September 7, 2026

‘Sophisticated fraud’: Impersonators target academics and private universities with lure of government grants | Mumbai News

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Mumbai: Academics have become the latest targets of ‘sophisticated fraud’. Impersonators claiming affiliations with leading IITs approach professors and universities with offers to collaborate on high-value projects worth crores falsely presented as being backed by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). Their ask: an upfront part payment, framed as necessary to ‘secure’ the collaboration and unlock…

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The new rules of heart health — Part 4 – Medication, the calcium scan, and who needs what

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In Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this 4-part series, we covered the CKM framework (the heart–kidney–metabolic connection), cardiovascular risk assessment, what markers to measure, and lifestyle. This fourth and final part (#71) covers the medical side: when medication is needed, what the options are, and who qualifies for treatment regardless of their risk score. The calcium…

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$30 million to $100,000: Ilhan Omar says she is ‘not a millionaire’ as top Republican calls her ‘complete fraud’

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A political row erupted after Congresswoman Ilhan Omar corrected her financial disclosure forms, reducing reported assets from millions to just a few thousand, prompting senior Republicans to question her credibility as a politician.Representative Tom Emmer led the charge by branding her a “complete fraud” and calling for her removal from Congress, suggesting that she should…

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Farm groups and civil societies urge govt not to agree imports of GM farm products amid fresh round of India-US trade talks | India News

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NEW DELHI: With a fresh round of trade negotiations between India and the US beginning in Washington, the Coalition for a GM-Free India — a network of farmers and civil society organisations — on Monday wrote to the central govt, urging it not to allow imports of genetically modified (GM) cotton seed oil, animal feed…

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Big payback: US launches portal to refund $166 billion in tariffs collected from Trump policy nixed by SCOTUS

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The US government launched a portal Monday to refund more than $166 billion in revenue from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and struck down by the Supreme Court.In February, the conservative-majority high court ruled against a swath of Trump’s tariffs. The decision marked a stinging rebuke of his key economic policy and opened the…

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