Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Daily Digest: Porel Gets Custody, Gemini 3.7 Flash Launched
Today's news has many different stories from India and around the world.
A top court decided that comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians will not face criminal cases for jokes they made about people with disabilities.
Someone sent scary bomb-threat messages to places like the Delhi High Court and the airport, but police said the threats were fake.
Google released a new AI helper called Gemini 3.7 Flash that is very good at writing computer code.
A cricket player named Abhishek Porel will stay in custody for two weeks while police investigate an accusation against him.
A police officer named Santosh Vaijnath Kendre was called a hero for protecting politician Sukhbir Singh Badal from an attacker.
The Instagram app changed the letters of its name for the first time in ten years.
India will celebrate its 80th Independence Day on August 15, and Mumbai is planning parades, flag hoisting and light shows.
A company called Svatantra Microfin hopes to raise money so it can give small loans to people who need them.
Those are some of the important headlines in today's evening news roundup.
The Supreme Court quashed all FIRs against comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians in the India's Got Latent controversy over insensitive remarks about persons with disabilities.
Bomb threats hit six locations including the Delhi High Court and IGI Airport ahead of Independence Day; authorities said the threats appeared fake and the situation was under control.
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash, calling it its most capable workhorse model for coding and AI-agent tasks, but remained silent on the delayed flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro.
Delhi Capitals cricketer Abhishek Porel was denied bail and sent to 14-day judicial custody in a sexual assault case after being arrested in Hooghly.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal praised Maharashtra Police Inspector Santosh Vaijnath Kendre for acting as a 'human shield' to save her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal during an attack in Nanded.
- Who
- Comedian Samay Raina, cricketer Abhishek Porel, Google, police inspector Santosh Vaijnath Kendre, and politicians Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal.
- What
- A daily news roundup covering a Supreme Court ruling on FIRs, bomb threats, the Gemini 3.7 Flash launch, an IPO filing, and Independence Day preparations.
- When
- August 14, 2026, one day before India's 80th Independence Day on August 15.
- Where
- India, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Nanded, and Hooghly, along with global tech news from Google and Instagram.
- Why
- The stories reflect legal outcomes, security alerts, technology and business developments, and the country's Independence Day celebrations.
- Court ruling
- Supreme Court quashed all FIRs against Samay Raina and 4 other comedians over remarks about persons with disabilities
- Bomb threats
- Six locations including Delhi High Court and IGI Airport; threats appeared fake
- AI launch
- Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding and AI-agent tasks at $0.75 per million input tokens
- Porel case
- Delhi Capitals cricketer Abhishek Porel denied bail, sent to 14-day judicial custody in a sexual assault case
- Nanded attack
- Inspector Santosh Vaijnath Kendre praised as a 'human shield' for saving Sukhbir Singh Badal
- IPO filing
- Ananya Birla-led Svatantra Microfin filed DRHP with SEBI for Rs 3,000 crore IPO
- Independence Day
- 80th Independence Day on August 15; Mumbai plans events from CSMT flag-hoisting to laser shows
- Instagram wordmark
- First refresh in 10 years; CEO Adam Mosseri called it 'a long-overdue refresh'