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The late British prime minister Winston Churchill infamously remarked, “India is merely a geographical expression. It is no more a single country than the Equator." The pugilistic Churchill, no friend of India, seldom hid his distaste for Indians, referring to us once as “beastly people." Ignorance levels have dropped since. Today, we are widely known for what we are: a rainbow nation of mind-boggling diversity, a blend of ethnicities, a profusion of mutually incomprehensible languages, and a host of religions, cultural practices and topographies.

Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and discussed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Axios reported, citing two U.S. sources. One source told Axios Trump's call was intended to encourage Netanyahu to take the deal, but stressed he did not know if this is indeed what the former president told Netanyahu. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Late last month, Netanyahu visited the U.S. and met President Joe Biden, Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican former President Trump.

Team USA' gymnastics has spoken out about the troubled relations with her daughter and how she is looking forward to Biles' forgiveness and start their bonding afresh, forgetting the previous scars in their lives that led to a fallout. Biles has returned a champion from the Paris Olympics, winning back-to-back medals in gymnastics for Team USA and has become a top contributor for Team USA's medal haul in track and field events. Her mother, meanwhile, is elated at her feats at the global level and even thought the mother-daughter have a falling out, she expects that one day she would be able to asker her daughter for forgiveness.

Premier League fixtures for 2024-25 season is out and Manchester United will host Fulham in the first match. Defending Premier League champions Manchester City will play Chelsea in the season's first marquee match. Premier League matches will be live telecast on NBC and USA Network. The live streaming will be available on Peacock and Fubo which offers free trial. Manchester United vs Fulham at 3 pm (ET) on Friday, August 16.

US stock market on Wednesday closed on green as key indices — S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq — rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.6 per cent at 40,008.39, while the broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent to 5,455.21, and the Nasdaq increased by less than 0.1 per cent 17,192.60. Among individual stocks, the news of Snickers maker Mars's near-$36 billion acquisition of snacking giant Kellanova made waves on Wall Street, sending the share price of the former firm up by 4.5 per cent, and the latter by 7.8 per cent.

The Traitors Season 2, after clinching the TCA Awards for outstanding achievement in reality television and surpassing all other unscripted series in the United States in terms of viewership across all streaming platforms, renewed two forthcoming seasons at Peacock. This Emmy-winning competition series will also continue to have its outstanding host, Alan Cumming, in the new seasons as well. Alan Cumming, expressed how much fun he is having hosting «The Traitors,» where he can deliver these grandiose speeches and also add some improvisation into his interactions with the players, as quoted in a report by Variety.

Democratic National Convention begins on August 19-22, which will be one of the key events as the the US Presidential poll race intensifies over time. The DNC will be a very important event for Kamala Harris, who was recently inducted into the Prez poll race after Biden's surprise exit after the dismal US Presidential Debate performance. Meanwhile, Tim Walz will also get the needed highlight in this auspicious event for the Democrats, where both him and Harris will be officially endorsed as the party's nominees for President and Vice President.

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US stock market, chipmaker Nvidia gained over 6% Tuesday. As the market improved considerably after tanking, Nvidia shares soared and closed at $116.14. The price of the chipmaker stock has doubled in value since the beginning of the year. According to 'Invesopedia', Nvidia will report its earnings for the quarter on August 28. The market analyst and share market strategists expect an earnings-fueled post-market move could potentially mark «the technical low for the largest index weights and AI darlings,» ahead of a September rally.

Kamala Harris is gaining ground in the Rust Belt. The states that were once the US manufacturing centers, employing a large part of the population in manufacturing jobs, voted heavily in favor of Donald Trump in 2016. But, Axios has reported that Kamala Harris has closed the gap in the region comprising Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Harris's increased popularity is in contrast to FiveThirtyEight's national average when Joe Biden trailed Donald Trump by 2.4 percentage points in Michigan, 2.3 percentage points in Wisconsin, and 4.4 percentage points in Pennsylvania.

A newly published study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco reveals that the substantial liquid wealth US households sopped up during the pandemic has run out, particularly for those in the lower- and middle-income bands of the economic spectrum.

Indian nationals living in other countries celebrate the joyous occasion with felicity and are full of nationalistic fervour on Indian Independence Day. For individuals living in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any other country, there are a plethora of ways they can celebrate the 78th Indian Independence Day with fanfare, vigour, and a renewed sense of Indian pride in their hearts, even if they are physically away from their motherland.

Ukrainian Army used the battery fire or the hydrogen tank explosion technique to convert a civilian Toyota Mirai car into a hydrogen and plastic explosive that wreaked havoc. It was not a thermonuclear device or a hydrogen bomb, no fissile material was used. It was made using a fuel tank from a hydrogen car. However, the Ukrainian Army foiled the Russian efforts to take the town of Vovchansk and pushed them to a plant north of the river.

In a major setback toVinesh Phogat, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ad hoc division on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Indian wrestler against her disqualification from Olympic Games final. Vinesh Phogat had filed an application for a silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the Paris Olympics after she was disqualified before the final match due to exceeding the 50kg weight limit.The CAS released a statement to render its verdict which read, "The application field by Vinesh Phogat on August 7 has been dismissed."In a statement, IOA President PT Usha expressed "shock and disappointment at the decision of the Sole Arbitrator at the CAS to dismiss wrestler Vinesh Phogat's application against the United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)."Last week, during the weigh-in, Vinesh was found to be 100 grams over the limit.

A new study by Corebridge Financial reveals that while many Americans possess a basic understanding of life insurance, that still leaves a lot of room for client education and awareness-building.

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Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September.

CCI on Wednesday approved the US-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's proposal to acquire Juniper Networks, Inc. HPE specialises in business information technology, offering infrastructure products to support the IT systems of customers, related software to automate and simplify IT operations, and cloud solutions as a service. «The proposed combination pertains to the acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) of 100 per cent of the outstanding shares of, and sole control over, Juniper Networks, Inc. »The proposed combination is to be carried out by way of a reverse triangular merger through which Jasmine Acquisition Sub, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of HPE) will merge with and into Juniper, such that Juniper will be the surviving entity and will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of HPE," CCI said in a release.