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North Korea condemns drills by U.S., Japan, S. Korea as 'Asian NATO'     South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol boards the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the South Korean naval base in Busan, South Korea, Jun 25, 2024. The newly-inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise has wrapped up, having brought together  Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multi-domain maneuvers for the first time.  The latest joint drills involved Washington's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Tokyo's guided-missile destroyer JS Atago, and Seoul's KF-16 fighter jet. North Korea denounced on June 30 joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the United States, calling them an "Asian version of NATO" and warning of "fatal consequences". It comes a day after the allies wrapped up three-day exercises, dubbed "Freedom Edge", in ballistic missile and air defences, anti-submarine warfare and defensive cyber training. U.S., ...

  Growing clamour for Biden to step down; he says here to stay to defeat Trump    ( President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, are seen on a television at Tillie’s Lounge during the presidential debate on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Cincinnati. For many voters in the U.S., there’s despair in the air after the presidential debate this past week.) Mr. Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled and fumbled during the televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump  Following a disastrous performance at the debate stage in Atlanta, there is a growing clamour within the ruling Democratic party and the mainstream American media for President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. However, the 81-year-old President and his campaign have asserted that he is not giving up and is determined to successfully run for the November 5th presidential elections. Mr. Biden is the nomi...

The Ripple Effect: Who Stands to Gain from a TikTok Ban in the US?      (TikTok is used by around 170 million Americans, who reach out to a global audience of more than 1 billion) As the U.S. government pressures the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to divest ownership of TikTok or see the app get banned in a top market, which social media companies stand to gain from TikTok’s woes? In April, the Biden administration passed a law - Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - that forces TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to divest ownership of the app in 9-12 months, or see it banned in the U.S. If that divestment does not happen, there is a chance that users in the U.S. could lose access to TikTok, similar to how Indian users lost the service four years ago. TikTok and ByteDance sued the U.S. government in response, claiming that the law violates Americans’ right to free speech and that Congress is singling out one platform, “with one set of rule...

 Delhi Rejoices As Trailer of Monsoon Releases  The monsoon winds are predicted to arrive in Delhi by the end of this month. India Metrological Department’s data of the past years shows that the rain bearing winds usually announce their arrival with a moderate  rain spell either on the date of onset or a day after. Between 1960 to 2023 the monsoon reached the capital 33 times in July and 31 times in June. During this period the earliest arrival of the monsoon was on the June 9 in 1961. The most delayed was when the winds reached Delhi on July 27 in 1987. The Senior scientist of IMD said, The main criterion of determining the onset of monsoon is a precipitation of more than 2 mm.  But it must also be considered that the monsoon progresses in the country step by step. So that the rain occurs in the city under the influence of the western disturbance is not considered the arrival of the monsoon. Senior scientist also added that apart form rain, some other factors are al...

  Examining China's Growing Global Infrastructure Footprint: Insights from Recent Surveys Environmental and social impact risks, with limited community consultation Introduction: China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been shaping global infrastructure development over the past decade. As the world's second-largest economy, China's overseas investment and construction activities have attracted significant attention and scrutiny. In this blog post, we'll explore the key findings from recent surveys that shed light on China's growing global infrastructure footprint. China's Infrastructure Investments Worldwide According to the latest data from the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation, China has invested over $1 trillion in infrastructure projects across more than 150 countries since 2005. The top recipient regions include Asia, Europe, and Africa, with a focus on sectors such as transportation, energy, and telecommunications....

  U.S. Presidential debate: Joe Biden falters in fiery debate with Donald Trump Joe Biden’s performance, after he spent the week secluded in preparation, sparked new concern within his Democratic Party as polls show Donald Trump is tied or ahead for the November electio.   halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery Presidential debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed out at his successor, calling him a failure on the economy and the world stage. Mr. Biden looked to hit back, but his delivery was faltering as he spoke rapidly in a raspy, trailing-off voice, stumbled on his words and stared open-mouthed. His performance, after he spent the week secluded in preparation, sparked new concern within his Democratic Party as polls show Mr. Trump is tied or ahead for the November election. It was the first debate ever between a president and former president  and each ac...

 Roof collapses at Delhi airport’s Terminal-1; three dead, several injured All departures from Terminal 1 temporarily suspended and check-in counters closed as a safety measure. Three people died and six were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport's Terminal-1 fell on cars, including taxis, amid heavy rains early Friday, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said. They said a search operation is underway to make sure no one else is trapped in the damaged vehicles. Besides the roof sheet, the support beams also collapsed, damaging the cars parked in the pick-up and drop area of the terminal, the officials said. The injured persons have been hospitalised, they said.Of the six, one was rescued from a car on which an iron beam had fallen, the officials said.  Three fire-tenders were sent to the airport after a call about the incident was received by the DFS around 5:30 a.m.“Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy at the old Departure for...

 T20 World Cup: South Africa banish semifinal jinx with 9-wicket win over Afghanistan, enter maiden final.        (The semi-final jinx has finally been broken! South Africa are through to an ICC final) Afghanistan were bowled out for just 56 as Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada ran riot with the ball. South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final in Trinidad. They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the Afghans will go home with their heads held high after a stirring run in the tournament. Marco Jansen (3/16) Kagiso Rabada (2/14) and Anrich Nortje (2/7) ripped the soul out of the Afghanistan top-order while bundling them out for a paltry 56 in just 11.5 overs after being invited to bowl. Despite the early depart...

  How Julian Assange Walked Out of U.S. Court a ‘Free Man’ What was the deal with the U.S. government that secured Julian Assange’s release? What’s next for the WikiLeaks founder? The story so far: In a dramatic conclusion to an extradition saga that lasted more than a decade, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on June 26 pleaded guilty to violating espionage law, allowing him to walk free to return to his home in Australia, as part of a landmark deal with U.S. Justice Department.   Mr. Assange, who founded the whistleblower media group WikiLeaks in 2006, released classified documents relating to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010, among several others. He was sentenced to the five years he had already served in a British prison while fighting to avoid extradition to the U.S. Mr. Assange had left the British prison on June 24 to appear before a U.S. federal court in the Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Western Pacific. Julian Assange, the controversial foun...

 Arvind Kejriwal sent to 3-day CBI custody in Delhi Excise policy case.        (Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi on June 26, 2024) The central agency formally arrested Mr. Kejriwal after taking permission from the special court; he was allowed to meet his lawyer for 30 minutes everyday. A court in New Delhi on June 26 sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to CBI custody for three days after the probe agency arrested him in a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi Excise policy ‘scam’. The court has also allowed Mr. Kejriwal to meet his lawyer for 30 minutes everyday.Special Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the order on an application moved by the CBI.      The probe agency formally arrested Mr. Kejriwal earlier in the day after getting permission from the court.The Aam Aadmi Party national convener is lodged in prison in the Excise policy-linked money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Departmen...

 Moscow preparing for likely visit by Modi, says Putin aide : Government yet to confirm reports PM will travel to Russia in July for a summit that is long overdue In what could be his first visit since the Ukraine war began, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Moscow in the coming weeks to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin under the much-delayed annual summit mechanism that has been in place since 2000, but suspended for the past few years. “I can confirm that we are preparing a visit by the Prime Minister of India,” Kremlin official and Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said, according to Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency, adding that he could not reveal dates for the visit until they were agreed upon by both sides. “But we are actively making preparations, and this visit will happen,” he said. The Russian agency said that preparations were being made for Mr. Modi’s visit to the country in “early July”. The External Affairs Ministr...

  The Lethal Mechanism of Potassium Cyanide: How It Causes Sudden Death Introduction Potassium cyanide (KCN) is infamous for its lethality and has been a substance of both scientific intrigue and public fear. This compound, historically used in various industrial applications, has also been associated with notorious uses in espionage and crime. But what exactly makes potassium cyanide so deadly? In this article, we delve into the biochemical mechanisms that cause sudden death when potassium cyanide is ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin. Understanding Potassium Cyanide Potassium cyanide is a crystalline salt that, when dissolved in water, produces highly toxic cyanide ions (CN-). These ions are the culprits behind the compound’s deadly nature. Cyanide ions interfere with cellular respiration, which is essential for energy production in living organisms. The Biochemical Assault 1. Inhibition of Cytochrome c Oxidase At the core of cyanide’s toxicity is its ability to bind...

  How Boeing can bring NASA’s Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore back to Earth       (This handout image shows the Boeing Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s (ISS) forward port on the station’s Harmony module. A Boeing Starliner capsule carrying astronauts docked with the International Space Station on June 6, 2024 after overcoming unexpected challenges arising from thruster malfunctions and helium.) Numerous  problems  with  Boeing's  Starliner  a  capsule,  which  is  docked  at  the  International  Space  Station,  have  delayed  plans  to  return  to  Earth.       Problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for its return of its two astronauts to Earth, as last-minute fixes and tests draw out a mission crucial to the future of Boeing's...