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The Bharatiya Janata Party fell well short of a majority in the recent Lok Sabha elections, and Maharashtra was one of the states where the party lost. The total dropped from 23 to 9..This is raising alarm bells within the party ahead of the crucial battleground state of Maharashtra, which will hold elections later this year. To identify challenges and issues and chart a strategy, the Maharashtra BJP has convened a meeting of its district presidents and office-bearers in Mumbai on June 14. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Mumbai BJP leader Ashish Shelar are…
T20 World Cup 2024″ Kamran Akmal and Ijaz Ahmed©Twitter Former Pakistan cricket team stars seem to be in the habit of making controversial statements. After Kamran Akmal made a controversial and racist “Sikh” joke against Indian cricket team star Arshdeep Singh, which sparked a huge debate, now another former Pakistan player, Ijaz Ahmed, has made an unpleasant comment. Ahmed, who played 60 Test matches and 250 ODIs for Pakistan, made the comment about the Pathani community in Pakistan. He was speaking about Pakistan cricket and Akmal was also on the discussion panel. The comment was not well received…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. An IKEA store in China. Noorfoto/Getty Images IKEA has been facing a steep rise in employee turnover as it emerges from the pandemic.Executives at a Swedish furniture company began trying to make sure their employees were satisfied enough to stay with the company.According to Bloomberg, the company has increased wages, added flexibility, and streamlined workflows. As recently reported by Bloomberg, IKEA has addressed skyrocketing employee turnover by raising wages, increasing flexibility, and streamlining staff workflows — seemingly simple changes that have resulted in big changes for the Swedish furniture…
Every day, Montgomery County police find illegal, untraceable modified guns in the hands of people who are not legally allowed to own guns. Police say that in the past two weeks alone, they have found several loaded guns during routine patrols, some of which had been modified to fire faster and hold far more rounds than the guns carried by officers. “The sad thing is, we’re now removing these guns from our streets almost daily,” Lt. Steven Fink said. One Sunday morning, an Abington police officer spotted a vehicle with dark tinted windows and fake license plates. When the officer…
Once a staple of school lunch bags, wire baskets have recently seen a fashion comeback. They are now even being seen as work bags. This resurgence in trend has been a boon for street basket makers, who have become a steady source of income.Indrani (fondly known as Indrani Pati), who lives on Five Furlong Road in Guindy, dreams of selling her baskets all over the world, especially her trademark rich pink bougainvillea baskets. For decades, she was a flower seller before switching to basket weaving. “I’ve been doing this for six years now. I used to go to the market…
Shams Charania, Joe Vardon, Mark Puleo, Ben Pickman, Chantelle JenningsIndiana Fever rookie star Caitlin Clark has been left off the 12-player roster for the U.S. women’s basketball team competing in the upcoming Summer Olympics, the official roster was released Tuesday by the United States Basketball Association.The roster highlights the preference for veterans, with veterans such as A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewel Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kalia Copper on the roster. The U.S. women have won gold at every Olympic Games since 1996, and this all-star roster…
China’s National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday that the consumer price index (CPI), a gauge of inflation in the world’s second-largest economy, rose 0.3 percent in May from a year earlier but remained well below the government’s target.China’s CPI has been hovering around zero since April last year, a stark contrast to high inflation in the West and raising deflation concerns as the economy struggles with sluggish consumption that has characterised the country’s uneven recovery since the pandemic.Meanwhile, China’s producer price index (PPI), which measures the cost of goods leaving factories, fell 1.4% year-on-year in May, the 20th consecutive…
What’s going on?Apple has inked a deal with OpenAI to integrate the company’s AI models into Siri, CEO Tim Cook revealed at the event.What does this mean?The tech world has been abuzz about Apple’s latest move to upgrade Siri with AI from OpenAI. However, technical documents reveal that Google’s technology is essential to this development. Apple used a combination of in-house frameworks and hardware, including its own GPUs and Google’s cloud-powered Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). These TPUs are known for their AI performance, and Google has even said that its 5th generation chips will rival Nvidia’s top-of-the-line hardware. With the…
Indian stars are celebrating the dismissal of a Pakistan batsman in a T20 World Cup match.©AFP Indian bowlers, led by the outstanding Jasprit Bumrah, came from the brink of defeat to snatch victory against Pakistan. Chasing 120, Pakistan were 57/1 at the halfway stage but could only manage 113/7 in 20 overs. Varying between sublime and absurd, Pakistan appeared to have the match in hand as they needed 48 runs from as many balls with eight wickets to spare. But the ever-effective pace combination of Bumrah (3/14) and Hardik Pandya (2/24) brought India back from the dead with…
Ben Simmons / Peacock Exclusive: Love Island USA Season 6 has just begun on Peacock, but the Islanders are already experiencing some surprising twists. The dating show competition is heating up as three new beauties arrive in the villa. Vanderpump Rules Star Ariana Madix is heating up. ¡Check out these bombshell girls below! Olivia Walker: The 21-year-old college student hails from Sydney, Australia, and grew up with parents who were high school sweethearts, and two older brothers. Liv is a clergyman, ready to propose marriage to any couple. She has super flat feet. She’s an Islander and obsessed with Disney…