Paramount to pay Trump $16 mn over 60 Minutes Harris interview
CBSparent Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle U.S.
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the contents of an interview
With then-Vice Vice-President Kamala Harris. This resolves Mr. Trump’s
$20 billion lawsuit against the network over its 60 Minutes interview
with Ms. Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Vietnam to face 20% tariff from U.S. under ‘great’ deal, says Trumpf
Donald Trump announced he struck a deal with Vietnam under
which the country would face a minimum 20% tari• and open its
market to U.S. products. Imports of Vietnamese goods will face a
20% U.S. tari•, while goods that pass through Vietnam from other
countries — so-called “transshipping” — will see a 40% tari• interview
with Ms. Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Imran held in 22-hour solitary confinement daily, says his party
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being held in solitary
confinement for at least 22 hours daily, in ‘blatant violation’ of
prison rules and human rights, his party claimed on Wednesday.
The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars
since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases.
Microsoft says it is planning to lay off 4% of its global workforce
Microsoft said it was slashing a little less than 4% of its global
workforce as it seeks to cut layers of middle management and
leverage new technologies. The tech giant did not disclose the total
amount of lost jobs but as of June 2024 it employed 2,28,000
people, bringing the latest lay-o•s to about 9,000 people. A
Bangladesh talks can happen in conducive environment: India
External A•airs Ministry’s remarks come a day before the parliamentary panel holds a special meeting on the neighboring nation with four experts
Mending ties:Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
India is willing to discuss all issues with Bangladesh in a “conducive” environment, said Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the External Af fairs Ministry, while emphasising that established modalities exist between Dhaka and New Delhi that can deal with a full spectrum of bilateral relations. The remarks came as former diplomats and experts are set to address the Standing Committee on External Affairs to discuss the “Future of the India-Bangladesh Relationship”. Sources told The Hindu that the experts are former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Lieutenant General Ata Hasnain (retd), former High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das, and Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amitabh Mattoo. “We are prepared to engage with Bangladesh on all matters in an environment that is conducive for mutually bene•cial dialogue,” Mr. Jaiswal said, responding to a question on the renewal of the Gan ga Water Sharing Treaty of 1996. Responding to another question about Bangladesh joining trilateral consultations with Pakistan and China on June 19, Mr. Jaiswal said that India maintains a “constant watch on the developments in our neighbourhood that have a bearing on our interest and our security. Our relations with individual countries,while they stand on their footing, take into account the evolving context as well”. Mr. Jaiswal’s remarks came a day before the parliamentary panel holds a special discussion on Bangladesh with four experts. According to preliminary preparation documents, the experts are expected to address questions about the political situation under the interim government led by Mohammed Yunus, the rise of religious fundamentalism, among others.
Two weeks on, black box data of AI flight are being analysed
Black boxes were brought from Ahmedabad to Delhi, and data extraction from both sets has been completed, says the Ministry; probe team distinct from a •rst responder team yet to be appointed
Deep dive:The Boeing 787-8 aircraft involved in the crash on June 12 has two black boxes.
The two black boxes from Air India •ight 171, involved in a tragic crash earlier this month, were transported from Ahmedabad to the New Delhi headquarters of the air accidents investigating agency, 12 days after the •rst one was retrieved and nine days after the recovery of the second. Data extraction from both black boxes has been completed, and its analysis is underway, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. However, more than two weeks since the crash, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is yet to constitute an investigation team, distinct from its “GO Team” or a •rst res ponder team, formed on the day of the crash on June 12, led by its Director General (DG), Group Cap tain G.V.G. Yugandhar. “The black boxes were brought from Ahmedabad to Delhi by an IAF aircraft with full security on June 24, 2025,” the press statement said. The data extraction process started on the evening of June 24 by a team led by the D-G, AAIB, with technical members from the AAIB and the top air crash probe agency of the U.S., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). After the extraction comes the analysis of data. “The analysis of CVR [cockpit voice recorder] and FDR [•ight data recorder] data is underway,” The statement said. The statement added that the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely retrieved, and on June 25, 2025, the memory module was successfully accessed and its data downloaded at the AAIB lab. Experts inferred that this would mean that the black box data was not damaged in the crash. The following questions on why the AAIB had not issued a public order announcing the composition of a probe panel and the specialisation of each of the members, even as it maintained that the probe started on the day of the crash, the Ministry statement said a “multidisciplinary team” was constituted on June 13. The team is led by the D-G, AAIB, and includes an aviation medicine specialist, an ATC o•cer, and representatives from the NTSB. The same team was earlier described as a GO Team. Former investigators associated with the AAIB said aGO Team secures initial evidence, but a separate team is formed for investigation to which all the evidence is handed over. “As the head of a statutory body formed by an Act of Parliament that is attached to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the D-G can’t conduct the probe but can order one. He is not even supposed to know what is unfolding in the probe,” a former investigator said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
