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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...

Chelsea has begun disciplinary action after midfielder Enzo Fernandez was involved in a video where members of Argentina's Copa America-winning squad made racist chants about French players with African heritage. FIFA also said it was also looking into the incident after the French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with the sport's world governing body over «racist and discriminatory remarks.» Fernandez said he was «truly sorry» and Chelsea said discriminatory behaviour was «completely unacceptable.»

pro-Palestine and pro-Hezbollah slogans and flags during a Muharram procession in Srinagar on Monday. The case has been registered at Kothibagh Police Station in Srinagar under sections 223 and 152 of BNS and 13 of UAPA against unknown persons. «This is an open FIR and the investigation will establish who all were involved in this,» said an official.

social media post liked by Abhishek Bachchan has let netizens wonder if his marriage to Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai has hit the doldrums. Whispers of a possible estrangement have floated on the Internet, ever since the power couple appeared less frequently at events and were often seen arriving separately. Earlier, AB Jr was also seen sans his wedding ring which triggered more speculations of separation. His wife was also seen attending the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding with her daughter and sans him. The ‘Bunty Aur Bali’ actor set tongues wagging as eagle-eyed netizens discovered that he liked a post highlighting the difficulties of a “grey divorce.” For the uninitiated, “grey divorce” is a term for couples who seek separation after the age of 50.

Richard Simmons sadly died following a fall at his Los Angeles home. His housekeeper had offered to call for emergency medical assistance, but the morning after his fall, he was discovered to be unconscious. Determined to enjoy his 76th birthday at home, Simmons resisted getting help when he felt lightheaded and fell in his bathroom. He decided to take it easy until the following day instead, as per the reports of 'Yahoo Entertainment'. Simmons was found unconscious in bed the next morning by his housekeeping. When the authorities arrived, they declared him dead on the spot. There were no indications of foul play, and first reports said the fall had not left any obvious wounds. The precise reason for his lightheadedness and eventual demise is still unknown pending additional examination and toxicology reports from his autopsy.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he nearly had his Castaway moment after he and his boat were almost “lost to the ocean” on Monday.

This is part of a special series of articles by the country's foremost voices, ahead of Union Budget 2024, aiming to draw attention to the critical reforms that can help India in its journey to become a developed nation by 2047. The vision to be ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 can become reality only when we closely monitor progress towards our development targets and can prove at the end that we successfully met them. This rests on the institutional capacity to measure defined indicators and present them in an unbiased manner.

A 24-year Japanese model and four of her young compatriots, who want to undergo sterilization surgeries, recently filed a lawsuit at a Tokyo court to challenge Japan’s Maternal Protection Act of 1996, which deprives them of the opportunity to do so and thus violates their constitutional right to equality and self-determination. The petitioners’ lawyer argued that the Act smacks of “excessive paternalism" in assuming that “a woman’s body is destined to become a mother," denying them the right to “live a life of their choice." This Japanese law, a revised version of its earlier Eugenics Protection Law of 1948, has stringent pre-conditions for a woman to undergo a sterilization surgery.

James Anderson has been appointed as the bowling mentor for England for the remaining two matches of the Test series against the West Indies. Anderson's new role will begin with the second Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, starting Thursday.

Re-sharing a reel featuring a little boy named Cheeku from Noida, who passionately expressed his fondness for Bhindi, Priyanka wrote, «Same. #bhindisquad» with a drooling emoji.

This is part of a special series of articles by the country's foremost voices, ahead of Union Budget 2024, aiming to draw attention to the critical reforms that can help India in its journey to become a developed nation by 2047. The term ‘welfare’ in economics has a long history, with different schools of thought defining the term in different ways. The modern usage of the term typically associates it with a system wherein the government bears a major responsibility for providing socioeconomic security to citizens. Over the years, the term has also attracted criticism, as critics have associated it with excessive or unnecessary government intervention.

Walmart has spent three years overhauling its mix of adult apparel to make it stylish as well as sensible for middle America

A London judge who found that an Australian computer scientist falsely claimed to be the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency says he will refer the case to British prosecutors for possible perjury charges

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be confirming a report that the company’s much-ballyhooed event to unveil a robotaxi will be delayed beyond its scheduled Aug. 8 date

anganwadi coverage is high starting at age 3 and remains high till well after age 5. In others, private pre-schools dominate even in rural areas. In still others, government primary schools have included pre-primary grades.

₹45 trillion (if fiscal deficits could make countries rich, then no country would be poor), reversing the shift from revenue spending to capital expenditure (improving productivity requires allocating even more than last year’s high of ₹10 trillion), or crowding out defence and police spending (about ₹8 trillion) with welfarism. The next budget should pray to the one god of formal non-farm jobs with five non-fiscal interventions that will raise the productivity of formal, non-farm employers.

budget in February said that improving the social and economic conditions of women was a priority area of the government. Experts say the full budget should take more steps in this area and announce measures to further this cause. Aparajita Bharti, Co-founder at TQH Consulting, a public policy consulting firm, says the idea should be to focus on programmes that tap into the potential for entrepreneurial ventures through credit opportunities, financial literacy and skill development. There is a need for a concerted focus on schemes and announcements that create enabling infrastructure like public toilets, working women’s hostels and creches for women; reduce and redistribute their unpaid care burden and improve last-mile connectivity; engender digital and financial literacy and skills for the future of work; and provide incentives for companies to hire and advance women in the workplace.

Musk took the comment section of the post and reacted with laughing-out-loud emoticon.Senator JD Vance is former US President Donald Trump’s running mate and Usha Chilukuri Vance is his Indian-origin wife. The couple was trending on social media. X users have been flooding social media with posts on Chilukuri’s Indian connection.

MUMBAI: In the rapidly growing world of finance influencers, what do Ananth Ladha*, Fincocktail, Pooja Patel, Himani Chaudhary, and Udayan Adhye share beyond their combined 12.5 million Instagram followers? These finance content creators are all registered mutual fund distributors (MFDs), leveraging their vast social media reach to redefine traditional financial advisory roles.

While many across the United States and the world, including President Joe Biden, are urging Americans to lower the political temperature in the country in the wake of a failed assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, some stocks on Wall Street looked upbeat this week.