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With just three days to go for the closure from today and the US Treasury and funded agencies going into emergency preparedness, Biden said on Wednesday that he does not believe a government shutdown is “inevitable”.”I don’t think anything is inevitable in politics,” Biden said when pressed on the likelihood of a shutdown by reporters.”If I knew that, I would’ve done it already,” he added when asked what the White House can do to prevent a shutdown. Biden made the statement during a meeting with his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.The President in the meeting asked Congress to…

Around 100 supporters of Akash Vijayvargiya came to Bhopal in three buses from Indore and barged into the BJP headquarters chanting slogans in his support, demanding that he should be given ticket for the upcoming Assembly election. Sources told IANS that a group of supporters met Union Minister and state election in-charge Bhupendra Yadav and said Akash Vijayvargiya has served the people of Indore and he should be given ticket again. Akash Vijayvargiya is sitting MLA from Indore-3 Assembly seat. The party has fielded his father from Indore-1. Since the day, the BJP released its first list, which included the…

Bhati rejoined the BJP in the presence of state party President C.P. Joshi, Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore and in-charge Arun Singh.”I have returned to BJP after 5 years. The party has embraced me. Due to certain circumstances I was separated at some point. I had discussions with senior officials. Whatever grievances there were have gone away. I have also spoken to Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. We both are satisfied. Together we will form the BJP government in 2023,” he said.Bhati had left the party after being unhappy with Meghwal being made the candidate from Bikaner in the 2019…

I am all for political affiliation, but when it comes to the arts, such loyalties should not interfere with the body of your work to the extent that it degenerates into propaganda.Vivek Agnihotri, who is hellbent upon proving his loyalty to the present ruling dispensation, has been making movies with a single-point agenda: to flag as biased an opinion that is contrary to the one he professes and rewrite history to suit his extreme right-wing beliefs.Two of his earlier films, The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files, tried to create the myth that he believes is nothing but the truth.…

The Oscar-winning star, who was married to Brad Pitt between 2014 and 2019, told Vogue magazine: “After I went through something where I was hurt, I had a therapist ask if I would try wearing a flowing garment. Sounds silly, but I assumed that pants and boots projected a ‘tougher’ look, a stronger me.”But was I strong enough to be soft? At the time, no. I felt vulnerable. Now I wonder if I don’t know what my style is because I’m still understanding who I am at 48. I guess I’m in transition as a person.”I feel a bit down…

In one incident on Wednesday, around 35 girls were rescued from a PG hostel after a massive fire broke out in the building, while on June 15, several students of a private coaching institute in the area broke windows, climbed down ropes and took help of ladders in desperate attempts to escape a fire that broke out on the top floor of the building housing it.Recently, the Delhi High Court had also directed the city authorities to close all coaching centres operating without a no-objection certificate from the Fire Department but they were running right under the administration’s nose.According to…

As per the order, issued by Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, this order will come into force in Gurugram district from November 1 and will remain effective till January 31, 2024.E-commerce companies like Flipkart, Amazon etc. have been prohibited from accepting any online order for firecrackers.The DC, using his power under Section 144 of CrPC, has issued orders under the Explosive Substances Act 1884 and Explosive Substances Rules 2008 regarding the production, storage and sale of firecrackers in the district.”The responsibility of ensuring compliance with the rules has also been given to Gurugram Police, Municipal Corporation Gurugram and Municipal Corporation…

“NLCIL and GRIDCO Ltd signed a PPA today in GRIDCO Ltd in Bhubaneswar for 400 MW for stage-1 and 400 MW for stage-2. With this agreement, NLCIL has achieved full capacity of 2,400 MW of its Talabira super thermal power station stage-I,” a statment issued by NLCIL said on Thursday.The pact was signed in the presence of NLCIL Chairman M. Prasanna Kumar and GRIDCO’s Managing Director Trilochan Panda.NLCIL has already signed similar agreements in the past with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry for 1,500 MW, 400 MW, and 100 MW power supply respectively from Neyveli Talabira super thermal power station…

Through a notification issued on Wednesday it amended the rules, introducing a procedure for the renewal of MSOs’ registrations. An enabling provision has been included in the rules for the sharing of infrastructure by the cable operators with broadband service providers to promote internet penetration to the last mile. MSOs shall apply for the registration or renewal of registration online at the Broadcast Seva Portal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, official sources said. The MSO registrations shall be granted or renewed for a period of 10 years. The application for renewal of registration shall be within a window…

The 36-year-old Briton has reached at least the quarterfinal stage in all of his four previous outings and is unseeded this time.De Minaur, ranked 12th in the ATP tour, saved two match points in the eighth game of the third set en route to winning the 171-minute duel, Xinhua reports.Trailing 0-40 in his first service game, Murray saved two break points but failed at the third one, which eventually cost him the first set.The former world No. 1 regrouped in the following set, breaking De Minaur’s serve twice while the latter broke once.Murray broke first in the third set to…