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BJP, having secured more than 272 seats on its own in both 2014 and 2019, was not concerned with political stability. However, in his first speech after the results on Tuesday, Modi emphasized that India would continue to look outward, seeking to integrate into global value chains and assist countries in need. For the world, Modi is someone they have engaged with for the past decade, someone they have done business with and hence predictable to work with.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) looks set for a third term with 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 240 seats, short of the 272-seat majority. This leaves the saffron party scrambling for support from two of its allies, Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar.

Lok Sabha elections, surpassing the majority mark of 272 seats. However, the saffron party did not reach its goal of securing 370 seats independently and over 400 seats with its allies.According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking a third consecutive term and its third straight single-party majority, secured 240 seats.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Results: June 4 is here, and people across the world have set their eyes on the clock as the biggest democracy is all set to get its new government. The year 2024 is packed with elections across several nations, and India's general election is one of the most crucial ones, as the new government will be formed amid intense geopolitical tensions and wide trade disruptions.

Catch LIVE updates of Lok Sabha Election Result Pakistan's news daily Dawn covered the Lok Sabha Elections Result, with a headline ‘India vote count shows Modi alliance winning surprisingly narrow majority’, limiting itself from any remark, whatsoever. The strap of the news article read, ‘BJP concedes defeat in Ayodhya where Ram Temple was inaugurated; Rahul Gandhi says voters have punished BJP.’ Notably, BJP losing the Faisalabad seat in Uttar Pradesh, the constituency that houses the saffron party's prestigious project- Ayodhya Ram Mandir, has come as a shock to many. Last week, in an interview with IANS, former Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhry, had called to defeat PM Modi in this general elections.

abusive content such as deepfakes. While acknowledging the growing use of AI-generated deepfakes in elections globally, including in countries like India, the United States, Pakistan, and Indonesia, Smith reassured that Microsoft has not detected significant attempts to exploit AI in the European Parliamentary elections.Highlighting instances of deepfake videos surfacing during India's general election, where Bollywood actors criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Smith underscored the potential threat posed by AI-generated disinformation.

ICC mandated the use of stop clocks in limited-overs international matches. It also clarified that the new stop clock rule will become permanent in all ODIs and T20Is from June 2024.“Results presented to the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) demonstrated that approximately 20 minutes had been saved per ODI match.

BBC reported on 3 June.The Chinese ministry, in a post on its official WeChat channel, stated that MI6 operatives turned a Chinese man identified only by his surname Wang and his wife surnamed Zhou against Beijing, the report said, adding the duo worked in 'core confidential' departments in a Chinese state agency.ALSO READ: US and allies clash with China and Russia over North Korea's launches and threats to use nukesAccording to the report, the Chinese ministry also alleged the UK's Secret Intelligence Service began cultivating Wang in 2015 when he went to the UK for his studies under a Sino-British exchange programme."Wang was initially hesitant but could not resist [the operatives'] repeated persuasion, enticement and even coercion, and eventually agreed," BBC quoted the ministry said in a statement on WeChat, that added, "Under Wang's strong instigation, Zhou agreed to collect intelligence... and he and his wife became British spies."Adding more, China said that UK took 'special care' of Wang and invited him to dinners.

record-high temperatures. Sea surface temperatures have been record-high for the past 13 months, according to the WMO.The WMO said this is happening due to the naturally occurring El Niño — unusual warming of waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean — and the additional energy trapped in the atmosphere and ocean by greenhouse gases from human activities.Amid a prevailing but weakening El Niño, millions of people in South Asia, including India and Pakistan, endured brutal heat in April and May.The latest forecasts from the WMO Global Producing Centres of Long-Range Forecasts give equal chances (50 per cent) of either neutral conditions or a transition to La Niña during June-August.The chance of La Niña conditions increases to 60 per cent during July to September and 70 per cent during August to November.The probability of El Niño redeveloping is negligible during this time, the WMO said.While El Niño is associated with weaker monsoon winds and drier conditions in India, La Niña -- the antithesis of El Niño -- leads to plentiful rainfall during the monsoon.Last month, the India Meteorological Department had forecast above normal rain in the monsoon season in India with favourable La Niña conditions expected to set in by August-September.The monsoon is critical for India's agricultural landscape, with 52 per cent of the net cultivated area relying on it.

India at T20 World Cup: Schedule, dates, venue, live-streaming, when and where to watchHowever, Gavaskar has now picked Kohli to open for India alongside Rohit Sharma while citing his recent form. Notably, the veteran batter suggests that left-handed Yashasvi Jaiswal also hasn't been in good form recently to deserve a berth at the top of the order for Men in Blue.In an interaction with Star Sports following the end of T20 World Cup opener between USA and Canada, Gavaskar said,"Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as openers.

T20 World Cup — a month-long festival of the fastest and most explosive form of the sport — which is being shared between venues in Texas, Florida, New York and the Caribbean — begins with the US taking on Canada at the Grand Prairie Stadium on the outskirts of Dallas on Saturday.

India vs Pakistan matches are games of emotions, and whichever team wins will go crazy with emotions. "Well, it's a game of emotion. If we win, we'll go crazy.

Dallas: «Cricket? Erm, is it a team game?» asked the slightly puzzled Uber driver taking his passenger towards the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas on Saturday.

T20 World Cup schedule and time table are out as Cricket ventures into uncharted territory as the first ever major tournament to be staged in the United States gets under way in Texas with the opening game of the ICC tournament.

among players but also among the fans," Babar Azam said in a PCB podcast."Wherever you go in the world, you'll have people talking about the India-Pakistan match with everyone supporting their country. Every fan eagerly waits for this fixture and focuses on this one particular match," he added.

PTI, Swain said that though the capability has been degraded, it has not stopped Pakistan from sending men and material to Jammu and Kashmir.However, the top cop said that Indian security personnel will make it "absolutely hard" for the adversary to succeed.The DGP stated that drone droppings activities pose a significant challenge as they enable the smuggling of arms, ammunition, explosives, cash and narcotics."In our meetings with our security partners, we generally have come to the conclusion that it is a fact that the adversary or the enemy has not stopped from sending men and material," said Swain, who holds the dual charge of the J&K Police and the CID, told PTI in an interview.Swain added that the threat remains and sustained efforts are required to further reduce the "enemy's ability to destabilise the area".Meanwhile, he also acknowledged some success in countering the attempts made by the enemy."I would say the enemy's intent is very much there, the capability certainly degraded, but the ability to occasionally rock the system and unsettle you is there," he said.The Army, paramilitary forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Police are determined that they will make it absolutely hard for the adversary to succeed, Siwan said.On May 27, in a joint operation conducted by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police in Kupwara, a large cache of arms, ammunition and war-like stores were recovered.

The world is too distracted with ongoing wars and high-stakes election campaigns to pay attention to a remarkable proposal from China. At the United Nations Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva this February, one of Beijing’s senior officials dealing with nuclear weapons policy declared that “nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard." There had been some indications towards the end of 2023 that China was planning to engage the United States in a new phase of discussions on nuclear security, but the proposal in Geneva is as breathtaking as it is promising. The world—and India — must approach it constructively.

Netizens hail Rishabh Pant's casual 'no-look' shot against BangladeshAhead of the start of the 2024 T20 World Cup today, former India captain Sourav Ganguly offered some advice to India coach Rahul Dravid. Ganguly said it was important for the coach and the team to relax a bit and play with freedom.In an interaction with RevSportz, Ganguly said,"If I can say something to Rahul [Dravid] and, make no mistake, he is a champion cricketer and cricket brain, it will be to relax a little.

‘God’s plan baby!': Virat Kohli reacts to receiving ICC ODI Player of the Year 2023 awardHowever, former India batsman Mohammed Kaif has praised Dravid's tenure as India coach, given the Men in Blue's admirable performance at last year's ODI World Cup.Talking about Dravid's tenure as India coach in an interaction with ANI, Kaif said, "This will be decided by BCCI, this is a very long process. Rahul Dravid did a good job.

kharvas, sarangs and malams, these young men kept commerce and trade alive in the triangle between India’s west coast, the Middle East and East Africa. Many of these boats, also called dhows, would end their lives on this coast too, as they’d come to be broken up in Alang, along with mightier beasts made of iron.In 2013, Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran, from the Mumbai-based artists’ collective CAMP, began documenting the lives of Kachchhi sailors in India, Sindh and Balochistan in Pakistan, and southern Iran, and followed them on their voyages to Sharjah and Dubai.

Star India batter Virat Kohli received his ICC ODI Player of the Year award and was also selected for ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2023 in New York as his side prepares to play the T20 World Cup opener against Ireland on June 5.