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JMM) executive president Hemant Soren on Thursday after CM Champai Soren resigned from the post. The other leaders invited by the Raj Bhavan include state Congress president Rajesh Thakur and RJD leader Satyanand Bhakta. Champai Soren resigned from the post just five months after taking the oath, setting the ball rolling for Hemant Soren to again take over the role and said that the ruling alliance had chosen Hemant Soren as the leader.

dollar remained on the back foot on Wednesday after dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent U.S. bond yields lower, overshadowing a strong domestic jobs report. The euro held firm, helped by a stubbornly high local inflation reading on Tuesday. Sterling was steady ahead of Thursday's U.K. election.

Iranians turned out in higher numbers than in previous votes to elect a reformist president who ran on a platform of re-engaging with the West and loosening the country’s strict moral codes for women. The country’s liberal voters, confronted with a stark choice between a cautious reformer and a tough hard-liner, shook off some of the disillusionment that had led to very low turnout in the initial presidential vote a week ago and turned out to the polls for a runoff that put the first reform candidate in office in two decades.

Baird has strengthened its operations in the Northeast as an industry veteran and former wirehouse advisor joins its ranks.

Inflation is on the way down in Europe

Restaurant Brands International says it’s spending up to $45 million on two deals intended to boost its presence in China and spur growth in what the company sees as a promising market.

Joe Biden's campaign is quietly testing the strength of Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Donald Trump in a head-to-head survey of voters, as Biden fights for his political future with a high-stakes news conference Thursday. The survey, which is being conducted this week and was commissioned by the Biden campaign's analytics team, is believed to be the first time since the debate that Biden's aides have sought to measure how the vice president would fare at the top of the ticket. It was described by three people who are informed about it and insisted on anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information. They did not specify why the survey was being conducted or what the campaign planned to do with the results. It could be read as the team gathering information to present a case to the president that his path forward is slim, or to argue that Biden is still the strongest standard-bearer for his party. The effort comes as some longtime aides and advisers to Biden are said to have become increasingly convinced that he will have to step aside from the campaign, and in recent days have been trying to come up with ways to convince him that he should, The New York Times reported Thursday. A growing number of prominent lawmakers have called for Biden to drop out or suggest he should reconsider his plans to run.

BRUSSELS: European manufacturers of hydrogen equipment have urged the European Union to step in to help the industry compete with cheaper Chinese producers, in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. The companies, among them Thyssenkrupp Nucera, Siemens Energy, and Nel Hydrogen, want Brussels to do more to ensure Europe-made equipment powers the EU's plan by 2030 to produce 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen using electrolysers, machines that use electricity to split water to produce the green fuel. China is rapidly expanding its production of hydrogen equipment and is now home to 40% of the world's electrolyser manufacturing capacity, up from 10% last year, the letter said, adding that state subsidies were giving Chinese firms an edge.

exports also soared to an unprecedented Rs 21,083 crore, reflecting a nearly 35% increase over the last fiscal year. Visionary Leadership of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' This achievement underscores Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' initiative and the dedicated efforts of the Ministry of Defence under the Defence Minister's leadership. A significant 60% of this growth is attributed to the private sector, highlighting the maturing Defence Industrial Base of India.

Joe Biden has refused to pull out of the race for the White House in the most unambiguous words, some people believe that he would have to step aside sooner or later and it is not the question of if but when. In an article published in 'New York Post', journalist Henry Olsen wrote that a candidate can come back from a deficit of six points, but before the disastrous first presidential debate on June 27, Biden had the lowest job approval ratings of any first-term president in history. It would be difficult for him to make a comeback from where he is after the debate. The data leaked by Open Labs made it clear that the Democrat contender is behind or tied in normally Democratic states like Minnesota, New Mexico and Virginia. These data were consistent with a 6-point deficit, which is a 10.5-point drop from Biden’s 2020 victory margin. So, there is an uphill task for the incumbent president.

BJP national president and Union Minister J P Nadda will visit Jammu on July 6 to set the party into motion by announcing plans for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Nadda, who will receive a warm reception in Jammu following the BJP's third consecutive victory, will review the party's operations. This move is crucial as the Election Commission of India (ECI) begins updating the electoral rolls in the Union Territory, paving the way for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir along with other states. «Nadda is arriving in Jammu to assess the party's functioning and discuss strategies for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir,» Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Ravinder Raina told PTI.

France had held an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II

Joe Biden could make a decision within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection, said Hawaii's governor who participated in a recent meeting with Biden and other Democratic governors and whose family has known the president for years. And if Biden decides not to run, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press on Saturday that he believes the president will designate Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him on the ticket. «I think the president stays in this race unless he feels that it is not winnable, or he feels that he has to hear other voices in his inner circle that he shouldn't run,» Green said. «If the president felt that he wasn't up to it and truly not up to it, he would step down.» «We'll probably know in the next couple of days how the president feels about all this,» he said.

Joe Biden contesting the upcoming Presidential Election in November. While many in the House of Representatives have openly voiced their concerns against Biden after the first presidential debate, those in the Senate have remained quiet till day. This may change soon. There are multiple reports indicating that various Senators belonging to the Democratic Party have gathered in Washington to discuss the political situation in the country. There are also growing number of Senators who are demanding answers from Biden and sought assurances on the way forward. This has been reported by The Hill.

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra expressed confidence and said that this trip would help us broaden the scope of our partnership, along with helping to address issues of regional and global importance of mutual interest «The visit, we are confident, will allow us to discuss various areas of importance in bilateral engagement as well as issues of regional and global importance of mutual interest and help broaden the scope of our partnership,» said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on PM Modi's first visit to Austria.

neurologist has said that President Joe Biden is clearly displaying symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and he could diagnose this without even getting close to the president. Dr Tom Pitts made these comments in a show hosted by Tom Llamas on NBC News. The top neurologist called on Biden to step down from the upcoming presidential election in November. He also urged both Biden and Trump to undergo a neurological test. Recently, reports have emerged that another neurologist who is an expert on Parkinson’s disease visited the White House, eight times over a period of eight month. The White House has downplayed this news report.

A stock analyst over the weekend lowered his rating of Raymond James Financial Inc., citing a variety of concerns related to the short-term growth of its brokerage and wealth management business, where more than 8,000 financial advisors work.

Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited relief camps in Manipur's Jiribam and Churachandpur districts and interacted with the inmates. People displaced by the ethnic violence in the northeastern state, which claimed over 200 lives since May last year, are staying in those relief camps. Gandhi, who is accompanied by senior Congress leaders, is visiting Manipur for the first time after the Congress won both Lok Sabha seats in the state. «His third visit to Manipur post-violence shows his unwavering commitment to the people's cause,» the Congress said in a post on X.

Minaya will join on 3 September and will report to Robin Vince, president and CEO of BNY.  Once Minaya joins, Smits will transition to chair of BNY Investments to help oversee the change. «I would like to thank Smits for her leadership», Vince noted. BNY Mellon undergoes name change amid extensive rebrand Minaya said: «I am delighted to join BNY, a historic institution with a legacy of helping clients achieve their ambitions and advancing the future of finance, and to lead a globally renowned asset management and wealth franchise with deep relationships around the world.» Most r...

Grocery store chain Stop & Shop says it will close 32 underperforming grocery stores across the Northeast by the end of this year

US Independence Day has finally arrived in all its glory and 4th of July will see some amazing events, parades and more set in store for US residents across different states including New York, California, Washington and more. However, this day, which is a federal holiday, gives the opportunity for you to sit in and binge some quality online content at your leisure. Since this is the US Presidential election season, you can watch some dramas with the political flavor to it, to make things a little more amped up.