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Balasaheb Thorat has asserted that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will win a clear majority and also indicated his chief ministerial aspirations. In an exclusive interview to PTI ahead of the November 20 state assembly polls, Thorat (71) said he is among the few senior leaders in the MVA after NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar and enjoys cordial relations with leaders of the alliance. Thorat's assertion has come at a time when the ruling Mahayuti coalition has been reluctant to declare incumbent Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the next CM, with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis saying a decision on it will be taken after the poll results are announced. «I am among the senior leaders in the MVA after Sharad Pawar,» Thorat, an eight-term MLA from Sangamner in Ahilyanagar district, told PTI when asked whether he saw himself as an acceptable face of the opposition alliance.

Dartmouth College and an inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to easily operate early computers and eventually propelled generations into the world of personal computing, died Tuesday in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He was 96. The cause of his death, in a hospice, was multiple organ failure from sepsis, said Agnes Kurtz, his wife. In the early 1960s, before the days of laptops and smartphones, a computer was the size of a small car and an institution like Dartmouth, where Kurtz taught, had just one. Programming one was the province of scientists and mathematicians, specialists who understood the nonintuitive commands used to manipulate data through the hulking machines, which processed data in large batches, an effort that sometimes took days or weeks to complete.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy, commenting at a decisive moment after Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election win and Russia’s grinding battlefield gains.However, Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin was not interested in agreeing to a peace deal, and argued it was convenient for Moscow to sit down to talk while continuing to fight.“From our side, we must do everything so that this war ends next year, ends through diplomatic means,” Zelenskyy said in a Ukrainian radio interview aired on Saturday.Moscow’s ambassador to the U.N.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A decade ago, in June 2014, The Atlantic published The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s much-lauded essay about housing and financial discrimination against African Americans.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After producing Rocket Boys, the story of Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai and India’s science and nuclear programme, Nikkhil Advani grabbed the opportunity to helm an adaptation of Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins’s book Freedom at Midnight. The SonyLiv series (streaming from 15 November) stars Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vohra as Mahatma Gandhi, Rajendra Chawla as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Arif Zakaria as Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In rooms of sequins, blond hair and red MAGA hats, Gina Rinehart still manages to stand out at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago parties. On Halloween, the mining magnate was photographed at the Palm Beach, Fla., club in a wide-brimmed red hat with a “Drill, Baby, Drill" sign draped around her neck, posing with Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump.

Zelenskiy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy. In a radio interview aired on Saturday, Zelenskiy conceded that the battlefield situation in eastern Ukraine was difficult and Russia was making advances. He said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was not interested in agreeing to a peace deal. Zelenskiy said U.S. legislation prevented him from meeting President-elect Donald Trump before his inauguration next January. The Ukrainian leader said he would only talk with Trump himself rather than any emissary or advisor.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—In naming a set of unconventional nominees to run federal departments, Donald Trump this week also took steps to push for a broader goal: realigning the balance of power among Washington’s major institutions so that more authority flows from the White House.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MFCentral (mfcentral.com), a mutual fund transactions platform jointly run by Computer Age Management Services Limited (CAMS) and KFin Technologies Limited (KFintech), has finally been converted into a separate joint-venture company. The platform, which has 2.5 million users, is run by registrar and transfer agents (RTAs) – Sebi-registered firms that provide services to mutual fund companies and investors – and allows investors to buy or sell any mutual fund.

Tulsi Gabbard is being deemed as a 'threat to national security', according to former national security adviser, John Bolton, who has also warned about her deep ties with Russia, according to reports. Bolton is of the view that Gabbard or Matt Gaetz ought to have a confirmation hearing until they have both had full-field FBI investigations to skim through every single detail of their lives, so that any hint of scandal or threat to national security can be detected. According to Bolton, Americans may have 'lost their minds' when it comes to collecting national intelligence. after Gabbard was chosen as the director of national intelligence. Bolton also said that Gabbard and Gaetz are the two worst Cabinet appointments in recent history, according to The Hill's report. Bolton has even stated that until Trump had announced his own pick of Cabinet members, he was considering the current set of Cabinet members to be the worst of the entire lot across Presidential history under the Biden administration.

While she is being encouraged for the job, sources say, Lara is yet to make a decision on whether to serve in a government role. If she contests, she will be on the path to join senator Rick Scott in the Capitol, where the Republicans have gained a majority. Scott is being endorsed by Trump's confidants like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the party in the senate.

Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Bonfire, Miller shared, “We talked a little while ago. He’s just been such a good friend right now. I think returning for Deadpool 4 would be awesome.” His comments mark a stark contrast to his 2022 interview on The Adam Carolla Show, where he accused Reynolds of being «horrifically mean» during the filming of Deadpool 2. At the time, Miller claimed that Reynolds’ behavior on set seemed personal, as the actor spoke to him as if he were his character, Weasel.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Federal Reserve official said the central bank could eventually need to slow down the pace at which it is lowering rates and said it was too soon to say whether that should happen at the central bank’s meeting next month. Another rate cut in December is “certainly on the table, but it’s not a done deal," said Boston Fed President Susan Collins in an interview Thursday.

Punjabi rapper Badshah has belted out hit tracks like Kar Gayi Chull from Kapoor and Sons, Garmi from Street Dancer 3D, Naina from Crew, and Proper Patola from Namaste England. While he is an established musician in the industry, did you know that he is a National Olympiad gold medalist in Mathematics and holds a degree in engineering? Reportedly, the singer did not have a great time convincing his parents about his career choice. In an old interview, Badshah had once revealed that he was “ultimate” at Mathematics. He confessed that he was a National Olympiad gold medalist in the subject. In the same interview, he revealed that his CAT score was 98.25 per cent in DI (Data Interpretation) without any preparation. He further expressed his love for the subject and “problem solving”. Before diving into music, Badshah studied civil engineering and even worked as a civil engineer. Reflecting on that phase, he mentioned attending St. Stephen's College briefly before transferring to an engineering college. After graduating, he worked on construction sites, complete with a safety helmet, but realized it wasn't his passion. Eventually, music became his focus, and he never looked back.

Ajit Pawar has publically spoken against this slogan while his compatriot Devendr Fadnavis has defended it. In an interview with ANI, Fadnavis said that it will take time for Ajit Pawar to understand the public's mood as had stayed with anti-Hindu idealogies for a long time. «For decades, Ajit Pawar has stayed with such ideologies which are secular and anti-Hindu. There is no real secularism amongst those who call themselves as secularists. He has stayed with people for whom opposing Hindutva is secularism. There is no real secularism among those who call themselves secular,» Fadnavis said speaking to ANI.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field

Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a_m_ to 9 a_m_ hours of “Today.”

BJP leader and the State's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lashed out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for allegedly yielding to demands from the Ulema Council, a Muslim clerical body. In an interview with ANI, Fadnavis said that the Ulema Council had presented 17 demands to the MVA, which the alliance reportedly accepted through a formal letter. «The Ulema Council declared support to them, and they put forward 17 demands. They (MVA) have given a formal letter that says we accept these 17 demands. I have no objection if someone puts forward any demands; I just question which of these demands are acceptable. I will tell you one demand,» he said.