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By Murtaza Haider and Stephen Moranis

TMC MP Mahua Moitra over her comments against NCW chief Rekha Sharma and demanded that she be «sacked» from her party. This came a day after the TMC, commenting on a video posted on X showing the NCW chairperson's arrival at the site of a stampede that recently took place in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, wrote, «She is too busy holding up her boss's pajamas». Reacting sharply, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla termed Moitra's comment on the microblogging site as «extremely indecent, objectionable and shameful», and said this is the «true face» of the TMC and the opposition parties' INDIA bloc. «MP Mahua Moitra who justified and remained silent during Sandeshkhali, Chopra Talibani flogging, silent on Swati Maliwal now makes a disgusting comment at a women that too the NCW Chief,» he charged.

National Rally (RN) has suffered a stinging defeat in the run-off round of France's parliamentary elections, hobbled by electoral pacts between the left and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists. Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's RN led the first round of voting in the election on June 30 but fell back to third in Sunday's second round after the victorious left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) alliance and Macron's second-placed centrists joined forces to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote. The New Popular Front and its allies won 187 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, Macron's centrist group won 159 seats and the National Rally and its allies won 142 seats, interior ministry figures show.

BJP people who spread violence and hatred do not understand the basic principles of Hinduism, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday as he hit out at the ruling party for what he described as a «violent attack» on the party's office in Ahmedabad. Workers of the BJP and the Congress hurled stones at each other outside Gujarat Congress headquarters in Ahmedabad on Tuesday during a protest against the remarks made by Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, «The cowardly and violent attack on the Gujarat Congress office further strengthens my point about the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. The BJP people who spread violence and hatred do not understand the basic principles of Hinduism.» «The people of Gujarat can clearly see through their lies and will teach the BJP government a decisive lesson. I am saying it again — INDIA is going to win in Gujarat!» the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said.

Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates in September. Nonfarm U.S. payrolls increased by 206,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department report showed. Data for May was revised sharply down to show 218,000 jobs added instead of the previously reported 272,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1%, slightly higher than the estimated 4.0%.

NEW DELHI : Citizens always eagerly wait for the budget in the hope of getting more tax benefits. While the clamour for tax deductions grows, one aspect that is worrisome is the retail participation in high-risk investments like derivatives, intraday trading and high-fixed-return schemes. Driven by the stupendous performance and high taxation on regulated schemes, investors across age groups are investing in instruments that could carry much higher risk than they understand or can accept.

supernatural show “Lost” are now streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of July 1.

FHN Financial chief economist Chris Low and MacroPolicy Perspectives senior advisor Constance Hunter discuss whether inflation or the economy will slow down first on 'Making Money.'

Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. traded 1.35 per cent up at Rs 641.9 on Friday at around 10:55AM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 531.48 points to 80428.82. As many as 8,023 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 0.52 crore.

Tony Knight has died at the age of 54 in a tragic accident while participating in the Rock’&’Cars Festival in Lavaur, France. Quoting an unnamed family member, 'Fox News' has reported that a large tree branch fell on Knight and several other people attending the festival. Knight was the only person to die. Confirming the death, the family member said that the comedian was fit, healthy, happy and had everything going for him. He also said that Tony Knight was charismatic, funny, passionate and very loved by his partner Hayley, his family and his friends all over the world.

China's AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome restrictions imposed by the West, with companies rolling out cutting-edge products developed by a growing pool of young talent. The country's generative AI industry has shown explosive growth, with the United Nations reporting China has in recent years been the top filer of patents for AI software that creates everything from illustrations to computer code.

Federal Reserve officials at their June meeting indicated that inflation is moving in the right direction but not quickly enough for them to lower interest rates, minutes released Wednesday showed.

COP, the annual climate catharsis festival. This year's group event is set to happen at Baku's Olympic Stadium in oil-and-gas-rich Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22. Olympic Stadium… hang on, did the ex-Soviet Union state ever...? No, the country has never hosted the 'pics.

While there were many hopeful Canadians watching the national team duke it out with Argentina on Tuesday night, their dreams of upsetting the world’s top squad in the Copa America semifinal encounter were dashed.

Lok Sabha during his address on Monday. The Congress leader said that BJP and RSS, who call themselves followers of Hindu religion, speak of violence and 'asatya'. Gandhi's tirade against the government also prompted Modi's intervention twice who accused the former of calling the 'entire' Hindu society violent. «This is a serious issue,» Modi said. The second time around, Modi said that the Constitution of India taught him to take the LoP seriously.

Investment preferences of women living in top 30 cities of India have changed over the past few years, with more and more women investors embracing new investment ways like mutual funds, stocks and even startups, according to a report.

performance in his presidential debate against Donald Trump on June 27th called his continued candidacy into question. In the days since, however, the campaign has tried to save Mr Biden, and has succeeded for now.

Besides cryptocurrencies, drug traffickers have reportedly opted to launder money through Citigroup, viewing the bank as accommodating due to perceived weaker fraud prevention measures.

NEW YORK—Patrons at the Comfort Diner in Midtown Manhattan recently encountered an unexpected person working the tables: Gov. Kathy Hochul. Rather than take orders, she went booth to booth seeking opinions about the city’s first-in-the-nation plans for congestion pricing—a $15 toll on vehicles entering the core of Manhattan.

Adani Power Ltd. traded 0.11 per cent down in Monday's trade at 12:07PM (IST). Around 83,172 shares changed hands on the counter. The scrip opened at Rs 718.6 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 722.6 and Rs 712.7, respectively, in the session so far. The stock of Adani Power Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 896.75 and a 52-week low of Rs 235.7.

Niva Bupa has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to Rs 3,000 crore (nearly $360 million), draft papers showed on Monday. The company, majority-owned by British United Provident Fund (Bupa), said it will issue fresh shares worth up to eight billion rupees as part of the offering.