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The biennial elections to elect 11 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly from the MLA quota will be a key test for the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ahead of the state assembly elections scheduled later this year.There are 14 vacant seats in the 288-member House of Representatives, leaving 274 electoral college seats and 23 elected allotments.Depending on the number of seats in the state lower house, the MVA is likely to win two of the 11 seats and the ruling alliance nine.The Congress can field one candidate for the MLC, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) and…

Story Link Augusta, Georgia—-Augusta University Director of Athletics Ryan Erlacher announced the promotion of two members of the sports medicine staff: Dr. Lisa Cummins has been promoted to assistant athletic director of sports medicine, and Bonnie Messner has been named associate athletic trainer. “Our department has one of the best sports medicine staff in the country, and I am excited to promote both Lisa and Bonnie to their new roles,” said Erlacher. “They both have an incredible work ethic, are great teammates, are servant-minded and care deeply about our student-athletes. Our department is extremely grateful for their leadership…

LAHORE: Pakistan’s disastrous T20 World Cup defeat in the United States has predictably sparked a backlash against its players, who have been criticised for taking their families with them, while the country’s embattled cricket board is considering invoking new defamation laws to tackle “unfounded allegations and reports”.According to local media reports, in addition to the approximately 34 players, support staff and officials from the national team currently in the United States, about 26 to 28 family members of the players were packed into the team hotel.These included wives, children, parents and in some cases siblings. Pakistan was eliminated in its…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines said Friday that China’s coast guard has no plans to invoke the mutual defense treaty with the United States. They rammed and boarded two Philippine Navy ships and damaged them with machetes and axes. A Philippine Navy member was injured in a chaotic clash in shallow disputed waters in the South China Sea.Top advisers to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the remarks at a televised news conference, denying speculation that the Philippines might consider invoking a 1951 treaty to secure U.S. military aid after Monday’s clashes. Second Thomas SchollThe Philippine military commander condemned the…

Theranos is a classic example of venture capital funding gone wrong. The company, which claimed to have developed a groundbreaking blood-testing technology, raised about $724 million from investors. It was valued at $9 billion before it collapsed due to its fatal flaw: its product didn’t work. It was all hype, no real value. Even when venture-backed founders aren’t cheating, they tend to prioritize fundraising and scaling at the expense of the product. I founded a company called Jotform over 18 years ago. Growth was slow at times due to lack of external funding, but today we have over 25 million…

Heavy rains caused record floods and landslides in China’s southern province of Guangdong, killing at least 47 people, state media reported on Friday, while authorities warned of more extreme weather events in other parts of the country.State-run CCTV reported on Friday afternoon that 38 more deaths had been confirmed in a county under the jurisdiction of Meizhou city, adding to the nine deaths previously reported elsewhere in the city.Heavy rains caused landslides, floods and mudslides, causing extensive damage in eight townships in Pingyuan county, where the latest deaths were reported, CCTV reported. The heaviest day was Sunday, with an average…

British journalist Robert Winnett, who was set to become editor-in-chief of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and will remain at London’s Daily Telegraph, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post on Friday.The decision came after days of turmoil at the paper, sparked by the sudden departure of editor-in-chief Sally Busby and questions about the past practices of Winnett and the Post chief executive who hired him. Both are veterans of a London newsroom that operates by different rules than its American peers.Winnett, a deputy editor at Telegraph Media Group in London, did…

Port of Oakland (Photo: NOAA) America’s maritime economy continues to power the United States in 2022, as reflected in sales and job growth. This is according to the latest statistics from the annual Marine Economic Satellite Account (MESA) released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), two agencies within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ocean economy is expected to have a total economic output of US$476 billion in 2022, accounting for approximately 2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), and generate US$777 billion in sales. The largest contributors to GDP…

VALDOSTA – A Valdosta native was recently recognized for being named to Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Student Recognition List. release: The following students have been named to Georgia Tech’s President’s Award List for the spring semester of 2024. The title is awarded to undergraduate students who earn a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the semester. Daniel Chae of Valdosta (31602) George Crawford (Valdosta) (31602) Dennis Austin (31602) of Valdosta Isabel Kassam (31602) of Valdosta Nathan Faircloth (31605) of Valdosta Read about other outstanding scholars in Gold Letters: Spotlight on Student Achievements: bit.lY./Gold-Letters-News. of Georgia Institute of Technologyor Georgia…

World Bank approves $535 million for social protection, livestock development in Pakistan KARACHI: The World Bank’s Executive Board has approved $535 million for two projects in Pakistan, it said in a statement on Friday, adding that the funding will strengthen social protection systems for poor households across the country and develop climate-smart and competitive producers in Sindh province’s livestock and aquaculture sector. The bank’s loan is part of the Crisis Resilient Social Protection (CRISP) Programme and Sindh Livestock and Aquaculture Sector Transformation (LIVAQUA) Programme. The former project has a broader reach as it aims to increase the resilience of vulnerable…