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Meta’s second-quarter free cash flow plunged 91% to $784 million even as revenue rose 28%, after the company raised its 2026 AI capex outlook to as much as $145 billion. Here is what is driving the cash burn, including a $1.4 trillion legal claim.
Lok Sabha passed the Public Examinations Amendment Bill with tougher jail terms, bigger fines and fast-track courts for exam paper leaks after the NEET-UG controversy.
MeitY summoned senior Meta executives after Facebook briefly restricted PM Modi’s NEET-related video, rejecting the company’s AI-glitch explanation as inadequate.
On July 27, 2026, U.S. diplomats briefly left a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine while France spoke—escalating a dispute over Washington’s vote against renewing High Commissioner Volker Türk.
On 29 July 2026 the Supreme Court prospectively quashed the 2021 Office Memorandum on post-facto environmental clearances, while upholding the 2017 amnesty notification and requiring any future window to use a Section 3 statutory notification.
Meta and BlackRock announced on July 28, 2026 a venture for a 1 GW El Paso data center campus with about $14 billion in development costs. Here’s how the 80/20 structure works and what to watch.
India’s industrial output accelerated to 7.3% in June 2026, with manufacturing and electricity outpacing mining. Here’s what MoSPI’s new PPI-based IIP does—and does not—show.
NASA confirmed on July 27 that Roman’s hydrazine load is complete, moving the wide-field observatory into final packaging ahead of a late-August L2 launch attempt.
NVIDIA and dozens of industry partners launched the Open Secure AI Alliance on July 27, 2026 to build open tools for securing AI agents. Here’s a clear explainer of the mission, member stack, risks, and open questions.
KOSPI fell about 6% on July 29 after a deeper intraday slide, extending a brutal AI-chip unwind as SK hynix and Samsung led losses across Asia.
