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Lok Sabha elections. Ajit Pawar, who recently joined the BJP government as the deputy chief minister, is believed to be considering giving the Shirur Lok Sabha ticket to his son Parth. Parth Pawar had previously made an unsuccessful electoral debut in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, where he lost from the Maval constituency.

semiconductors and solar panels. The US official was due to meet Friday with China's No.

Stan Wawrinka set up a Wimbledon third-round clash with seven-time champion Novak Djokovic on Thursday, hoping to «not get killed» by a rival he first faced 17 years ago. The 38-year-old Wawrinka, who has won three Grand Slam titles, made the last 32 by seeing off Argentina's 29th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. It will be his first time in the third round at the All England Club since 2015, when he went on to make the quarter-finals.

With the changing demographics in the United States, the financial advice industry may finally be reaching the realization it needs to hire more African American financial advisors, a severely underrepresented group in mainstream wealth management.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has denied the buzz that his party would rejoin the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. Badal termed the 'news' media speculation, saying he had called his party's district chiefs to discuss the Bhagwant Mann government's 'non-performance' and 'interference' in gurdwara matters.

Until two years ago, it was easy to spot future leaders in every batch of newcomers in a company. The alphas among them worked their way into cabins, usurping others’ at lethal speed. It often left the rest of the staff with the impression that these alpha employees were reclaiming roles and designations that had temporarily been given to others.

artificial intelligence poses many questions that have no answers yet, the United Nations admitted Thursday at its AI summit, attended by some exceptionally life-like humanoid robots. The UN is aware that AI technology is racing ahead of the capacity to set its boundaries and directions, and so it brought together some of the best minds on the topic — whether human or man-made. The «AI for Good Global Summit», in Geneva on Thursday and Friday is being convened by the UN's ITU tech agency — and many unaware attendees were startled by the humanoid robots suddenly turning to look at them as they passed by.

ALSO READ: Maharashtra News LIVE Updates "Now, whatever we need to say, we will say it before the Election Commission of India," NCP President Sharad Pawar. Meanwhile, addressing the press, party leader P C Chacko said eight resolutions were passed in the meeting and said the organization was behind Pawar. "NCP Working Committee approves decision to expel Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, and nine who joined hands with NDA.

Global temperature maps have become dark red as rising temperatures capped the world’s warmest day since record-keeping began in 1979, while last month was the hottest June, according to new data from U.S. and European scientists.

Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated a Safeguard duty (Quantitative Restrictions) investigation concerning imports of low ash metallurgical coke (Met Coke) into India. This probe has been triggered after complaints from BLA Private Limited, Jindal Coke Limited, Saurashtra Fuels Private Limited, Vedanta Malco Energy Limited, and Visa Coke Limited. According to a DGTR notice, the applicants have alleged that there has been a ‘sudden, sharp, significant, and recent’ increase in volume of low ash metallurgical coke imports in India.

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Ajit Agarkar was spotted having lunch with his former teammates — Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh. The families of the former cricketers were also seen in the photo. Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar both shared the photo on Instagram.

India in London are «completely unacceptable» amid anti-India attacks by Khalistani extremists emerging on social media channels. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly took to Twitter to declare that the safety of the staff at India's diplomatic mission in the country is paramount. His intervention follows threats and attacks targeted at Indian diplomatic missions in the US, Australia and Canada and some threatening posters emerging online with images of Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami and Dr Shashank Vikram, the Consul General of India in Birmingham.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday washed the feet of Dashmat Rawat, the man who was seen being urinated on in a viral video from Sidhi, at CM House in Bhopal. The accused, identified as Pravesh Shukla, has been arrested and booked under IPC sections as well as the National Security Act.

Ahead of the upcoming election in Rajasthan which is scheduled later this year, top Congress leaders on Thursday are holding deliberations with party leaders in Rajasthan in New Delhi on poll strategy and preparedness, as well as to resolve the ongoing tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, reports PTI.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Mumbai, has reportedly submitted a petition to the Election Commission of India, asserting his right to the NCP and its election symbol. As per a report by The Wire, Jayant Patil, a supporter of Sharad Pawar, Ajit's uncle and the president of the NCP, has reportedly filed a separate note of caution with the Election Commission. The note highlights their intention to disqualify the nine party MLAs who joined the Maharashtra government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

GST Council on July 11. Also, the Council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister and comprising state counterparts, has to decide on whether these three activities fall under the category of actionable claim of betting and gambling, sources added. The Group of Ministers, convened by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, has members from eight states-- West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Ramdas Athawale met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the latter's residence here on Thursday and said Pawar's support to the NDA will «further weaken» the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Athawale, who heads the Republican Party of India (A), said it was a courtesy visit after Pawar became the deputy CM of the state. Ajit Pawar on Sunday led a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to become deputy chief minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP government. Eight other NCP MLAs, including Chhagan Bhujbal and Hasan Mushrif, were sworn in as ministers in the Eknath Shinde cabinet. Speaking to reporters after meeting the deputy CM, Athawale said, «Ajit Pawar's support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has increased the strength (of the ruling side) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to more than 200. His support will result in the MVA getting weakened further.» The MVA comprises the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction and the Congress.

Joshimath last week. And the crippling anxiety of 'what next' gripped the residents of the ecologically fragile Himalayan town once again. It was almost six months to the day land subsidence around Joshimath on January 2-3 led to hundreds of residents fleeing their homes, which had developed cracks, and taking refuge in hotels, rest houses and at houses of relatives and friends.

«Now, whether there is a right time to cut the prices or not when the crude prices were going up, when the prices were not increased, there were definitely a strain on the oil marketing companies. And I think that it is logical for them to recover if they had some sort of under-requirements which they had obviously,» says MK Surana, Former CMD, HPCL.With crude now largely settling around the $75 to a barrel mark, is it really time for OMCs to cut prices? And is there merit in believing that they are now in a sweet spot?First, it is a good thing for the country and for the OMCs that the oil prices are benign, in spite of some sort of production cuts announced even just yesterday by Saudi and some sort of export restriction by Russia.

IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar, Tanzania. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up of campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE), IIT Madras and Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) Zanzibar- Tanzania on Thursday in the presence of Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Dr.