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Ajit Doval on Friday called upon his British counterpart Sir Tim Barrow to take strong public action such as deportation against extremist elements threatening officers of Indian High Commission in the UK, official sources said. Doval raised the issue during his wide-ranging talks with Barrow, who is currently on a visit to India.

Ajit Doval has asked his UK counterpart Tim Barrow to crack down on Khalistani radicals active in the country who have been threatening Indian officials and take strongest possible action, including deportation of such individuals. Sources said that it was conveyed in no uncertain terms that the British government has to ensure the safety of Indian diplomats and mission given planned protests by Khalistan radicals on Saturday.

Threads, Meta’s text-based app seemingly built to rival Twitter, is live

Netflix. After its successful debut in September 2022, speculation about a potential renewal began circulating. Early reports indicated a renewal, and the official confirmation soon followed. Here's everything we know about Season 2 of Heartbreak High on Netflix.

Wimbledon curfew on Thursday night, Andy Murray will continue his second-round match against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday. The clash between the two players began on Centre Court in the afternoon, with Tsitsipas, the fifth-seed Greek, having previously defeated Dominic Thiem in the first round. In his Tuesday match against Ryan Peniston, Murray continued his remarkable record of never losing in the Wimbledon first round. He emerged victorious with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 win over his fellow Brit, a match that was witnessed by Roger Federer. Murray expressed his delight at having both royalty and tennis royalty in attendance, stating, «It was amazing to have some royalty here but also some tennis royalty as well. It’s amazing to have Roger here supporting this event. I started off the match quite nervous. Once I got the break in the first set, I think I played some good stuff. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt physically this good coming into Wimbledon. I’m hoping I’m fit and ready for a good run.»

Joe Biden led United States administration is likely to announce that US will provide Ukraine a new military aid package that will include cluster munitions for the first time, according to several international reports.  However, it is to be noted that cluster ammunitions also entail considerable controversy all over the world, one being banned in Australia and 120 other countries. Russia, Ukraine and US have declined to sign the treaty under the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2008.

FIFA tournaments in 2023 have been purchased by 1Stadia, a US-based firm that specializes in technological improvements in the sports and media rights industries. The broadcast deal includes FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, FIFA Club World Cup 2023, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2023, and FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2023.

Putin emerged from last month's Wagner mutiny looking weakened, despite defusing the immediate threat, according to analysts. The short-lived and ultimately aborted revolt by Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenary force marked the most dramatic challenge ever to Putin's rule. The Belarus-brokered deal to halt Wagner's march toward Moscow saw off a major clash, yet now that agreement seems to be in question.

IPL version of the much talked about Impact Player Rule will be used in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy (SMAT) beginning October 16. The Impact Player was introduced in SMAT last season but it had to be brought in by or before the 14th over and had to be named before the toss. However, this will change from next season as like the IPL, teams will be allowed to name four substitutes besides the playing eleven before the toss. Out of the four substitutes, only one can be used as an Impact Player by either team. The rule was approved at the BCCI Apex Council meeting in Mumbai on Friday. «Both teams are allowed to use one Impact Player per match. It is, however, not compulsory,» read one of the guidelines on the rule. Impact Player was used widely by the 10 IPL teams but the introduction of it divided opinions. Australian captain Ricky Ponting and Delhi Capitals head coach had said that it almost negated the role of an all-rounder in the side. «It actually almost negates the role of allrounders in the game now. So unless they're absolutely world-class and they're getting picked either as a batsman or as a bowler, not sort of a bits and pieces guy, then I don't think you'll see many, many teams this year actually use the guy that might bat at seven and maybe bowling over or two. Because you don't need those guys anymore,» Ponting had said.

Scott Morrison had misled the cabinet about the scheme in an earlier ministerial role. The report recommended unnamed people be referred for prosecution or civil action over the automated «robodebt» programme, designed to ensure welfare recipients were not underreporting income and over-receiving government payments. Computer algorithms for the scheme, in place from July 2015 to November 2019, wrongly calculated that hundreds of thousands of Australians owed money and, with little to no human oversight, the programme recovered A$1.76 billion ($1.17 billion).

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PwC Australia advised Uber and Facebook how to restructure in face of an Australian law clamping down on tax avoidance, but both companies said on Friday they were surprised to find out PwC's advice may have been based on leaked government plans. The «big four» firm is under pressure to name all the clients it advised on the basis of confidential government tax plans leaked by a former partner between 2014 and 2017 while consulting for the government on international taxation. Citing two sources, Reuters reported on Wednesday Google had received confidential information from a former PwC employee confirming the likely Jan.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.8% to a one-month low. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.6%. [.T] Overnight, surprisingly strong partial figures on the U.S.

Barrenjoey Partners’ bankers have affectionately dubbed their new home the “Vertical Village”, as the former start-up research and advisory shop marks its transformation into a full-service investment bank by occupying three floors in Sydney’s Quay Quarter Tower on Bridge Street.

The competition regulator says the proposed sale of almost two dozen petrol stations in South Australia may not be enough to settle its concerns about Viva Energy’s acquisition of the Peregrine Corporation’s OTR Group.

labour market data spurred the threat of inflationary pressures, leaving room for more rate hike by the Fed. Earlier, the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting also showed that most central bank officials would support more interest rate increases ahead. In Asia, Japanese household spending fell 4.0% in May from a year earlier, a third month of decline, government data showed, Reuters reported.

Ming Tee Lee, the Malaysian billionaire behind the conglomerate which owns the InterContinental Hotels in Sydney and Hayman Island, has emerged as the key player behind the Chinese baby formula distributor in the midst of an attempt to role the board of Bubs Australia.

A director of Zeus Resources said he did not seek approval for a share trade during the company's blackout period because of a language barrier with the West Australian mining group's chairman.

Mitch Marsh has celebrated his Test return with a thunderous century at Headingley, before taking a late wicket to leave the third Ashes match in the balance after day one.

Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Despite some early glitches, 30 million people had signed up before noon on Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Threads.

real estate sector tumbled 4.2%. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 2.2% at 7,280.50. Germany’s DAX dropped 2.6% at 15,528.54. France’s CAC 40 tanked 3.1% at 7,082.29.  In Asia, stock markets fell on Thursday, led by Hong Kong shares. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slumped 3% at 18,533.05. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 0.5% at 3,205.57.