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The United States has revised some earlier statements that appeared to link cyberattacks against government agencies to Chinese hackers. The development highlights the difficulty of accurately attributing sophisticated cyber operations and comes amid continuing tensions between Washington and Beijing over cyber espionage and digital security.
A viral video allegedly showing GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek outside a courthouse in Nuremberg, Germany, has sparked widespread speculation about his supposed arrest. However, there is no reliable evidence confirming that the person in the footage is CyberLeek. The leaker has remained anonymous throughout the GTA 6 leak saga, with no verified public photographs or identifying details available.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken action against Everest Food Products and Laljee Godhoo over the sale of substandard hing powder. The regulator has moved to restrict the sale of the affected products, highlighting the importance of compliance with food safety and quality standards for packaged food manufacturers.
India’s foreign exchange reserves have reached an all-time high of $729.33 billion, rising by $12.42 billion in the week ended August 21. The reserves have increased for eight consecutive weeks, gaining roughly $63 billion over the period. Strong foreign-currency inflows, particularly from NRI deposits mobilised through the RBI’s special swap facility, along with higher foreign-currency assets and gold valuations, have driven the surge.
China has removed former PLA Western Theatre Command chief General Zhao Zongqi from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and two other positions. Zhao led the theatre during the 2017 Doklam standoff and the 2020 Galwan Valley clash with India. Beijing has not provided a reason for his removal or announced an investigation, but the move comes amid a wider shake-up of China's senior military leadership under President Xi Jinping.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming SCO engagement comes with expectations around India’s role in BRICS, reform of the UN Security Council and bilateral ties with key member states. With global geopolitical alignments shifting rapidly, the visit provides New Delhi with an opportunity to advance its strategic interests across multiple diplomatic platforms.
AI-focused cloud provider Lambda has secured around $1 billion in debt financing to expand its computing infrastructure and purchase more AI chips. The funding comes as demand for GPU capacity continues to rise, driven by AI model training and inference. Lambda's move highlights the growing role of debt financing in funding the expensive hardware and data-center infrastructure required by the rapidly expanding AI industry.
Nvidia’s advantage in AI is increasingly extending beyond its dominant position in GPUs. As AI workloads scale to enormous data-center deployments, the efficiency of CPUs, storage, networking and data orchestration is becoming just as important as raw GPU performance. Nvidia’s broader systems approach could give it another layer of competitive advantage even as rivals develop their own AI chips.
The Maharashtra government has accepted several demands raised by tribal students who have been protesting through a hunger strike. After discussions with student representatives, the government assured them that steps would be taken to address their concerns and appealed to the protesters to call off the hunger strike.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s proposed front-of-pack warning labels for packaged foods are aimed at helping consumers identify products high in sugar, salt and saturated fat. However, health experts have raised concerns that the proposed thresholds could allow some unhealthy products to avoid warning labels, potentially creating a misleading impression among consumers.
A 5.38-acre government land parcel in Hyderabad's Raidurg Knowledge City has been sold for Rs 1,447.22 crore in a record-breaking auction conducted by the Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC). The winning bid of Rs 269 crore per acre is the highest recorded price in a Raidurg land auction, surpassing the previous record of Rs 264 crore set just a week earlier.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asked the Election Commission of India to extend the claims and objections period under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by four weeks. He said the large number of entries requiring verification makes the existing timeframe inadequate and called for more time, helpdesks and additional manpower to protect eligible voters.
