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Published at : July 27, 2026 Updated at : July 27, 2026 22:26 The integrity of higher education in Nepal faced a digital betrayal on Friday. Within five minutes of the commencement of the Tribhuvan University’s Master of Business Studies (MBS) first-semester examination for ‘Organisational Behaviour’, the question paper was circulating on a WhatsApp group. A teacher known online as ‘Sulav Sir’, later identified as Sandip Singh, shared the paper and subsequently provided a 16-page handwritten solution while the test was still underway. This brazen act of academic fraud allowed at least 35 active members in a group of over 1,000 to discuss answers in real-time. Friday’s paper leak is not an isolated case but rather a symptom of a recurring and systemic issue that has plagued Nepal for decades. From the Secondary Education Examination leaks in 2019 to the cancelled MBBS entrance exams in 2014, the history of examination compromises in Nepal is a long and shameful record. The leak of an examination paper is a blow to the entire student community. For thousands of candidates, these examinations are the culmination of years of study and financial sacrifice by their families. A paper leak shatters the mental health of

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Hotazhell secured today’s Group 1 in Munich. Photo: Marc Rühl There was a 1,2,3 for foreign raiders in a big race at Munich. Hotazhell entered the winner’s enclosure after landing the second Group 1 race of his career: today’s Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (also known, for sponsorship reasons, as the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis) in Munich. This was his first success since he won the Group 1 Futurity Trophy as a two-year-old at Doncaster in 2024 and Jessica Harrington’s four-year-old son of Too Darn Hot ended a losing run of seven starts. Ridden forward by Shane Foley, the four-year-old wasn’t one of the faster horses into stride, taking six seconds to reach 50kmh after the stalls opened, but without any obvious early pace, Foley found himself in front. He held that early advantage down the back straight and was able to save as much ground as possible under a clever, positive ride. Despite the fact that some of our in-race metrics might point to an idea that Hotazhell was well placed and, as a result, those in behind may have been slightly unlucky with the way the race developed, he crossed the line with the fastest run-out speed in the field (60.9kmh) and that

Heatwave reveals historic garden design – Chatsworth House / SWNS The outline of a ‘lost’ 17th century garden has been revealed at a stately British home following the record heatwave and long drought. Beneath the parched grass was an ornate garden design being rediscovered after more than 350 years at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. It turns out, the ornamental arrangement of flower beds and paths known as ‘The Great Parterre’ was created for the 1st Duke of Devonshire around 1699 and built along the south façade of the English estate. The elaborate, perfectly symmetrical garden measured 473-ft-long (144m) by 227-ft wide (69m), all of which followed the fashion of the day for formal gardens. It only flourished for 30 years before being covered over and replaced with a new design around 1730. A spokesperson for Chatsworth House Trust said after temperatures exceeded 30°C (86°F) in May, June and July, and with the “exceptionally dry” start to July, the lawn was “parched enough for history to reveal itself once again”. Recent record high temperatures and long periods without rain have revealed the outline of an ornate 17th-century garden design on Chatsworth’s South Lawn – SWNS / Chatsworth House They further explained:

The incident was recorded by another student before the video was circulated in a WhatsApp group and later uploaded to Facebook, said police. PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested three secondary school students who allegedly assaulted a schoolmate, after a video of the incident went viral. Ampang Jaya police chief Azam Ismail said an initial investigation found that the incident occurred at about 12.30pm yesterday under a staircase at Block F of the Sri Nilam flats in Ampang. He said the incident was sparked by claims that the victim had disturbed the girlfriend of one of the suspects. The victim was allegedly led to the location by another student before the three suspects assaulted him. “The suspects slapped the victim in the face and kicked him in the body,” Azam said in a statement, adding that all those involved were under 18 years old and attended the same school. The incident was recorded by another student before the video was circulated in a WhatsApp group and later uploaded to Facebook. The case is being investigated under Sections 147 and 507B of the Penal Code for rioting and bullying, respectively.

Puffin chick at Dancing Ledge – Credit: Martin Shaw via SWNS Conservationists were holding their breaths this Spring as the last remaining colony of puffins was in danger of being lost altogether, but relief turned to joy as, not only did the adult puffins return, a baby was born. For the first time in 30 years, a newborn bird—called a PUFFLING—was spotted emerging from its cliffside nest along the Dancing Ledge in Dorset. The last puffin colony on mainland England’s southern coast shrank to just six birds in recent years—so the National Trust renewed its quest to understand why the birds had been failing to produce chicks. After spending the last 15 weeks installing cameras and monitoring the cliffs, volunteers were left “thrilled” by the sight of adult puffins delivering fish to the nests hidden deep within the crevice. “Seeing the puffling was a great thrill,” said Dr. Richard Caldow, who is leading the project. “It’s the first puffling that’s been recorded in Purbeck for a long time.” Only three breeding pairs remain today, compared to more than 40 active pairs in the 1950s. “One puffling alone won’t save this colony, but one is a whole lot better news than

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge Friday dismissed claims against Meta from a class of users who say they had evidence from unnamed whistleblowers that the tech giant lied about its promise that all WhatsApp communications are private and fully encrypted. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled there was insufficient information in the complaint about the basis for the whistleblowers’ knowledge for the claims to advance at this stage. “Though plaintiffs need not identify the whistleblowers to plead a plausible basis for their claims, they do need to provide some facts supporting an inference that the whistleblowers have firsthand knowledge or some other reliable basis for their accusations,” the Joe Biden appointee wrote. Lin gave plaintiffs until Aug. 13 to file an amended complaint. WhatsApp, which was purchased by Meta in 2014, is a widely used social media platform that allows users to send messages and make voice and video calls over the internet. WhatsApp advertises it uses end-to-end encryption to keep users’ communications private from everyone except message senders and recipients and that no one else — including WhatsApp itself — can view users’ communications. The plaintiffs, users of WhatsApp who live around the world, sued Meta on

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A close-up of the new avocado species – credit, Kevin Wann, via SWNS Scientists trudging through Nicaragua’s rainforest have identified a “hotbed” of avocado species diversity. The fruit was first transported hundreds of miles to Central America from South America around 5,000 years ago, and the American researchers uncovered genetic traces of this ancient migration in the fruit’s DNA. They suggest some of these species could aid in supply chain diversification, and boost sustainable agriculture and commercial varieties of the healthfood fruit. The natural range of avocado trees extends from Mexico to Peru, but study leader archaeobotanist Kevin Wann says there is “a much wider breadth of avocado diversity that science had not yet documented.” “We could potentially tap into this genetic diversity to conserve commercial avocado plants that are vulnerable to disease.” Key to their discovery and to this evolutionary diversity was the human-caused migration of the fruit from south to north. For more than 10,000 years, humans in the region have coveted the plant’s fruit, whose yellowish-green flesh is packed with nutrients and fats. As the seeds were dispersed throughout the humid lowlands of Central America, they hybridized with native plants, producing a diversity of avocado varieties. Despite

Adobe has patched a series of vulnerabilities in its Acrobat Chrome extension that previously allowed any website to access conversations in WhatsApp Web without proper authentication, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Guardio shared with BleepingComputer. The vulnerabilities, collectively identified as CVE-2026-48294 and called HermeticReader, affect Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension versions 26.5.2.1 and earlier. Adobe addressed the issue in version 26.5.2.3, which is rolled out automatically, but Guardio advises users to verify that they are running the updated release. Exploitation of the flaw required only that a user with the extension installed visit a malicious webpage. Guardio reports no signs that the vulnerability has been actively exploited. How the Attack Worked and What Data Was Exposed The Adobe Acrobat extension uses an integration engine called Hermes to manage interactions with WhatsApp Web. Hermes remains inactive until a feature flag is enabled in the extension's internal storage. Once activated, it can open a PDF shared via WhatsApp and send commands to a tab running the messaging service, manipulating WhatsApp’s Document Object Model. According to Guardio, HermeticReader exploits three vulnerabilities that together enable an unauthenticated, single-visit, zero-click write into the extension's own storage from any web page. The extension includes an