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China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers

HONG KONG, June 9, 2026 (AP) — Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market. Robot makers in China say they have thousands of orders from both the government and private businesses for humanoids that can do such things as sort parcels at postal centers, as the country finds ways to cope with an aging population and rising labor costs. However, some experts believe demand for humanoids lags the capacity to build them. China and the United

TMC leaders accuse rebel MPs of lacking political morality, having BJP links and asked to resign

New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) Trinamool Congress leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on rebel party MPs, accusing them of lacking political morality, maintaining links with the BJP and abandoning party workers at a time when they were allegedly facing harassment and political attacks. Addressing a press conference here, Banerjee said the TMC had called the briefing after dissident MPs claimed support from a majority of the party’s Lok Sabha members and announced plans to seek recognition as a separate faction. Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is at the forefront of the

Khan Sir gets relief as Patna court stays his arrest

Patna, June 9, 2026: A Patna court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to popular educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, in connection with an FIR registered against him over alleged firing at his coaching institute on June 2. The interim relief comes as Khan Sir pursues anticipatory bail in the case, which involves charges of abetment to attempted murder and provisions of the Arms Act. The order gives temporary protection to the founder of Khan Global Studies amid an ongoing probe into a violent clash at the institute in Patna’s Musallahpur Hat area under Kadamkuan police

India’s SpiceJet funding crunch delays pilot pay, messages show, as it seeks state-backed loan

NEW DELHI, June 9 (Reuters) – Indian airline SpiceJet has delayed salary payments to ​many of its pilots since March, internal messages seen by Reuters show, as the cash-strapped carrier said it is seeking an emergency loan under a government-backed ‌credit scheme to help stabilise operations. SpiceJet was India’s second-largest domestic carrier by market share in 2019, carrying roughly 15% of passengers, but that has since fallen to a fourth-place share of 3.4%. Its long-standing financial troubles have been worsened by the Middle East conflict, which has pushed up fuel prices and restricted airspace access, pressures that have also hit

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