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Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian people were «united as never before,» as he sought to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt, at a meeting of a rare international organization where he can find a sympathetic audience. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, hosted via videoconference by India, was Putin's first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia and comes as he is eager to show that the West has failed to isolate Moscow over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian military says it has fended off a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's airports

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alliance in the coming months. The remarks come amid growing political upheaval in neighbouring Maharashtra as the NCP teters on the brink of a vertical split. The JD(S) leader had previously predicted a ‘Maharashtra-like’ situation for the state without naming names - even as netizens discussed the possibility of a Congress split.

NCP president Jayant Patil on Tuesday said the group led by Ajit Pawar has no right to remove him from the post. He also claimed that all MLAs of NCP (total 53) are with the party chief Sharad Pawar. A day earlier, the Ajit Pawar camp appointed Sunil Tatkare as the Maharashtra NCP president in place of Jayant Patil. It also asked the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to disqualify Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad from membership of the House. Hours before Jayant Patil was replaced by the Ajit Pawar camp, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had removed the party's working president Praful Patel and general secretary Tatkare for engaging in «anti-party» activities. The action was taken against Patel and Tatkare after they attended the swearing-in ceremony of Ajit Pawar who took oath as deputy chief minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP cabinet on Sunday, while eight NCP MLAs joined as ministers. «The faction led by (Ajit Pawar) is a 'Notionalist' Party. They have no right to remove me from the post (of NCP state unit president),» Jayant Patil told reporters.

NCP) turmoil came out in the open, BJP's Sushil Modi said that a similar situation is brewing in Bihar and several Janata Dal United (JDU) MPs and MLAs are in contact with the BJP. Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Modi told  news agency ANI that many MPs fear that they will lose their tickets since Nitish Kumar joined hands with Rahul Gandhi and announced Tejashwi Yadav as his "successor". "Ever since Nitish Kumar accepted Rahul Gandhi as the leader for the next fight in a way and made Tejashwi Yadav his successor, since then there is a situation of rebellion in JDU.

Meta Platforms plans to release a microblogging app called Threads, a new product that is expected to hit the market Thursday, days after Twitter owner Elon Musk announced new strictures that will limit how many posts users see on that platform. Social-media veterans and analysts see the planned app as a formidable competitor for Twitter, which has faced falling revenue and other challenges since Musk took over the company in October. Meta, like other tech giants, has a record of copying features of competitors’ platforms and implementing them into its own services.

China's commerce ministry said on Monday it would control exports of eight gallium products and six germanium products from Aug. 1 to protect national security, a move analysts saw as a response to escalating efforts by the United States to curb China's technological advances. Companies caught out by the abrupt news acted to secure supplies, with one U.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clarion call for SCO member nations to stand against terrorism during his address at the SCO Summit on Tuesday.  "Terrorism is a threat to regional and global peace.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that countries need to respect territorial integrity. «We do not see the SCO as an extended neighbourhood, but rather as an extended family. Security, economic development, connectivity, unity, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and environmental protection are the pillars of our vision for SCO,» PM Modi said.

Twitter has officially launched the new version of its popular dashboard application, TweetDeck, to address the recent issues that users have been facing. However, the catch is that TweetDeck will now become a feature exclusively available to verified users, who will need to subscribe to Twitter Blue, the platform's paid subscription service. The announcement was made by Twitter’s support account via a tweet that gave details about the new version of TweetDeck with new features. It read, «We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com by selecting 'Try the new TweetDeck' in the bottom left menu.» “All your saved searches, lists, and columns will carry over to the new TweetDeck. You’ll be prompted to import your columns when you load the application for the first time. TweetDeck now supports full composer functionality, Spaces, video docking, polls, and more. Teams functionality in TweetDeck is temporarily unavailable and will be restored in the coming weeks. In 30 days, users must be Verified to access TweetDeck,” the tweet read.

Harvard College was hit with a complaint on Monday claiming its policy of giving preferences to applicants for undergraduate admissions with family ties to the elite school overwhelmingly benefits white students, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its race-conscious admissions policies. Three civil rights groups filed a complaint with the U.S.

Five-time champion Venus Williams returned to Wimbledon a quarter of a century after her first win on the All England Club lawns but was unable to summon the old magic in a painful first-round defeat by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Monday.

Investing.com — Right on cue, the Saudis came out to say their million-barrel cut for July will be extended to August and possibly September — maybe even infinitely. The Russians talked up their cuts too. But the announcements coincided with particularly bad global factory activity, sending crude prices lower.

Venus Williams' 24th appearance at Wimbledon came to an end on Monday on Centre Court, as she was defeated by Elina Svitolina in the opening round with a score of 6-4, 6-3. Elina Svitolina continues her remarkable comeback after returning from maternity leave, achieving a significant victory over Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon. Despite facing the formidable 43-year-old Williams, a five-time champion at the grass-court Grand Slam, Svitolina displayed her resilience.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday attacked the Congress and CPI-M for resorting to double standards by seeking Trinamool's help to fight BJP at the Centre on the one hand, and teaming up with BJP to fight the Trinamool in Bengal during the panchayat polls on the other hand. «We will help them (Congress-CPI-M) in Delhi to fight against BJP but the three political parties will come together in Bengal and attack Trinamool,» Banerjee said.

Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday claimed that the BJP had engineered a split in the party but expressed confidence that the BJP and the rebels would be voted out of power by the people. Pawar has, however, kept the doors of reconciliation open by saying that the politics he practised there was no space for 'hate'. «State NCP chief Jayant Patil will look into the issue of disciplinary proceedings.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two PGA Tour officials have agreed to testify before a U.S. Senate panel next week about the tour's merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, but LIV officials declined to appear, lawmakers said on Monday.

New Delhi: The Central government is committed to ensure Quality Assurance (QA) in military aviation and taking appropriate measures to remove obstacles in indigenization of Defence manufacturing industry, defence secretary Giridhar Aramane said on Monday. Delivering keynote address at Workshop on “QA Reforms in Military Aviation for Promoting Indigenous R&D and Manufacturing," held in New Delhi, he added that the country is progressing in line with PM’s vision of Aatmnirbharata in defence.  “It is a challenge but systems are being put in place and measures are being taken to achieve it," he said.

Forget location, location, location. Parents leaving a treasured holiday home to kids and grandkids have three more important things to worry about if they hope to avoid years of family in-fighting and legal battles.

MPs and MLAs in talks with the BJP and other parties, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi claimed on Monday. These JD(U) leaders are neither able to accept RJD's Tejashwi Yadav as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's «successor», nor the Congress' Rahul Gandhi as the leader of the united opposition, he claimed. Asked whether the BJP will consider inducting the rebels of the ruling JD(U), Sushil Modi remained noncommittal, but asserted the BJP will not accept Nitish Kumar even if he comes grovelling at the party doors.