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Richard Simmons, television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He was 76.

Argentina can become the first South American team to win the 'triple crown' of three straight major tournament titles if they can overcome a formidable Colombia in Sunday's Copa America final. Inspired by Lionel Messi, Argentina followed up their 2021 Copa America title with the World Cup triumph a year later and have advanced with little drama to this weekend's showpiece with the Colombians. Spain are the only other team in international football to have won a World Cup in between two straight continental titles when they clinched Euro wins in 2008 and 2012 either side of the 2010 World Cup.

Congress and Trinamool Congress made gains in the first set of bypolls covering 13 assembly seats across seven states since the Lok Sabha election. Congress and TMC won four seats each while BJP bagged two seats with Aam Aadmi Party, DMK and an independent candidate getting one each. The good news for Congress came from the hilly states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand where the party won two seats each. In Himachal, chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu further consolidated his position by winning two of three seats. Three independent MLAs, who had switched to the BJP from Congress, were contesting on these seats. Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur won from Dehra seat. The party bagged Nalagarh constituency as well. BJP's sole win was in Hamirpur where party candidate Ashish Sharma won the seat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday credited the record rise in India's stock markets to small and big investors being «happy» as they know that «only the NDA government can give stability». «Small and big investors in the country have welcomed our third term; they know that only the NDA government can give stability. Immediately after taking over as the Prime Minister, I had said that we would work three times faster, and today we are seeing it happen,» Modi said. He was speaking at the NESCO centre in Goregaon after laying the foundation stone and unveiling a slew of infrastructure projects in Mumbai and neighbouring regions worth Rs 29,000 crore. Modi attacked the opposition saying his government had created record employment in the country and attributed a Reserve Bank of India report to say that in the last three to four years, 80 million new jobs were created.

India will soon become the third largest economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. He was speaking after inaugurating INS Towers, the Indian Newspaper Society's secretariat in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex. Modi also spoke on how India has become the leader in digital payments. «There was a time when some politicians used to say that digital transactions were not for India. They had a preconceived notion that modern technology can't work in this country,» Modi said. «However, the world is witnessing the capabilities of the people of the country. Today, India is creating new records in digital transactions. Due to India's UPI and modern digital public infrastructure, the ease of living of people has improved, and it has become easier for them to send money across countries,» he said.

Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only the 31st of 32 seeds at the All England Club after illness and a back injury this season limited her to a 7-9 record entering this tournament.

climate change is leading to more thunderstorm activity and consequently, more lightning strikes worldwide, senior scientists said on Saturday. At least 43 people were killed due to lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and 21 in Bihar on Friday. Most of the people killed were either transplanting paddy in fields, grazing cattle or taking shelter under trees to protect themselves from the rain. Former Secretary in the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, said climate change is increasing the formation of convective or thunderstorm clouds.

Softbank investment arm Softbank Vision Fund exited from Paytm in the June quarter at a loss of around USD 150 million, sources aware of the development said. Softbank invested about USD 1.5 billion in One97 Communications — the owner of Paytm brand — in tranches in 2017. «Softbank has exited Paytm at a loss of 10-12 per cent. The total loss is around USD 150 million,» one of the sources said.

equity market through IPOs & FPOs during the first half of 2024, more than double the amount raised in the same period last year. The Jan-June total is the highest ever in terms of proceeds, with the number of issuances also rising 64%. The surge has been driven by follow-on public offers (FPOs) this year — making up 85% of the total proceeds this year, LSEG’s India Investment Banking Review said.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, which earned widespread critical acclaim and three Grammy nods for its immersive, fantastical story-telling and deeply insightful meditations on Islamophobia, racism and American gun culture. 2007’s follow-up The Cool—a concept album a young boy raised by The Streets and The Game (both personified as characters in the narrative)—built on that success, debuting at #15 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and at #1 on the rap chart.

Paris 2024 Olympics, with several athletes poised as strong medal contenders. This article provides a comprehensive look at India's top prospects, highlighting their strengths and potential challenges. Neeraj Chopra: Javelin Throw Who: Defending Olympic champion in men's javelin. Strengths: Consistency within the 87-89m range, winning major events.

Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in the assembly by-election from Dehra seat has scripted history as for the first time both husband and wife are members of the house. No independent was elected in the by-election and it was also for the first time that the house was without any independent member. The strength of Congress, which had won 40 seats in the 2022 assembly polls, has increased to 40 again and the government which had become stable with 38 seats in the 68 member Vidhan Sabha after winning four by-elections in June this year has become stronger. In the 2017 assembly elections, a record was set as former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and his son Vikramaditya Singh were elected and incidentally the duo were oldest and youngest members of the house.

Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday said it can only mean that full-fledged statehood for J&K is unlikely in the immediate future. The Centre has increased the remit of J-K LG on matters related to decisions on police, officers of all-India services such as the IAS and the IPS, and sanctioning prosecution in various cases. The powers were given to the LG by the Union home ministry on Friday through an amendment to the rules issued under the Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which was enacted for the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, while abrogating Article 370. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, «The only meaning that can be drawn from this notification is that full-fledged statehood for J&K does not seem likely in the immediate future.»

The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a 2022 security breach in a year already rife with massive cyberattacks

Nifty on Tuesday ended 113 points higher to form a long bull candle on the daily chart and also hit a fresh record high intraday. The underlying trend of Nifty continues to be positive. Having moved above the key overhead resistance of 24,400 levels (1.618% Fibonacci extension), the Nifty could now advance towards another important resistance of 24,960 levels (1.786% Fibonacci extension) in the near term. Immediate support is at 24,250 levels, said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

credit cards, and the latest data on delinquencies and expenditures showed they remain relative stragglers in a revenue stream dominated by privately owned banks. But, at the same time, the state-run players are learning the tricks of the trade — and have a very limited value at risk. For PSU banks, non-performing assets (NPAs) of credit cards outstanding are the highest among all retail sub-sectors — at 11.3% — as of March 2024. The comparative figure is about 2% for private sector and foreign banks, Reserve Bank of India data showed.

Bitcoin has climbed this year, rising more than 30%, with demand for ETFs that hold the leading cryptocurrency helping its price upward. But bitcoin prices have recently cooled, pulling back from record highs set earlier this year. 

armed forces and infiltrators on Tuesday afternoon in a remote forest area of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said the exchange of fire took place during a cordon and search operation in Ghadi Bhagwah forest, following a tipoff regarding the movement of infiltrators in the area. «Two to three infiltrators were present in the area and heavy firing was going on in the area till late evening,» an official said. This is the third incident of violence in Jammu division in the last three days. Earlier, five armymen, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed and five others injured in Kathua district, while an armyman was injured on Sunday in Rajouri district. Following the attack on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road near Badnota village, a massive search operation was underway in the area which is along the border, around 150 km from the main Kathua town. Top brass of the J&K police visited the area and held a security review meeting. The joint search operation teams of the Army, police and CRPF were assisted by drone surveillance and elite para commandos. Sniffer dogs have been deployed in the area to look for infiltrators in the thick forest region. A team of the National Investigation Agency officials have also reached the spot where the incident happened and started its probe into the matter.

Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab was underway on Saturday. Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections. Votes are being counted at a centre set up at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here and the process began at 8 am, officials said. The Jalandhar West (Reserve) assembly constituency saw a multi-cornered contest among major political outfits like the ruling AAP in Punjab, the Congress and the BJP.

Cargo traffic across 12 major Indian ports rose 6.8 per cent to 69.08 million tonnes (MT) in June from 64.69 MT in the year-ago month, with ten ports showing positive growth while the remaining two witnessed a decline. Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra recorded the highest growth in cargo handling at 15.12 per cent during the reporting month, followed by Cochin Port with 15.12 per cent, Kamarajar Port (10.70 per cent), Deendayal Port (8.57 per cent) and New Mangalore Port (8.53 per cent), according to the data released by the major ports' apex body Indian Ports Association (IPA). The 12 major ports are Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (Kamarajar), Tuticorin (V O Chidambaranar), Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. According to the IPA, VO Chidambaranar Port's cargo traffic grew 7.73 per cent and Paradip Port 7.41 per cent growth, respectively, during the previous month.

private investment plans reportedly slumping to a 20-year low in the first quarter of this fiscal, the Congress on Monday alleged India has suffered due to «random policy changes» and an atmosphere of «fear and intimidation». Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, in a statement alleged that everyday in the «Modi-Made Anyay Kaal» is a new record of economic failure. «We have already seen a 45-year high unemployment rate, a 50-year low household savings rate, and the first-ever decrease in real rural consumption. Now, we have another disturbing fact to reckon with. The Hindu reports that in the April-June quarter of this 2023/24 fiscal year, fresh investments announced by corporates is just Rs. 44,000 crore. This is a 20-year low,» Ramesh said in a post on X. «Compare the decade of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister with that of the non-biological PM. Investment as percentage of GDP (average over time) was 33.4% during the UPA and 28.7% in the Anyay-kaal,» he said.