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Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will play Atlanta United in mid-week major league soccer (MLS) match. Inter Miami is leading the MLS chart with 62 points from 28 games. Atlanta United has 31 points from 28 matches. The kick off between Messi's Inter Miami and Atlanta United is scheduled at 7.30 pm (ET) on Wednesday, September 18. MLS game between Inter Miami and Atlanta United can be live streamed on Apple TV via MLS Season Pass. Inter Miami is likely to win the game against Atlanta United.

Federal officials have identified more than 50 square miles of government-owned property across the U.S. as having great potential for renewable energy projects

Union Cabinet chaired by PM Naredra Modi on Wednesday approved the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan with an outlay of Rs 79,156 crore, aimed at upliftment of tribal communities. The government aims at adopting saturation coverage for tribal families in tribal-majority villages and aspirational districts by covering around 63,000 villages benefitting more than 5 crore tribal people as announced in the Budget Speech 2024-25. It will cover 549 districts and 2,740 blocks spread across all tribal majority villages across 30 States / UTs, it said.

Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday urged junior doctors to end their agitation, since most of their demands were accepted by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The medics have been on 'cease work' since August 9, when the body of a postgraduate trainee, who was raped and murdered, was found in the seminar room of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. They were demanding justice for the victim and stronger security measures in medical establishments. «As a gesture of goodwill, the doctors should consider calling off the strike and work collaboratively with the West Bengal government to serve the needs of the people and expedite the implementation of the task force's initiatives to ensure these changes are promptly executed,» Banerjee said. The TMC national general secretary also said it is crucial to hold the CBI accountable and ensure no perpetrators are spared, with swift punishment handed down at the earliest opportunity.

Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has threatened to «bury any Congress dog» coming to his programme. On Monday, the Buldhana legislator's announcement of a 'reward' for anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's tongue had set off a huge political row. Talking to reporters on the same day, Gaikwad is heard saying in a video that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde — who heads the Shiv Sena — will attend a programme about the government's flagship 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana' for women in his district. «If any Congress dog tries to enter my programme, I will bury them then and there,» Gaikwad is heard saying. The MLA had earlier announced a Rs 11 lakh reward to anyone who «chops off» Rahul Gandhi's tongue for his remarks on scrapping the reservation system.

pub chain has several listed for sale. The well-known pub chain J D Wetherspoon is still looking for buyers for a number of its UK locations, including notable ones in Felixstowe, Swindon, and Cardiff. More venues have been added to the sales list since the initial announcement in 2023. If buyers are found for the chosen properties across Scotland, England, and Wales, the current portfolio of 790 pubs could be reduced by 10. Nevertheless, a few bars that were up for sale have managed to avoid closing and will continue to operate under the Wetherspoon name. Local customers will be surprised to learn that the Thomas Drummond in Fleetwood, which was initially put up for sale in February, has since been taken down from the market. Claire Buxton, the manager of the establishment, expressed her happiness at the decision, stating that it would be a delight for both patrons and staff. She added that they look forward to serving the Fleetwood community for many more years to come. Also Read: Why the iconic yellow school bus in the U.S is becoming a relic of another era?

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PM-WANI framework guidelines will encourage more individuals to run Wi-Fi hotspots within their local community, thus creating lakhs of micro-entrepreneurs in India, Broadband India Forum (BIF) said Tuesday. BIF, which represents technology firms like Meta, Google, Amazon, TCS etc, also refuted the arguments given by telcos that PM-WANI was redundant, and it can cause revenue loss. “If India were to establish 50 million PM-WANI hotspots, as targeted, telcos could gain an additional Rs 60,000 crore in revenue annually from bandwidth sales in addition to the benefit they will get by having more broadband users, which they might not reach otherwise,” BIF said in a statement. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended the guidelines for the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) allowing roaming between public data office aggregator (PDOA), removing the need for a commercial agreement between a telco and PDO, allowing the PDOs or public data office to use the existing access points for public and private use. Also, the PDOs have been permitted to accept mobile data offload from the telcos, thereby helping ease the congestion on the mobile network.

Supreme Court on Tuesday objected to the West Bengal government's 'Rattierer Saathi' programme which stipulated that working hours of women should not exceed 12 hours at a time and prescribed avoiding night duty. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra expressed surprise that the state government has issued such a notification. The top court said if men are working in more that 12-hour shift, women doctors are also entitled to do so. «How can you say that women will not work in night shifts? Women will have objection if you stop them from working in the night,» it said.

Modi 3.0 government for MSME exporters who are facing global challenges due to geo-political tensions. The measures included launching of 'Trade Connect e-Platform' to empower SMEs by giving them access to information and guidance on trade, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. This platform will connect these enterprises to over six lakh IEC (import-export code) holders, 185 Indian Mission officials and over 600 Export Promotion Council members with the Department of Commerce. Briefing the media, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said that in the first 100 days, the ministry held meetings with exporters to understand their problems and find ways to resolve those issues.

Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has urged the U.S. to cancel licenses for Chevron and other energy companies

TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months was unconstitutional

investigation by the Anti-Corruption Department for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his income. The employee, Om Prakash Singh, has reportedly spent much more on acquiring properties than his legal income allows over the past nine years. The Anti-Corruption Department began investigating Om Prakash Singh following orders from the government. They found that from January 1, 2013, to May 31, 2022, Singh earned a total of Rs 33,58,867 from sources such as his salary, bonuses, and bank interest. However, during this period, Singh spent Rs 1,02,88,143 on obtaining and maintaining both movable and immovable properties. His expenditure exceeds his legitimate income by Rs 69.29 lakh.

David Thompson joins Oberon's investment management division from Investec, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Investec profits rise 7.1% as it sets aside £30m for motor finance review In his new role, Thompson will be working on the central investment teams and act as a «brand ambassador», alongside other Oberon units. Thompson worked at Investec for almost two decades, prior to which he worked at Credit Suisse and Kleinwort Benson. In addition, Oberon said it has acquired a two-man team from a leading wealth management firm, both bringing «strong investment backgrounds al...

RG Kar hospital rape-murder case said, there is still time to complete the investigation and CBI needs to be given adequate time. «They are not sleeping over,» said the court as per a report by Live Law. The court said, nobody can say that CBI destroyed anything related to crime scene or 27 minutes of CCTV footage. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for CBI told the Supreme Court that Wikipedia is still showing the name and photo of victim. To this CJI Chandrachud said, «We will pass an order, the name and photo cannot be there.»

The officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence and the US State and Defence Departments attended the 2+2 Intersessional. In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, «India and the US held the 2+2 Intersessional today with officials from India's Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, and the U.S. State and Defense Departments. Key discussions covered bilateral strategic and defense priorities, alongside regional and global issues.»

Get all the Arvind Kejriwal resignation LIVE Updates here on LiveMint.AAP leader Sandeep Pathak on Monday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal does not have greed for power and honour is paramount for him.He has vowed not to sit on the chief minister's chair till people give him a "certificate of honesty", he added.Pathak, Rajya Sabha MP and the party's general secretary (organisation) said this in Jind, where he held a meeting with party leaders and prepared a module of AAP's campaign for the next fifteen days for the October 5 Haryana polls.Later speaking to reporters, Pathak said party workers will go to every home and tell people that they have given several chances to other parties which have "failed to live up to their expectations". (PTI)The BJP's Delhi president Virender Sachdeva on Monday said AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's decision to resign as chief minister was borne out of "compulsion" and not driven by "principle".Sachdeva also alleged that none of the Delhi government departments was free of corruption under Kejriwal's rule.Responding to Sachdeva, AAP alleged that the Delhi BJP chief did nothing but held press conferences and spread false propaganda against the party.

New York has condemned the vandalism of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Melville, labelling it «unacceptable.» India's Consulate General in New York has raised the matter with US law enforcement authorities and urged them to take prompt action against perpetrators of this act. In a post on X, the Consulate General of India in New York stated, «The vandalism of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Melville, New York, is unacceptable; The Consulate @IndiainNewYork is in touch with the community and has raised the matter with U.S. law enforcement authorities for prompt action against the perpetrators of this heinous act.»

dark stores, the mini warehouses that are crucial for the foreign-funded platforms to deliver in 15-30 minutes, people aware of the matter said. India’s foreign direct investment rules don’t allow foreign-funded online marketplaces to own inventory or control sellers on their platforms. Because of these restrictions, the dark stores are not owned by the quick-commerce platforms themselves, but by separate entities. However, there are some grey areas in their structures. Meeting With Goyal