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dollar firmed on Monday as investors wagered the attack on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump made his victory more likely, while injecting a whole new level of political uncertainty into markets. A holiday in Japan made for thin trading conditions and the early action was confined to a modest rise in the dollar while Treasury futures slipped.

President Joe Biden warned Sunday of the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, saying, «It's time to cool it down.» In a prime-time national address from the Oval Office, Biden said political passions can run high but «we must never descend into violence.» The president acknowledged the passions of an election year, and that he and Republicans offer different policy visions, but implored Americans to «recommit» to resolving their differences peacefully. «There is no place in America for this kind of violence — for any violence. Ever. Period. No exception. We can't allow this violence to be normalized,» Biden said.

₹1.6 trillion from ₹2.42 trillion during the corresponding period of 2023-24, show data from BSE and NSE. The total number of issues fell to 247 from 287. The total amount of corporate bonds raised through the EBP also saw a sharp decline sequentially.

Campaigning to be elected US president again, Donald Trump had a narrow escape on Saturday as a bullet apparently aimed at him grazed his right ear, from which oozing blood was captured on camera as security officers formed a ring around him and whisked him to safety. It’s a relief that the attacker, identified as a 20-year-old local after he was killed by officers, missed his mark, although it’s tragic that an onlooker died and two others were grievously injured. That America has far too many guns around has long been obvious.

BJP unit after the Lok Sabha poll debacle in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said "overconfidence" hurt the BJP's hopes in this year's elections. Addressing the BJP's UP working committee meeting here, Adityanath said while the BJP managed managed to maintain its vote share of previous elections, there was a «shifting of votes», and now the «defeated» opposition is «jumping around» again. The chief minister said, «Under the leadership of PM Modi, we had maintained constant pressure on the opposition in UP, achieving great success in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022 (national and state elections).» «The percentage of votes that BJP had in its favour in 2014 and subsequent elections, BJP has been successful in getting the same number of votes in 2024 as well, but shifting of votes and overconfidence have hurt our hopes,» he said.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday alleged that the JMM and the Congress had made a total of 461 promises in their manifestos before the previous assembly elections in Jharkhand but those were «nothing but a bundle of lies». The BJP election in-charge for Jharkhand was in Ranchi to attend a party programme. «JMM had made 144 promises to the people in its manifesto, while the Congress had made 317 promises. In all, the alliance had made 461 promises but those were nothing but a bundle of lies,» Chouhan said while speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters here. He said that the JMM, in its manifesto, had promised to provide lakhs of jobs and unemployment allowances of Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 to youths.

Donald Trump has enraged his supporters, paused the Democratic campaign and raised fears of further political violence in the run-up to November's election. Trump's Republican allies painted him as a hero on Saturday, seizing on the image of him with his ear bloodied and fist raised, appearing to mouth the words «Fight! Fight! Fight!» Whereas Trump has regularly used violent language with his followers, advisers and allies of the former president flipped the script on his Democratic opponent President Joe Biden, saying it was the demonization of the Republican presidential candidate that led to the assassination attempt.

Trump's Republican allies painted him as a hero on Saturday, seizing on the image of him with his ear bloodied and fist raised, appearing to mouth the words «Fight! Fight! Fight!» Whereas Trump has regularly used violent language with his followers, advisers and allies of the former president flipped the script on his Democratic opponent President Joe Biden, saying it was the demonization of the Republican presidential candidate that led to the assassination attempt. «Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump's attempted assassination,» U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, a top candidate to be Trump's running mate, said on X.

Donald Trump clutched his right ear as blood spurted out, then ducked for cover as supporters screamed and Secret Service agents raced to surround and protect him. Within moments, someone shouted «shooter down,» and the agents, agitated but in control, began moving Trump offstage to safety. «Wait, wait, wait, wait,» he called out, then made a point of pumping his fist at the crowd and seemed to defiantly shout, «Fight! Fight!» The crowd roared and responded with chants of «USA! USA!» For the first time in more than four decades, a man who was elected president of the United States was wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman who appeared to have crawled onto a nearby roof opened fire at Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. The explosion of political violence came at an especially volatile moment in American history and further inflamed an already stormy campaign for the White House.

Donald Trump at an election rally on Saturday in which the former U.S. president was wounded in the ear: INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON X «Deeply concerned by the attack on my friend, former President Donald Trump. Strongly condemn the incident. Violence has no place in politics and democracies. Wish him speedy recovery. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased, those injured and the American people.»

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The largest Donald Trump-themed memecoin, MAGA (TRUMP), experienced a price surge of over 50% following an assassination attempt on the former United States president while he was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The budget is now slightly more than a week away. Finance ministry officials would have already sifted through all the proposals, recommendations and advice received from various quarters, and taken a decision on which ones to retain and which ones to discard. Many proposals and measures are probably already in the oven for final baking; what is probably left are incorporating last-minute proposals from party members, updating data and putting final touches to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s commentary.

Donald Trump's election rally raises his odds of winning back the White House, and trades betting on his victory will increase this coming week, investors said on Sunday. Trump was shot in the ear during the rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday in what the authorities were treating as an assassination attempt. Trump, his face spattered with blood, pumped his fist moments after the attack and his campaign said he was fine after the incident.

Donald Trump was hurried off stage during a campaign rally after apparent gunshots were heard, and he seemed to be injured. Although the Trump campaign assured that the former President is «fine,» the incident caused a significant stir in the political arena of the United States. Further, in the latest development, the suspect who was gunned down by security forces at former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania rally shooting has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in an official statement.

Jammu and Kashmir and other regional politicians were disallowed to visit the martyrs graveyard in downtown Srinagar on Saturday to commemorate the killing of 22 people on this day in 1931 by the forces of the then Dogra ruler of the erstwhile state of J&K The authorities had also sealed the graveyard in the premises of Naqshband sahib shrine in Srinagar and deployed policemen to scuttle any gathering there. The political parties alleged that the administration had placed their leaders under house arrest and termed it as «despotic» and an attempt to erase collective memory of J&K. Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was also placed under house arrest. «Another 13th July, Martyr’s Day, another round of locked gates and police excesses to stop people from paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives to establish a just, fair and democratic regime in J&K. Everywhere else in the country these people would have been celebrated but in J&K the administration wants to ignore these sacrifices,» said Omar Abdullah of the National Conference. He hoped that the assembly election would be held soon and this is the last year the administration would be able to do this. «InshaAllah next year we will mark 13th July with the solemnity and respect this day deserves,» he said.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday evening, but remains “fine,” according to his campaign.

Barack Obama was not happy with Joe Biden way back in 2008 when they joined hands as President and Vice President respectively or even much before that. They disagreed over several issues and even clashed publicly. Some ex-Obama staffers and some of his close associates have now openly targeted Biden and even urged him to step aside of the presidential election bid. The old-time associates also recall the well-known tensions between the former White House duo that go back nearly two decades.

Joe Biden has adopted a two-pronged strategy. First, he has rejected calls to pull out of the race for the White House and has declared defiantly that he may not be as young and energetic as before, but he knows how to deliver as the president of the country. Secondly, he has targeted Republican contender Donald Trump, saying that he is in a worse condition and he will take the country along the wrong path if he wins the election.

Following the recent landslide election which saw the UK Labour Party win, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has begun appointing members to the new government.

Neurologist and specialist in movement disorders Dr. Kevin Cannard visited the White House at least eight times between last July and this March, reports 'The Telegraph'. It is believed that the doctor came to the White House to treat President Joe Biden for a cognitive disorder. The news outlet also reported that the neurologist works at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. After this was reported in the media, the White House issued a statement saying that Dr Cannard had only seen Biden for his three annual physicals and the other visits were related to military personnel.