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election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories in view of the Lok Sabha polls this year. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde has been made the election in-charge for Bihar, while BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Jharkhand unit chief Deepak Prakash will be the co-in-charge, according to a party statement. Tawde is the BJP's in-charge for political affairs in Bihar.

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BJP leader and Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey participated in the foundation laying ceremony of development works with CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday at Bihar's Buxar and said that whatever will happen, will happen according to «God's wish». «Whatever is God's wish, will happen. The first time around, I only brought him (Nitish Kumar) here, and today also I have brought him,» he said. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar along with Ashwini Choubey laid the foundation of the second phase of development works in Buxar's Brahmpur today. Several NDA leaders including former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi have indicated an alliance breakdown between JD(U)-RJD. Meanwhile in Delhi, BJP National President JP Nadda arrived at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Anurag Thakur on Saturday took an apparent jibe at the INDIA bloc saying «Some people are unable to do justice in their own alliance.» Thakur made the remark in Lucknow while attending the prize distribution of the 19th Asian and 4th Para and National Games. «Some people are unable to do justice in their own alliance. And due to this, you can see what is happening in states one after the other,» Thakur told reporters.

Oil prices edged slightly higher in choppy trading on Friday, heading for a second weekly gain as positive U.S. economic growth and signs of Chinese stimulus boosted demand expectations, while Middle East supply concerns added further support. Brent crude futures were up 53 cents, or 0.7%, at $82.93 a barrel by 1:48 p.m. ET (1848 GMT), and touched $83.57, their highest price since November.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will contest the Lok Sabha polls alone in the state, Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faced backlash for saying that TMC MP Derek O'Brien is a «foreigner» while responding to a reporter's question in Siliguri. Individuals from different sections of society and across political lines slammed the senior Congress leader on social media for his insensitive remark. People for Animals founder Pritish Nandy said that Adhir Ranjan is «single-handedly responsible» for keeping the Congress irrelevant in the state. «The WBPCC President may be that rare seat winner for the Congress in West Bengal but he is single handedly responsible for keeping his party irrelevant in the state.

nitrogen-filled face mask that deprived him of oxygen. For the first time, a new method has been used to kill a prisoner in the United States which has put the country at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment again. The US officials have been using lethal injection to kill prisoners, a method introduced in 1982.

The Biden administration said Friday it is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The British government has called off post-Brexit trade talks with Canada after discussions broke down over disagreements related to the import and export of beef and cheese

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to be welcomed at the White House as President Joe Biden seeks re-election in a race that could pivot on his economic stewardship

Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development

The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Joe Biden said on Friday that the border deal being negotiated in the U.S. Senate was the «toughest and fairest» set of reforms possible and vowed to shut down the border the day he signs the bill. «What's been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we've ever had in our country,» Biden said in a statement. «It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed.

Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed «grave concerns» at the possibility of further expansion of the conflict in the Middle-East, including in the Red Sea. A joint statement issued late on Friday night said the two leaders called for upholding the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and underlined the need for respecting the international law of the sea. Modi and Macron held wide-ranging talks at a luxury palace on Thursday.

jury in New York ordered former US president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump on Friday to pay $83.3 million to compensate the writer E. Jean Carroll whom he was found to have sexually assaulted and defamed. The civil order, which prompted an audible gasp in the federal court, far exceeds the more than $10 million in damages for defamation that Carroll had sought.

The Bank of Canada’s decision to keep its key overnight interest rate steady at five per cent for the fourth time was widely expected by the real estate sector, but whether it will be enough to bring buyers back to the market remains up for debate.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned on Friday that global disruptions and volatility are the «new normal», with more geo-economic tensions on the horizon. «2024 will be a decisive year, with more geo-economic tensions expected — from the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait — which also means more frequent disruptions to supply chains and greater volatility on the energy markets,» she told a climate conference in Hamburg. «International competition is becoming harder. That is the new normal that we have to deal with.»

Deciding to go independent can be daunting, but compelling reasons to take the plunge are hard to ignore, as one Chicagoland advisor found.

Advisors affiliated with Prospera Financial Services will now have access to a suite of services to help serve the family office requirements of ultra-high-net-worth clients.