India election results: Modi alliance short of landslide.The opposition INDIA alliance led by Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party was leading in over 200 seats.INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi’s alliance was winning a majority of seats in early vote counting trends in the general election on Tuesday (4), but well short of the landslide predicted in exit polls, TV channels showed.https://www.easterneye.biz/ind....ia-election-result-n

Trump found guilty on all counts, first US president convicted of a crime
After two days of deliberation, the 12-member jury pronounced Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts.Donald Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday. A New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. https://www.easterneye.biz/tru....mp-guilty-us-preside

Master batsman Kohli smashed 11 fours and two sixes in his 49-ball blitz as hosts Bengaluru chased down their victory target of 177 with four balls to spare against Punjab Kings and bounce back from their loss in the opener of the lucrative T20 tournament.
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Kohli fell to fast bowler Harshal Patel in the 16th over and soon Bengaluru lost another wicket before Dinesh Karthik (28) and impact substitute Mahipal Lomror (17) steered the team home in an unbeaten stand of 48 off 18 balls.

This five-year project, focusing on children in grades 1-3, has garnered a significant $20 million investment from a consortium of 26 partners, including notable names like the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Reliance Foundation, and Standard Chartered Bank, a press release from the British Asian Trust said.
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LiftEd, short for Learning and Innovation in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy to Transform Education, aligns with the Indian government’s emphasis on foundational literacy and numeracy as essential for further learning.

As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among children, and so we must act before it becomes endemic,” Sunak said ahead of the official announcement of his plan.
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“I am taking bold action to ban disposable vapes -– which have driven the rise in youth vaping –- and bring forward new powers to restrict vape flavours, introduce plain packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops,” he added