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US President Joe Biden said an interview with CBS he is “not confident at all” there will be a peaceful transfer of power to Kamala Harris if Donald Trump loses November’s election, according to an extract broadcast Wednesday. “If Trump loses, I’m not confident at all,” Biden told the US network in the interview, which was due to air fully on Sunday. “He means what he says. We don’t take him seriously. He means it — all the stuff about ‘if we lose there’ll be a bloodbath.'”(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and…
Ace India wrestler Vinesh Phogat, on Thursday, announced her retirement from the sport. The decision came a day after Vinesh was disqualified from her gold medal bout at the Paris Olympic Games after her weight was found to exceed the 50kg mark by 100 grams. As a heartbroken Vinesh announced her decision to say goodbye to wrestling, fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia took to social media, saying she wasn’t beaten, but made to face defeat. Bajrang’s comments surfaced amid a big controversy over Vinesh’s unnatural weight gain during the post-bouts weigh-in on Tuesday. “Vinesh aap haari nahi, haraya gaya hai (you…
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter today said she was “heartbroken” that she could not “see and hug her mother” after her ouster amid massive turmoil in her home country. “Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country Bangladesh that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug my mother during this difficult time. I remain committed to my role as RD,” Saima Wazed wrote in a post on X – earlier known as Twitter. Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country 🇧🇩 that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today said that Vinesh Phogat is “tired of fighting”, shortly after the wrestler announced her retirement following the shock exit from the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday. In a post in Hindi on X, Mr Tharoor said, “This girl is tired of this system… This girl is tired of fighting.” इस सिस्टम से पक गई है ये लड़की लड़ते-लड़ते थक गई है ये लड़की…#SorryVinesh! https://t.co/PkAGIqv1HW pic.twitter.com/59N38rT3Lx — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 8, 2024 Ms Phogat, heartbroken over her disqualification, announced her retirement from wrestling today. “Wrestling won the match against me, I lost… My courage is…
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s only Nobel laureate, is likely to be sworn in as chief adviser along with a team of advisers today. Mr Yunus, a harsh critic of Sheikh Hasina, is due to arrive in Dhaka from Paris today, where he had been receiving medical treatment. Speaking to reporters before boarding a flight on Wednesday evening, he said, “I’m looking forward to going back home and see what’s happening there and how we can organise ourselves to get out of the trouble that we’re in.” The 84-year-old, who has mostly stayed away from politics, is known as the ‘banker to…
Members of the Kolkata film industry on Wednesday expressed shock over the killing of Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan along with his father, producer Selim Khan, during the unrest in the neighbouring country. The Kolkata-based actors, several of whom have worked with Shanto Khan in Bangladeshi film projects, however, did not want to comment on the reasons for the killing, saying those were internal matters of another country. “I was stunned after hearing the news that he and his father were killed. We don’t know the circumstances leading to their deaths. It saddens my heart to learn they were killed. Artists…
All Indian visa application centres in Bangladesh will remain closed until further notice after unrest in the neighbouring country forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as Prime Minister and flee the country. The online portal to apply for Indian visa now has a message, “All IVACs will remain closed till further notice, due to unstable situation. Next application date will be informed through SMS & It is requested to pick up the passport on the next working day.” This comes a day after New Delhi evacuated non-essential staff and their families from its High Commission and consulates in Bangladesh amid the…
Heartbroken over her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024, India’s ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling. The grappler stood on the cusp of a gold medal in the women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling event before exceeding her weight by 100 grams during the morning weigh-in on Wednesday. Vinesh even lodged a protest at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), challenging her disqualification. Vinesh, in a post on social media, said that wrestling won the final bout against her, but she lost, breaking all her courage. Having made her professional debut in 2001, the year 2024 was the…
Antim Panghal’s entourage will be deported from Paris after her sister Nisha tried to use the Indian wrestler’s accreditation to enter the Olympic Games Village during the Paris Olympics 2024 but was detained by the police. The police questioned Nisha but she was released after some time. The authorities have decided to deport Antim’s entire entourage and her accreditation was also canceled following the incident. Antim had earlier slumped to a humiliating 0-10 defeat to Turkey’s Yetgil Zeynep in the women’s 53 kg category. “The Indian Olympic Association has decided to fly wrestler Antim and her support staff back after a disciplinary breach…
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences on Wednesday dismissed claims of some “unscrupulous agents” that they have access to the 2024 NEET-PG exam questions, and said it has filed a police complaint. In a notice, the board said false claims have been made on a Telegram channel called “NEET-PG LEAKED MATERIAL”. The question paper is yet to be prepared by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), it said. It asked NEET-PG candidates not to get allured or misled by such “unscrupulous elements” who are trying to fool them by claiming to have access to questions…