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KOCHI: Kerala high court has set aside a criminal case against a Palakkad schoolteacher who caned three class 5 students for fighting, ruling that he acted within his authority to maintain classroom discipline.Justice C Pratheep Kumar, delivering the order on Oct 16, said the teacher’s actions were aimed at correcting the students and helping them grow into responsible citizens, not at causing harm. The case had been registered by Vadakkencherry police after parents complained that the teacher struck their children on the legs during class at 10am on Sept 16, 2019. The complaint was lodged four days later on Sept…

Fighting games have certainly been branching out their crossovers lately considering we just saw Street Fighter join forces with McDonald’s for a special menu and an M. Bison costume color (for Japan at least). Now it appears that Bandai Namco is looking to get in on the action a little bit by teaming up with a familiar face in the fighting game community, the WWE. The official WWE Champions social…

Analysts expect it to unlock multi-year order visibility for these defense players

Rocketing Share Price: BigBear.ai Holdings (NYSE: BBAI) has skyrocketed roughly 80–100% year-to-date in 2025 and an astonishing 300%+ from a year ago, riding a wave of artificial intelligence hype [1]. The stock spiked 22% in one day on Oct. 13 after a new defense AI deal, briefly topping $9 per share, but has since pulled back to around the mid-$6 range with extreme volatility [2].New Defense Deals Fuel Optimism: The rally is driven by fresh military tech partnerships. On Oct. 13, BigBear.ai announced a collaboration with Tsecond Inc., integrating its ConductorOS AI software with Tsecond’s rugged “BRYCK” edge-computing hardware to…

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Former professional boxer and world champion Virgil Hill is back in North Dakota, his stomping grounds.He’s here to host the first-ever Magic City Mayhem pro boxing event, where local youth fighters are getting the chance to take on the ring at a professional level.You may remember our stories with the Lopez twins, Jose and Rafael, from Minot.They’re making their debut as pro athletes in this weekend’s show.Hill told us he’s trained with them at their gym north of town and called them “impressive.”The North Dakota native, known by many as “Quicksilver,” is a five-time world champion…

Insider Brief Vermeer closed a $10 million Series A led by Draper Associates (with AeroX Ventures, Boscolo Intervest, High Point Ventures, Rockaway Ventures, and U.S. Air Force Tech Stars) to scale its visual positioning system (VPS) for defense and commercial use. The VPS enables GPS-denied navigation via multi-camera visual matching and AI on Nvidia chips, is resistant to jamming/spoofing, and is already used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and partners including the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Vermeer has grown from 10 to 40 employees, previously secured $7M+ in SBIR/AFWERX non-dilutive funding, and will…

Adapting “loyal wingman” drones to helicopters is a fundamentally different challenge than adopting them to planes, as helicopters are far slower and operate at significantly lower altitudes.

Rep. Trent Kelly, R-1st District, Mississippi Responsibilities Rep. Kelly holds the Congressional gavel as chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, responsible for Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs relating to shipbuilding and conversion; reconnaissance and surveillance; tanker and airlift aircraft; ship and submarine-launched weapons; ammunition; and other procurements.  The subcommittee also oversees Air Force programs and accounts related to bomber, tanker, and airlift aircraft; Army programs and accounts related to waterborne vessels; and Maritime policy and programs and accounts. Quote “As the PRC (People’s Republic of China) ramps up its hostile behavior in the Pacific, demonstrating our ability…

Estonia signed a memorandum of understanding on October 23 for a possible purchase of South Korea’s Chunmoo multiple launch rocket artillery systems.

Unveiled at Seoul ADEX 2025, the K13A1 assault rifle represents South Korea’s latest step towards full independence in small‑arms innovation. Developed by SNT Motiv, the K13A1 assault rifle is the culmination of a decade of research aimed at providing the Republic of Korea’s special operations forces with a compact, modular, and highly reliable weapon suited for modern warfare demands Origins and adoption The K13A1 has its roots in the Special Operations Submachine Gun[1] Type II programme, launched by the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) to be used by the special forces. Initially designated STC‑16 during development, the original K13 was officially adopted in 2023 after…