Gautam Adani-led THIS company shows interest in making stealth fighter jet AMCA
Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will be capable of a multitude of missions, including air supremacy, ground-strike, Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and electronic warfare missions. Gautam Adani-led Adani Defence & Aerospace has announced its intention to make the stealth fighter jets.
Delhi: Traffic restrictions imposed in Dwarka on September 2, 3; check timings, roads to avoid
Those travelling to railway stations, ISBTs and hospitals have been requested to plan their journeys well in advance to avoid delays.
Noida Airport’s first phase to be completed by October 25, deadlines set for different zones; check details here
Preparations for the inauguration of Noida International Airport at Jewar in Greater Noida are in full swing. According to officials, nearly 90 per cent of the construction work has been completed, and the first phase is expected to be fully ready by October 25.
New NGA chair says America is ‘exceptional’ in push to revive a fading Dream
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, the bipartisan National Governors Association (NGA) is focused on reigniting the American Dream, NGA Chair Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “I’ve lived the American Dream,” the Oklahoma governor said, explaining that Democratic and Republican governors “can all agree that we want to teach the next generation that America is exceptional, and that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to.” During the NGA’s summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Stitt announced his marquee initiative as the incoming chair, focusing on the economy, education and investing in artificial intelligence. “There’s no such thing as equal outcomes, but we want equal opportunities to go chase your dreams through hard work, through entrepreneurship and free markets,” Stitt explained. DEMOCRATIC PARTY TENSIONS SEEP INTO BIPARTISAN GROUP AS GOVERNORS RESISTING TRUMP’S AGENDA RECONSIDER DUES The NGA hosted Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this summer in Colorado Springs. INCOMING NGA CHAIR ‘DISAPPOINTED’ IN DEM GOVERNORS ‘PLAYING POLITICS’ IN BIPARTISAN GROUP Stitt said he hopes to feature more speakers at NGA events who embody the American Dream, mentioning Vice President JD Vance, former President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as potential guests. NGA Vice Chair Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., shared his own American Dream story during the NGA’s summer meeting, telling the crowd that the “American Dream is never a singular dream.” “It’s a continuation,” Moore said. “It’s a dream that was born generations ago. It’s a dream that was borne by people who, even if they did not know us, they fought for the hope of us. The United States is the most unique experiment in the history of the world. Period. Full stop.” Stitt said his own story reflects the American Dream, telling Fox News Digital that he grew his nationwide company from just “$1,000 and a computer” before being elected governor in 2018. The Oklahoma governor is term-limited this year. When asked about his legacy, Stitt said he is proud to have accomplished “education freedom” and becoming a top-10 state where people are moving. “We were having teacher walkouts, we were having billion-dollar budget deficits, we had no money in savings, and we had this kind of second-class feel as a state,” Stitt said of his home state before he took office. “I’m a fourth-generation Oklahoman, and we weren’t doing as well as we could have, and I wanted to bring this bravado.” Looking ahead to next year, Stitt said he is monitoring the gubernatorial race closely as several candidates have already declared their candidacies. “Behind the scenes, I’m certainly going to let Oklahomans know who I think is the best one to replace me, but if we can get a couple of good businessman governors and people that are focused on the next generation, not the next election, we can absolutely keep this momentum in Oklahoma going, and we can continue to be a top-10 state,” Stitt said. As for his own political future, Stitt said he plans to return to his company as “our Founding Fathers envisioned,” adding that “politics shouldn’t necessarily be a profession where to climb the ladder.” “When I told Oklahomans, I came from the business world and I said, I’m always going to focus on the next generation, not the next election,” Stitt concluded. “That’s why Oklahomans are starting to thrive, because we’re not making political decisions, we’re making the right decisions for the citizens of Oklahoma.”
Trump faces multiple legal setbacks as federal courts question broad presidential powers
After the long holiday weekend, President Donald Trump will begin contending with significant legal disputes unfolding on multiple fronts. From the Federal Reserve to trade policy to deportations of illegal immigrants, here’s a look at the high-stakes legal showdowns shaping Trump’s week. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, signaled on Friday she will seek to rule quickly on whether Trump acted unlawfully in moving to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. She didn’t make a ruling during the two-hour hearing but told both sides to submit more filings by Sept 2. Only then will she decide whether to issue an order that temporarily protects Cook’s job while the case continues. TRUMP SAYS HE’S ‘ALWAYS’ READY FOR LEGAL FIGHT AS OUSTED FED GOVERNOR PLANS LAWSUIT Trump’s unprecedented attempt to oust Cook sets the stage for a high-stakes legal battle likely bound for the Supreme Court. Trump fired Cook on Aug. 25, which prompted her to sue him in federal court three days later. Her lawsuit names as defendants Trump, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. It is not clear if Cook has attempted to enter the Federal Reserve’s main headquarters in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in D.C. since Trump’s letter terminating her. The Federal Reserve declined to say whether Cook has tried to work from her office, is working remotely, or retains access to the email and other resources she needs for her job. Before Cook filed her suit, a Fed spokesperson acknowledged the potential legal feud and wrote in an Aug. 26 statement that the Fed will “abide by any court decision.” COOK’S POTENTIAL EXIT HANDS TRUMP GREATER SWAY OVER FED BOARD SHAPING US MONETARY POLICY In a different legal case, Judge Cobb issued a temporary order preventing the Trump administration from carrying out expedited deportations of illegal immigrants. The policy would have allowed some to be deported without first going before an immigration judge. In an Aug. 29 opinion, Cobb ruled that the Trump administration’s plan to quickly deport illegal immigrants who had lived in the U.S. less than two years violated their right to due process. “In defending this skimpy process, the government makes a truly startling argument: that those who entered the country illegally are entitled to no process under the Fifth Amendment,” Cobb wrote, adding that the government could accuse “not only noncitizens, but everyone.” “The government could accuse you of entering unlawfully, relegate you to a bare-bones proceeding where it would ‘prove’ your unlawful entry, and then immediately remove you,” Cobb added. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S EXPANDED DEPORTATION PLAN OVER DUE PROCESS CONCERNS Meanwhile, on the trade front, a federal appeals court said on Friday that Trump overstepped his authority by using emergency powers to impose new tariffs on imported goods. The court said that power lies squarely with Congress or within existing trade policy frameworks. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the court allowed the tariffs to remain in effect until mid-October. TRUMP CALLS TARIFF WINDFALL ‘SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE’ AS CASH SAILS IN The setback chips away at Trump’s trade policy, long a centerpiece of his economic agenda, which leans heavily on tariffs to raise revenue and exert pressure on foreign trading partners. Trump has previously said that tariff revenue could offset the cost of his “One Big Beautiful Bill” and add hundreds of billions to the U.S. economy. Tariff revenues rose steadily from approximately $17.4 billion in April to $23.9 billion in May, before climbing to $28 billion in June and peaking at $29.6 billion in July. According to the Treasury Department’s latest “Customs and Certain Excise Taxes” data, released on Aug. 28, total tariff revenues have reached $183.1 billion for the fiscal year. At the current pace, the U.S. could collect as much tariff revenue in just four to five months as it did over the entire previous year.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,285
Here are the key events on day 1,285 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Here is how things stand on Monday, September 1: Fighting Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least five people on Monday, including two in Kherson, one in Zaporizhia, and two in Donetsk, according to regional governors. The attacks wounded dozens more. In the Zaporizhia region alone, Russian forces launched 286 drone attacks, 10 missile attacks and five air strikes on 16 settlements in one day, Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram. A Russian drone attack overnight damaged a power facility near the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, leaving more than 29,000 customers without electricity on Sunday morning, the region’s governor said. The hardest hit city was the seaport of Chornomorsk. The Reuters news agency also reported that a civilian bulk carrier flying the flag of Belize sustained minor damage after hitting an unknown explosive device near Chornomorsk. Russian drones also targeted Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region early on Sunday, damaging energy infrastructure and leaving 30,000 households without electricity, including part of the city of Nizhyn, said Governor Viacheslav Chaus. The Ukrainian military said Russia had attacked Ukraine with 142 drones overnight, and, while its air defence forces managed to shoot down most of them, the drones struck 10 locations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to retaliate to Russian attacks on his country’s power facilities with strikes deep inside Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visit Poland’s border with Belarus, near Ozierany Male, Poland, on Sunday [Agnieszka Sadowska/ Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters] Ukraine’s armed forces dismissed Russia’s claims of a successful summer offensive, saying Russian forces failed to gain full control of any major Ukrainian city and “grossly exaggerated” figures regarding captured territories. In Russia, four people were wounded injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Kursk region, including two Ministry of Internal Affairs employees, Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein said in a post on Telegram. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that its forces shot down 112 Ukrainian drones, two aerial bombs and three rocket launchers in a 24-hour period, according to TASS. The capacity of Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant’s third reactor was completely restored after it had been halved following a drone attack, TASS reported on Sunday, citing the plant. Politics and diplomacy Advertisement The Kremlin accused European powers of hindering United States President Donald Trump’s peace efforts and said that Russia would continue its operation in Ukraine until Moscow saw real signs that Kyiv was ready for peace. “The European warring party is maintaining its fundamental course; it is not giving in,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said from the sidelines of the SCO summit in China. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was bracing himself for the Russia-Ukraine war “to last a long time”. He told German public broadcaster ZDF that diplomatic efforts to bring the conflict to an end could not come “at the price of Ukraine’s capitulation”. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, announced additional funding for European Union member states bordering Russia and Belarus during a visit to Poland’s border, near Belarus, where she called Putin a “predator” who could only be kept in check through “strong deterrence”. Von der Leyen also told the Financial Times that Europe is drawing up “pretty precise plans” for a multinational troop deployment to Ukraine as part of proposed post-conflict security guarantees. She said Trump had assured Europe that “there will be [an] American presence as part of the backstop”. In an article published in the People’s Daily, China’s state newspaper, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote that his country will “continue to pursue” its “peace diplomacy” between Russia and Ukraine “with patience”. Pope Leo called for a ceasefire and dialogue in the Ukraine war. “It is time for those responsible to renounce the logic of arms and to take the path of negotiation and peace with the support of the international community,” he said in his Sunday prayer with pilgrims in St Peter’s Square. Weapons North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new missile production line and missile-manufacturing automation process, state media KCNA said on Monday. North Korea has sent missiles, as well as soldiers and artillery ammunition, to Russia to support Moscow in its war against Ukraine. Norway, which shares a border with Russia, said it will buy new frigates worth some 10 billion pounds ($13.51bn) from the United Kingdom, in its biggest ever military investment. Adblock test (Why?)
Car crashes into Russian consulate in Australia’s Sydney
Police say a 39-year-old man has been taken into custody over the incident in Sydney’s Woollahra suburb. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Australian police have arrested a 39-year-old man after he drove his car into the front gate of the Russian consulate in Sydney, according to police and local media. In a statement, the New South Wales Police Force said the crash took place on Monday morning after officers responded to reports of an “unauthorised vehicle” parked in the driveway of the consulate in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra. Officers tried to speak with the driver, but he “drove his vehicle into the gates of the property”, the statement said. A 24-year-old constable was injured on his hand during the incident, it added. Television footage from Sky News and Nine showed a car with a smashed window abandoned next to a Russian flagpole. There was no immediate comment from the Russian consulate. Adblock test (Why?)
Indonesia tightens security after deadly protests
Police set up checkpoints across Jakarta in anticipation of further demonstrations. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Indonesian authorities have ramped up security after six people were killed in unrest over economic hardship that escalated into violent anger against the nation’s police force. The deadly protests, which began last week over financial perks for lawmakers, have forced President Prabowo Subianto to make a U-turn over the measures. Demonstrations had begun peacefully, but turned violent against the nation’s elite paramilitary police unit after footage showed one of its teams running over 21-year-old delivery driver Affan Kurniawan late on Thursday. Protests have since spread from the capital, Jakarta, to other major cities, including Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya in Java, and Medan in North Sumatra province, in the worst unrest since Prabowo took power. More gatherings of students and protesters were planned in several locations around Indonesia’s vast archipelago on Monday. Police set up checkpoints across the capital, Jakarta, on Monday, and a police spokesman told broadcaster Kompas TV that officers were also patrolling the city to “protect” citizens and give a sense of security. Police had deployed a convoy of armoured cars and motorbikes to parliament late on Sunday, in a show of force as they attempted to warn off protesters. The crisis has forced Prabowo to cancel a planned trip to China this week for a military parade commemorating the end of World War II. His close ally, Minister of Defence Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, warned Sunday that military and police would take “firm action” against “rioters and looters”, after the Minister of Finance’s house was pillaged. Advertisement At least three people were killed after a fire on Friday started by protesters at a council building in the eastern city of Makassar. Another victim died in Makassar on Friday after he was beaten by a mob on suspicion that he was an intelligence officer, local disaster agency official Muhammad Fadli Tahar told AFP on Sunday. In Yogyakarta, the Amikom Yogyakarta University confirmed the death of its student, Rheza Sendy Pratama, in protests, but the circumstances around his death remain unclear. In anticipation of further unrest, TikTok on Saturday temporarily suspended its live feature for “a few days” in Indonesia, where it has more than 100 million users. Adblock test (Why?)
Commercial LPG cylinders price reduced by Rs 51.50 from today; check new rates
The retail price of a 19 kg LPG commercial cylinder in Delhi is set to be Rs 1,580, down from Rs 1,631.50.
State Sen. Brandon Creighton expected to be sole finalist for Texas Tech chancellor
The Conroe Republican has authored some of Texas’ major higher education legislation in recent years, including a DEI ban and a law expanding political appointees’ power in universities.