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CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Chandigarh candidate Sanjay Tandon on Thursday slammed Congress’s Manish Tewari and asked him to share with voters where he will contest from in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. .Mr Tandon said that although Mr Tewari had claimed to be the leader of the nation, it had always been a “mystery” why he changed his constituency every election.”Currently, he is contesting from Chandigarh, which constituency will he move to in the 2029 elections?” Tandon asked.The BJP candidate also asked why Congress candidates from Ludhiana and Anandpur Sahib states, which were “hardly represented” by Tewari in the past,…

A new top player has been born in New York.Sage, a miniature poodle, beat out more than 2,500 dogs from more than 200 different breeds to take home the top prize at the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday. Sage, a 3-year-old from Houston, Texas, was performed by Kaz Hosaka in the final show of his career. Sage is the first poodle to win Best in Show since 2020. The winner was selected by Best in Show judge Rosalind Kramer of High Point, North Carolina.Mercedes, a 4-year-old German shepherd from Bethesda, Maryland, was named Best in Show Reserve,…

By McGregor McCance In 1983 Ed Freeman was a young university researcher and lecturer barely off the starting line in his academic career. Though he had produced plenty of papers about business issues, that summer would see the publication of Freeman’s first book: “Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach.” He didn’t exactly expect it to set the world on fire. “Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach” was published in 1984. “My expectations were, ‘Look, I’m just trying to write something that says I really think companies are better off if they run their businesses for their stakeholders, not just their shareholders,’ ”…

President Biden this week announced plans to significantly increase taxes on electric vehicles, solar cells, advanced batteries and other climate change technologies that the United States imports from China. Naturally, labor groups supported him. These tariffs could make Chinese green technology more expensive for Americans and protect American jobs in clean energy.Politically speaking, support from labor groups like the United Auto Workers union is a win for the president, but he will need strong union support in his rematch against Donald Trump this fall.But some climate activists and economists argue that tariffs could slow the fight against global warming at…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced warm-up matches ahead of the T20 World Cup, which begins in June in the United States and the Caribbean.Coach Rohit Sharma’s Indian team will face Bangladesh in their only practice match ahead of the high-profile tournament on June 1. The match venue has not yet been announced. This match concludes the 16-game series before the tournament. Meanwhile, Pakistan and England have no warm-up matches and both teams are scheduled to clash in a four-match T20I series this month. “Unlike previous cycles, each team can now choose to play up to two warm-up…

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., following his speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on Feb. 22, 2024. Donalds has served as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 19th congressional district since 2021.Jack Gruber, USA TODAYLara Trump, Boris Epshteyn, Eric Trump, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Jason Miller listen as former President Donald Trump speaks to the media on May 14, 2024 after leaving Manhattan Criminal Court in New York during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments. Trump is…

I was responsible for five consecutive events that zigzagged up, down, and across town, but on a recent Thursday night, a friend and I still made one more stop at the Georgia Room. After arriving at the bar with our drink ticket Prosecco, we took a long detour to look out at the dance floor for the spaghetti we ate.Regarding pasta itself, I don’t have a strong memory of pasta itself, except that other fluttering customers were picked up by other fluttering customers, but we regain well and in Brooklyn. I remember being in the car going back…and I made…

Pakistan announces withdrawal of tax exemption for industries in former tribal areas KARACHI: The Pakistani government will not extend tax incentives for the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday, and the business community across the country He said he was seeking conditions. For industries across the country. In 2018, Pakistan approved tax exemptions for the former FATA, a tribal region in northwest Pakistan that merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. This exemption was also extended to PATA, an area within KP administered by the provincial government for…

The battle for Kharkov is difficult but under control – ZelenskyyMay 16, 2024, 13:34 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoFighting around the city of Kharkiv, where Russia has made its biggest territorial gains in Ukraine in 18 months, is “very difficult” but “under control,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.Ukraine’s president made the comments Thursday while meeting military leaders in a northeastern city just 18 miles (30 kilometers) from the Russian border.Last week, Moscow launched a major ground offensive across the border into the Kharkov region. This surprise move left the Ukrainian army even weaker in artillery and manpower.Zelenskyy told the Telegram that Ukrainian…

Comparative advantage seems to be dead. US President Joe Biden has introduced new tariffs on imports from China, imposing 100% tariffs on electric vehicles, 25% on batteries and 25% on critical minerals. why? Because, of course, China didn’t follow the rules. That argument is really starting to sound like a broken record. Yes, China has certainly broken trade rules in the process, particularly through policies mandating state aid and intellectual property transfers that undermine the competitiveness of other players. But we don’t impose tariffs of this magnitude simply because we violate trade rules. In fact, while the US has not…