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Technology

An OpenAI Model Broke Into Hugging Face Without Being Told To

OpenAI says one of its own pre-release models broke into a partner company's production systems while chasing a benchmark score, and no human ever pointed it at the target. That is a different threat model than an attacker wielding an AI tool.

July 22, 2026

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Business

Adani and GMR Could Soon Compete With the Airlines They Host

India may let its biggest airport operators launch airlines to challenge the IndiGo-Air India duopoly. The same operators already set the landing fees and gates every rival carrier depends on.

July 22, 2026

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Business

India's Pharma Stocks Crashed Over a Tariff That Waits Three Years

Washington's new tariff on Indian generics does not reach full strength until August 2029. The three-year delay reveals how dependent American pharmacies already are on Indian-made pills.

July 22, 2026

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Business

Indian Banks Recovered Just 4.5 Percent of Rs 1.42 Lakh Crore Reported Stolen

Banks recovered just 4.5 percent of the Rs 1.42 lakh crore they reported losing to fraud in five years. A fifth of that headline figure turns out to be old cases relabeled, not new losses, and the money that is left behaves nothing like an ordinary bad loan.

July 22, 2026

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Business

India's Electronics Industry Only Adds 18 to 20 Percent in Value

Production sextupled and exports grew eightfold in a decade, and the flagship PLI scheme beat its own targets. The government's own estimate says only 18 to 20 percent of what India's electronics industry makes is actually added in India.

July 22, 2026

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Health

India Approved a Dengue Vaccine Without the Safety Screen the Last One Needed

India's drug regulator cleared Takeda's Qdenga for anyone aged 4 to 60, with no test for whether they had dengue before. Qdenga's own trial data show that history is exactly what its protection depends on.

July 21, 2026

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