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The election to elect 11 members of the Legislative Council (MLC) on July 12 is seen as a semi-final before the Maharashtra Assembly elections.The political situation in Maharashtra has remained unstable since the 2019 Assembly elections, which have seen the state topple two governments and three Chief Ministers. The Assembly elections two and a half years ago saw crossover voting in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won over the then ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (an alliance of the Indian National Congress, the United Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)), which was seen as the first step towards…
Image caption, Evgenia Berkovich, right, and Svetlana Petrichuk, right, in court.Article informationauthor, Anna Ramcherole, BBC NewsJuly 9, 2024A Russian playwright and theatre director has been convicted by a Moscow military court for “justifying terrorism.”Theatre director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrić were each sentenced to six years in prison for their work on the play “Finist the Brave Falcon.”The play is loosely based on real events and tells the story of Russian women who travel to Syria to marry members of the Islamic State during the Syrian civil war.Lawyers for both women have vowed to appeal the verdict.The trial, which…
Cloud Threat Detection and Deception Platform Trace Bits They raised $5 million in seed funding to bring easy-to-use deception technology to any business. For over 30 years, cybersecurity experts ‘threat Deceptive’ Technologies that detect attacks, learn their behavior, and expose vulnerabilities in defenses. These technologies include fake ‘Honeypot’ or ‘Canary’ Resources to attract and capture bad actors In action. It was deployed correctlyThreat deception is one of the most powerful layers of defense an enterprise can have, and research shows that attackers are less effective and slower when they know there is a canary in the system. But despite its…
Pilates is nothing new, but how has it made the transition from desperately squatting to get a Kim Kardashian booty to aiming for a Jane Fonda-like figure again? 59529 Reformer Pilates has completely changed the way I think about my body, and I’m not the only one: Pilates is everywhere. Lululemon Leggings They’ll preach Pilates, Pilates and more Pilates. These days, society makes you feel like you’re not living life right if you’re not signed up for a running club or a Pilates course. It’s basically the ultimate FOMO transferred from social events to your exercise routine. But why did…
Shiprock CapitalLONDON, July 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shiprock Capital Management Limited (“Shiprock”), a London-based investment management firm focused on global distressed debt and special situations, has announced a new Investor Relations and Business Manager.Fiona Stockings will work alongside Frederick Schroeder, Head of Business Development at Shiprock. She has more than 20 years of industry experience. She joins from Hayfin Capital Management, where she was Project Manager, Investor Relations and Business Development. Prior to Hayfin, she worked at Goldman Sachs.Fiona completed the Corporate Finance evening program at London Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Movement Science from…
Prime Minister Sharif on Tuesday acknowledged the “burden of Afghan refugees” Pakistan is carrying and called on the international community to show “collective responsibility” to address the issue, his office said in a statement. His remarks were made during a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the Prime Minister’s Office. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for a three-day visit, its first since the caretaker government announced plans last November to repatriate what it calls “illegal foreigners.” “The prime minister stressed that the international community must recognise the burden…
OpenAI will ban application programming interface (API) access to its artificial intelligence (AI) models in China, but this will not apply to Microsoft Azure customers in the country. Azure operates in China through a joint venture and said in a public statement that its AI models are available to Chinese customers, Seeking Alpha reported on Monday (July 8), citing a paid article in The Information. OpenAI reportedly plans to block Chinese users from accessing its API starting Tuesday (July 9). A Microsoft spokesperson contacted by PYMNTS said there is no change to the company’s Azure OpenAI service offering in China,…
When protesters interrupted a meal in Barcelona, men ducked and women covered their ears.Josep Lago | AFP | Getty ImagesMajor tourism trouble culminated in Barcelona on Saturday, with protesters hurling objects at tourists, showering them with water pistols and cans of drinks and chanting “tourists go home”.Protesters, outraged by the city’s long-standing problem of overtourism, used thick police-style tape to block hotel entrances and sidewalk cafes in the tiny Barceloneta district in a symbolic move.According to local media, the crowd of about 3,000 people marched carrying a large banner demanding that city authorities “reduce tourism now”.Videos and photos showed people…
Saudi Arabian crude’s market share in China is expected to recover next month, according to anonymous trade sources quoted by Reuters today.Saudi Arabia’s crude exports to China have fallen for four consecutive months, the report said, adding that some traders expect this to change in August, with imports from the country rising for the first time since May. Saudi Arabia’s crude exports to China totaled 36 million barrels in July, or just over 1 million barrels per day, Reuters reported, citing shipping data from Kpler. But for August, some traders expect the total to be at least 44 million barrels,…
To play this content please enable JavaScript or try a different browser.Video captions, White House grills reporters about Biden’s healthArticle informationauthor, Anthony Zurcherrole, Senior reporter, North America39 minutes agoIt’s judgment week for Joe Biden. Twelve days after an awkward debate performance that may go down as one of the most damaging in modern American history, the president is fighting for political survival under intense scrutiny at home and abroad.The NATO summit in Washington DC this week may offer at least a temporary reprieve, but it may also be the president’s final stand.Biden has in recent days lashed out at his…