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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said children should not grow up «glorifying criminal acts» in reference to Babri Masjid demolition being tweaked in NCERT textbooks. In a post on 'X', the Hyderabad MP said India's children should know that the Supreme Court called the demolition of Babri Masjid an «egregious criminal act». «The NCERT has decided to replace Babri Masjid with the words „three domed structure.“ It has also decided to call the Ayodhya judgement an example of „consensus.“ India's children should know that the Supreme Court called the demolition of Babri Masjid an egregious criminal act,» Owaisi said. The AIMIM chief further said India's children should know that a functioning masjid was «desecrated» in 1949 and then demolished by a mob in 1992. «They should not grow up glorifying criminal acts,» he said.

Like a good movie, a successful presidential campaign requires the willing suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewing public. On the screen, we know that improbable plot twists, physically impossible stunt acts, and the ubiquity of dreamily beautiful characters bear little resemblance to the reality of our own human drama.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the first such instance in the history of Independent India as the presiding officer has always been chosen by a consensus.Elections to the post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council - the legislature of British India, were held for the first time on August 24, 1925 when Swaraj Party nominee Vitthalbhai J Patel won the coveted post against T Rangachariar.Patel, the first non-official member to be elected as the Speaker, won the maiden election with a narrow margin of two votes. Patel had polled 58 votes against 56 garnered by Rangachariar.Also Read: Will INDIA bloc get the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker post? Explained in 5 PointsBuoyed by its increased strength in the Lok Sabha, the opposition INDIA bloc is now aggressively demanding the post of the Deputy Speaker, which by convention is held by a member of an opposition party."We will force a contest for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker if the government does not agree to have an opposition leader as Deputy Speaker," a senior Congress leader said.The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker elected.The INDIA bloc won 233 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats to retain power for the third consecutive term.

Spencer joins after departing from Columbia Threadneedle Asset Management in April, when he and several other senior members of the firm left as part of the firm's restructure. He worked at Columbia Threadneedle for over a decade, originally joining BMO Asset Management's LLP multi-asset team as a partner, which was then became part of the former firm in 2021. Mark Harries joins Square Mile as CIO as Broomer steps down Prior to that, Spencer worked as a portfolio manager and vice president at Credit Suisse Asset Management, focusing on analysing and recommending equity and fixed in...

The influx of tourists has significantly increased water consumption. Shimla boasts 276 registered hotels and numerous unregistered accommodations, along with an estimated 963 Airbnbs and homestays. To meet the high demand, hotels resort to purchasing water from private tankers, costing between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 per tanker, depending on the hotel's location.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition's INDIA bloc are close to reaching consensus on the crucial post in the Lower House of the Parliament. The Lok Sabha is set to elect a Speaker on June 26.

Rome Giorgia Meloni was the winner of last week’s Group of Seven meeting. Whether giving French President Emmanuel Macron the stink eye or stitching up a deal to increase Italy’s clout in the European Union, the Italian prime minister had a good summit. Once stigmatized as a neofascist from the fringes of Europe’s hard right, Ms.

Alberta is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall.

Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, during President Joe Biden's visit to the state for a high-profile fundraiser. The incident occurred on Saturday, June 15, shortly after 9:30 pm, while President Biden attended an event in Los Angeles. According to the US Secret Service, the agent was returning from work when he was accosted in a residential community in Tustin, about an hour's drive southeast of Los Angeles. The agent had his bag stolen at gunpoint but was not injured in the incident. The agent fired his gun during the confrontation, but it is unclear if anyone was shot.

European Union countries have given final approval to a major and long-awaited plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc

Investors looking for safer bets on Dalal Street could consider HDFC Bank but they would be better off putting money in the stock in installments over the next few months. This is because the stock, despite cheaper valuations compared to its historical levels, could linger at these levels in the absence of visible triggers, said analysts. «Investors looking for quality and safety of margin when markets are at all-time highs could park funds in the stock as the long-term outlook is bullish for the stock,» said Rajesh Palviya, senior vice president research — technical & derivatives, Axis Securities.

Gold prices slipped on Monday, hurt by higher Treasury yields, while investors awaited more US data and comments from Federal Reserve officials throughout the week for more cues on the outlook for monetary policy. Spot gold was down 0.8% at $2,315.14 per ounce as of 12:33 p.m. ET (16:33 GMT). US gold futures fell 0.8% to $2,330.10. «There's really a lack of major fresh fundamental news, so the gold market is looking to the outside markets for direction,» said Jim Wyckoff, senior market analyst at Kitco Metals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to propose the name of the new Lok Sabha Speaker on June 25. This announcement will come as the 18th Lok Sabha session kicks off, running from June 24 to July 3, with an anticipated reconvening for the Budget session in late July.

Buy or sell stocks for today: The Indian stock market continued to move into a narrow range movement with a positive bias and ended higher on Friday last week. The Nifty 50 index gained 66 points and closed at 23,465, while the BSE Sensex surged 181 points and ended at 76,992.

The past week has been a wild ride for the price bitcoin (BTC).

A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, has left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean

Kylian Mbappe has urged the youth of France to defeat ‘extremist forces’. The captain of the French football team also added that “extremes are knocking on the door of power” and the country is at a critical moment and these forces will need to be stopped. He made these comments ahead of the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. These comments came ahead of various surveys which are predicting a massive loss for the Renaissance party of French President Emmanuel Macron and the victory of a far- right party led by Marine Le Pen.

Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama have always been very discreet when it comes to their children, Malia and Sasha Obama. Both, have however, not followed the generic political track yet, and even though it is too early to say whether they would give themselves a shot at politics, the question always keeps popping in the minds of the Obama fans.

A new study by First Citizens Wealth, the wealth management division of First Citizens Bank, pulls back the curtain on well-heeled Americans’ sentiments toward money management and planning for the future.