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After voting was held in five constituencies on April 19, Maharashtra will also vote in some parts in the next four phases of Lok Sabha polls from April 26 to May 20. . Votes will be counted on June 4th.This will be the first election in Maharashtra after the split between the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party. Let’s take a look at the key points from the major political parties’ manifestos. NCP(SP) The Congress Party (Sharachandra Pawar) manifesto supports a caste census and promises a separate commission for farmers’ welfare, apprenticeship rights and 50 per cent employment for…
Pakistan has accused the United States of America’s 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices of lacking objectivity and politicizing human rights issues, the Foreign Office (FO) announced on Thursday.The report, published on April 22, said there had been no significant changes in Pakistan’s human rights situation over the past year. The report alleges that the Pakistani government crosses the border to intimidate civil society activists, human rights defenders, journalists, and other individuals, or seek retribution similar to India. The reports from both countries accuse the governments of both countries of committing serious human rights violations, including arbitrary and extrajudicial…
Since January, Dr. Stacey Seib, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho, has flown out of state on emergency flights at least four patients experiencing serious pregnancy complications.One of the women was a woman whose water broke around 20 weeks into her pregnancy, putting her at risk for infection. In these types of emergencies, terminating the patient’s pregnancy may be part of the standard of care. But doctors at Seib’s hospital say they are forced to transport patients with these complications out of state to comply with the state’s abortion ban.”It’s sad that this has become the new normal,” he…
NMHU students present their business pitches to ACE Next Generation Business Leaders Santa Fe, New Mexico –The New Mexico Highlands College of Business held its third annual Cowboy Up! Business pitch contest. The contest was held at Santa Fe Community College on Saturday, April 13th and was hosted by Bill Imada, Chief Connectivity Officer at IW Group. Five student teams presented to a room full of members of his ACE NextGen, an organization of Asian American leaders in various fields in the United States. The winner was John Hall, a NMHU student who runs his own business, his JW Marketing.…
The Nuggets posted the highest return (+123%) of all teams, even though RSN (Kroenke Sports-owned Altitude) continues to have distribution issues in the Denver market.Getty Images While NBA National Network viewership was flat, regular season RSN viewership was up 8% from the 2022-23 season and the highest since 2018-2019. These gains come as several teams made significant changes to their team allocation this season following Diamond Sports Group’s bankruptcy. This measurement includes teams from 25 NBA markets (excluding the Raptors because their club is in Canada; the Hornets and Grizzlies also have games measured due to historically low local attendance).…
Twitter, now known as X, is a big meme generator.As you scroll, you’re bound to see a photo, video, or reference that you have in mind. It’s kind of the norm, and the latest meme is no exception.Users of social media platforms (mostly X but also TikTok) are being urged to look between certain letters on their keyboards to decipher the punchline. For example, the user is prompted to “Look between H and L on your keyboard.” The letter between “H” and “L” is “JK” which means “I’m kidding”.This is a trend that has emerged over the past few days,…
April 25, 2024, 10:58 BSTUpdated 42 minutes agoimage caption, Police use tear gas on crowds near National Palace ahead of swearing-in of members of Haiti’s Interim Presidential CouncilHaiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead a country plagued by deadly gang violence.The recent outbreak of violence forced authorities to move the ceremony from the National Palace to the outgoing prime minister’s residence.Henry agreed to resign last month after armed groups blocked his return.Currently, much of the capital Port-au-Prince is controlled by gangs.They took advantage of the power vacuum created by the…
That will be the most important issue for the court after this Supreme Court hearing. The high court will ask lower courts to take up the issue in Trump’s federal criminal case around January 6, as justices appear for oral arguments and agree on the need to draw a line of protection against official conduct surrounding the president’s office. It seems like he is preparing to give instructions. More in 2021.But it could go in several directions. That could mean U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan makes a decision in accordance with the Supreme Court’s opinion, potentially bringing President Trump to…
Since first appearing on an NFL field in 2002, the Houston Texans have looked much the same.It’s not just because quarterback CJ Stroud and a loaded roster could take them to new heights.On Tuesday, the league’s youngest team launched a bold rebranding that takes advantage of a new rule that allows clubs to use up to three different helmets. The Texans will do this too. We also added alternate uniforms aimed at adding more color to the palette and celebrating Houston’s culture. The results were announced after gathering input from more than 10,000 surveys and 30 focus groups in what…
On a Monday morning last month, tech executives, engineers and sales representatives from Amazon, Google, TikTok and other companies endured a three-hour traffic jam as their cars crawled toward a mammoth conference at an event space in the desert, 50 miles outside Riyadh.The lure: billions of dollars in Saudi money as the kingdom seeks to build a tech industry to complement its oil dominance.To bypass the congestion, frustrated eventgoers drove onto the highway shoulder, kicking up plumes of desert sand as they sped past those following traffic rules. A lucky few took advantage of a special freeway exit dedicated to…