Top 10 world news: US Secret Service chief resigns; Indian union budget 2024, and more

Top 10 world news: US Secret Service chief resigns; Indian union budget 2024, and more

July 23, 2024

Days after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle tendered her resignation Tuesday. Cheatle said that one of the Secret Service’s foremost duties is to protect American leaders and that the agency “fell short of that mission” on July 13 when former US president Donald Trump faced attempted assassination. The Union Budget 2024 of India presented a slew of reliefs for lowering taxes, making finance more accessible, supporting agriculture and education, and promoting regional and youth development. Have a look in detail. Also, the Supreme Court of India ruled that a re-NEET was not needed. The top court said that there is no material to show that the results of the exam are “vitiated entirely and that there was a systemic breach in its sanctity”. 

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US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday (July 23) amid ongoing outrage over how the agency helmed by her failed to prevent the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally earlier this month.

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The Modi government, in a bid to decrease the tax burden on the common man, has modified the income tax slabs in the Union Budget for FY 24-25.

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India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Jul 23) said that it found no systemic breach in the sanctity of the 2024 NEET-UG medical entrance exam conducted two months ago.

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Taiwan on Tuesday (Jul 23) scaled back its annual Han Kuang war games as Typhoon Gaemi, also known as Typhoon Carina in the Philippines, made its way towards the self-ruled island. 

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VP Kamala Harris has gained enough support from party delegates to become the official Democratic presidential nominee ahead of the November elections. Now, the next million-dollar question is: Who will be the VP’s VP pick?

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United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris has secured support from a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, likely ensuring she would become the party’s nominee for president in August, American media reported on Tuesday (July 23).

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday (July 22) asked a New York appeals court to throw out the $454 million judgment against the Republican presidential nominee for US Elections 2024.

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India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget 2024-25 on Tuesday (Jul 23), allocating INR 621,940 crore ($74.29 billion) to the defence sector.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that the onus lies on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to convince the Indian cricket board for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025.

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All eyes were on US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday as she walked into a campaign staff meeting in Wilmington to the tunes of Beyoncé’s song “Freedom”.