for fear of licensing boards. When physicians summon the courage to seek help, they might have to do so at the very hospital where they work and could be recognized by patients and colleagues. Dr. Glen Gabbard, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, has dedicated much of his career to treating physicians. He explained why his physician patients struggle to admit that they need care: “You’re supposed to know everything in a life-threatening crisis. There isn’t room for self-doubt,” he said. Dr. Gabbard noted that one way doctors reach out for help is through a “curbside consult.” A friend can stop you in the hospital cafeteria and ask for a quick prescription for Prozac. Not only are doctors terrible patients, but we are often crunched for time and can give fellow physicians awful care, too. According to Dr. Gabbard, these consults can be rushed, and some psychiatrists are too quick to rely on their colleagues’ medical knowledge. This all has helped create an underground market of sorts for physician mental health care. An often unspoken rule: If you must seek mental health care, do it quietly. Find a therapist outside your city who documents only the bare minimum in your chart, pay with cash only, don’t let it be billed to your insurance company. Make sure there’s no paper trail. As we enter the third year of the pandemic and creep toward one million dead Americans, it’s time for American health care to recognize the toll on its doctors and what it owes. The past two years have been characterized by violent attacks against doctors, accompanied by even longer hours, sicker patients, limited hazard pay and family sacrifices. A survey conducted in the second half of 2020 found that around one in five doctors was considering leaving their practice within two years. Perhaps the saddest part is that the doctors we are often losing are the very ones we need: the gentle ones who you want holding your mother’s hand, the thoughtful, meticulous ones who call you on their day off. The quickest and easiest remedy to this problem is to eliminate the questions about physician mental health from state licensing applications and hospital credentialing forms. This would require a fundamental shift in paradigm for the medical community. Other solutions include more physician time off, comprehensive parental leave policies and adequate hazard pay. A former colleague has told me it is ill advised for me to even write this essay. I can feel my palms sweating as I type. But I’d rather be the doctor who confesses all instead of the one who buries the memories of dead children in bottles of bourbon or syringes of fentanyl. This essay is not brave; it is foolish but necessary. It is time we collectively agree that physicians are worthy of the same compassion we give our patients. We, as doctors, bear witness to humanity’s ugliest and most glorious moments, so it is only natural that we are deeply moved and sometimes disturbed by it all. Acknowledging this vulnerability isn’t weakness. It makes me a better doctor. It is what allows me to hold a patient’s hand under the fluorescent lighting of a sterile hospital in the middle of the night or stroke the congealed blood out of an infant’s lock of hair. I do not have all the answers, but I can no longer watch my colleagues suffer. Doctors’ audacity to be human must outshine the medical institution’s cold, indifferent check box.

Why so many doctors treat their mental health in secret

<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (March 31) that foreign buyers must pay for Russian gas in Russian currency roubles from April 1. He said that contracts would be halted if these payments were not made.</p>

<p>"In order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open rouble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting from tomorrow," Putin said in televised remarks.</p>

<p>"If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either - that is, existing contracts will be stopped."</p>

<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-trying-to-reinforce-offensive-in-donbas-maintains-pressure-on-kyiv-nato-467184">Russia trying to reinforce offensive in Donbas; maintains pressure on Kyiv: NATO</a></strong></p>

<p>Europe is dependent on Russia for third of its natural gas supply. This gives Russia leverage to hit back against the Western sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of Ukraine invasion.</p>

<p>His decision to enforce rouble payments has boosted the Russian currency, which fell to historic lows after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on the Feb. 24 but has since recovered.</p>

<p>Western companies and governments have rejected the move as a breach of existing contracts, which are set in euros or dollars. France's economy minister said France and Germany were preparing for a possible scenario that Russian gas flows could be halted - something that would plunge Europe into a full-blown energy crisis.</p>

<p>An order signed by Putin set out a mechanism for buyers to transfer foreign currency to a special account at a Russian bank, which would then send roubles back to the foreign buyer to make payment for the gas.</p>

<p>He said the switch was meant to strengthen Russia's sovereignty, and it would stick to its obligations on all contracts.</p>

<p>Putin also said Western nations will try to find new grounds to sanction Russia, adding that his country must aim to retain jobs and to create new ones. The Russian president also said that the United States was profiting from the global turbulence, adding that of U.S. military complex companies were on the rise.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (March 31) that foreign buyers must pay for Russian gas in Russian currency roubles from April 1. He said that contracts would be halted if these payments were not made.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (March 31) that foreign buyers must pay for Russian gas in Russian currency roubles from April 1. He said that contracts would be halted if these payments were not made. "In order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open rouble accounts in Russian banks. It is from these accounts that payments will be made for gas delivered starting from tomorrow," Putin said in televised remarks. "If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either - that is, existing contracts will be stopped." Also Read | Russia trying to reinforce offensive in Donbas; maintains pressure on Kyiv: NATO Europe is dependent on Russia for third of its natural gas supply. This gives Russia leverage to hit back against the Western sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of Ukraine invasion. His decision to enforce rouble payments has boosted the Russian currency, which fell to historic lows after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on the Feb. 24 but has since recovered. Western companies and governments have rejected the move as a breach of existing contracts, which are set in euros or dollars. France's economy minister said France and Germany were preparing for a possible scenario that Russian gas flows could be halted - something that would plunge Europe into a full-blown energy crisis. An order signed by Putin set out a mechanism for buyers to transfer foreign currency to a special account at a Russian bank, which would then send roubles back to the foreign buyer to make payment for the gas. He said the switch was meant to strengthen Russia's sovereignty, and it would stick to its obligations on all contracts. Putin also said Western nations will try to find new grounds to sanction Russia, adding that his country must aim to retain jobs and to create new ones. The Russian president also said that the United States was profiting from the global turbulence, adding that of U.S. military complex companies were on the rise. (With inputs from agencies)

Pay in roubles for Russian gas April 1 onwards, Putin tells foreign buyers

<p>A study revealed that Facebook failed to label 80 per cent of the posts spreading disinformation about biological weapons theory. A conspiracy theory taking root online and being discussed even in America says that the US is funding use of bioweapons in Ukraine. US government has denied the speculations.</p>

<p>However, a study carried out by a nonprofit disinformation research group revealed that Facebook failed to declare 80 per cent of posts with labels like “missing context”, containing “partly false information” or “false information”.</p>

<p>The study carried out by the group Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) sampled Facebook posts made between February 24 and March 14. These posts reportedly led to external articles that contained disinformation about bioweapons.</p>

<p>Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive of CCDH was quoted in media reports as saying that if researchers from the group were able to easily spot the posts, it was within Meta's capabilities to spot and label them.</p>

<p>The US government has strongly refuted the allegations raised because of the conspiracy theory. The US has said that the conspiracy theory may be part of Russian efforts to spread disinformation so that a potential use of chemical weapons against Ukraine can be justified in the future.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Russia’s propaganda campaigns have benefited for years from Meta turning a blind eye to disinformation,” Ahmed said as quoted by The Guardian “Despite taking action against state channels under enormous pressure, Meta is failing badly to contain major disinformation narratives that benefit Putin’s regime.”</p>


A study revealed that Facebook failed to label 80 per cent of the posts spreading disinformation about biological weapons theory. A conspiracy theory taking root online and being discussed even in America says that the US is funding use of bioweapons in Ukraine.

A study revealed that Facebook failed to label 80 per cent of the posts spreading disinformation about biological weapons theory. A conspiracy theory taking root online and being discussed even in America says that the US is funding use of bioweapons in Ukraine. US government has denied the speculations. However, a study carried out by a nonprofit disinformation research group revealed that Facebook failed to declare 80 per cent of posts with labels like “missing context”, containing “partly false information” or “false information”. The study carried out by the group Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) sampled Facebook posts made between February 24 and March 14. These posts reportedly led to external articles that contained disinformation about bioweapons. Imran Ahmed, Chief Executive of CCDH was quoted in media reports as saying that if researchers from the group were able to easily spot the posts, it was within Meta's capabilities to spot and label them. The US government has strongly refuted the allegations raised because of the conspiracy theory. The US has said that the conspiracy theory may be part of Russian efforts to spread disinformation so that a potential use of chemical weapons against Ukraine can be justified in the future. “Russia’s propaganda campaigns have benefited for years from Meta turning a blind eye to disinformation,” Ahmed said as quoted by The Guardian “Despite taking action against state channels under enormous pressure, Meta is failing badly to contain major disinformation narratives that benefit Putin’s regime.”

Facebook failed to label most posts spreading Ukraine bioweapons disinformation, says study

<p>A passenger flying on India's IndiGo airline said that he hacked the airline's website after he lost his baggage. Nandan Kumar, the passenger, took to Twitter and described the sequence of events tagging IndiGo.</p>

<p>"Hey IndiGo, want to hear a story? And at the end of it I will tell you hole (technical vulnerability )in your system?", read Kumar's first tweet posted on March 28</p>

<p>In his tweet thread, Kumar has mentioned that he took an IndiGo flight from Patna to Bengaluru on March 27. His bag got exchanged with that of a fellow passenger as both of them were nearly identical.</p>

<p>"After multiple calls and navigating through @IndiGo6E IVR and of course a lot of wait I was able to connect to one of your customer care agents and they tried to connect me with the co-passenger. But all in vain. 4/n" reads one of his tweets in the thread.</p>

<p>Kumar says that he requested the airline to provide contact details of the other passenger. The customer care agent declined this request citing privacy and data protection rules. However, the agent said that the airline will get back to Kumar once the other passenger was contacted.</p>

<p>Kumar says as he didn't get a response even the next day, he decided to check the developer console on IndiGo website by pressing F12.</p>

<p>"So now, after all the failed attempts, my dev instinct kicked in and I pressed the F12 button on my computer keyboard and opened the developer console on the @IndiGo6E website and started the whole checkin flow with network log record on," he says.</p>

<p>Nandan Kumar said in subsequent tweets that he got his co-passenger's number and they met to return each other the correct baggage.</p>

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Want to hear a story? And at the end of it I will tell you hole (technical vulnerability )in your system? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#dev</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bug?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bug</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bugbounty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bugbounty</a> 😝😝 1/n</p>
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<p>IndiGo has denied that its website was hacked. The airline has posted a statement at the end of Nandan Kumar's thread.</p>

<p>"The airline said in its statement that its "IT processes are completely robust and, at no point was the IndiGo website compromised"</p>

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A passenger flying on India's IndiGo airline said that he hacked the airline's website after he lost his baggage. Nandan Kumar, the passenger, took to Twitter and described the sequence of events tagging IndiGo.

A passenger flying on India's IndiGo airline said that he hacked the airline's website after he lost his baggage. Nandan Kumar, the passenger, took to Twitter and described the sequence of events tagging IndiGo. "Hey IndiGo, want to hear a story? And at the end of it I will tell you hole (technical vulnerability )in your system?", read Kumar's first tweet posted on March 28 In his tweet thread, Kumar has mentioned that he took an IndiGo flight from Patna to Bengaluru on March 27. His bag got exchanged with that of a fellow passenger as both of them were nearly identical. "After multiple calls and navigating through @IndiGo6E IVR and of course a lot of wait I was able to connect to one of your customer care agents and they tried to connect me with the co-passenger. But all in vain. 4/n" reads one of his tweets in the thread. Kumar says that he requested the airline to provide contact details of the other passenger. The customer care agent declined this request citing privacy and data protection rules. However, the agent said that the airline will get back to Kumar once the other passenger was contacted. Kumar says as he didn't get a response even the next day, he decided to check the developer console on IndiGo website by pressing F12. "So now, after all the failed attempts, my dev instinct kicked in and I pressed the F12 button on my computer keyboard and opened the developer console on the @IndiGo6E website and started the whole checkin flow with network log record on," he says. Nandan Kumar said in subsequent tweets that he got his co-passenger's number and they met to return each other the correct baggage. Here's the complete Twitter thread. Hey @IndiGo6E , Want to hear a story? And at the end of it I will tell you hole (technical vulnerability )in your system? #dev #bug #bugbounty 😝😝 1/n — Nandan kumar (@_sirius93_) March 28, 2022 × IndiGo has denied that its website was hacked. The airline has posted a statement at the end of Nandan Kumar's thread. "The airline said in its statement that its "IT processes are completely robust and, at no point was the IndiGo website compromised" pic.twitter.com/GnnGKypGGJ — IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) March 29, 2022 ×

IndiGo website 'hacked' by passenger after losing baggage

Far-right politician Marine Le Pen is emerging as a favourite in the French Presidential Polls. Who is Le Pen? What are her views? Can she defeat Emmanuel Macron? Palki Sharma gets you a report.

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India has signed three maritime agreements with Sri Lanka, two of which were not publicly announced. Is debt-ridden Sri Lanka pivoting back to India? Or is Colombo playing both sides in the India-China rivalry? Palki Sharma tells you.

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The countdown has begun for Imran Khan. Allies have left his government. The Pakistani Prime Minister has made a last-ditch attempt to survive. One of his ministers has dragged India into political chaos. Palki Sharma tells you more.

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<p>At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot are likely to reach the Earth on Thursday (March 31). This will cause geomagnetic storms.</p>

<p>These eruptions have originated from an overactive sunspot, called AR2975. This sunspot has been firing solar flares since March 28.</p>

<p>The stellar event may also cause some moderate sky storms on Earth, Space.com reported.</p>

<p><strong>What are Sunspots?</strong></p>

<p>Sunspots are eruptions on the sun that occur when magnetic lines twist and suddenly realign near the visible surface. At times, these explosions are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), or streams of charged particles that shoot into space. NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory captured stunning views of the solar eruptions, as did the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.</p>

<p>"The eruptions have hurled at least two, possibly three, CMEs toward Earth," wrote SpaceWeather.com of the event. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the website added, suggest the first CME will arrive on Thursday (March 31), with at least one other expected on Friday (April 1), the report said.</p>

<p>Modelling suggests that the particles may generate G2 or G3 (moderate) geomagnetic storms, although auroras (northern lights and southern lights) are notoriously hard to predict. While this possible storm is only moderate, NASA and other space agencies keep an eye on solar activity to improve solar weather predictions. A strong flare aimed toward Earth, along with a large CME, may induce problems such as damaging power lines or disabling satellites.</p>


At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot are likely to reach the Earth on Thursday (March 31). This will cause geomagnetic storms. These eruptions have originated from an overactive sunspot, called AR2975.

At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot are likely to reach the Earth on Thursday (March 31). This will cause geomagnetic storms. These eruptions have originated from an overactive sunspot, called AR2975. This sunspot has been firing solar flares since March 28. The stellar event may also cause some moderate sky storms on Earth, Space.com reported. What are Sunspots? Sunspots are eruptions on the sun that occur when magnetic lines twist and suddenly realign near the visible surface. At times, these explosions are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), or streams of charged particles that shoot into space. NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory captured stunning views of the solar eruptions, as did the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. "The eruptions have hurled at least two, possibly three, CMEs toward Earth," wrote SpaceWeather.com of the event. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the website added, suggest the first CME will arrive on Thursday (March 31), with at least one other expected on Friday (April 1), the report said. Modelling suggests that the particles may generate G2 or G3 (moderate) geomagnetic storms, although auroras (northern lights and southern lights) are notoriously hard to predict. While this possible storm is only moderate, NASA and other space agencies keep an eye on solar activity to improve solar weather predictions. A strong flare aimed toward Earth, along with a large CME, may induce problems such as damaging power lines or disabling satellites.

Geomagnetic storm: Sun has erupted with 17 flares, may hit Earth today

<p><strong>Moon Knight Review:</strong> There was a time in long lost past when Marvel was a distant second to DC in the comics world. It always played catch up. While DC basked in the eternal popularity of its characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and countless others, Marvel had to somehow come up with analogous characters just to cash in on residual excitement left after DC stole the show, for decades and decades.</p>

<p>Moon Knight was thus Marvel's answer to DC's Batman, say many. Somebody had to tackle the Dark Knight from Marvel stables right?</p>

<p>But how tables have turned! While DC maintains legions of die-hard fans still, we all know how Marvel has spun things around with mega-successful, genre-creating franchises over the last decade or so. This saw even D-list superheroes like Guardians of the Galaxy minting millions at the box office and becoming marquee names.</p>

<p>The trick is to treat the old wine right and present it as a mind-bogglingly fresh product that'll appeal to younger viewers who have no idea what happened in past.</p>

<p>Moon Knight appears to have taken good initial strides in this direction, going by the first episode that dropped on Disney+ (Disney Hotstar in India).</p>

<p>Steven Grant (A delightfully bumbling Oscar Isaac) is an everyday almost-loser we've come to know in superhero flicks (series in this case). He works in a gift shop in a London Museum although he appears quite knowledgeable about ancient Egypt. He has a boss and colleagues who either twist his name or are too busy to clearly remember who he even is.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Steven literally ties himself to his bed every night to ensure he doesn't sleepwalk. We have seen this getting foreshadowed in Moon Knight trailers which show Grant saying he can't tell difference between wakefulness and state of sleep. In Moon Knight episode 1, he is going about his usual everyday life.</p>

<p>A flash! he is in Germany, having killed (and killing more) people, at one time while driving a truck filled with delicious cupcakes.</p>

<p>Another flash, he misses a date with a girl who is VERY MUCH interested in him.</p>

<p>He gets a call from someone calling him 'Marc' instead of Steven.</p>

<p>He has,&nbsp;who&nbsp;appears as a powerful cultist (Ethan Hawke),&nbsp;on his tail with his followers and henchmen. A weird-looking Egyptian God makes appearance in flashes.</p>

<p>But most of all, Steven has a voice in his head and something that physically controls his movements.</p>

<p><strong>Moon Knight Episode 1: What works</strong></p>

<p>The episode does a good job of laying the groundwork whilst keeping viewers guessing. Oscar Isaac is sure to be the next darling of Marvel fans.</p>

<p><strong>Moon Knight Episode 1: What doesn't</strong></p>

<p>Marvel has become too good at what it does to make such mistakes.</p>

<p><strong>Moon Knight: The Verdict</strong></p>

<p>You better get on this bandwagon before jokes and memes spoil the story for you. Moon Knight sure appears to be a streaming hit.</p>


Moon Knight Review: There was a time in long lost past when Marvel was a distant second to DC in the comics world. It always played catch up. While DC basked in the eternal popularity of its characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and countless others, Marvel had to somehow come up with analogous characters just to cash in on residual excitement left after DC stole the show, for decades and decades.

Moon Knight Review: There was a time in long lost past when Marvel was a distant second to DC in the comics world. It always played catch up. While DC basked in the eternal popularity of its characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and countless others, Marvel had to somehow come up with analogous characters just to cash in on residual excitement left after DC stole the show, for decades and decades. Moon Knight was thus Marvel's answer to DC's Batman, say many. Somebody had to tackle the Dark Knight from Marvel stables right? But how tables have turned! While DC maintains legions of die-hard fans still, we all know how Marvel has spun things around with mega-successful, genre-creating franchises over the last decade or so. This saw even D-list superheroes like Guardians of the Galaxy minting millions at the box office and becoming marquee names. The trick is to treat the old wine right and present it as a mind-bogglingly fresh product that'll appeal to younger viewers who have no idea what happened in past. Moon Knight appears to have taken good initial strides in this direction, going by the first episode that dropped on Disney+ (Disney Hotstar in India). Steven Grant (A delightfully bumbling Oscar Isaac) is an everyday almost-loser we've come to know in superhero flicks (series in this case). He works in a gift shop in a London Museum although he appears quite knowledgeable about ancient Egypt. He has a boss and colleagues who either twist his name or are too busy to clearly remember who he even is. Steven literally ties himself to his bed every night to ensure he doesn't sleepwalk. We have seen this getting foreshadowed in Moon Knight trailers which show Grant saying he can't tell difference between wakefulness and state of sleep. In Moon Knight episode 1, he is going about his usual everyday life. A flash! he is in Germany, having killed (and killing more) people, at one time while driving a truck filled with delicious cupcakes. Another flash, he misses a date with a girl who is VERY MUCH interested in him. He gets a call from someone calling him 'Marc' instead of Steven. He has, who appears as a powerful cultist (Ethan Hawke), on his tail with his followers and henchmen. A weird-looking Egyptian God makes appearance in flashes. But most of all, Steven has a voice in his head and something that physically controls his movements. Moon Knight Episode 1: What works The episode does a good job of laying the groundwork whilst keeping viewers guessing. Oscar Isaac is sure to be the next darling of Marvel fans. Moon Knight Episode 1: What doesn't Marvel has become too good at what it does to make such mistakes. Moon Knight: The Verdict You better get on this bandwagon before jokes and memes spoil the story for you. Moon Knight sure appears to be a streaming hit.

'Moon Knight' Episode 1 Review: There's chaos in this, and Oscar Isaac is delightfully bumbling

<p>The New York Times has drawn the ire of Twitter users, especially in the Indian Twitter space for its coverage and characterisation of the general strike.</p>

<p>National trade unions in India have called for a two-day general strike beginning on Monday (March 28). On the same day, NYT published a story with the headline 'General strike throws India into confusion'.</p>

<p>The strike called by trade unions in India is focussed on their two demands</p>

<p>1. Rolling back proposed changes to the labour law</p>

<p>2. Slowing down privatisation</p>

<p>Although the strike had&nbsp;been called on a national level, there were no reports of any widespread disruption in the daily lives of citizens barring in a few pockets of the country.</p>

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<p>In the southern Indian state of Kerala and the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, there were partial shutdowns. However, even there, essential services were not affected.</p>

<p>In most other parts of the country, cars were moving freely on the roads, trains were plying as usual and government offices were functioning as usual.</p>

<p>There were no reports of mass rallies from these regions, there was no violence and certainly no 'confusion' as the NYT chose to put it.</p>

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<p>The NYT report has quotes from two people of which one is a communist party member and the other is a trade union representative. The report did not have any comment from the government, no response from an official.</p>

<p>The report said, "...In Kerala, in the south, streets were empty and shops shuttered..."</p>

<p>However, the report does not mention that Kerala High Court had barred government employees from taking part in the strike.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Apparently no one in India knows anything about this supposed strike. When I tell you the NYT is not even a reliable news outlet for basic news, I'm not even joking. My contacts in India know nothing about this strike and the comments here are lit <a href="https://t.co/iE35s9yVZD">https://t.co/iE35s9yVZD</a></p>
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<p>The New York Times' coverage of the strike has had many Indians expressing their displeasure on Twitter.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Been 19.5 hours since Monday started in India. Still can't see a strike. Please help me find one 🙏</p>
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<p>It is not that NYT has not attempted to gauge the intensity of protests around the world.</p>

<p>An NYT headline on March 9 read "Trucker convoy near Washington, D.C., is a low-key protest".</p>

<p>But when it came to India, a strike that was not widespread was seen to have "spared no corner of India"<br />
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The New York Times has drawn the ire of Twitter users, especially in the Indian Twitter space for its coverage and characterisation of the general strike. National trade unions in India have called for a two-day general strike beginning on Monday (March 28).

The New York Times has drawn the ire of Twitter users, especially in the Indian Twitter space for its coverage and characterisation of the general strike. National trade unions in India have called for a two-day general strike beginning on Monday (March 28). On the same day, NYT published a story with the headline 'General strike throws India into confusion'. The strike called by trade unions in India is focussed on their two demands 1. Rolling back proposed changes to the labour law 2. Slowing down privatisation Although the strike had been called on a national level, there were no reports of any widespread disruption in the daily lives of citizens barring in a few pockets of the country. × In the southern Indian state of Kerala and the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, there were partial shutdowns. However, even there, essential services were not affected. In most other parts of the country, cars were moving freely on the roads, trains were plying as usual and government offices were functioning as usual. There were no reports of mass rallies from these regions, there was no violence and certainly no 'confusion' as the NYT chose to put it. A two-day nationwide strike in India is as visible as independent journalism in The New York Times 😂 — Shashank Shekhar Jha (@shashank_ssj) March 28, 2022 × The NYT report has quotes from two people of which one is a communist party member and the other is a trade union representative. The report did not have any comment from the government, no response from an official. The report said, "...In Kerala, in the south, streets were empty and shops shuttered..." However, the report does not mention that Kerala High Court had barred government employees from taking part in the strike. Apparently no one in India knows anything about this supposed strike. When I tell you the NYT is not even a reliable news outlet for basic news, I'm not even joking. My contacts in India know nothing about this strike and the comments here are lit https://t.co/iE35s9yVZD — Ukranian Hacker Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) March 28, 2022 × The New York Times' coverage of the strike has had many Indians expressing their displeasure on Twitter. Been 19.5 hours since Monday started in India. Still can't see a strike. Please help me find one 🙏 — ishmohit (@ishmohit1) March 28, 2022 × It is not that NYT has not attempted to gauge the intensity of protests around the world. An NYT headline on March 9 read "Trucker convoy near Washington, D.C., is a low-key protest". But when it came to India, a strike that was not widespread was seen to have "spared no corner of India"

New York Times' coverage of general strike in India draws ire online

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