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Boris Johnson has also brought in Andrea Leadsom as business secretary in a major cabinet overhaul.

A former chairman of China's northwest Xinjiang region pleaded guilty at a trial on Thursday to accepting $11.5 million in bribes, the court said. It is among the most high-profile cases in President Xi Jinping's sweeping campaign against corruption in the Communist Party, which critics have compared to a political purge. The Shenyang Intermediate People's Court said Nur Bekri -- who rose to become head of China's national energy administration -- pleaded guilty to accepting 79.1 million yuan ($11.5 million) in bribes... Читать дальше...

A committee constituted by the RBI has recommended increase in the collateral free lending limit to Rs 20 lakh for MSMEs and self-help groups, Parliament was informed on Thursday. The committee has also recommended revision of loan limit sanctioned under MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for MSMEs, said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. In an another reply to the Lower House, he said, 22.83 lakh Micro, Small and Medium... Читать дальше...

For over two decades South African higher education has been dominated by three successive and contending waves of thinking and organisation. They are:

Korean-American rapper Jon Park is joining Comedy Central's upcoming scripted series "Awkwafina" in a recurring role. The half-hour scripted show, which is inspired by actor-rapper Awkwafina's formative years in New York City, stars the "Crazy Rich Asians" star as Nora, a young woman with dreams of living large while still residing with her father and grandmother in Queens. According to Deadline, Park will play Nora's friend Doug on the series. The already announced cast includes BD Wong, Lori Tan Chinn and Bowen Yang. Читать дальше...

Dr Renu Jain was appointed as vice chancellor of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Vishwa Vidyalaya (DAVV) on Thursday, a Raj Bhavan official said. Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, in her capacity as chancellor of state universities, appointed Jain as vice chancellor of the Indore-based varsity, he said. Professor Jain is currently head of the School of Mathematics at Jiwaji University, Gwalior.

The biggest storyline of the Buccaneers offseason has been what the arrival of head coach Bruce Arians will mean for quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston is entering his fifth season and the first overall pick of the 2015 draft has no contract beyond this year, which sets the stage for the team to make a big [more]

A social audit of food security schemes will be done in all gram sabhas in the state on August 15, Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Ramesh Meena said on Thursday. Replying to a question in the Rajasthan Assembly, Meena said district collectors were instructed on January 17 to conduct a social audit in pursuance of section 28 of the Food Security Act and in compliance of a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court. Later, a nodal in-charge meeting was also held. The minister said the process could... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — A new diesel version of Chevrolet’s Silverado is giving the General Motors brand bragging rights for best highway mileage of any full-size pickup. GM says the rear-wheel-drive diesel will get 33 miles per gallon on the freeway and 23 in the city. That beats the diesel Ford F-150 by three mpg on […]

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth proceeded to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open on Thursday.Sindhu defeated Japanese Aya Ohori 11-21, 21-10, 21-13 in a 61 minutes long women's singles match.The 24-year-old Sindhu, after losing first game against Ohori comeback stronger and won the two consecutive games 21-10, 21-13.Sindhu was the runners-up of the recently concluded Indonesia Open.In the other encounter of the day, Praneeth defeated his Japanese opponent Kanta Tsuneyama 21-13, 21-16 in the straight games.The world number 23... Читать дальше...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, sits on the Judiciary Committee, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss Wednesday's hearing with the former special counsel.

A division bench of the high court headed by Justice M Ganga Rao, which heard a batch of petitions filed by nearly 40 private solar and wind power producers, ordered that the government order (GO. No. 63) be suspended for a period of four weeks and posted the case to August 22 for further hearing.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday launched a campaign to plant one lakh saplings in a day. Launching the 'Clean-Green Arunachal Campaign 2019' here, Khandu said the drive is being carried out across the state as the target is to plant one lakh saplings in a single day. He said the campaign is part of Van Mahotsav celebration which has set a target of planting one crore saplings within the next five years. Referring to the biodiversity richness of the state, the chief minister said... Читать дальше...

A Pennsylvania school district that threatened parents who owed money for their children’s lunch has been bullied into accepting a generous donation.

A Chinese start-up created history on Thursday by successfully sending two satellites into orbit with carrier rocket developed by it, becoming the first Chinese private firm to do so. The rocket was fired from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 1:00 p.m. (local time) on Thursday. The SQX-1 Y1, developed by a Beijing-based private rocket developer i-Space, is a four-stage small commercial carrier rocket, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The rocket's body has a maximum diameter of 1.4 metre... Читать дальше...

Light to heavy rains lashed most parts of Himachal Pradesh, plummeting the maximum temperatures by several notches below normal limits on Thursday, the meteorological department said. Paonta Sahib received the highest 112 mm rainfall, followed by Palampur (63 mm), Dharamshala (55 mm), Ghumarwin (50 mm), Sujanpur Tihra (45 mm), Naina Devi (41 mm), Kasauli (38 mm), Baijnath (25 mm), Dehra Gopipur (18 mm), Manali (17 mm), Kufri (14 mm) and Hamirpur (13 mm), it said. The highest temperature in the state was recorded in Una at 26.6 degrees Celsius... Читать дальше...

The Arsenal in the Summer series looks at what has happened to the club during the summer months year on year. Over 60 seasons have been covered in this series, and there is a full index here.

Several militants of the Turkish-backed Sham Legion were killed or injured in an attack on one of the group’s positions...

Total revenues during the quarter jumped by 40 per cent to Rs 12,272.30 crore, as against Rs 8,771.10 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a release.

Leading into the hiring of new Ottawa Senators coach DJ Smith, it was believed to be a pivotal hire for the current management group led by general manager Pierre Dorion. Since the days of Jacques Martin in the early 2000s, it seems that the turnstile behind the team bench has never stopped. Since 2005-06, the […]

The public lender's net interest income (NII) came in Rs 6,498.1 crore

Social welfare, education and health depts are planning to devise mechanism