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NEW DELHI: Indian National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday hailed Rahul Gandhi as the “front runner” for India’s Lok Sabha elections and said he would be a natural candidate to take up the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lower House.In an interview PTI After his party’s fourth consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Tharoor said the message of the election was that voters had “rewarded” the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “arrogance” and “my way or else attitude”.”It will be a challenge for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, who are not used to much consultation in running their…
Prashant Kishore, a poll strategist who had predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win a comfortable majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, has admitted that his assessment was wrong. “Yes, I and pollsters like me were wrong, and we are ready to be humble,” he reported. India Today, To quote Kishore: Like Kishor, at least 10 exit polls predicted the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to win more than 350 seats for a majority, and three more predicted it would win more than 400 seats, while the Indian Union was predicted to win fewer than 180 seats.…
GuwahatiThe share of votes recorded as NOTA or “none of the above” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections fell nationwide from the 2019 elections. However, a different trend was observed in Northeast India. The Northeast, comprising eight states, has 25 seats, of which 14 are in Assam, followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura with two each, and Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim with one each.According to the Election Commission of India, the nationwide NOTA turnout was 0.99%, 0.07% lower than the 1.06% recorded in 2019. However, in the Northeast, NOTA turnout increased from an average of 0.71% in 2019…
The two, believed to be daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made a rare public appearance at a major economic forum in the president’s hometown of St. Petersburg this week.Putin keeps details of his family life closely guarded and has never publicly acknowledged that Maria Vorontsova, 39, and Katerina Tikhonova, 37, are his daughters. However, the pair have been widely linked to Putin through various media reports, and in 2022 the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned them as “daughters of Russian President Putin.” On Thursday and Friday, he will appear on a panel at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF),…
NEW DELHI: It is not just the BJP that will be facing pressure from powerful partners: the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, is also set to face problems within India as it has been resurrected as an ally in running the opposition camp.The first signs came after the first Indian meeting since the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, when the Trinamool Congress appeared to signal its intention to form an extremist group within its coalition to push ahead with its search for potential allies to topple Modi’s government.Responding to the improved performance of the Indian National Congress, the…
Top Line The Indian men’s cricket team will face arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday in their group stage match at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Long Island, New York, which is expected to be one of the most-watched sporting events of the year. India’s star batsman Virat Kohli led the team to victory over Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup. … [+] The last time these two teams met in this competition was in the Cup in Melbourne.ICC via Getty Images Key Facts This high-profile clash, and all matches in the current tournament, will be played in the “Twenty20″…
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an annual press event held by Apple to introduce new technologies and software. This year’s event marks the 35th anniversary.NumberStarting June 10thNumber Until June 14thNumberThe event will kick off with the traditional keynote speech from Tim Cook. Read on to find out more about WWDC, what was announced, and how to watch. WWDC: What to expect Apple’s WWDC has traditionally served as a platform for the company to unveil new software features across its devices. In recent years, however, the focus on software updates at WWDC has often overshadowed important hardware announcements. This year,…
Image caption, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Labour’s Wes Streeting targeted in deepfake videosA doctored video of Labour MP Wes Streeting was distributed to X users making it appear as if he was calling fellow MP Diane Abbott a “stupid woman”. The X account network creates and shares such videos of politicians ahead of the general election, then supplements them with misleading comments to reinforce the impression of their authenticity.I have been tracking some of the people behind the network and uncovering their tactics. Have their trolling gone too far?The edited video features Ms Streeting appearing on the BBC’s…
Hudson TechnologiesWOODCLIFFE LAKE, N.J., June 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN) today announced it will acquire substantially all of the assets of USA United Suppliers of America, Inc. (d/b/a USA Refrigerants (“USA”) for $20.7 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments and an earn-out payment of up to $2 million. USA is a national distributor of refrigerants and a leading purchaser of recovered refrigerants for over 25 years.Brian F. Coleman, Hudson’s President and CEO, commented, “We have had a long-standing relationship with USA and have earned a strong reputation in the industry based on their refrigerant recovery…
People walk through a cooling mist sprayer in Las Vegas on June 4, 2024. Tens of millions of people from California to Texas are experiencing extreme heat as new data shows the amount of global-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits a new record. John Rocker/AP Hide Caption Toggle caption John Rocker/AP The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has reached a new record as humanity struggles to curb greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. The new record comes as tens of millions of people in the United States are suffering extreme weather. Much of the…