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Imane Khelif earned a gold medal in Paris, the boxer who faced international scrutiny and misconceptions about her sex is likely to name Elon Musk and JK Rowling in her complaint against «cyber bullying», according to Variety. Khelif, who had been in the docks before over her gender eligibility, faced severe criticism after defeating Itanian boxer Angela Carini in an opening-round bout in just 46 seconds at the Olympics. After winning gold in the Olympics, Khelif filed a legal complaint in France. «JK Rowling and Elon Musk are named in the lawsuit, among others,» attorney Nabil Boudi told Variety on Tuesday. Boudi also said that former US President Donald Trump would be part of the probe. However, he said it wasn't clear if he would be named in the complaint.

Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, which will take place on August 31 in New Delhi. Bringing together global investors, policy makers, business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the globe, the inaugural edition of ET World Leaders Forum, with its theme of 'Leadership for Global Prosperity,' offers a platform for intersectional dialogue on the opportunities that arise from India's rapid economic progress. That progress has come even as the global economy overall is stagnating, with geopolitical and climate crises adding to concerns. India's economy grew 8.2% in FY24, as the macroeconomic stability and policy support catalysed investments.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in a tax policy arms race, copying and one-upping each other’s proposals in a bid to court key battleground state voting blocs ahead of a looming battle in Washington to rewrite the tax code. 

clip of US President Joe Biden taking a nap at a Delaware beach has gone viral with a large number of people watching it and reacting to it online. The 46th president of the United States slept on an armchair on the Rehoboth Beach, his favorite. The camera caught him stretching his legs under an umbrella. People reacted to how Biden was taking a vacation with just a few months of presidency left. Netizens have reacted in several ways, some praising him, some expressing concerns, some ridiculing and some criticizing him, some even accused him of dereliction of duty. A user took to the social media platform X to write, «Pre-ice cream cone power nap.»

Twitter, former US President Donald Trump has returned to it. He appeared there in an interview with X boss Elon Musk at a time when his popularity has gone down severely and he has been trailing behind rival Kamala Harris is almost all opinion polls held since Joe Biden stepped aside. Recounting his assassination attempt, Trump discussed many issues, including the deportation of migrants. The interview posted on X, lasted for two hours. It was overwhelmingly friendly, but it revealed nothing new about the GOP candidate for the US Presidential Election 2024. Trump kept on talking about his recent assassination attempt, illegal immigration, and his plans to cut government regulations.

Premier League rarely stands still. For the 2024-25 season starting on Friday, there are five newly hired managers, around $1.6 billion worth of new players (and counting), new offside technology, updated financial regulations and a tweaked match schedule. COACHING CHANGES

Andhra Pradesh government is set to initiate the first-ever skill and industry census to gauge the state's labour force profile and create linkages between the unemployed youth and industry. The state-wide census will capture the demography with social and economic details of over 1.6 crore households. The exercise would be first initiated through a pilot project in one mandal (smallest administrative unit) and one educational institution towards the end of September. After the data is collected and cleaned up, the state government will initiate a state-wide census in January 2025. A highly-placed state government source told ET, «The census will take about 12 months. After this, the data will be cleaned and collated.»

Technology's Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin. This podcast explores some of the most challenging tech-fuelled conundrums — disinformation campaigns, social media addiction, etc — but with an appreciation for the interplay between tech and psychology and sociology. In this fascinating episode, How to Think About AI Consciousness, Raskin and neuroscientist Anil Seth discuss a key question: will AI become conscious? Seth points out that this question has always been in the air — SF has given us stories about machines not only intelligent but also (self-)aware.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are painting much different pictures as they meet with voters on the campaign trail around the country

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will hold its next meeting in September to discuss the pending reforms and to kick-start rate rationalisation for goods and services. «The 54th Meeting of GST Council will be held on 9th September, 2024, at New Delhi,» the council said in a post on social media platform X. It will also take up the issue of removing duty inversion under GST,

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used it as a microphone to amplify his political views and those of the often right-wing figures he’s aligned with

Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter

Elon Musk’s much-awaited interview with former President Donald Trump was marred by technical glitches on Monday, with people unable to join the audio conversation on X’s Spaces platform

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Despite introducing significant steps in the last one year to get control over skyrocketing visa wait times, the United States has still not been able to bring it back to normal. Although there has been improvement—which is reflected by the processing of 1.4 million visas for Indians in 2023, an all-time high, and a 75 per cent reduction in visitor visa appointment wait times—the issue persists. Wait times for B1/B2 visa vary significantly across U.S. consulates in India. In Calcutta, the U.S. consulate offers the shortest visa wait time of 24 calendar days. In contrast, the wait time in Hyderabad is 407 calendar days, while in Delhi, it extends to 386 calendar days. The consulate in Bombay has a wait time of 422 calendar days, and in Chennai, applicants face the longest wait, which is 477 calendar days.

Kerala General Education Department has added 'Fact-Checking' modules as part of new ICT textbooks for Classes 5 and 7, designed to help students recognize fake news and perform fact-checking on online platforms. The move by the Kerala government was implement even ahead of UK which reportedly is is planning to revise their primary curriculum by including this topic. Earlier in 2022, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the technology arm of Kerala General Education Department, had imparted Fake News prevention and awareness creation training for 19.72 lakh students of Grades 5 to 10, as part of the Digital Media Literacy programme.

US Presidential Election 2024 is only a few weeks away, the political tension is escalating by leaps and bounds, US President Joe Biden has come under scathing attacks for the most unexpected reasons. He was caught taking forty winks under the sun at Delaware Beach. The Republican Party lost no time in attacking him and accusing him of dereliction of duty. They went to the extent of saying that Biden has spent 40% of his entire presidency on vacation. The RNC Research took to social media platform X and wrote in a post, «Biden- who held just one public event this week- is currently lounging on the beach in Delaware. He has spent 40% of his entire presidency on vacation. Who is running the country?» This triggered reactions among the netizens who came out on the social media platforms in a large number, most of them slammed or ridiculed the 81-year-old president. A user called Collins Opara wrote, «This is a joke! Biden has spent 40% of his presidency on vacation while the country falls apart. Inflation, crime, border crisis — who cares? He's too busy relaxing on the beach. Unbelievable dereliction of duty. Incompetent leadership. America deserves so much better than this.»

Donald Trump is set to make a significant return to the social media platform X, ahead of a much-anticipated live interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. This event, scheduled for Monday, is expected to stir the already volatile landscape of the U.S. presidential election, offering Trump a fresh opportunity to reassert his presence in the political arena.

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USA Gymnastics has submitted an appeal against the International Olympic Committee’s decision that gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her Paris Olympics bronze medal in floor exercise.