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cruise ship, ‘Icon of the Seas’, equivalent in size to nearly four city blocks, is poised for its inaugural journey, departing from the Port of Miami on Saturday. Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas boasts a length of almost 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern. As reported by AP, departing from South Florida for its inaugural seven-day tropical island-hopping journey, the ship was formally christened on Tuesday, with soccer legend Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates participating in the ceremony.

Hindustan Times, the Bombay High Court has granted permission to the state-owned oil company to cut 11,677 trees, including 10,582 mangroves, for laying four pipelines from its refinery in Mahul in Chembur to Rasayani in Raigad district. “The project was in the larger public interest," Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Jitendra Jain said.

Vladimir Putin castigated Europe for “Russophobia" and aimed the Baltic States for their human rights record during the inauguration of a World War II memorial on Saturday. As reported by Reuters, over the past nearly two years since deploying Russian troops into Ukraine, Putin has consistently drawn parallels with the struggle against the Nazis as a means to unify his nation. Also Read: Putin Has Staked Russia’s Resources on Victory in Ukraine.

Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet the Governor today, say sources. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has reportedly sought time to meet the Governor this morning and is likely to break away from the Mahagathbandhan government, per sources. Although the Bihar CM is mum over his next move, speculations of a rift between Mahagathbandhan and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar joining the NDA, have been soaring high. Notably, the Bhartiya Janata Party will also hold a meeting with its MLAs and MPs in Patna at 9 am today to chalk out the strategy over the latest political situation in the state. The ruling JD(U)-RJD-Congress coalition in Bihar is on the brink of collapse, as there is likelihood that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could cross over to the NDA again, the alliance he parted his ways in 2022 to form the 'mahagathbandhan'. The BJP has the largest number of 17 MPs in Bihar, where the total number of Lok Sabha members is 40. The JD(U), headed by Nitish Kumar, has 16 while another NDA ally LJP, now split up between the uncle-nephew duo of Pashupati Kumar Paras and Chirag Paswan, has six. In the Bihar Assembly of 243, the RJD has 79 MLAs; followed by the BJP's 78; the JD(U)'s 45' the Congress's 19, the CPI (M-L)'s 12, two each of the CPI(M) and CPI, the HindustAwam Morcha (Secular)'s four seats, and the AIMIM's one, plus one Independent legislator. If Nitish crosses over, this would be the fourth time he would be switching sides. However, the Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary set it aside, stating that the party's high command has 'no clue' about it. «Neither has Nitish Kumarji resigned nor has anybody withdrawn support.

Joe Biden's administration is expected to award billions of dollars in subsidies in coming weeks to top semiconductor companies including Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to help build new factories in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The forthcoming announcements aim to kick-start manufacturing of advanced semiconductors that power smartphones, artificial intelligence, and weapons systems, the WSJ reported, citing industry executives familiar with the negotiations.

GenAI) and projected to nearly triple spends on this technology to USD 3.4 billion in 2024 across Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, and Singapore, according to Infosys Research. While the spending trails North America, APAC's adoption, effectiveness, and growth are among the highest globally, it said. «Companies across Asia-Pacific are quickly ramping up investments in generative AI and entering a higher stage of maturity,» the IT major's research arm, Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), said in the research.

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Congress party faces a crisis in its alliance with the INDIA bloc, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday took a jibe at its leadership, saying, see what happens next. Thakur also said that the INDI alliance was meant to be scattered as the Congress failed to do justice to its allies. «Those who could not do justice with their alliance parties, whose 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' showed more hatred, had to be scattered, who could not give respect and dignity, who could not decide how they would give justice.

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MCU) Thunderbolts, based on the eponymous comic series, is set to hit cinemas on July 25, 2025. Facing scheduling adjustments and internal setbacks, the movie persists in the wake of recent turbulence within Marvel Studios.

Congress Nyay Yatra permission for a public meeting scheduled to be held in Siliguri, reports Hindustan Times. The development comes amid reports of rift between Bengal's ruling party and INDIA bloc ally Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and the Grand Old Party. According to a senior official of Congress, uncertainty also looms over Gandhi’s programme at Falakata in Alipurduar on Sunday.

PTI. The VHP also sought the structure be declared 'a Hindu temple and handed over to the community. It demanded Hindus be permitted to offer 'sewa puja' to the 'Shivlinga' found in the 'so-called Wazukhana area' at the disputed site. "The evidence collected and the conclusions provided by the ASI do prove that the religious character of this place of worship existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and as at present is of a Hindu Temple," VHP working president Alok Kumar said in a statement.

The Congress leader was speaking at a talk show at the Kolkata International Book Fair. According to the report, he said that while relations with Maldives at present are not good, that with Sri Lanka was not too bad, while that with Bangladesh is pretty good. "Relations with Pakistan are in bad shape, Nepal is more and more subject to Chinese influence and Chinese influence is also increasing in Bhutan," Tharoor said while talking about India's position vis-a-vis smaller countries in the periphery.

All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has refuted claims that the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report in the district court earlier, found evidence of a Hindu temple there. In a press statement, AIMPLB executive member Qasim Rasool Ilyas said that the report of the ASI is not «conclusive evidence» in this controversial case. «By doing this the opposition party has created a feeling of anarchy and insecurity in the society,» he added. Ilyas also accused the Hindu side of 'insulting' the court by releasing the ASI report in the media. «Hindu communal organizations have been misleading the public for many years regarding the Gyanvapi Masjid. The latest example of this is a report of the Archaeological Survey of India which they filed in the court and made available to the plaintiff and defendant only on the orders of the court.

(Reuters) -John Lewis Partnership, the owner of John Lewis and Waitrose, is considering cutting up to 11,000 staff jobs in the next five years, the Guardian reported on Saturday.

Investing.com — Here is your Pro Recap of the earnings reports you may have missed this week: Netflix, Tesla, IBM , and Humana.

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As the cryptocurrency market continues to evolve, Bonk (BONK) emerges as a noteworthy new player, currently trading at a striking $0.000012. With a significant influx of approximately $116.6 million in trading volume in just 24 hours, Bonk is drawing attention in the crypto space.

Chandra brothers against whom the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police have registered an FIR for cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy. The duo will, however, will continue to remain in jail as they are accused in a money laundering case.

BSE Sensex which logged its worst performance since the week ending October 27, dragged by information technology (IT) stocks. On the stock-specific front, IFCI, Mangalore Chemicals, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, MTNL, Borosil Renewables, HFCL, MSP Steel and Power, RailTel Corporation, JK Tyre & Industries, NBCC (India), Oswal Greentech, and others are among the smallcaps that logged a double-digit rise in their share prices last week. Domestic equity benchmarks Nifty 50 and Sensex have fallen about 1.3 per cent each over the three sessions this holiday-truncated week, logging their worst performance since the week ending October 27.

Bihar, all political parties in the State held meetings on Saturday with party leaders and legislators in Patna after likelihood that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may jump ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar said that «it is just a speculation as nothing has been finalised yet. The NCP is an ally of the JDU in the INDIA bloc. »Has it been finalised yet? It is still a speculation," Pawar told in Maharashtra's Mumbai.