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TCS is monitoring nearly 600,000 employees: Where does cybersecurity end and workplace surveillance begin?

TCS reported monitoring of nearly 600,000 employees raises serious questions over workplace privacy, employee surveillance and whether cybersecurity tools could eventually be weaponised for performance tracking.

20 Aug 2026 9:33 pm
No, Abhijeet Dipke, support from MK Gandhi

While Abhijeet Dipke contends that receiving endorsement by Tushar Gandhi or MK Gandhis family vindicates him and the CJP against the allegations of being anti-national and is the biggest certificate of patriotism, patriotism is not a hereditary title or a stamp that one descendant of a person involved in the freedom movement can confer.

20 Aug 2026 8:06 pm
Vehicles torched, non-locals attacked in violence during the Khasi Students Union black-flag bike rally in Shillong: All you need to know

The organisation has been overtly emphasising its indigenous identity and has been averse to the Khasi community being viewed as part of the larger national identity.

20 Aug 2026 3:50 pm
Who was Sajjan Kumar? The Congress strongman whose legacy was defined by his role in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumars rise from a powerful Delhi leader to a convicted 1984 anti-Sikh riots prisoner was marked by political patronage, delayed justice and a deeply tainted legacy.

20 Aug 2026 3:42 pm
Kerala Congress alleges PM Modi

The Congress suggested that somehow the PM Modi-led Central government has been allowing Chinese troops to not only enter thousands of kilometres inside India but occupy Indian territory because some Chinese tech companies close to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reportedly donated a few crores to the PM CARES Fund.

19 Aug 2026 9:24 pm
Why Jain pilgrims objected to tourists chanting

Social media is rife with videos of confrontations at Sammed Shikharji, where Jain pilgrims have accused tourists of recasting a sacred Jain shrine as a Parshuram Temple.

19 Aug 2026 9:07 pm
Ghost in the machine: The escalating threat of 3D-printed guns and how the menace is almost impossible to stop

Explore how 3D-printed guns and machine gun conversion devices are bypassing global arms control laws, and why proposed DRM software bans are failing.

19 Aug 2026 7:05 pm
AI-generated child abuse material, Indian law and the enforcement challenge

POCSO already recognises computer-generated and fabricated depictions, while Section 67B and the 2026 IT Rules add further legal and platform duties, though fully synthetic cases still raise unresolved questions for Indian courts and law enforcement.

19 Aug 2026 6:21 pm
Abhijeet Dipke barges into government school for

The classes faced interruptions as the centre of education turned into a platform for Abhijeet Dipke's political performance.

19 Aug 2026 5:45 pm
Rs 87.85 lakh spent in one year becomes

As soon as the audit report was out, the opposition grabbed the opportunity to attack the government by peddling lies and misinformation about the audit.

19 Aug 2026 3:05 pm
Zaira Wasim questions girls dancing at Kashmir Independence Day event: How Talibanesque orthodoxy disguised as

Zaira Wasim chose to leave Bollywood for Islam, that is her choice; but telling Kashmiri Muslim girls that dancing, performing and participating in India's public life threaten their faith is not religious freedom, it is regressive radicalism.

18 Aug 2026 7:41 pm
AAP calls BJP

AAP and its government in Punjab is inventing unique ways of censorship to essentially silence media criticism and stifle critical voices on social media.

18 Aug 2026 7:40 pm
How CBI, INTERPOL and foreign agencies help crack cross-border CSEAM cases

Operation Megh Chakra showed how foreign intelligence can trigger searches across India, while Thanjavur, Hisar and Aizawl demonstrate how ICSE data, CyberTipline reports and cyberforensics can converge during investigations involving online child sexual abuse material.

18 Aug 2026 5:47 pm
No azadi slogans, Hinduphobia, abuses or stone pelting: How Jharkhand student protests achieved success without going the CJP way

Following a 24-day agitation, the Jharkhand government cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and ordered a CID probe into recruitment irregularities since 2014. However, protesting students have refused to call off their demonstration, demanding an independent investigation by the CBI.

18 Aug 2026 1:09 pm
Gujarat Police seizes Ravi Nair

The Gujarat High Court has refused to quash the FIR against propagandist Ravi Nair over the Adani-LIC story published in the Washington Post.

17 Aug 2026 10:07 pm
From Newtonian physics to fluid dynamics: What science says about deadly stampedes, and why it is not about wild irrational crowd panic

Discover the real science behind stampedes. Learn how fluid dynamics, critical density, and physics cause disastersand how predictive engineering saves lives in crowd crushes.

17 Aug 2026 8:15 pm
Rahul Gandhi asks Hemant Soren to meet protesting students: Why his appeal exposes Congress-backed JMM govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to meet students protesting over JPSC and JSSC recruitment exam irregularities. The intervention follows heavy police deployment, action against journalists, and the deteriorating health of hunger-striking leader Devendra Nath Mahato.

17 Aug 2026 7:28 pm
Malvika Sharma asked about beef in Kerala: How the state

The Malvika Sharma beef question exposes how Keralas ideological media ecosystem increasingly treats Hindu religious sensitivities as fair game while presenting beef consumption as a badge of secularism.

17 Aug 2026 5:18 pm
Linking rivers of India: Why it matters

When you look closely at India's Geography and weather patterns, one truth becomes immediately clear: the country does not suffer from an absolute, natural shortage of water. The true crisis lies in water management.

17 Aug 2026 4:18 pm
UPI still climbing, The Wire still faking: Notorious fake news peddler claims decline in UPI use, data shows healthy growth

The Wire claimed Indians are using UPI less after the merchant fee announcement. But no fee imposed yet and UPI still growing.

17 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Dalit Rapido driver suspended for 100 years after he created a ruckus over

Dalit Rapido driver claimed his passengers were using caste slurs, and despite that, he was the one suspended for 100 years - however, Ankit Kumar made up that story

16 Aug 2026 11:51 pm
Left-liberals who believed that the National Population Register was

The NPR, which was initially proposed to be conducted alongside the first phase of the Census, was put on the back burner following stiff opposition from left-liberal groups and Muslim organisations across the country.

16 Aug 2026 7:08 pm
From opposing Indian nuclear weapons to peddling

Chidambarams admission comes as no surprise because back in 2010, when he was the Union Home Minister, he offered to hold talks with armed Naxals without requiring them to lay down arms.

16 Aug 2026 6:23 pm
Anti-Muslim hate machinery: TRT World publishes propaganda documentary vilifying India, Hindus and peddling Islamophobia propaganda

The TRT World documentary attacking India shows cow-vigilantes as violent groups with the backing of BJP governments, out on the streets only to harass and kill Muslims, even as Gau Rakshaks catch and report cow smugglers or slaughterers regardless of their religious identity.

15 Aug 2026 10:51 pm
Reliance joins forces with Rolls-Royce to build indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft engine: What does it mean for India

For India, the biggest benefit of the proposal is the possibility of developing a domestic ecosystem for fighter-engine technology. Aircraft engines are among the most technically demanding components of a modern fighter jet.

15 Aug 2026 2:42 pm
Free online coaching, civil defence, nuclear energy, Saptadhara, and more: Major announcements made by PM Modi during Independence Day speech

Delivering his 13th consecutive Independence Day speech, PM Modi called for a stronger, modern, and vibrant network of Civil Defence.

15 Aug 2026 11:16 am
Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK

The Economist vilifies BJP as anti-Muslim for introducing the UCC in Uttarakhand and other states.

14 Aug 2026 11:25 pm
From Shaheen Bagh to Palestine: Who is Zoya Hasan, the JNU professor whose Independence Day lecture was cancelled at a Delhi school

The real question is not why Zoya Hasans Independence Day appearance was cancelled, but why Sardar Patel Vidyalaya invited her in the first place despite her record of opposing the CAA, advocating for the Palestinian cause, and defending a controversial textbook cartoon involving Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

14 Aug 2026 10:00 pm
Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education

As Muslim parents we try to protect our children from the rubbish that western society encourages, Ahmed stated.

14 Aug 2026 7:00 pm
From CyberTip to courtroom: How India tracks CSEAM suspects, identifies victims and where investigations fall short

More than 69 lakh CyberTips had been shared with States and Union Territories by March 2025, yet no consolidated national data shows how many became FIRs, convictions or led investigators to identify and rescue children.

14 Aug 2026 6:57 pm
Radcliffe burnt his papers after Partition: What did the man who drew the India-Pakistan border take to his grave?

The British drew a border in haste, divided a civilisation with a ruler, and left behind a fractured subcontinent, while much of the truth about how the line was drawn went up in flames with Radcliffes papers.

14 Aug 2026 6:20 pm
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of

An Indian company that writes brilliant software for a foreign platform gets paid well for the work. It almost never owns a slice of what that platform eventually becomes worth. This is the exact distinction Naorojis arithmetic always hinged on, not whether India earns money, but what kind of money it earns, and what kind slips past it entirely.

14 Aug 2026 4:24 pm
The forgotten Northeast of Partition: How Sylhet, Chittagong and the Radcliffe Line changed Assam forever

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day honours the millions uprooted, displaced and scarred by Partition while preserving their stories as a solemn reminder of the human cost of division.

14 Aug 2026 3:25 pm
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as

Addressing the Minorities Excellence Summit, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said he is proud that while people used to say that residents of Old City do not pay electricity bills or steal power, Muslim minorities are now the biggest beneficiaries of the Congress governments Gruha Jyothi social welfare scheme under which 200-unit free electricity is provided.

14 Aug 2026 1:03 pm
JPSC scam and the national disease called

The JPSC scam is a textbook illustration of how bureaucratic inefficiency and corruption allow the infestation of multilayered networks of exam mafia and shady private firms wrapped like a parasite around the very machinery that is tasked with selecting the officers and staff for running the government.

14 Aug 2026 12:02 pm
Who are Heather McPherson and Jenny Kwan? The pro-Khalistani Canadian MPs seeking a ban on RSS and Mohan Bhagwat

Their public stances, actions, and key political associations unequivocally suggest that they act in close alignment with pro-Khalistani supporters and regional separatist interests

13 Aug 2026 7:45 pm
The Telephone Exchange expose by S Gurumurthy, Dayanidhi Maran and a battle that continues today, even after a decade

The Maran telephone exchange case became a long-running test of political influence, investigative independence, judicial scrutiny and constitutional accountability.

13 Aug 2026 5:34 pm
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent

Recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the recruitment of Pharmacy Officers and a selection process under the Punjab State Rural Livelihoods Mission (PSRLM).

13 Aug 2026 4:06 pm
Karnataka Bandh explained: Why pro-Kannada groups are protesting Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu

Pro-Kannada groups called a 12-hour bandh in Karnataka on 13th August against releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Police detained several protesters near the border, while essential services, schools, and public transport ensured life remained largely normal in Bengaluru.

13 Aug 2026 2:12 pm
From unused funds to unfulfilled promises: How the 2026 CAG report exposed former Delhi govt led by Arvind Kejriwal

The CAG report highlighted that capital expenditure in Delhi plummeted over the years, being reduced to less than half. The data shows that in 2021-22, 8,311 crore was spent on capital projects in Delhi, but by 2024-25, the amount registered a sharp fall to 3,695 crore.

13 Aug 2026 1:50 pm
Amit Shah planned: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges political intimidation by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim

Saurav Das linked Union Home Minister Amit Shahs recent visit to Pudduchery to the polices visit to his family home. He claimed that Shah met Pondicherry Home Minister and Lieutenant Governor and planned the intimidation tactic.

13 Aug 2026 12:01 pm
Drain of wealth from India: Dadabhai Naoroji and the question that sparked the freedom movement

Dadabhai Naoroji wasnt just saying the British took Indias money. He was showing, with the actual records, how an entire monetary system could make a growing, trading economy poorer with every transaction, legally, quietly, and year after year.

13 Aug 2026 9:54 am
Floral showers on Kanwariyas

Floral showers by state officials only signify respect and are cultural symbolism; this gesture is deification of Kanwariyas.

12 Aug 2026 8:33 pm
Is Imran Khan dead? Pakistan journalist

Unverified claims by US-based Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan suggest three military sources believe jailed former PM Imran Khan may have died in prison. With family and doctors denied access, the rumour has sparked massive concern, though no official confirmation exists.

12 Aug 2026 8:04 pm
When politics enters the home: How student protests are driving a wedge between Gen Z and their parents

By pushing young individuals to view their parents not as caretakers, but as symbols of oppressive structures or eactionary politics, far-left ideologies break these foundational emotional bonds.

12 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Congress chooses political theatre over students

Amit Shah challenged Congress to a 24-hour debate on student protests, but Rahul Gandhi rejected the offer, demanding answers over the police action against left activists masquerading as students during July 20 march.

12 Aug 2026 3:39 pm
What is Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh government has imposed a 60 paise per litre Widow and Orphan Cess on petrol and diesel to fund welfare schemes. Charged at the first point of sale, the new levy highlights the cash-strapped state's growing reliance on additional public taxes.

12 Aug 2026 3:06 pm
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies

However, the claim made by Prakash Raj that his name was arbitrarily deleted from the Bengaluru electoral roll during the SIR exercise does not hold up against official verification.

12 Aug 2026 2:39 pm
Alchemy of superalloys and single-crystal blades: How India is mastering the metallurgical hellscape of aero engines

India has cracked one of aerospaces hardest problems producing single-crystal turbine blades that can survive the extreme heat inside a jet engine.

12 Aug 2026 12:31 pm
Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch

The story of Indian aerospace propulsion is no longer confined to PSUs. Across the country, a quiet revolution is underway as private companies are manufacturing their own jet engines from scratch.

12 Aug 2026 12:22 pm