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CBS. The theme of this season's «Big Brother» is «Big Brother Artificial Intelligence» (BB AI). This season «Big Brother» has 16 houseguests. These houseguests have the rights to vote for a 17th member in due course of time. «Big Brother» season 26 is being premiered on July 17 and July 18 on CBS. There are special two-night episodes on Wednesday and Thursday.

queer community lodged in jails can meet a person of their choice without any discrimination or judgement as part of their prison visitation rights. In a communication to all state governments, the Union home ministry said it has been the constant endeavour of the Centre to reach out to all states and Union territories and share the contemporary guidelines and best practices on varied aspects of efficient prison administration and management. The ministry said it has come to its notice that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) are often discriminated against because of their gender identity or sexual orientation and often face violence and disrespect. With the objective of ensuring that there is no discrimination in access to goods and services to the queer community, which are available to the public at large, especially with reference to prison visitation rights, the home ministry has prepared 'Model Prison Manual, 2016' and the 'Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act 2023' and these should be followed by all state governments and Union territories, it said.

WNBA players' union head Terri Jackson is concerned the league is being undervalued with the $2.2 billion over 11 years it will receive as part of the NBA’s recently approved media rights deals

Lawmakers at the European Parliament have re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission

Italy's antitrust agency said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into online search giant Google and its parent company Alphabet over alleged unfair commercial practices involving users' personal data. The request for consent that Google sends to its users to connect its multiple services «could constitute misleading and aggressive commercial practice», the watchdog said.

«Having said that, if you look at the valuations basically, we have started discounting FY26 and FY27, so that basically means that we are probably headed into a phase of time correction, consolidation, probably some amount of value correction that we should be prepared for,» says S Krishnakumar, Lion Hill Capital. Which camp are you in – the cautious, happy camp which has made a lot of money last three-four years and now taking it easy or still on the ball, completely looking for good ideas and not very cautious on the market. S Krishnakumar: I think I belong to the first camp and been cautious but invested, so we have been probably making good returns last three-four years. Of course, with all the news flow around us that we see, India is in a sweet spot in terms of foreign interest and also on domestic flows that are coming through.

India's first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Mauritius, testifying the «close» bilateral cooperation, especially in the key health sector. Jaishankar was in Mauritius on a two-day visit from June 16 to 17, one of the first countries he visited in his current term as External Affairs Minister. On Wednesday, he jointly inaugurated India's first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra with Mauritian Prime Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, «testifying to the close cooperation between our countries, especially in the important sector of health,» the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been set up to make affordable generic medicines available to all.

Budget 2024, scheduled in July, one may expect the government to continue with its objective of moving towards a simplified tax system through the new tax regime (NTR) that was introduced in Union Budget 2020-21. With a view to make the NTR more attractive for individual taxpayers, the government could consider taking measures such as increasing the standard deduction limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000; including health insurance premium (u/s 80D) in this regime and enhancing the deduction limit available to promote adoption of adequate health insurance cover. Besides, an increase in deduction limit for employer's contribution to the National Pension System (NPS) u/s 80CCD(2) from 10% of basic salary to 14% will be a welcome move. The enhancement of this deduction will ensure parity with the provision applicable for central and state government employees and would provide an option for enhanced tax saving under the new tax regime, along with promoting long-term retirement savings. However, in case the government continues with the old tax regime as an option, it will be important to rationalise some of the tax provisions. One such provision will be to consider Bengaluru as a «metro city» for the purpose of HRA exemption in Budget 2024.

The corporate tax landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, globally, with the advent of the Global Minimum Tax, also known as Pillar Two. By 2024, this initiative had been adopted by 30-plus countries, signalling the most significant reform of international tax regulations in a century. Prepared under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Inclusive Framework, which encompasses over 140 countries, Pillar Two is poised to redefine the fiscal obligations of multinational enterprises (MNEs).

Siddhartha Sanyal, Chief Economist & Head-Research, Bandhan Bank, says there is no urgency on the part of the government or the finance ministry to cut down their projected fiscal deficit or the borrowing number at this moment, possibly they can afford to take a call on that at a later date. But in general, with the additional resources, they will start to allocate it in some ratio both for consumption and investment and not focus too much on cutting the fiscal deficit right away.

United Nations: Russia is prepared to work with any US president who is open to dialogue, its foreign minister said Wednesday. «We will work with any American leader, we will remain ready to work with any US leader that the US people elect, and who will be willing to engage in equitable, mutually respectful dialogue,» Sergei Lavrov said at a UN press briefing. He was answering a question about relations between Moscow and Washington if Donald Trump is reelected in November and defeats President Joe Biden.

As this week began, Karnataka’s government stirred up a hornet’s nest with its bid to legislate private-sector job reservations. A bill okayed by the state cabinet would have half of all management job roles filled by candidates who have long been residents of the state, as also 75% of non-managerial jobs.

LAS VEGAS -U.S. President Joe Biden, under fire from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive for COVID-19 while on a trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after the president of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights organization, said Biden would not be able to speak at a scheduled event due to the diagnosis. «He is vaccinated and boosted and experiencing mild symptoms, Jean-Pierre said.

If new car prices look daunting, don’t worry, there are plenty of affordable models to choose from that won’t break the bank

The Ultimate Fighter's 32nd season has finally arrived and will see even more intense action with legendary fighters participating in it. This long-running epic series has seen the likes of legendary fighters like Randy Couture, Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, and many others The show's popularity has been so great that UFC amassed a massive following right after The Ultimate Fighter's seasons struck gold.

Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, making the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being t...

Munich's first alcohol-free biergarten. Yes, you heard that right. A beer garden without the beer.

key features, and potential pricing for these devices. The latest information comes from a certification site, shedding light on their battery and charging specifications.The Google Pixel 9 series was recently seen on Taiwan's NCC certification website, as reported by Android Authority.

He was a portfolio manager on the asset manager's flagship Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS), which was folded into abrdn's diversified asset funds last year following a sharp decrease in assets. abrdn investments CEO Buehlmann: Closing GARS was 'difficult' but it was 'not right anymore' Smith started his career as a performance analyst at abrdn in 2006, and later became investment director of multi-asset and then head of dynamic multi-asset. He was promoted to head of absolute return in December 2022. He was also lead manager on the abrdn Dynamic Multi Asset growth fund, wh...

Wall Street Journal chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos says the balance of risks have been shifting for the Federal Reserve on 'The Claman Countdown.'

Married couple David* and Felicia are 64 and 54, respectively, newly retired and seem at first glance to have enough to maintain their desired lifestyle, but they have concerns about growing their nest egg, saving on taxes and getting a different perspective.