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Kim Jong Un: North Korea looking for medicine abroad to help leader after weight gain, spy agency believes

After appearing to lose a substantial amount of weight in 2021, the North Korean leader has gained it back – with South Korean intelligence blaming his issues on smoking, drinking and stress. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is suffering from health problems caused by obesity, including high blood pressure and diabetes, South Korea’s spy agency has…
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US women’s saber fencers lose Olympic bouts overshadowed by a match-fixing investigation

All three U.S. women’s saber fencers lost their opening bouts at the Paris Olympics on Monday under the cloud of an investigation that examined possible match-fixing in qualifying for the Games. Tatiana Nazlymov was competing a month after she testified in a 13-hour arbitration hearing in which two other American fencers, including the team’s Olympic alternate Maia…
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Kerala Tragedy: 8 Dead, Hundreds Feared Trapped After Rain-Triggered Landslides Hit Wayanad; Visuals Surface

The teams of several government agencies have been deployed to carry out search and rescue operations. At least 8 people have died in landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, and around 100 people are feared trapped, according to reports. Heavy rains continue to impact many districts of the state. The teams of several government agencies have been deployed to…
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US discusses with India need for peace in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday emphasized the importance of a “just and enduring peace” for Ukraine in a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the State Department said, opens new tab. The discussion came amid a visit being reportedly planned to Ukraine by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Modi is…
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Kamala Harris campaign raises $200 million in a week

Kamala Harris’s election campaign said on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, as Republicans continued to hammer Harris over her work as vice president. President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday last week and endorsed Harris for the…
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Delhi: 3 Students Die After UPSC Coaching Centre Gets Flooded, Protests Continue As Cops File Case

Delhi Police has registered a criminal case in Rajendra Nagar incident where three students died after flooding in the basement of a coaching centre. New Delhi: Three persons lost their lives after the basement of aUPSC coaching centre got flooded in New Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar on Saturday night. Several student got trapped for over four hours after…
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Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response

A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in…
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and Zinedine Zidane star in rain-soaked opening ceremony

Lady Gaga kicked off her performance on steps along the River Seine, while it was Celine Dion’s first live performance since her stiff person syndrome diagnosis in 2022. Celine Dion brought the curtain down on a rain-soaked but spectacular opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics – which also featured a performance from Lady Gaga on the banks…
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Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt, Obamas endorse Harris

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where he narrowly survived an assassination attempt, while Vice President Kamala Harris capped her week-long bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee with former President Barack Obama’s endorsement. “I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY,”…
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North Korean hackers stealing military secrets, say US and allies

North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign in efforts to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang’s banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday. The hackers, dubbed Anadriel or APT45 by cybersecurity researchers, are believed to be part of North Korea’s intelligence agency…
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India tests ballistic missile defence system to intercept 5,000-km class enemy missiles

India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile under Phase-II of its two-tier ballistic missile defence (BMD) system, with the defence ministry promptly proclaiming it demonstrated the indigenous capability to defend against hostile nuclear-capable missiles in the 5000-km range class. In the test, the “target missile” mimicking an enemy’s long-range ballistic missile was first launched from…
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Joe Biden speaks for first time since quitting presidential race, says ‘personal ambition’ couldn’t prevent ‘saving our democracy’

The 81-year-old addressed the nation for the first time since announcing on Sunday that he would be dropping out of the presidential race amid growing concerns about his age and fitness. Joe Biden has said he couldn’t let his “personal ambition” stand in the way of “saving our democracy” in a live address to the nation from…
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Harris leads Trump 44% to 42% in US presidential race, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week’s poll before his Sunday exit from the race. The new poll,…
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Stock market crash: Sensex plunges by over 900 points after Securities Transaction Tax increase proposal in Union Budget

The Sensex and Nifty plummeted after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to increase Securities Transaction Tax (STT) in the Union Budget 2024. The announcement of a proposed increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Union Budget 2024 speech sent the stock market plunging downwards. The benchmark BSE Sensex fell by…
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Obama stops short of backing Kamala Harris so who is supporting the vice president?

Kamala Harris could replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate if she gets enough support. So who is backing the vice president? Former president Barack Obama has stopped short of endorsing Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. Instead of backing the vice president, he said in a statement: “I…
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Bangladesh Civil Unrest: Curfew With ‘Shoot-on-Sight’ Order Imposed As 133 Die in Deadly Clashes | Top Points

Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh after 133 people were killed in nationwide civil unrest. The deadly clashes between police and university students were sparked by the future of civil service hiring rules, on which the country’s top court is due to rule on Sunday (July 21). Soldiers patrolled parts of Dhaka…
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Democrats split over who should replace Biden if he quits while Trump says he ‘took a bullet for democracy’

As pressure mounts on Joe Biden to step aside, his party is now divided on who should replace him. Meanwhile, vice president Kamala Harris tells supporters the Democrats would “win this election”, as Donald Trump tells a rally he “took a bullet for democracy”. As Joe Biden faces more calls to step down as the Democratic Party’s…
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‘Heard An Explosion…’: Loco Pilot Claims After Derailment Of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express, UP Police Denies

The driver of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express claimed that he heard a loud explosion right before several coaches of the train derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda on Thursday. However, DGP Prashant Kumar said there was no explosion in the train accident. At least three people have lost their lives in the incident while multiple injuries have also been…
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Indian Navy Rescues 9 Crew Members Including 8 Indians From Capsized Tanker Near Oman

The search and rescue efforts were conducted under challenging weather conditions, with rough seas and strong winds hampering the operation. The Indian Navy’s warship INS Teg successfully rescued nine personnel, including eight Indians and one Sri Lankan, from the capsized oil tanker MV Prestige Falcon during a critical search and rescue (SAR) mission, . The incident occurred…
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Biden tests positive for COVID, will self-isolate in Delaware

U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive for COVID-19 while visiting Las Vegas on Wednesday and is self-isolating after experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after Biden cancelled a speech due to the…
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Thailand: Image released of uneaten meal as six found dead in luxury Bangkok hotel in suspected poisoning murder

They were discovered in a room that had been locked from the inside, while a seventh person remains unaccounted for. Six people have been found dead in a luxury Bangkok hotel after a suspected deliberate poisoning. The three men and three women – four Vietnamese nationals and two Vietnamese Americans – were in a room locked from…
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Former Trump rivals Haley, DeSantis endorse him in show of unity at Republican convention

Donald Trump’s former leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, offered full-throated endorsements of his candidacy at the party’s convention on Tuesday, a display of unity three days after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Haley, who had described Trump as unelectable and unfit for office during her campaign, nevertheless urged her supporters…
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Officer Among 4 Soldiers Killed in Doda Encounter; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Speaks To Army Chief

An Army officer and three personnel, who were critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night, have succumbed to their injuries, according to sources. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi today on the ground situation in Jammu…
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Police Complaint Filed Against Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh And Suresh Raina For Insulting Over ’10 Crore Disabled People of India’

The furore over former India trio of Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina allegedly mocking the disabled via a video that went viral on social media continues. Arman Ali, the Executive Director of the National Council for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), has filed a complaint against the world cup winners for ‘insulting’ and…
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Trump gunman: An ‘outcast’ who wasn’t let on school rifle team because he was ‘a bad shooter’

Thomas Matthew Crooks has been described by classmates as a “loner” who regularly wore hunting outfits to school and was “bullied almost every day”. The 20-year-old lived in a well-off city in Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks has been named as the gunman in the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday evening. Described…
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How brand Reliance is getting global boost from the lavish Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding

Unlike many Indian millionaires (and billionaires), Ambani’s choice of holding the events in India has given the local economy a boost. At the same time, the star-studded ceremonies have also given the family’s corporate brand — Reliance — a leg up on the global stage, say experts. The almost half-a-year-long extravaganza — leading up to the most…
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Gaza officials say 90 Palestinians killed as Israel targets Hamas military chief

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, the enclave’s health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it remained unclear whether Deif and another Hamas commander had been killed and promised to continue to…
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Inside billionaire heir Anant Ambani’s 3-day, $600M wedding ceremony attended by Kim Kardashian, Priyanka Chopra and more

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding is a multi-day, mega-million affair — and super star-studded. Kim Kardashian, Priyanka Chopra and more A-listers traveled to India to watch the son of Asia’s richest man tie the knot on Friday. The couple, who got engaged in December 2023, have been celebrating for months, starting with a pre-wedding party in…
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63 missing after landslide sweeps two buses into Trishuli River in Nepal, Kathmandu-Bharatpur flights cancelled

63 missing after landslide sweeps two buses into Trishuli River in Nepal, Kathmandu-Bharatpur flights cancelled A landslide on the Madan-Ashrit Highway in Nepal early this morning swept two buses carrying 63 people into the Trishuli River. The incident, involving the Kathmandu-bound Angel bus and Ganpati Deluxe, occurred around 3:30 am amid heavy rainfall in the region. Indradev…
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Keir Starmer gives go-ahead for British missiles to be used in strikes against targets inside Russia

The decision over the use of Storm Shadow missiles, which has been welcomed by Ukraine, represents a hawkish shift in policy from the stance taken by the former Conservative government. Sir Keir Starmer has told the Ukrainian president that British missiles can be used for defensive strikes against targets inside Russia. The announcement came as the new…
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Kathua Attack: Five Martyred Army Jawans From Uttarakhand, CM Says Terrorists Won’t Be Spared

Five jawans of 22 Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army were martyred in the Kathua terror attack in Kashmir. Those martyred belong to Tehri, Pauri and Rudraprayag districts of Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid tribute to soldiers at Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun on Tuesday. “Five sons of Uttarakhand were martyred in the Kathua terrorist…
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Zelenskyy says the world cannot wait until the US election in November to take action to repel Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that decisive action must be taken before the U.S. presidential election in November to repel Russia’s offensive against his country, using an address on the sidelines of the NATO summit to press for greater support during a pivotal but tumultuous stretch in America’s political calendar. “It’s time to step out of…
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Ukraine War, Indians Fighting For Russia Are Coming Home, Modi Gets Civilian Award: 3 Takeaways From PM’s Moscow Visit

As PM Modi’s two-day visit to Russia is coming to an end in a few hours from now, his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this time holds key importance in the strategic ties between the two countries. The bond between the two leaders appeared to have grown stronger despite several countries, especially the US, raising concerns…
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President Biden not being treated for Parkinson’s, White House says, amid questions over doctor’s visit

Joe Biden is not being treated for Parkinson’s disease, the White House has said, after reports that a specialist doctor had visited the US president several times in the past year. Concerns around the president’s health have risen since Mr Biden’s poor showing in his debate with Donald Trump – with Democrats describing the US president’s performance…
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French voters deliver a win for the left, a blow for Le Pen and a hung parliament

France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority. Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen’s nationalist, eurosceptic National Rally (RN), which opinion polls had predicted would win the second-round ballot but ended up in…
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Gujarat Building Collapse: 7 Bodies Recovered As Rescue Operation Continues In Surat; Visuals Surface

Anupam Gehlot, Commissioner of Police in Surat, stated that the building, despite being only eight years old, had many vacant and dilapidated flats. Most occupants were factory workers in the area. At least seven bodies were recovered from the rubble following the collapse of a six-storey residential building in Surat’s Sachin Pali village, which succumbed to incessant…
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‘We Stand With Those In Sorrow’: Bhole Baba’s First Reaction After Hathras Stampede; Main Accused Surrenders

Devprakash Madhukar, the main accused in the Hathras stampede case, was taken into custody after he surrendered in Delhi on Friday night, said top Uttar Pradesh police sources. Less than 24 hours later, preacher Bhole Baba on Saturday issued his first statement saying he is “extremely pained” by the deadly incident on July 2, which claimed 121…
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Biden dismisses concerns about mental fitness, says he’d drop out if the ‘Lord Almighty’ told him

The president sat down with ABC News for his first post-debate TV interview. President Joe Biden, in an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, acknowledged last week’s debate was a “bad episode” but pushed back strongly against broader questions about his age and mental fitness. Stephanopoulos, over the course of 22 minutes, pressed Biden repeatedly…
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‘Memorable’, says PM Modi as he meets Indian Olympic contingent

The Olympics this year will take place in Paris. The games are scheduled to begin on July 26 and continue till August 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met with the Indian Olympic contingent, labelling the meeting a “memorable interaction”. A memorable interaction with our contingent for Paris Olympics. Let us all #Cheer4Bharat.https://t.co/64fPsDNuRB — Narendra Modi…
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Kamala Harris top choice to replace Joe Biden if he steps aside, sources say

Vice President Kamala Harris is the top alternative to replace U.S. President Joe Biden if he decides not to continue his reelection campaign, according to seven senior sources at the Biden campaign, the White House and the Democratic National Committee with knowledge of current discussions on the topic. Biden’s fumbling, sometimes-incoherent and widely-panned first-debate performance against Republican…
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Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia’s UN ambassador says he can’t

Donald Trump has said repeatedly he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Russia’s United Nations ambassador says he can’t. When asked to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Vassily Nebenzia told reporters Monday that “the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day.” At…
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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Comes Into Effect From Today: Sexual Crimes Against Men, Transgender To Be Included: Laws Explained

From today, the new criminal laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), will be applicable across the country despite some objections from the Opposition-ruled states. The BNS, which prescribes the procedure and conditions for arrest, bail and custody, is open to amendments to some of its provisions,…
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Joe Biden’s disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion

President Joe Biden’s train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, including claims that he…
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Delhi airport ‘confident’ of handling load from T2, T3 after T1 collapse; Airline ops, flyers tell a different story

Delhi airport T1 collapse: Despite reassurances from the Delhi airport officials, the schedules of domestic airlines have been disrupted causing major inconvenience to flyers boarding or arriving at the airport. Delhi Airport T1 collapse: In the early hours of Friday, a large portion of the roof at Delhi Airport’s terminal-1 collapsed, causing several flight cancellations. The airport…
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New York Times editorial board calls for Biden to drop out: His candidacy is a ‘reckless gamble’

The New York Times editorial board is calling on President Biden to “leave the race” following his disastrous debate performance. “President Biden has repeatedly and rightfully described the stakes in this November’s presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy,” the editorial board began Friday. “Mr. Biden has said that he is the candidate…
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US charges 193 people in $2.75 billion health care fraud bust

The U.S. Justice Department has criminally charged 193 people, including 76 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, with participating in health care fraud schemes worth $2.75 billion, the agency said on Thursday. The two-week operation ensnared defendants accused of illegally distributing millions of pills of the stimulant Adderall. It also included $176 million in fraudulent schemes involving…
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Delhi Airport Terminal 1 Roof Collapse: Airport Partially Closed, Flight Departures Suspended Temporarily Till 2 PM

Terminal 1 of Delhi airport was partially closed after the roof collapse incident and all flight departures from Terminal 1 were suspended till 2 PM. At least one person died and six others injured after a portion of the roof collapsed on cars early on Friday morning, including taxis following heavy rains in the national capital. The…
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ISS astronauts take cover as Russian satellite breaks into over 100 pieces in space

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were forced to take cover as a defunct Russian satellite broke up into more than 100 pieces of debris. This fragmentation has significantly added to the growing space debris problem, posing a risk to space operations. Nasa confirmed that the debris from the Russian satellite breakup passed close enough to…
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Khalistan separatist Pannun ‘murder’ plot: US says India looking at ‘institutional reforms’

The US, he said, has “consistently asked for updates” on the high-level committee set up by New Delhi. In perhaps the first indication of what the Indian inquiry committee, formed in the wake of an alleged plot to assassinate Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, could be looking at, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday…
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America’s drinking water is facing attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran

The city of Wichita, Kansas, recently had an experience that’s become all too common — its water system was hacked. The cyberattack, which targeted water metering, billing and payment processing, followed the targeting of water utilities across the U.S. in recent years. In going after America’s water, hackers aren’t doing anything special. Despite rising fears of AI…
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Lok Sabha Speaker Election Updates: TMC To Support INDIA Bloc Candidate, Sources Say

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/rashid-khans-stunning-reply-to-sachin-tendulkar-goes-viral-as-afghanistan-reach-maiden-t20-world-cup-semis-article-111271112 After election for Lok Sabha Speaker post concluded, Om Birla won the polls for the post. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday, June 24, with the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to address a joint session of…
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