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India 'unlikely to heed' US calls for censorship

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  Margarita Simonyan reposted a report by Indian newspaper The Financial Express pointing out that the US in particular is “concerned” about goal to counter Western narratives on the global agenda. "The US had previously banned RT at home, accusing it of being involved in spreading disinformation and influencing US elections,” the report said. “Despite such accusations, India is unlikely to heed the call, given its long-standing friendly relations with Russia and its own stance on media censorship."

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi inaugurates IIT Delhi

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  Abu Dhabi : Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed inaugurates IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi) today. He also welcomed its first batch of undergraduate (UG) students today. The inaugural batch of 52 students will pursue B. Tech degrees in Computer Science and Engineering, and Energy Engineering. Setting up a campus of IIT in the UAE was part of the Vision Document launched by PM Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in February 2022 which is a roadmap for expansion of the India-UAE relationship into new areas of collaboration.

Trump suggests Biden, Harris partly to blame for attempt on his life

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  The Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that his Democratic rival and current vice president, Kamala Harris, and President Joe Biden are partly responsible for the assassination attempt against him last month. The GOP firebrand alleged that the pair had been making it more difficult for the Secret Service to protect him, while pedaling the kind of rhetoric that could have encouraged the shooter. In an interview on Tuesday with Phil McGraw, better known as Dr Phil, Trump said: “I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and Harris’s fault.” He accused the pair of “weaponizing government” against him and bringing in the “whole DOJ to try and get me.” “They weren’t too interested in my health and safety,” the Republican nominee added, claiming that Biden and Harris “were making it very difficult to have proper staffing in terms of Secret Service.” US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said it was God who spared his life in last month’s assassinat