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Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling led the pink carpet walk at the premiere of ‘Barbie’. But Love Island faces like Danica Taylor and Liberty Pool were also present on the occasion. After the Barbie premiere, Ekin-Su Ekin-Su said to the BBC that she really, really hoped to meet Margot. After meeting Margot, she told her that she could not believe she was meeting her. She also said that she was Margot’s biggest fan. When Danica Taylor and Liberty Pool met Margot, she also said that she was star-struck. Liberty said that it was crazy to learn that Margot knew her name. Margot has not interacted with the residents of Love Island for the first time. She was invited to the after party of ‘Birds of Prey red carpet in 2019 and where Michael Griffiths, Jordan Hames, and Lucie Donlan were invited. Greta Gerwig has directed the movie ‘Barbie’ casting Margot Robbie, Rya Gosling, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Hari Nef. It’s a fantasy comedy written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. It is the first-ever live-action movie after many computer-animated and live streaming television films. Universal Pictures announced the live-action Barbie movie in September 2009. Sony Pictures acquired the film rights in April 2014. The film rights were ultimately transferred to Warner Bros which began the filming in 2022.

State Election Commission (SEC) has announced repolling in 20 Panchayat Constituencies today. But, the date of re-polling is yet to be announced. Constituencies which will undergo re polling as per the SEC notification are 15 in Howrah’s Sankrail, one in Singur and four in North 24 Parganas district’s Habra. In order to investigate the violence during panchayat polls, a five-member Fact Finding team went to Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Anand today and visited South 24 Parganas district’s Basanti to met the victims of poll violence. Governor and Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi held separate meetings with senior BSF officials today to discuss the ongoing situation in the state. In order to curb violence, it was decided that there will be three nodal officers in every district-Police Superintendent, District Magistrate and a BSF Nodal officer. Following BSF’s decision to keep one nodal officer in every district, BSF will soon share the numbers of the nodal officers in each district.

Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the state government will purchase 4,000 buses for the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and recruit 13,000 drivers, conductors and mechanics. During the discussion in the State Assembly on the motion of thanks to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's address to the joint session of the Karnataka Legislature on July 3, the chief minister said, «The KSRTC's 'income' has increased ever since the 'Shakti' scheme offering free travel to Karnataka women in non-luxury government buses started on June 11.» «The state government will bear the expenditure met by the KSRTC on Shakti scheme. Rs 2,900 crore will be needed for the scheme in the next nine months, which we will give,» Siddaramaiah said.

Rajbanshi vote bank ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, BJP has nominated Ananta Rai Maharaj, the head of the Greater Cooch Behar Peoples’ Association (CGPA) movement, for its Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal. Ananta Rai Maharaj today filed nomination in the presence of BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar and other saffron party MLAs at state assembly in Kolkata. After filing his nomination at the state assembly, Ananta Rai Maharaj said, “I am proud that I have been given the opportunity to go to the Rajya Sabha.

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Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said his party will lead the opposition in Maharashtra following the recent split in the NCP and would contest the Lok Sabha polls next year as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition. In an interview with PTI, he also expressed confidence that there will be no split in the Congress as had been witnessed with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Chavan said that at the national level, the opposition alliance was taking shape on the lines of the principle adopted by the then opposition under J P Narayan to defeat Indira Gandhi in 1977.

Bob Iger will remain as CEO of The Walt Disney Co. through the end of 2026, agreeing to a two-year contract extension that will give the entertainment and theme park company some breathing room to find his successor

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted very heavy rainfall in ten states and has issued ‘yellow alert’ for Maharashtra. The  IMD has predicted downpours during the next 5 days in Delhi.

The International Monetary Fund has approved a much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan that likely will save the nation from defaulting on its debt repayments

Pakistan's finance minister says the International Monetary Fund has deposited the much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion with the country's central bank under a new bailout

The risk-on mood in markets stretched into another day as stocks climbed and the dollar weakened to a 15-month low. 

Chandrayaan programme was conceived by the Government of India and formally announced by former Prime Minister, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on August 15, 2003. Subsequently, the hardwork of the scientists paid off when the maiden mission onboard ISRO's trusted PSLV-C 11 rocket lifted off on October 22, 2008. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation, PSLV-C11 was an updated version of the standard configuration of a PSLV.

It’s one step forward, two steps back for Johannesburg-listed Murray & Roberts’ attempts to buy back Perth-based RUC Cementation Mining Contractors out of administration.

New York Post, this gaffe occurred just a day after Zelensky expressed frustration at Ukraine not receiving an invitation to join the North Atlantic alliance, only to retract his statement shortly afterwards. “Vladimir and I … I shouldn’t be so familiar," Biden said during a press conference in the Lithuanian capital.

disaster management and health and wellness. Agreed to expand our Track II engagement," Jaishankar further wrote. The EAM said the ASEAN relationship paves the way for the Indo-Pacific Vision.

BSE-S0003051" data-name="Tata Consultancy Services">Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd., experienced its weakest fiscal year start since becoming public in 2004. Prior to Q1FY24, Mint noted that TCS's worst growth at the beginning of the fiscal year occurred in the first quarter of 2008, when the global financial crisis caused bank instability and ultimately harmed IT services companies like TCS, which increased its sequential revenue by 0.5%. On Thursday's trading session, TCS share price opened at ₹3,276 apiece on BSE.  On Wednesday, IT major announced a consolidated net profit (attributable to the company's shareholders) of ₹11,074 crore for the first quarter of the current fiscal year that ended in June (Q1FY24), representing an increase of 16.84% on a year-over-year basis.In the same period last year, the company generated a profit of ₹9, 478 crore.

Antony Blinken will meet top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Thursday as officials gather in Indonesia for ASEAN meetings, the State Department said in announcing the latest in series of interactions between the rival superpowers. Wang is representing China at the Jakarta meetings involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and partner countries after Beijing said Foreign Minister Qin Gang would not attend due to health reasons. Blinken met Qin and Wang in Beijing last month, marking the first visit to China by a U.S. secretary of state in five years. It was aimed at bringing stability to intense rivalry between the superpowers, which are also the world's two largest economies U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited China earlier this month and climate envoy John Kerry is to visit next week. Wang, who is the foreign policy chief for the Chinese Communist Party, ranks above Qin, who as the foreign minister is the government's foreign policy chief.

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he thinks China is interested in a cooperative international framework on artificial intelligence, from conversations he had when he visited China a few weeks ago.Musk made the remarks in a Twitter Space event with two U.S. congressmen, Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Mike Gallagher.

Narendra Modi has departed India for an official visit to France and UAE on Thursday. The Prime Minister will visit France on July 13-14 at the official invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. “This visit is particularly special as I will join President Macron for the French National Day, or Bastille Day celebrations in Paris as the Guest of Honour.

retailers are exploring entering the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), with around 50 of them looking to open storefronts on the government-backed ecommerce network that they expect will help them reduce cost and reach more consumers. A pan-India retailer association met top ONDC officials to understand how the platform works, and how they could be a part of it. Discussions are still in the early stages.