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Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the first such instance in the history of Independent India as the presiding officer has always been chosen by a consensus.Elections to the post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council - the legislature of British India, were held for the first time on August 24, 1925 when Swaraj Party nominee Vitthalbhai J Patel won the coveted post against T Rangachariar.Patel, the first non-official member to be elected as the Speaker, won the maiden election with a narrow margin of two votes. Patel had polled 58 votes against 56 garnered by Rangachariar.Also Read: Will INDIA bloc get the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker post? Explained in 5 PointsBuoyed by its increased strength in the Lok Sabha, the opposition INDIA bloc is now aggressively demanding the post of the Deputy Speaker, which by convention is held by a member of an opposition party."We will force a contest for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker if the government does not agree to have an opposition leader as Deputy Speaker," a senior Congress leader said.The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker elected.The INDIA bloc won 233 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats to retain power for the third consecutive term.

A man accused of entering a Hamilton, Ont., mosque and uttering slurs at a grade three gym class has been charged with criminal harassment in what police are describing as a “hate crime.”

David Beckham's otherwise picture-perfect marriage with his wife, Victoria, was jolted by sensational allegations when his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, came forward, asserting that they had engaged in a passionate affair. In his latest book, "The House of Beckham," Tom Bower reveals that Rebecca chose to reveal her allegations after she allegedly saw David neglecting to tip a Spanish waitress. Bower describes this seemingly trivial event as the trigger for her decision to go public with her claims, as per a report on The Mirror.

manga series, One Piece, has left fans eagerly awaiting the next installment. The previous chapter saw a thrilling battle between Zoro and Nusjuro, with the outcome leaving many questions unanswered. In this article, we'll provide an update on the release date and speculate on what to expect in the upcoming chapter, as per a Dexerto report. Chapter 1117 Recap

Kaiju No. 8 anime has premiered on Crunchyroll. Here is the release date and time of Episode 11 and the schedule of all upcoming episodes of this exciting new series.

World Trade Organization (WTO) on the concessions the bloc can offer to New Delhi to mitigate the adverse impact of duties it levies on some steel imports. The two sides conducted consultations on June 7 on the EU's recent announcement of its decision to extend the existing safeguard measures on some steel product imports beyond the current termination date of June 30 for another two years. «India and the European Union were not able to reach an agreement,» India told the WTO on Monday. The measures hurt imports from many countries including India. «India requested the European Union to put forth its proposals for maintaining substantially equivalent level of concessions and other obligations and adequate trade compensation to mitigate the adverse effects of the proposed measure,» India said. India, China and Russia, along with five others have criticised the EU's decision to extend the levy on certain steel products, arguing that the measure, imposed after the US slapped additional duties on certain categories of steel imports from the bloc, in 2018, was inconsistent with the global trade body's rules.

According to UBS, the payout will allow investors to exit from their positions and will be funded through the purchase of units of the feeder subfunds. The offer to repay investors, which was unveiled today (17 June), will give investors 90% of the funds' NAV determined on 25 February 2021, and will be open until 31 July. UBS said it will take a $900m provision in the second quarter of 2024 to repay investors which, according to the bank, will not affect its financial results or CET1 capital. UBS appoints head of UK wealth management «The offer aims to give fund investors certainty...

Reform's manifesto, which it is calling a «contract» with the people, stated that BoE reform would be one of the «critical reforms needed in the first 100 days», should the party be elected. Lib Dems push for BoE independence, steady inflation and financial inclusion Prominent figures in the Reform UK party had already suggested that the BoE should stop paying interest on the remaining £700bn of commercial bank deposits created by years of quantitative easing, ideas leader Nigel Farage reiterated at the launch in Wales today. According to the manifesto, «this approach would save ar...

As part of the transition, Emma Mogford and Mahgul Ansari will replace Barnett as managers of the TM Tellworth UK Income and Growth fund, with the change effective from today (17 June). Mogford and Ansari currently manage the Premier Miton Monthly Income fund and the Premier Miton Optimum Income fund. Having joined the Premier Miton team in 2020, Mogford was awarded fund manager of the year (small to medium firms) at Investment Week's Women in Investment Awards 2023. Premier Miton shutters sustainable European fund after three years Mike O'Shea, CEO of Premier Miton, said: «Investo...

Boruto Two Blue Vortex Chapter 11 has fans eagerly awaiting the next developments. With new power-ups and intense battles, the chapter promises significant moments for key characters.

Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is running a brisk business of trapping Indian defence officials through spies who pose as beautiful girls to lure Indian defence officials. A large number of such cases have come to light in the past few years. Former BrahMos scientist Nishant Agrawal, who was sentenced to life by a sessions court in Nagpur on June 3 for leaking military secrets to Pakistan, is another prominent case of ISI honeytrap. Pankaj Awasthi, Uttar Pradesh ATS investigation officer, said in his deposition during Agrawal's trial that one 'Sejal' had set up a Facebook account from Pakistan. Using this, she chatted with Pakistani operatives and her Indian targets, including Agrawal, TOI has reported.

nuclear-armed nations including the US, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan, continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023, a Swedish think-tank said on Monday. In its analysis, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said China's nuclear arsenal increased from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 in January 2024, and it is expected to keep growing. The report said some 2,100 of the deployed warheads were kept in a state of high operational alert on ballistic missiles, and nearly all of them belonged to Russia or the US. However, for the first time China is believed to have some warheads on high operational alert, it said.

Crypto startups have experienced a significant surge in funding over the past decade, surpassing the impressive milestone of $100 billion since May 2014.

Since calling a general election for July 4, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at pains to repeat a key message on the campaign trail: The economy is turning a corner

A rural Florida county is hoping a new $300 million airport will transform its economy and create more than 1,400 new, high-skilled jobs

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has dismissed a cease-fire offer for Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “propaganda” as she wraps up a Group of Seven summit that saw a deal reached for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune

France’s political upheaval has led the country to lose its spot as Europe’s biggest equity market, less than two years after stealing that title from the UK. President Emmanuel Macron’s shock announcement of a snap election sparked a rout that wiped off about $258 billion from the market capitalization of French firms last week. Shares of banks Societe Generale SA, BNP Paribas SA and Credit Agricole SA all big holders of government debt lost more than 10% each.

bringing down costs, Gates said they've "gone back to the basics", stating: "We've been willing to go back to the basics and do what people have always said should be done, which is to cool the plant with metal instead of water. And that means that this problem of high pressure and extra heat when you shut down is completely solved. And so the complexity, that's meant that nuclear has gotten more complex and more expensive.