Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, Vance, by his side

 

Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since surviving an assassination attempt, returning to the battleground state of Michigan on Saturday with his newly appointed running mate.

"That was this minute a week ago," Trump told the crowd, recalling the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania that left one supporter dead and two wounded, his ears bleeding.

"It is only by the grace of God almighty that I stand before you," he said, the white gauze over his ears turning into flesh-colored bandages. "I shouldn't be here right now," he continued. President Trump and Senator JD Vance of Ohio also attended their first joint event since he was nominated for the Republican nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

"I can't believe that a week ago an assassin tried to kill Donald Trump, and now there's a huge crowd in Michigan welcoming him back to the race," Vance said before President Trump's arrival. Michigan is one of the few battleground states that could determine the outcome of the November presidential election. In 2016, Trump narrowly won the state by just over 10,000 votes, but in 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won by 154,000 votes and took the presidency.

Trump, who seemed unusually subdued and emotional during the Republican National Convention, returned to his usual rallying mode, insulting his Democratic rivals, repeating lies about the 2020 election and peppering his speech with jokes that drew laughter from the enthusiastic audience.

At one point, Trump looked at a screen showing him at an unusual angle and joked about his comb-over hair.

"That's really stupid. What does that mean?" he said. "I apologize." Man! I looked up there and I said, 'Wow! This is like a work of art!'"

At another point, inviting supporters onto the stage, he said: "He's not carrying a weapon!"

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0,

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0,

 

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0, likely to cut taxes

Budget 2024: In her record seventh Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to announce an increase in basic allowance under both old and new tax brackets, providing a major relief to the middle class.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh consecutive Budget today, Tuesday, July 23. The Budget 2024-25 is seen as the action plan of the Modi 3.0 government to outline the roadmap for India's development for the next five years.

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0, likely to announce an increase in basic allowance under both old and new tax brackets, providing a major relief to the middle class.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the Finance Minister will present a strong Budget and ensure that government assurances reach the common people. Prime Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the economic report in Parliament yesterday on the first day of the Monsoon Session.

Stay tuned to our live blog bringing you all the relevant developments and updates on Union Budget 2024.

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July 23, 2024 at 09:37AM

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0,

 

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0, likely to cut taxes

Budget 2024: In her record seventh Union Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to announce an increase in basic allowance under both old and new tax brackets, providing a major relief to the middle class.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh consecutive Budget today, Tuesday, July 23. The Budget 2024-25 is seen as the action plan of the Modi 3.0 government to outline the roadmap for India's development for the next five years.

Nirmala Sitharaman to present first budget of Modi 3.0, likely to announce an increase in basic allowance under both old and new tax brackets, providing a major relief to the middle class.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the Finance Minister will present a strong Budget and ensure that government assurances reach the common people. Prime Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the economic report in Parliament yesterday on the first day of the Monsoon Session.

Stay tuned to our live blog bringing you all the relevant developments and updates on Union Budget 2024.

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand, UP govt orders asking eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to disclose staff names

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand, UP govt orders asking eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to disclose staff names

 

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the implementation of orders issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments asking restaurant owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to disclose the names of their owners and the staff employed there.

The Supreme Court declared that food vendors cannot be compelled to provide the names of their owners or the staff they employ. The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing on the matter for July 26.

The Supreme Court questioned whether the Kanwariyas expected the food to be prepared by a particular category of owners. "We consider it appropriate to issue an interim injunction staying the implementation of the above directions. In other words, food sellers may be required to indicate the type of food but may not be compelled to indicate the names of the owners or employees," the court said.

Muzaffarnagar police had issued orders making it mandatory for restaurants along the Kanwal Yatra route to disclose the names of their owners. The Uttar Pradesh government later extended the order to the entire state on Friday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state of Uttarakhand had also issued similar orders. The BJP-led Ujjain Municipal Corporation had also directed shopkeepers in the historic city to display their names and mobile numbers in front of their shops. Government stand presented: BJP

BJP spokesperson Jugal Kishore said: "The government will state its stand in court."

No one appeared on behalf of the state government on the issue during the hearing.

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July 22, 2024 at 03:14PM

China’s Warning To Elon Musk’s Starlink! Says Its Sub-Launched DEWs Can Hunt Its Satellites, Undetected

 

China’s Warning To Elon Musk’s Starlink! Says Its Sub-Launched DEWs Can Hunt Its Satellites, Undetected

Research recently conducted by China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) scientists has claimed that PLA submarines equipped with laser weapons would be able to destroy SpaceX’s Starlink satellites if China’s security was in jeopardy.

The research states that a submarine fitted with a solid-state, megawatt-class laser weapon can fire at satellites while remaining underwater and retracting its “optoelectronic mast” before diving back to the ocean floor.

In a peer-reviewed paper published last month in the Chinese-language journal Command Control & Simulation, the project team headed by Wang Dan, a professor at the Naval Submarine Academy, suggested that this kind of laser attack submarine could be mass-produced in the future and stationed in different oceans to counter military threats to China. A report from the South China Morning Post revealed the study’s specifics.

In another instance of China's skyrocketing defense ambition, scientists of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have conducted a study to take down Elon Musk's Starlink satellites in case they pose a security risk.

The report, published in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), referring to a peer-reviewed paper in the Chinese-language journal Command Control & Simulation, suggests that submarine-launched laser weapons could be used to target and shut down satellites like Starlink in space.

Professor Wang Dan of the Naval Submarine Academy said in the article that the biggest challenge in anti-satellite missions is not hitting the satellite, but hiding after the attack.

"Currently, surface-to-air missiles are the main means of anti-satellite operations, but this approach has certain problems, especially in terms of stealth," Wang et al. wrote in their article (reported by the South China Morning Post). The article also outlined a step-by-step process for attacking satellites like Starlink from the ocean. First, one or more submarines equipped with laser weapons would be sent to the area where the operation will take place. It will enter the target area according to the command and wait until the satellite is in range to attack. The timing to raise the laser weapon will be determined based on the previously recorded flight time of the satellite, according to the SCMP, the research paper continues.

Meanwhile, Reuters previously reported that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of reconnaissance satellites under a secret contract with U.S. intelligence agencies, according to five people familiar with the program, pointing to growing ties between billionaire Elon Musk and national security officials at the space company.

The network is being built by SpaceX's Starshield business unit under a $1.8 billion contract signed in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the intelligence agency that manages spy satellites, the people said.

The satellites can track targets on the ground and share that data with U.S. intelligence and military officials, the sources said. In principle, this would enable the U.S. government to rapidly and continuously capture images of ground activities almost anywhere in the world to support intelligence and military operations.

Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand, UP govt orders asking eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to disclose staff names

 

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the implementation of orders issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments asking restaurant owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to disclose the names of their owners and the staff employed there.

The Supreme Court declared that food vendors cannot be compelled to provide the names of their owners or the staff they employ. The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing on the matter for July 26.

The Supreme Court questioned whether the Kanwariyas expected the food to be prepared by a particular category of owners. "We consider it appropriate to issue an interim injunction staying the implementation of the above directions. In other words, food sellers may be required to indicate the type of food but may not be compelled to indicate the names of the owners or employees," the court said.

Muzaffarnagar police had issued orders making it mandatory for restaurants along the Kanwal Yatra route to disclose the names of their owners. The Uttar Pradesh government later extended the order to the entire state on Friday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state of Uttarakhand had also issued similar orders. The BJP-led Ujjain Municipal Corporation had also directed shopkeepers in the historic city to display their names and mobile numbers in front of their shops. Government stand presented: BJP

BJP spokesperson Jugal Kishore said: "The government will state its stand in court."

No one appeared on behalf of the state government on the issue during the hearing.

Secret Service admits denying Trump's past requests for increased security at his campaign events

 

Secret Service admits denying Trump's past requests for increased security at his campaign events

The Secret Service acknowledged late Saturday, a week after the attempt on Trump's life, that it had turned back some requests to increase security The Secret Service has acknowledged it denied some requests by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign for increased security at his events in the years before the assassination attempt on him at a recent rally.

In the immediate aftermath of the July 13 attack, the law enforcement agency had denied rejecting such requests. But the Secret Service acknowledged late Saturday, a week after the attempt on Trump's life, that it had turned back some requests to increase security around the former president.

The reversal is likely to be a key focus of a congressional hearing Monday where Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to appear before lawmakers who have been expressing anger over security lapses that allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop the roof of a nearby building at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and fire his weapon.

Trump was wounded in the right ear, one rallygoer was killed and two others were injured. A Secret Service gunman killed the shooter. "The Secret Service has a broad, dynamic and complex mission. We work in a dynamic threat environment every day to ensure the safety of our subjects during a variety of events, travel and other challenging environments," the agency's chief spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said in a statement late Saturday. The Post first reported the agency's transformation based on detailed questions posed to intelligence agencies. "We pursue a comprehensive, multi-layered strategy that balances manpower, technology and specific operational needs," Guglielmi said.

He said the agency would turn to state and local law enforcement in cases where dedicated Secret Service units were not available.

"In cases where dedicated Secret Service units or resources were not available, the agency made modifications to ensure the safety of wardens," Gugliemi said. "This could include leveraging state and local partners to provide specialized capabilities or finding alternative means to reduce wardens' exposure to public spaces."

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