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RSS-linked commentator T G Mohandas was taken into custody by Kerala Cyber Crime Police over alleged remarks targeting NEET paper leak protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. In a July 26 video, he said he would impose curfew and order police firing to disperse protesters.

Jharkhand students will hold a Vidhan Sabha gherao march in Ranchi on August 10 over alleged JPSC-JSSC exam irregularities. Police said it is prepared for the protest and assured no action if it remains peaceful. The government has agreed to 95% of students’ demands.

At least six people were killed and 25 injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod, while a Russian strike on Kharkiv killed two and injured 23. Moscow also reported strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure as the Russia-Ukraine war intensifies.

All three JPSC members resigned amid protests over recruitment exam irregularities. Jharkhand govt agreed to most demands, including cancelling three exams, CID-ED probes, fast-track courts and reforms. CM Hemant Soren promised transparent justice and urged dialogue.

Syria will take over management of the Hmeimim airport and the commercial berth at Tartus port and the bases would be converted into joint training and capacity-building centres. The transition is expected to be completed within three months, the Syrian foreign ministry said.

Donald Trump says the US is prioritising economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran as Tehran sets fresh conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuldeep Yadav was rested from bowling in the second innings of India’s warm-up against Sri Lanka Cricket XI due to a heavy workload, with spin coach Sairaj Bahutule confirming it was a precautionary decision and not injury-related.

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian meets Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei amid US-Israeli war tensions, economic pressure and reports over Khamenei’s health

A senior Iranian military and political figure, Rezaee is one of the most important veterans of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Anthropic appointed Tino Cuéllar, former California Supreme Court Justice and Carnegie Endowment president, as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer on August 4 — days after disclosing its models breached three companies and the UK logged 17 unauthorised actions by Mythos 5.

Palantir reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.94 billion, up 93% year-on-year, with US commercial revenue up 149% to $764 million and full-year guidance raised to $8.15 billion — in the same week $1.3 trillion was erased from chip stocks over AI return doubts.

Meta released Muse Code, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, scoring 59% on DeepSWE 1.1 and beating Grok Build 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash. It follows Meta charging for one of its models for the first time in July.

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in China's Zhejiang province with 151 kmph winds, forcing 1 million people to evacuate and cancelling 1,500 flights.

The potential rail link would give Russian freight operators a direct land route to India while reducing exposure to supply disruptions via maritime chokepoints. The prolonged disruption after the West Asia conflict spiked global energy prices and disrupted international supply chains.

Combined 2026 capex from Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft is tracking toward ~$740 billion, up 77% from ~$410 billion in 2025. But Azure growth accelerated to 43% and Amazon posted $200.6 billion in quarterly revenue, complicating the bearish reading.

Acer, Asus and HP have begun using DRAM from China's CXMT in notebooks as AI data centres absorb 70% of memory chip production and DRAM prices triple in 18 months. CXMT's first-half profit is up as much as 2,530% year-on-year.

OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 in May targeting a September listing at $852 billion to $1 trillion. The full prospectus becomes public mid-to-late August, revealing finances behind ~$25 billion annualised revenue and a reported negative 122% operating margin.

Google's $15 billion Visakhapatnam data centre with the Adani Group faces a High Court PIL and three environmental court cases. The city gets 410 million litres of water daily against 480 million demand, and a leopard sanctuary sits 860 metres from the site.

Sarfaraz Khan has returned to India’s Test squad for the first time since the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, replacing the injured Sai Sudharsan for the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka.