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Opinion: Opinion | China’s Chip March Is Fast Becoming A Nightmare For US

Just over a year ago, when Chinese smartphone and telecoms giant Huawei launched its latest smartphone, the Mate60 Pro, eyebrows were raised in Washington. More than 85% of the 37 chips used in it were locally manufactured, including the advanced 7 nanometre (nm) chip. The Biden administration wondered how China had managed to produce the advanced chip that powered the phone. The White House was secure in the knowledge that the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 had erected enough high walls around its cutting microchip technology, ensuring that it remained out of China’s reach. Additionally, in 2019, the US government barred Huawei from accessing its high-end chipmaking tools, citing national security concerns. A Multi-Pronged… Read More »Opinion: Opinion | China’s Chip March Is Fast Becoming A Nightmare For US

Man Cites “Live-In Relationship Agreement” To Get Bail In Rape Case

To secure pre-arrest bail in a rape case filed by his partner in Mumbai, a 46-year-old man has produced a “live-in relationship agreement” that he claims states that they would not file any case of sexual harassment against each other. Except, the 29-year-old woman who took him to court told a Mumbai court that the signature on the document was not hers. The woman works as a caregiver for the elderly, while the accused is a government employee, said the police, which is now trying to verify the so-called relationship pact. The woman has alleged that her partner had promised to marry her and had raped her multiple times during the time they were living… Read More »Man Cites “Live-In Relationship Agreement” To Get Bail In Rape Case

Bengal Must Support CISF For Kolkata Hospital: Centre Approaches Top Court

The housing of Central Industrial Security Forces, deployed at the hospital where the shocking rape-murder of a doctor took place last month, appears set to be the next flashpoint between Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. The Centre has now gone to the Supreme Court, contending that the Bengal government must house the CISF personnel who have been delegated to ensure security at the hospital. Anything less, it said, would amount to contempt of court.

UK Woman And Partner Jailed After Planning To Drug, Rape Her Six-Year-Old Daughter

A woman and her partner from Cornwall have been sentenced to prison for plotting to drug and rape her six-year-old daughter. The couple, whose identities are being withheld to protect the victim, were sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday, August 30. The woman, from East Cornwall, received a 17-year prison sentence, while the man, from North Cornwall, was sentenced to 13 years. Both were also given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, reported ITV News.  The investigation began in 2021 when the man accidentally left his phone with someone at a pub, who then discovered disturbing messages related to the sexual abuse of a young girl. Police seized the phone as evidence and subsequently… Read More »UK Woman And Partner Jailed After Planning To Drug, Rape Her Six-Year-Old Daughter

Congress-AAP Alliance In Haryana? Negotiations To Begin Soon: Sources

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have reached a ‘principal understanding’ to ally ahead of next month’s Haryana Assembly election, sources told NDTV Tuesday evening. The next step is to discuss seat-sharing, for which Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha for the AAP and KC Venugopal for the Congress will meet either tonight or tomorrow. All of this comes hours after it emerged that Rahul Gandhi suggested the INDIA bloc members continue a partnership formed before the April-June general election. In Haryana the Congress and AAP contested the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats 9:1, with the former winning five and the latter none. Mr Gandhi, sources said, is keen to sweep as many of the… Read More »Congress-AAP Alliance In Haryana? Negotiations To Begin Soon: Sources