17 September 2026

The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) conducted a special inspection of industries operating in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, on 15.09.2026, during which 22 industrial units were inspected, 16 were found non-compliant with applicable norms and Statutory Directions and 12 Show Cause Notices (SCNs) were issued.

Days of disruption are expected for travellers using UK airports after a technical issue in the air traffic control system grounded hundreds of flights.

Heathrow, Gatwick and other major airports experienced problems, with more than 1,000 flights affected by the four-hour disruption.

The boss of the National Air Traffic Services, Martin Rolfe, apologised, but faced calls to resign after the third major breakdown of the system during his decade-long tenure.

In a move that should surprise zero people but is worth noting nonetheless, three felony charges against a man who destroyed a police officer’s “decoy” 3D-printed Flock camera have been reduced to misdemeanors after the police admitted the fake camera was not worth more than a thousand dollars.

The police eventually caught a man named Evan Meyer, who allegedly knocked one of these decoy cameras off a pole and destroyed it with garden shears.

CISA added CVE-2026-75650, affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The catalog lists 2026-09-11 as the due date; that date had passed by this edition.

"A comprehensive investigation was completed within two months of the launch," Isar wrote in a September 2025 update.

An investigation into how neurons interact with cancer cells has found a potential Achilles heel for gliomas1 — tumours of the central nervous system that can be aggressive and lethal.

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A recent study published in Nature: Human Behaviour found that adolescents who begin using social media at an early age tend to have significantly lower academic performance.

The law is stimulating the development of purpose-built online spaces for children younger than 16 that can support their developmental needs, offering alternatives to mainstream social media.

The longer-term impact could be more significant if “no social media account before age 16” becomes an accepted norm, making it easier for parents and schools to support delayed social media use.

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) has approved most of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendations on satellite spectrum allocation.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will now seek Union Cabinet approval for the spectrum pricing and allocation framework.

Reports indicate that services in rural and remote areas could face a lower 4% charge.

Researchers rediscovered an endemic plant species Rungia mastersii, in Assam, after 180 years.

British botanist J W Masters had discovered the plant in 1845 and it was named Rungia mastersii after him.

An endemic plant species Rungia mastersii was rediscovered in Assam, 180 years after its first discovery.

Police said a criminal investigation had been launched.

While standing in a private parking lot in Sussex, Wisconsin, on May 4, 2025, Napoleon Jones witnessed a traffic stop made by an out-of-county police officer.

Jones, a United States Navy veteran, was well within his rights to record the police stop.

After Shayhorn completed the traffic stop, Jones returned to his vehicle.

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