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The U.K. general election is nearly two weeks away

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's inconsistent form in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 has been under criticism.Despite India being unbeaten in all six matches played in the tournament, Kohli and Rohit have failed to show their batting prowess.In the last Super Eight match – played with Bangladesh on Saturday – Kohli scored 37 off 28 balls, while Rohit scored a quickfire 11-ball 23.During the post-match chat, legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar compared Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's dismissals.

Anurag Kashyap, known for his candid opinions, recently addressed issues of racism and hypocrisy prevalent in Bollywood. He has been vocal about various aspects of the film industry, ranging from the lack of support for independent films to the rising costs associated with actors. In a recent interview with Janice Sequeira, Kashyap highlighted how the industry perceives talent and individuals based on stereotypes.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday demanded that the enforcement of the three criminal laws, which are to come into force from July 1, be deferred, saying the Bills were «bulldozed» through Parliament. In a post on X, Ramesh said the implementation of the Bills be deferred to enable a thorough review and re-examination by a reconstituted Standing Committee on Home Affairs as they were passed at a time when 146 MPs had been suspended. «On Dec 25 2023, the President of India had given her assent to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023,the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. The three far-reaching Bills had been bulldozed through Parliament without proper debate and discussion, and at a time when 146 MPs had been suspended from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,» Ramesh said. «Earlier the Bills had been bulldozed through the Standing Committee on Home Affairs without detailed interactions with stakeholders across the country and completely ignoring the written and very detailed dissent notes of a number of MPs belonging to different political parties, including the Indian National Congress, who were members of the Standing Committee,» he said.

Elon Musk has clarified his previous comments at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, addressing concerns about his remarks aimed at advertisers leaving his X social media platform. Musk explained that his comment was meant as a general point on free speech rather than a direct attack on advertisers.

Bitcoin ETFs have been experiencing significant inflows recently, raising questions and sparking debates among analysts and investors. While it appears that there's a massive surge in investment, the underlying dynamics reveal a more intricate story shaped largely by hedge fund strategies. Understanding how hedge funds are impacting Bitcoin's price necessitates a dive into the inflows, futures trading, and overall market behaviour. Massive Inflows into Bitcoin ETFs

Nifty and Sensex are consistently moving upwards and the bull run is expected to continue as the Lok Sabha election results were well absorbed by the market participants. Considering the past week, Nifty seems to have taken a support near the 23,400 mark while Sensex seems to be resisting the 77,850 level for the last 3 trading sessions as the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 269 points or 0.35% to settle at 77,209 on Friday while Nifty dropped 66 points or 0.28% to end at 23,501.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made increasing housing a top priority by committing to “the most comprehensive and ambitious housing plan ever seen in Canada.” Unfortunately, he is also committed to muddled policies that kneecap his housing goals.

trolls and trolling. These cretins of the online universe skulk in comment sections, their malevolence tended by anonymity and an endless supply of snark. But before we sound predictably hifalutin, consider this: could trolls have a purpose beyond raising our BP? Yet another herd of the most virulent form of the commentariat shrieks, threatens, abuses you for some opinion you've shared — or even a fact they think is complete rubbish.

Praveen Chakravarty on Friday apologised for his post on social media platform X, criticising Karnataka Congress government's decision to hire the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to help with suggestions to boost state revenue. Chakravarty, chairman of Professionals' Congress & Data Analytics, had faced backlash from his party after his dig at the government was echoed by the opposition BJP. Posting a retraction on X, Chakravarty said his comments reflected his private opinion, and weren’t intended to be a criticism of the Karnataka government. “I posted my private opinion on the broader culture of outsourcing core political & policy functions to outside consultants with no ‘skin in the game.’ It’s an issue that is debated widely in research circles & my comment was purely academic…I have spoken with & expressed my apologies for causing inadvertent harm to the leadership in Karnataka,” he wrote. The Siddaramaiah-regime roped in the BCG earlier this week, under pressure to find funding to fulfil its guarantee programmes, which will cost the state around Rs 52,000 crore this fiscal year. The government has already hiked taxes on fuel, liquor, and property, and is said to be considering further rate revisions to mobilise revenue. The guarantee programmes themselves have come under fire after the party managed to win just nine out of 28 seats in the state in the recent general elections.

We are talking about journalism this week, about newspapers and warring newsrooms and lost readership and what to do. At bottom, though this gets lost, all the arguments are really about what journalism is. Here is what it is.

The Supreme Court has upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) had announced June 22 as the record date for its 1:1 bonus share issuance. Today is the last day to buy shares to qualify for receiving the company's bonus shares. In May, BPCL announced that it would issue bonus shares to eligible shareholders in a 1:1 ratio. This means that for every share held, shareholders will receive one additional share in their Demat account.

The US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars.

The European Union’s top court says products such as disinfectants can’t be advertised as “skin friendly.”

Ruchir Sharma, the chairman of Rockefeller International and Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Breakout Capital, has joined the Asset Allocation Committee (AAC) of 360 ONE Wealth. The AAC offers strategic and tactical allocation guidance for equities, India fixed income, and other asset classes. Leveraging a multifaceted approach, the committee evaluates each asset class based on macroeconomic factors, monetary policy dynamics, corporate earnings, valuations, sentiment, and fund flows.

Stocks that were in focus include names like REC, which fell 2.12%, Power Finance Corp, which declined 1.72%, and Motilal Oswal, whose shares gained 4.05% on Wednesday.

London Private Members' Clubs, seem to be moping about the incoming British PM — in opinion polls we still trust — lacking one credential: being a member of a club in the city he lives-works in. Thevoz mentions in an X post: 'As far as I can tell, Keir Starmer will be the first British Prime Minister since 1763 to not be (or have been) a member of one or more London private members' clubs....' Conservative and Labour PMs alike have been, we are told, members of social watering holes like the Athenaeum and Carlton, Churchill apparently finding time and energy to be a member of nine clubs.

Relocate statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, and other national leaders to original locations", Mallikarjun Kharge wrote.Congress leader Kharge alleged that the statues were removed arbitrarily and "without consultation." Kharge further said the act "violates the basic spirit of our democracy."Kharge, in his letter, mentioned that there is a Committee for installing portraits and statues of national leaders and MPs in the Parliament House Complex. "However, the committee lamentably has not been reconstituted since 2019.

Coming to the buildup of fresh short positions, When the stock prices move downward and open interest on the counter increases, it is taken as a sign of a short build-up. The signal is considered more reliable if the volume on the counter has also seen an increase as the stock price was declining.