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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping US President Donald Trump on Thursday reignited the debate over the 2020 presidential election, alleging that China carried out “the largest compromise of election data in history” by acquiring 220 million American voter files.He announced the declassification of intelligence documents that he claimed showed Chinese interference in US elections, despite previous assessments by America’s intelligence community finding no evidence that Beijing altered the outcome of the 2020 vote.Speaking in a primetime address from the White House, Trump said his administration was releasing classified material related to the 2020 and 2018 elections, arguing that Americans deserved…
Lionel Messi has hit back at critics questioning Argentina’s run to the FIFA World Cup final, insisting the defending champions have earned everything through their performances and not because of favourable officiating or outside influence.Argentina came from 1-0 down after the 85th minute to beat England 2-1 in Wednesday’s semifinal and book a place in the final, where they will face Spain on Sunday.The win sparked celebrations across Buenos Aires, with thousands of fans filling the streets as Argentina moved within one victory of winning back-to-back World Cups.It was also another comeback in a tournament where Lionel Scaloni’s side have…
New Delhi: Congress MP KC Venugopal on Thursday said the government should discuss the proposed One Nation, One Election (ONOE) Bill with the Opposition before bringing it to Parliament, asserting that the legislation cannot move forward without Opposition support.”Without the opposition’s support, how can they bring out the bill? They have to discuss it with the Opposition. Let us have an idea about what they are going to bring, and then we will tell,” Venugopal told reporters.His remarks come as the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws…
Bengaluru: Abbott beat quarterly estimates and raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, as strong demand for its cancer diagnostics business and medical devices eased procedure-volume concerns, sending its shares up 12%.Wall Street is watching medtech firms after hospital operator HCA flagged softer surgical volumes and rising uninsured levels, trends that could pressure elective procedures, as some Americans drop off Affordable Care Act plans following the end of pandemic-era subsidies.Abbott CEO Robert Ford pushed back on those concerns, saying it is a “flawed assumption” that ACA-related enrollment declines would materially affect the medical technology and diagnostics industry.Ford said the company…
Kerala higher education minister Roji M JohnKochi: Higher education minister Roji M John on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from Kerala, urging them to oppose the central govt’s proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025. He alleged that its provisions centralise powers and weaken the constitutional role of states and the autonomy of universities.In the letter, the minister said education is a subject in the concurrent list and stressed the need to protect the spirit of federalism. He alleged that the proposed legislation would place key decisions in the education sector under the control of…
Travis Kelce was spotted out for the first time since tying the knot with Taylor Swift, training for his upcoming NFL practice while flaunting his wedding band in Florida. (Instagram) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s marriage has been the talk of the town ever since they announced their engagement last year. In the first week of July, they officially tied the knot in a grand wedding at Madison Square Garden, which cost around USD 20 million. Now that the wedding bliss is fading, Kelce is back on the field to train for another season. Travis Kelce starts NFL training after…
NEW DELHI: In a major boost for India’s semiconductor startup policy, govt is redesigning its support framework under Semicon 2.0 and intends to move away from one-time grants to a model of larger, milestone-linked funding coupled with equity investments, alongside venture capital (VC) firms.On Wednesday, the cabinet approved Semicon 2.0 with an outlay of Rs 1,27,500 crore, expanding India’s semiconductor strategy beyond fabrication and assembly. India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) chief executive Amitesh Kumar Sinha told TOI that the new framework reflects the unique capital requirements of semiconductor companies, whose funding needs to be extended well beyond the design stage.Works On…
NEET UG 2026 result declared The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 result today, July 16. Candidates who appeared for the medical entrance examination can now download their scorecards from the official website, neet.nta.nic.in.According to the NTA, nearly 20 lakh candidates appeared for the examination, which was held on June 21, 2026. Out of them, more than 11.21 lakh candidates have qualified for admission to undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses.The agency said the results have been announced on time to ensure that the counselling and admission process for…
Top Democrat on House intelligence committee says Trump was setting the stage to seize control of midterm elections“I’m not an alarmist”, congressman Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, just told MSNOW after Donald Trump’s speech, “but understand what happened tonight: the president was setting the context, he was setting the basis for him to turn around, at midnight on Election Day and say, ‘I warned you, I warned you back in July that the Chinese were doing XYZ and the Venezuelans were doing XYZ and all this terrible stuff. It happened tonight. I am deploying, federal…
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested Indian-origin man Nitish Kaushal in Vermont, days after adding him to its Most Wanted list as part of its crackdown on transnational organised crime.The FBI said Kaushal was arrested as authorities closed in on the Bhagwanpuria gang.According to the agency, Kaushal is allegedly involved in murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking in the US. The FBI said the Indian national carried out violent acts on behalf of the Bhagwanpuria organised crime group, including kidnappings and assaults.”Nitish Kaushal is wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organisation engaged…