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Britain’s opposition Labour Party raised about 4.4 million pounds ($5.53 million) in donations in the second week of campaigning for next month’s general election, more than 14 times as much as the ruling Conservative Party, official data showed. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which is trailing Labour by about 20 points in the opinion polls ahead of the July 4 vote, received just £292,500 in votes, according to weekly data released by the Electoral Commission on Friday. The Conservatives received less in donations than Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which received £742,000, and the Liberal Democrats, who received £335,000. Labour’s donations…

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday announced a special outline revision of electoral rolls in the states of Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to be implemented from July 1. The process will begin on June 25. The exercise is aimed at publishing draft electoral rolls ahead of state assembly elections due later this year. The Election Commission has directed to update the electoral rolls of Jammu and Kashmir with July 1 as the eligibility date. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in his last press conference said that the Election Commission will soon commence…

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday announced a special outline revision of electoral rolls in the states of Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to be implemented from July 1. The process will begin on June 25. The exercise is aimed at publishing draft electoral rolls ahead of state assembly elections due later this year. The Election Commission has directed to update the electoral rolls of Jammu and Kashmir with July 1 as the eligibility date. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in his last press conference said that the Election Commission will soon commence…

Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered a special summary revision of electoral rolls for union territories in preparation for the upcoming state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.This is the fourth revision of the photo electoral roll in the last two years in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been without an elected government since the BJP ended its coalition with the PDP in June 2018, forcing the resignation of PDP-BJP coalition leader Mehbooba Mufti as chief minister.The latest changes are also needed in three other states that are due to hold elections this year.A statement from the…

TikTok has brought some strange trends to the world. Cooking Chicken with Nyquil To Stepping on a pyramid of milk cartonsCurrently, a new trend is gaining popularity on social media platforms among young men wanting to achieve a chiseled jawline.Several companies, including Stronger Gum, Jaws, and Lockjaw, have launched so-called “facial gum” chewing gum products that they are aggressively promoting on TikTok. The companies selling the facial gum claim that their products make jaw muscles stronger and firmer, improving the appearance of the jaw. “Strong jaw muscles are not only good for the appearance of your face, they’re also essential…

The Chinese Embassy in the United States has sent threatening letters to lawmakers who visited the Dalai Lama in Tibet this week, urging them to “cancel” the visit, according to a copy of the documents seen exclusively by The Washington Post. “I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the HFAC congressional delegation’s visit to Dharamsala,” Envoy Counselor Zhou wrote to aides to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.). “The visit interferes in China’s internal affairs and infringes on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. China strongly condemns it,” Zheng said, referring to…

Stand-up comedian and well-known host Bill Maher is being fact-checked on the Internet after a video surfaced in which he said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “lost the elections badly.” Maher was speaking about the issue of immigration and how the current government’s indifference to the issue has affected European elections. In this context, Maher criticized India and its third-time Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Social media users, mostly of Indian origin, reminded Maher that Modi won the elections and became Prime Minister for the third time. Bill Maher is an American author, producer, political commentator, actor and television host.…

File photo LahorePakistan’s disastrous T20 World Cup defeat in the United States has predictably sparked a backlash against the 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…

Davide Barbuscia and Matt TreacyNEW YORK (Reuters) – The spread between yields on U.S. investment-grade corporate bonds and U.S. Treasuries has surged to its highest level in more than three months, a sign of risk aversion amid political uncertainty in France and soaring U.S. Treasury prices.Spreads indicate the premium investors demand to hold corporate bonds over safer government securities. The spread on the ICE BofA U.S. Corporate Bond Index, a commonly used benchmark for high-quality bonds, rose to 96 basis points this week, the highest level since mid-March.Meanwhile, the Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, a basket of credit…

Constellation Research founder R. “Ray” Wang revealed his price target for NVIDIA shares during an appearance on “Varney & Co.” Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple competed this week to be the world’s most valuable company as investors make big bets on the future of AI. These moves come as State Street’s Technology Select Sector SPDR, the world’s largest tech exchange-traded fund with nearly $80 billion in assets, prepares for a major rebalancing. Ticker safety last change change % NVDA NVIDIA Inc. 130.78 -4.80 -3.54%AAPL Apple. 210.28 +0.60 +0.29%MSFT Microsoft 449.32 +3.62 +0.81% “”It’s an unusual event to have three securities with…