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Two giant pandas from China arrived in D.C. on Tuesday and were transferred to their new home at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Source link

Illustration: Binay Sinha1 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 6:30 AM IST The Union government has started rolling out one of the most discussed announcements of the first full Budget of the third Narendra Modi government. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in her July 23 Budget speech the government would launch a scheme to provide internship opportunities to 10 million youths in the top 500 companies in five years. In this regard, our lead editorial notes that while the objective cannot be faulted and given the fact that large companies have voluntarily opted for the…

Kamran Ghulam in action for Pakistan against England© AFP Pakistan batter Kamran Ghulam, who on Tuesday scored a resolute century on Test debut, said there was immense pressure on him to perform after taking Babar Azam’s place in the team, adding that his perseverance in domestic cricket for the last four years had finally paid off. Ghulam’s ton came on a tricky recycled wicket here as Pakistan scored 259 for 5 at stumps on Day 1 of the second Test against England. Replacing Babar at No. 4, Ghulam made a patient 118 off 224 balls and became the…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Tuesday that it does not plan to file criminal charges against two people who were investigated in connection with the unlawful recording of a racist conversation that rocked City Hall and prompted the city council president to resign after the audio was leaked in 2022.The local prosecutors declined to file misdemeanors against the two people, a married couple, just months after the district attorney’s office announced that it would not pursue any felony charges against them.The Associated Press is not naming the two people because they were not charged. Both…

Early in-person voting kicked off in Georgia on Tuesday — a day after a Georgia judge ruled that county election officials may not delay or decline to certify election results over allegations of fraud or error in the battleground state.Judge Robert McBurney ruled on Monday night that certification of election results by county officials in the state is “mandatory” — a new ruling that is likely to be heralded by election experts amidst rising fears that rogue election officials could seek to delay or decline to certify results after Election Day amid allegations of fraud or error.Georgia counties will provide…

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Lakshya Sen in action© X (Twitter) India’s Lakshya Sen battled hard against China’s Lu Guang Zu but ultimately lost in three games to make an early exit from the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Lakshya, a 2021 World Championship bronze medallist, squandered an opening game advantage, losing 21-12 19-21 14-21 to Lu in a men’s singles opening-round match, which lasted 70 minutes. The 22-year-old from Almora, who finished fourth at the Paris Olympics, had previously lost in the second round of the Arctic Open in Finland last week. Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu moved into…

1 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 12:10 AM IST The GenZ cohort, which has a population of over 377 million in India, will see their consumer spending shoot to $2 trillion by 2035, a significant increase from $860 billion at present on the back of a rising young workforce and direct spends.  At present, around one in every four individuals in the workforce is GenZ, a term used for individuals who were born between 1997 and 2012. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp  The percentage share of GenZ in the workforce…

NEW YORK — Hunter Biden has revived a lawsuit that accuses Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series.The president’s son first sued Fox in New York in July over images used in the Fox Nation series “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” a “mock trial” of Hunter Biden on charges he has not faced. He dropped the suit without explanation three weeks later, the same day President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.On Tuesday, Hunter Biden filed a largely identical suit in state court in Manhattan, again arguing that the dissemination…

PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a request to require Arizona’s 15 counties to verify the citizenship of some 42,000 voters registered only to vote in federal elections in the presidential battleground state, concluding those who sought the checks made their request too close to the Nov. 5 election and didn’t have legal standing.A lawsuit filed on behalf of an Arizona voter and the conservative advocacy group Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona sought a court order requiring county recorders to ask federal authorities to verify the citizenship of those voters.Arizona requires voters to prove their citizenship to participate in local…