Top 10 world news: INS Brahmaputra catches fire; US Secret Service chief testifies; and more

An Indian Navy sailor is reported missing after the warship INS Brahmaputra caught fire at a Mumbai dockyard while undergoing maintenance. In the United States, the tremors erupted after Joe Biden’s withdrawal from presidential race are yet to die down. Across the Atlantic, the Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that the online casinos catering to gamblers overseas have been banned, a major setback to the China-based gamblers operating Filipino online casinos.

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An Indian Navy warship undergoing maintenance at a naval dockyard in Mumbai caught fire on Monday (July 22). A junior sailor of the navy is reported missing and a search and rescue operation is ongoing at the time of filing this report. 

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was testifying on Monday (Jul 22) before the House Oversight Committee after the failed assassination attempt on ex-US president Donald Trump. She has come under intense pressure to resign following the agency’s massive operational failure.

Days after handing prison term to Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, a Russian court sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years in jail on Monday (Jul 22) for spreading “false information” about the military.

Hours after the US President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid, Democrats managed to raise $46.7 million – the single largest fundraising in a day for online party contributions since the last presidential election, according to an NYT analysis. 

An industry group said the country’s tech sector is going to need over a million engineers with sophisticated AI and other capabilities in the next two to three years. So, there needs to be a major increase in government funding for education and training in India to meet that demand. 

The Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Monday (July 22) that the online casinos catering to gamblers overseas have been banned, a major setback to the China-based gamblers operating Filipino online casinos.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday (July 22) handed lengthy prison sentences to 57 Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government while in the Gulf country where demonstrations are banned.

Former Pakistan opener Salman Butt has hit out at Indian pacer Mohammed Shami for his ‘dirty hit’ on legendary Pak batter Inzamam-ul-Haq. Shami recently had indirectly called out Inzamam for selection of his nephew Imam-ul-Haq in the national team during his tenure as Pakistan chief selector.

New episode proves why we need good council and a level-headed leader as opposed to youthful impetuousness. Blacks (Queen Rhaenyra and team) win this round and it was all so subtle while King Regent Aemond Targaryen continue to make hurried decisions.