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NCP leader A K Saseendran said the Kerala unit of the party stands with Sharad Pawar. In a surprising move, Ajit Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, while eight MLAs of his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) took oath as ministers in the government led by an alliance of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier in the day. «We are part of the NCP led by Sharad Pawar.

The crisis posed a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's leadership and exposed deep-seated discontent in low-income neighborhoods over discrimination and lack of opportunity. The 17-year-old whose death on Tuesday spawned the anger was laid to rest Saturday in a Muslim ceremony in Nanterre, a Paris suburb where emotions over his loss remain raw. He has been identified publicly only by his first name, Nahel.

Bitcoin SV has experienced a surge in price, with a remarkable 30% increase fueled by a trading volume of $400 million. This significant boost has led to speculation about the involvement of large investors, commonly known as whales, in the market.

Investing.com — It’s here: The July oil bulls have been waiting for. The July the Saudi oil minister plans to make a difference with, via an additional million barrels per day in output cuts. The July where some of the most optimistic forecasters for crude think it could set highs of $90 or more for a barrel of Brent.

Here's how analysts read the market pulse:“The market's upward momentum was further supported by strong inflows from FIIs, the merger update of HDFC, and a narrowing current account deficit. Globally, investor confidence was uplifted by favourable revisions in US Q1 GDP, a decline in jobless claims, and positive outcomes from the US bank stress test conducted by the Fed,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, said.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, along with eight others from the party, joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. While Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at a ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan in Mumbai, the eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers.

Mann on Sunday said his government will recover the Rs 55 lakh spent on keeping gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Rupnagar jail during the previous Congress government from former chief minister Amarinder Singh and jail minister Sukhjinder Randhawa. If the money is not paid by Singh, who is now a BJP leader, and Randhawa, a Congress MLA, then their pension and other facilities will be cancelled, Mann said. Ansari was in Rupnagar jail from January 2019 to April 2021 in an extortion case registered in Mohali before the Supreme Court directed the Punjab government to give custody of the gangster-turned-politician to Uttar Pradesh Police.

Adani Enterprises, Mphasis, Biocon, Ashok Leyland, and Axis Bank will trade ex-dividend, while Kansai Nerolac Paints and Aptech will trade ex-bonus this week. The ex-dividend date is when the price of the equity shares of a company gets adjusted for the dividend payout.

Optus says it still does not know how much customer information was stolen nearly a year after a massive cybersecurity breach, and has denied it had a duty of care to protect the affected customers from harm.

London | After four days of unpredictable and head-scratching action, Australia’s pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England’s top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized Saturday for his country's role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech greeted by cheers and whoops at an event to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery. The king's speech followed Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology late last year for the country's role in the slave trade and slavery. It is part of a wider reckoning with colonial histories in the West that have been spurred in recent years by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Stop Oil movement were arrested for attempting to halt the procession in central London. Images circulated on social media showed police removing the demonstrators who had managed to briefly halt the march. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the arrests were made on grounds of public nuisance offenses. Prior to the start of the parade, LGBTQ+ members of Just Stop Oil called on Pride organizers to cease accepting sponsorship money from «high-polluting industries.» The activists urged the LGBTQ+ community to reject partnerships with such companies, emphasizing the environmental impact and the need for a clean energy transition.

Elon Musk ceded the CEO role to Linda Yaccarino, but the microblogging app is still undergoing significant transformations. Twitter will now require users to have an account if they want to see, like, or retweet other tweets. Earlier users could view tweets without having to log in, but now it is mandatory to either log in to their existing account or sign up for a new one if they wish to access tweets.

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Surrendering passports and acquiring the citizenship of another country are two entirely different actions, said an immigration consultant for New Zealand and Australia.«Goans, Punjabis, Gujaratis and people from Tamil Nadu and Kerala are acquiring citizenship of other countries. For the Goans, England was the final destination. But Brexit applied brakes on their movement,» said Ravi Veravalli, principal consultant, Star Global Education Alliance, in a conversation with IANS.

Joe Biden announced on Friday his intention to seek the cancellation of student loan debt using an alternative legal authority after the Supreme Court blocked his original program to eliminate up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of Americans. Biden stated that his administration will now work towards forgiving student loan debt through the Higher Education Act of 1965, which grants the education secretary the power to modify, waive, or compromise federal student loans under specific circumstances.

Pakistan on Saturday handed over a list of 308 Indian prisoners, including 42 civil and 266 fishermen, lodged in its jails to the High Commission of India here as part of a bilateral agreement. The step was taken in consistence with the provisions of the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access between the two countries, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement. The FO said that «the Government of Pakistan today handed over a list of 308 Indian prisoners in Pakistan (42 civilian prisoners and 266 fishermen) to the High Commission of India in Islamabad.» It further said that the Government of India handed over the list of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails to the Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi. According to the list, there are a total of 417 Pakistanis in Indian jails, 343 of whom are civilian prisoners and 74 fishermen. Islamabad urged New Delhi to release and repatriate all those Pakistani civilian prisoners and fishermen, who have completed their respective sentences and their national status stands confirmed.

Marshall, the British boxing sensation, is set to make her return to the ring this weekend in an electrifying showdown against Franchon Crews-Dezurn, the reigning undisputed super-middleweight champion. The 32-year-old Marshall, who suffered a defeat to Claressa Shields in October, is determined to claim the super-middleweight title and become a two-weight world champion. Marshall will square off against her American opponent at the AO Arena in Manchester, vowing to learn from her loss to Shields and deliver an improved performance. Interestingly, Crews-Dezurn, like Marshall, has experienced her sole defeat at the hands of Shields. Since then, the 35-year-old American has amassed an impressive record of eight victories, including two knockouts, but has not competed in over a year following her successful title defense against Elin Cederroos.

Hun Sen has backed down from threats to cut off access to Facebook in Cambodia, even as he declared the company's representatives would no longer be welcome in the country. The announcement late Friday night came after Facebook said it was taking down a video in which Hun Sen threatened political opponents — and just before campaigning began for elections widely seen a sham after the main opposition was barred from participating.

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Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government was spending Rs 6.5 lakh crore annually for the agriculture sector and farmers' welfare, and called upon cooperatives to help in making the country self-reliant in cooking oils. Speaking at an event on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives, the prime minister also highlighted the work done by his government, like PM Kisan scheme, MSP operations, and fertilizer subsidy since coming to power in 2014. In the last 9 years, Modi said more than Rs 15 lakh crore have been given to farmers by procuring their produce on the MSP.