Author: Starvision Desk

This fresh casualty takes the total number of pre-poll deaths to 18 in the last 29 days since the polling dates were announced on June 8, with four being reported from Murshidabad district alone.Ironically, the incident coincides with the arrival of West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose in Murshidabad this morning to visit violence-stricken pockets in the district.Family members of the victim as well as the district leadership of Congress have alleged that Mondal was first chased and then lynched by the local Trinamool activists.However, the local Trinamool leadership has denied the allegations.When contacted, Congress leader and counsel of Calcutta…

Speaking to media at the party headquarters here, Congress treasurer Pawan Bansal said, “We respect the court, but we don’t agree with the judgement as according to us this is wrong.”Meanwhile, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter and said, “We have noted the verdict of the single-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi. The reasoning of the judge is being studied, as it should be, and Dr. Abhishek Singhvi will be briefing the media in detail at 3 pm. The judgement only redoubles our resolve to pursue the matter further.”Speaking to IANS,…

“Starting today, all paying API customers have access to GPT-4. In March, we introduced the ChatGPT API, and earlier this month we released our first updates to the chat-based models. We envision a future where chat-based models can support any use case,” OpenAI said in a blogpost on Thursday. Now all existing API developers with a history of successful payments can access the GPT-4 API with 8,000 contexts, plus the company plans to open up access to new developers by the end of this month, and then start raising rate limits after that depending on compute availability. “Millions of developers…

Madrid (Spain), July 7 (IANS) After a hugely-successful 2022-23 season, Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini has signed a contract extension which ties him to the Seville side for three more years through to June 2026.The Chilean has enjoyed a hugely successful first three years at the helm at the Benito Villamarin, leading the club to the 2022 Copa del Rey -– their first major trophy since 2005 –- and to three consecutive European qualifications, an unprecedented achievement in the history of the club, with sixth (2021), fifth (2022) and sixth (2023)-place finishes.Pellegrini also ranks third on the all-time list of…

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) While the macro picture has been bleak for the last two quarters, India’s private consumption, which dipped to $2.2 trillion in Q3-Q4 in FY23, is on its way up and expected to cross $2.4 trillion in the fourth quarter of FY24, a report showed on Friday.Indicators across emerging sectors, such as credit card spends, air travel and sales of vehicles, show signs of recovery in Q1 FY24 (April-June period), according to the report by Redseer Strategy Consultants.The Indian macros are best positioned with a GDP of $6.5 trillion and a retail goods market size of…

In the lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, July 6 in Los Angeles, Isaiah accused the Yeezy designer of wrongful termination, breach of contract and violations of multiple education, health, safety and labor codes, reports aceshowbiz.com.He claimed that the private Christian school lacked windows because the embattled rapper “did not like glass.”Isaiah alleged in the suit that he was fired in August 2022 in retaliation for reporting numerous safety issues, including the building having no windows. According to him, students were “exposed to the elements” because the “Gold Digger” emcee did not allow glass to be placed in the window…

The subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia.The service replaces ByteDance’s existing streaming service, Resso (which is available in India too), which will shut down on September 5 in Brazil and Indonesia.Existing Resso users can transfer their accounts to the new app “with the click of a button”.“We are pleased to introduce TikTok Music, a new kind of service that combines the power of music discovery on TikTok with a best-in-class streaming service. TikTok Music will make it easy for people in Indonesia and Brazil to save, download and share their favourite…

According to the statement issued on Thursday night, business travelers from Russia will only be allowed to enter Finland, which means that transit to other countries will be prohibited, reports Xinhua news agency.They will be required to have an “essential reason to come to Finland in person”.Property owners will also be required to provide grounds for their personal presence in the country, said the Ministry statement.Students will only be allowed to participate in programs or studies leading to a degree — such as exchange programs.Earlier on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry had announced the expulsion of nine Finnish diplomats and the…

The match was stopped after two hours and 52 minutes at 11 pm on Thursday with Murray leading two sets to one, with the score reading 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-4 in favour of the Briton.But that will not be the only important clash that the fans will be looking forward to on Friday.World No.1 and top seed Carlos Alcaraz will resume his quest for grass court success when he takes on Frenchman Alexandre Muller for a place in the last 32.Last year’s runner-up Ons Jabeur of Tunisia will continue her pursuit with a second-round clash with Chinese qualifier Zhuoxuan Bai. ARyna…

The 2023 wildfire season has already been the nation’s most severe on record and current projections indicate that this may continue to be a significantly challenging summer for wildfires in parts of the country, Xinhua news agency quoted the Natural Resources Canada as saying in a statement on Thursday.According to thegovernment agency, most recent projections indicate a continued potential for higher-than-normal fire activity across most of the country throughout the 2023 wildland fire season. This is due to long-range forecasts for warm temperatures and ongoing drought, which are affecting parts of all provinces and territories and intensifying in some regions.For…