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NEW DELHI: India’s finance minister on Wednesday (Feb 1) presented the government’s last full budget in parliament before a general election due next year that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely projected to win. “In spite of the massive slowdown globally caused by COVID-19 and the war, the Indian economy is on the right track,” said Nirmala Sitharaman, who is expected to lower the government’s fiscal deficit while announcing spending and other measures to keep India as one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world. Since taking office in 2014, Modi has ramped up capital spending including on roads…

A 12-year-old boy was shot inside the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building Tuesday night, police said. The preteen suffered a gunshot wound to the left shoulder around 9:20 p.m. inside 325 Bristol St. in Brownsville, the NYPD said. Police said it’s unclear whether the shooting was intentional or accidental. The youngster was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition. Police are spotted at the scene where a teen was shot inside an apartment on Jan 31, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York.Wayne Carrington Saiquan Burgess, the victim’s 25-year-old cousin, told The Post his younger relative was hanging out with…

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The Supreme Court of the United States assembled for the first time at the Old Merchants Exchange in New York City on this day in history, Feb. 1, 1790.  “The Constitution granted the Supreme Court ultimate jurisdiction over all laws, especially those in which their constitutionality was at issue,” writes History.com of the founding of the judicial branch.”The high court was also designated to oversee cases concerning treaties of the United States, foreign diplomats, admiralty practice and maritime jurisdiction.”ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, JAN. 31, 1919, JACKIE ROBINSON IS BORN IN GEORGIA – BASEBALL PIONEER, WWII VETERANChief Justice John Jay of…

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No rose left to give! Kaitlyn Bristowe opened up about her friendship with Chris Harrison — and why it stalled after she was offered the hosting gig for season 17 of The Bachelorette.  “They offered me the position to come in and what the Bachelor franchise said was to mentor Katie [Thurston],” Bristowe, 37, said during the Tuesday, January 31, episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “[They said] I wouldn’t be replacing Chris. Then all these articles started coming out, saying, ‘Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe replacing Chris Harrison.’ And so I messaged Chris probably about 10…

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A tech CEO is apologizing after quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in a layoffs announcement. On January 24, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada sent a letter to employees announcing the digital operations management company would eliminate about 7% of its workforce. Tejada quoted King at the end of that letter. “I am reminded in moments like this, of something Martin Luther King said, that ‘the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy,’” she wrote. “PagerDuty is a leader that stands behind…

Three years of strict pandemic controls in China and a real estate crash have drained local government coffers, leaving authorities across the country struggling with mountains of debt. The problem has gotten so extreme that some cities are now unable to provide basic services, and the risk of default is rising. Analysts estimate China’s outstanding government debts surpassed 123 trillion yuan ($18 trillion) last year, of which nearly $10 trillion is so-called “hidden debt” owed by risky local government financing platforms that are backed by cities or provinces. As the financial pressure has mounted, regional governments have reportedly been slashing…