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The Supreme Court has made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay

SCRANTON, Pa.—Former President Donald Trump will be sitting in a courtroom for much of the next several weeks, giving President Biden a window of opportunity to play offense and build support—if he can take advantage of it. Biden embarked on a multiday tour of Pennsylvania this week as jury selection began in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York, opening a presidential split-screen that voters will see this spring. Recent national polls show the race between the two men essentially tied, with Biden’s support rising gradually since his State of the Union address in March.

Didn’t President Biden promise a better trade policy than his predecessor? Well, he now appears to be in a race with Donald Trump to be Protectionist in Chief. Witness his pitch for new tariffs at a campaign stop on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Speaking at United Steelworkers headquarters—where else?—Mr.

Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach as rookie Linus Lundqvist will drive a car painted to look like a Pop-Tart in recognition of the movie “Unfrosted.”

Joe Biden is calling for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum to protect American producers from a flood of cheap imports, and will pitch his election-year plan during a visit Wednesday with steelworkers in Pennsylvania, where union support could prove crucial in the White House race. The move reflects the intersection of Biden's international trade policy with his reelection effort. The White House insists the policy is more about shielding American manufacturing from unfair trade practices overseas than firing up a union audience.

If you’re among the millions of Americans following the presidential race, then perhaps you can turn your political obsession into a tidy profit by betting on this year’s outcome—or hedge your potential disappointment and bet against your favored candidate. PredictIt.org, a political-futures website that allows participants to wager on political outcomes, on April 1 showed President Biden as a slight favorite over former President Donald Trump in the general election—at 48 cents to 47 cents a share, respectively. Those prices reflect a race that is within the margin of error of many polls.

Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim during the first phase on April 19. As many as 21 states and Union Territories would be voting in phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections. In Phase 1, states and UTs including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry will be voting on April 19.

Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president. The panelists who were selected are an information technology worker, an English teacher, an oncology nurse, a sales professional, a software engineer and two lawyers.

₹2.5 lakh, while that of AgustaWestland 109S, a twin-engine helicopter, has increased by about 27% to ₹3.5 lakh. Rates for Beechcraft Super King Air 250, a civil aircraft, have spiked 57% to ₹2.75 lakh an hour. Meanwhile, data from the Airports Authority of India, the body responsible for managing the country’s civil aviation infrastructure, hints at increased usage of private jets for election campaigns.

Nissan says it expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029

Honda Motor plans to launch six next-generation electric vehicle (EV) models branded Ye in China by 2027, the automaker said on Tuesday. It added that it also planned to roll out a total of 10 Honda-brand EV models in China by 2027 in the race to ensure EVs make up 100% of its automobile sales in the country by 2035. Japan's second-biggest car maker has lagged behind European and U.S. competitors such as General Motors and Volkswagen in ramping up EV sales.

Elon Musk's satellite internet venture Starlink has received an in-principle approval from the telecom ministry. This approval clears a critical hurdle that the venture has been facing for almost three-and-a-half years. The approval process is now at the desk of communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, awaiting final vetting by the home ministry over certain security matters, according to highly-placed sources. One of the sources as reported by TOI stated, «The commercial part has been examined on issues, such as, foreign investment and net worth. The essential examination shows that it (Starlink's application) is in line with the (official) guidelines. Thus, it has been approved.» The source further mentioned that the technical requirements have also been examined as per the license conditions. «The technical requirements have been examined as per the licence conditions,» the source said, adding, the company has also submitted a «declaration» regarding its ownership.

Lok Sabha polls in Alappuzha, often referred to as the «Venice of the East,» gained attention as the Congress nominated its general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal to contest against A M Ariff, the sitting MP from the ruling CPI(M), and the BJP's dynamic leader Sobha Surendran. Like its famous boat racing events, where victory is determined by the pulling powers of the participants, the constituency has a history of swinging in favour of both the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF, often making it difficult to predict election outcomes. The land of coir, backwaters, beaches, and marine products, the constituency also comprises places that played a significant role in major progressive movements in Kerala. Trying his luck in the constituency that he represented in 2009 and 2014, Venugopal is seeking votes, highlighting the alleged failures of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government in addressing the people's problems.

NDA are in the Lok Sabha race in Karnataka, heating up the campaign scene in the Congress-governed state. Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), Jagadish Shettar (Belgaum) and H D Kumaraswamy (Mandya) joined a long list of predecessors who wanted to play an innings in national politics and many of them successfully as well. While Bommai and Shettar — both Lingayats — are from the BJP; Kumaraswamy, a Vokkaliga, is the JD(S) state President and son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda.

U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy

Imagine if in her Tuesday budget federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced higher taxes on capital gains — except for women, visible minorities and Black, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous Canadians. Most people would be appalled.

BJP has fielded sitting MP Nishith Pramanik, while TMC has fielded Jagadish Chandra Burma Basunia. Nitish Chandra Roy of the Forward Bloc (FB) is also in the race, in a “friendly fight" with ally Congress’s Pia Roy Chowdhury. Barring Chowdhury, all three others are Rajbongshis.

Even as humanity frets about all the jobs AI will impact, one profession clearly under threat is that of predicting the future. What job does a futurist have if everything changes every now and then as an AI company unveils a product that makes our jaws drop. Every January, I would predict the top 10 things that would happen in tech that year; and then go back with some trepidation at year-end to score how I fared in my fortune-telling abilities.

Mercedes-Benz has raced ahead of rival BMW to wrest the leadership position in India's fast-growing luxury EV segment for the first time last quarter. Mercedes-Benz sold more than 350 EVs in the three months ended March 31, compared to 211 EVs by BMW India in the same period. Mercedes-Benz has also firmed up plans to launch three new battery electric vehicles this calendar year to further consolidate its position in the EV space. This will form part of the dozen new models the company plans to introduce during the year.

The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for some 8% of global emissions each year

electric vehicle producer in the world and, simultaneously, an also-ran in the race for EVs. How did that happen? As recently as 2016, the US had more EVs on the road than China did. Now China has raced ahead. Despite Tesla Inc.’s pioneering role in bringing electrification into the mainstream, the US EV effort is beset by angst. While sales jumped by 44% last year, that is expected to slow markedly in 2024, with signs of retreat not just in Detroit but at Tesla itself. Tesla briefly lost its crown as the world’s biggest battery EV producer in the fourth-quarter of 2023 to BYD Co. Ltd., and will likely do so again. Chief executive Elon Musk is on record saying that, absent trade barriers, Chinese manufacturers “will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world.” Tesla’s gigantic valuation these days has more to do with visions of robotaxis rather than EV leadership, per se.