Elon Musk Says He’s Ending $44bn Twitter Buyout Deal, Boards To Fight
Elon Musk announced that he would walk away from his turbulent $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. Tesla CEO sends letter to Twitter’s board saying on Friday that it is ending the acquisition. But Twitter is not accepting Mr Musk’s announcement. Twitter’s chairman of the board, Brett Taylor, tweeted in response that the board is “committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed with Mr. Musk and plans to take legal action to enforce the merger agreement.” We are confident that we will win the Delaware Court of Chancery.”
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe assassinated, India declares state mourning
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot twice in the chest while delivering a speech in Nara at around 11.30 a.m. local time. Mr Abe, 67, was delivering an election campaign speech for the Upper House of Japan’s parliament ahead of Sunday’s election. He collapsed and was bleeding as people heard two gunshots and was then taken to the hospital.
Several world leaders condemned the attack and expressed their condolences. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over Mr Abe’s death and hailed him as “a great global statesman, an outstanding leader and a remarkable administrator”. In addition, Mr Modi also announced that July 9 will be observed as a day of national mourning as a “mark of deep respect”. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal among others also condoled the death of Mr. Abe.
At least 13 killed in flash floods at Amarnath Yatra base camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baltalo
At least 13 people, mainly Amarnath pilgrims, were killed in a landslide triggered by flash floods on Friday near Baltal base camp in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal area. The flash flood came around 5.30 pm and several tents were washed away, an official said. “At least 13 people are feared dead. The bodies are being recovered and the missing people are being traced, a senior official said.
Address of PAN, Alt News donors not shared with police, says Razorpay
After fact-checking website Alt News said that its payment gateway Razorpay had shared its payer data with Delhi Police without disclosing it, the company’s CEO and co-founder Harshil Mathur on Friday issued a statement clarifying its position on the matter. Of. Mr Mathur said that “the specific data that we shared was limited only to what was under investigation”. “In this case, the specific scope was to determine whether there was a foreign donation or not and hence PAN, address, pin code, etc. of the donors were not shared, which we believe were beyond the scope of investigation,” he said. “
ED records statements of top Bennett, Coleman officials under FEMA: Report
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recorded the statements of top functionaries of Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL), which owns several media and entertainment brands and publisher of the Times of India Group of Publications, under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. (FEMA), Indian Express have reported,
Former UK finance minister Rishi Sunak bids to replace Boris Johnson
Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that he was running to replace Boris Johnson after he announced the previous day that he would step down as prime minister. “Someone has to seize the moment and make the right decisions. That’s why I stand to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and your prime minister,” Mr. Sunak said in a campaign video released on Twitter.
Maharashtra politics: Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis meet Amit Shah
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Home Minister Amit Shah here on Friday. expansion of the council of ministers After the formation of the new government earlier this week. Mr. Shinde and Mr. Fadnavis, who arrived here late Friday evening, are also scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda.
Supreme Court grants interim bail to Mohammad Zubair in Sitapur case
The Uttar Pradesh Police had registered a case against Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair on the basis of a complaint that he had “objectionable words against the Mahants of religious places as symbols of our faith and thus hurt our religious sentiments”. . Mr Zubair had appealed for a stay on the investigation into the “absurd” allegations and later quashing of the FIR lodged in Sitapur. However, he will remain in judicial custody in a separate FIR registered by the Delhi Police.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday released the helpline numbers of the Bajrang Dal to “protect Hindus from jihadi threats”. Initially, the numbers were issued for 35 regions of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Delhi High Court allows immediate listing of Vivo’s plea challenging freezing of bank accounts by ED
The ED registered a money laundering case against the distributor of a Jammu and Kashmir-based agency after taking cognizance of a recent FIR by the Economic Offenses Wing of Delhi Police, where it was alleged that some Chinese shareholders of that company had stolen their identity documents. were forged.
No one can snatch ‘bow and arrow’ from Shiv Sena: Uddhav, rebels dare to face mid-term polls
Addressing reporters at his residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also challenged the party rebels and the BJP to face mid-term elections in Maharashtra, saying people need to take a stand on the Maharashtra coup. should be allowed. Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government under his leadership. He said that if people do not support his party in the elections, he will accept it.
Djokovic will take on Kyrgios in the blockbuster Wimbledon final
Record-breaker Novak Djokovic returned to top form on Friday after a slow start against Britain’s Cameron Nouri, reaching the eighth Wimbledon final, where he will face Nick Kyrgios. The Serbian top seed was involuntarily off-colour in the first set but roared back for the win, playing 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, almost flawless tennis.
Sindhu fails to crack Tai Tzu code once again, this time at Malaysia Masters
Two-time Olympic medalist shuttler PV Sindhu was all out but could not find a way out of her foe Tai Tzu Ying, another loss in the quarterfinals to crash out of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. had to face. Seventh seed Sindhu was once again short out against the world number one. Lost 13-21 21-12 12-21 in a fight of 2, 55 minutes. It was Sindhu’s 17th career loss for the Tokyo Olympic silver medalist, who has won over the Indian in all her previous seven meetings. The last time Sindhu defeated Tzu Ying to win a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Basel.