KT Q2 net profit sharply down due to data breach fines

IANS | August 12, 2026 9:14 AM

Seoul, Aug 12 (IANS) South Korea's major mobile carrier KT Corp said on Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 34.5 per cent from a year earlier due to the effect of government fines from its massive data breach.

AIIB looking at technical, operational, human aspects in Air India Phuket–Delhi flight incident

IANS | August 11, 2026 8:48 PM

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is probing the Air India Flight AI 2379 Phuket–Delhi incident, is presently engaged in the systematic collection, preservation and examination of all relevant technical, operational, medical, and human factor evidence, according to a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday.

Balochistan housing fund diversion could deepen poverty, disaster risks: Report

IANS | August 11, 2026 5:03 PM

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The World Bank has warned that capping housing assistance and redirecting funds from a multi-billion-rupee resilient housing programme for flood-affected people in Pakistan's Balochistan to infrastructure projects could deepen poverty, increase disaster risks and fuel social tensions, a report has said.