Patanjali misleading ads case: SC refuses to accept apology offered by Ramdev and Balkrishna, warns them of…
The court told the Uttarakhand government that it is not going to let it free in the case relating to the misleading advertisements of Haridwar-based Patanjali Ayurved.”All complaints were forwarded to the government. The licensing inspector remained quiet, there is no report by the officer.
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Scalise brings in eye-popping $12M as GOP kicks off 2024 battle to keep House
FIRST ON FOX: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is gearing up to announce that he’s raised a whopping $12 million in the first three months of 2024 as the GOP braces for the battle to keep the House majority. It’s part of $36 million the No. 2 House Republican has raised so far during the 2024 election cycle, which began January 2023, according to figures viewed by Fox News Digital. Of the cycle total, $16.1 million was raised solely online. “Team Scalise isn’t slowing down,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Our digital program has been phenomenal – this [2024 election cycle] we’ve raised over $16 million online … more than any other member of Congress, Republican or Democrat.” Scalise is funneling a significant portion of that amount into races across the country, including $12 million directly to the House GOP campaign arm, the National Republican Congressional Committee, he said. GOP SET TO GAIN 3 US HOUSE SEATS UNDER MAP ADVANCED IN NC SENATE It’s a strong showing for the Louisiana Republican, a historically prolific fundraiser who spent a significant portion of the current Congress undergoing treatment for cancer that he was diagnosed with in August 2023. It comes as Republicans fight through their second year with a razor-thin House majority, which will be whittled down to just one vote after the April 19 departure of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. Scalise said House Republicans can keep and even expand that margin. He named Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Ohio and even California as places with seats that could flip from blue to red. “There’s about 20-plus seats right now that are held by Democrats today that have a very real chance of flipping for Republican candidates,” he said. LIBERAL GROUPS SUE TO BLOCK NEW ALABAMA VOTING LAW BANNING BALLOT HARVESTING Scalise named border security and energy prices – and how President Biden has handled both – as two top issues Republicans can lead on to win across the country in November. “The top issue you hear about everywhere you go is border security. People are furious that we had over 8 million people come across the border illegally and Joe Biden won’t do anything to stop it,” Scalise said. “And then there’s just the high cost of everything – energy, of course, being at the top of the list, but also groceries – you know, just people talking about sharing their stories about how expensive things are because of the inflation caused by all of the spending in D.C. and all of the policies coming out of Washington.” GOING, GOING, GONE: COULD REPUBLICANS’ SLIM HOUSE MAJORITY SLIP AWAY BEFORE NOVEMBER? A recent Fox News poll showed that 73% of Americans rate the economy negatively – a drop from 83% in May but still a significant number roughly nine months before a presidential election. The late-March survey also saw Biden get just 30% approval on his handling of immigration, which is a new low. Scalise said dissatisfaction with life under the Democrat president could also be key to the GOP’s victory in November. “Joe Biden is a huge drag on the Democrats’ ticket right now. That’s going to be a big problem for them,” he said. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Años antes de que los caracterizaran como criminales, los residentes de Colony Ridge buscaron ayuda del estado
Los residentes presentaron más de 60 quejas en contra de Colony Ridge. No obtuvieron muchas soluciones del estado.
Biden: Israel’s Netanyahu making ‘mistake’ on Gaza
In strongest criticism yet, Biden takes issue with Israel’s approach but not its devastating war on Gaza. United States President Joe Biden has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a “mistake” in his handling of the Gaza war and its repercussions inside Israel and internationally. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” Biden told Univision, a US-based, Spanish-language television network, in an interview that aired late on Tuesday when asked whether Netanyahu was putting his own political survival before national interests. Biden also said it was “outrageous” that Israel targeted a convoy of US food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, killing seven aid workers. “So what I’m calling for is the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, a total access to all food and medicine going into the country,” he said, adding that other countries were ready to help as well. “I’ve spoken to everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians. They’re prepared to move this food in. There’s no excuse to not provide for the medical and food needs of those people. It should be done now.” Al Jazeera’s White House Correspondent Patty Culhane reported that the interview took place last week, shortly after the WCK aid workers were killed in an Israeli military attack. Biden was only asked one question on Gaza, Culhane said, if “he thought that … Netanyahu was putting his political survival over the interests of Israel”. It remains to be seen if Biden’s staff later walk back his remarks on the ceasefire that he called for, Culhane added. While international pressure is growing for a truce in the six-month war, there has been no progress in weeks of talks with Israeli and Hamas officials as well as international mediators – the US, Egypt and Qatar. Senior officials in the US administration continue to defend and support the war – while sending weapons to Israel – even as 33,360 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7. In testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin again categorically rejected that Israel is perpetrating genocide in the besieged enclave, where famine has set in, children have died of malnutrition and Israeli authorities have continued to block humanitarian aid convoys while carrying out attacks across the territory. “We don’t have any evidence of genocide being created,” he said. At a joint news conference in Washington, DC, alongside British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the enclave needs more humanitarian assistance. He said what matters is “sustained results” and that means ensuring aid “is distributed effectively throughout Gaza”. While Netanyahu announced Israel has decided on a date for its planned ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, Blinken said the US has not been briefed on the decision and that he is expected to meet with Israeli officials next week. “We do not have a date for any Rafah operation. On the contrary, what we have is an ongoing conversation with Israel. The president has been very clear about our concerns about Israel’s ability to move civilians out of harm’s way,” he said. Rafah, bordering Egypt, is where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are taking shelter. Israel has long threatened an offensive there, but the US has opposed this absent a plan to evacuate Palestinians from the area. Adblock test (Why?)
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 187
Palestinians in Rafah are celebrating Eid al-Fitr with Israeli drones buzzing overhead. Here’s how things stand on Wednesday, April 10, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis On Tuesday, one day before Eid, an Israeli air strike killed at least 14 Palestinians, including four children, in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. Palestinians in Rafah began celebrating Eid al-Fitr with Israeli drones buzzing overhead, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said late on Tuesday. Separately, world leaders acknowledged the suffering in Gaza and Sudan in their Eid al-Fitr messages on Wednesday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Israel has not apprised the US of any specific date for the start of a major offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but added that American and Israeli officials remained in contact to try to ensure that “any kind of major military operation doesn’t do real harm to civilians”. Diplomacy and geopolitical tensions Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake”, US President Joe Biden said in an interview published on Tuesday. Separately, on Tuesday, Netanyahu said there is “no force in the world that will stop us” from completing the elimination of Hamas’s brigades, including in the southern city of Rafah. Several family members of the captives held by Hamas met US Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Tuesday to call for a deal to ensure the release of their loved ones and implement a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. In a hearing on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US does not “have evidence” that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his sorrow over the violence and hardships being experienced by Muslims in Gaza and elsewhere in his annual greeting for Eid al-Fitr. “My heart is broken to know that in Gaza, Sudan and so many other places, because of conflict and hunger, so many Muslims will not be able to celebrate Eid properly,” Guterres said in a video message posted on X. In a message wishing “Eid Mubarak“, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged that “the suffering in Gaza will mean many Muslim Australians will mark Eid al-Fitr with sorrow”. Ireland will move to recognise a Palestinian state “in the next couple of weeks”, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin told local news site The Journal on Tuesday. Eid Mubarak. pic.twitter.com/473MWspVo7 — Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) April 9, 2024 Violence in the occupied West Bank A young man was shot in the leg during an Israeli raid on the village of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus on Tuesday, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas during the raid, Wafa added. Adblock test (Why?)
Olympics: India’s Zareen ready to step out of Mary Kom’s shadow, says coach
The current IBA women’s world boxing champion will go for gold at the Paris Olympics. Two-time world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen is ready to step out of fellow Indian MC Mary Kom’s shadow with a medal at the Paris Olympics, coach Blas Iglesias Fernandez has said. Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has been the face of women’s boxing in India and her illustrious career inspired a Bollywood biopic in 2014. She won the flyweight bronze at the 2012 London Olympics to cement her legacy and announced her retirement earlier this year. Zareen will make her Olympic debut in the 50kg event in Paris and Fernandez expects the 27-year-old to return with a medal around her neck. “This is Nikhat’s time to prove herself,” the Cuban said in a Sports Authority of India (SAI) media release on Tuesday. “It’s true that she had lived in the shadows of Mary Kom but now it’s her chance to prove herself and make India proud.” Since 1990, Fernandez has worked with India’s top boxers, including Mary Kom, and is the only foreigner to have won India’s highest award for a coach. Currently India’s high-performance coach, the 68-year-old was particularly pleased by Zareen’s ring awareness. “I love the boxing (style) of Nikhat. She is very intelligent. She has good ring tactics,” he said. India could expect a second boxing medal in the women’s event if Lovlina Borgohain, who won the welterweight bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, could find her “killer instinct”, Fernandez said. “Lovlina has to show more killer instinct,” he said of the boxer, who had to move from 69kg to 75kg after the Olympic categories were revised. “I have seen some of her bouts and I think she lost them because Lovlina was not aggressive and proactive enough. “If she can box to her potential, she can finish among the medals in Paris.” India has bagged four women’s quota places for Paris. Fernandez was hopeful the male boxers would give a good account of themselves at the world qualifiers in Bangkok where India can potentially clinch nine Paris spots. “I reckon Nishant Dev and Amit Panghal can bag Paris quotas. They both have the potential to do this,” he said. “Men’s boxing is very tough and should not be compared with women’s where the competition is relatively easier.” Adblock test (Why?)
Top UK politician says voters, including in US, are demanding ‘robust action’ on migration crisis
FIRST ON FOX — A top British MP and former home secretary is warning that governments in developed countries need to show the “political will” to limit immigration, both legal and illegal, that voters want “robust action” from their representatives and that the global migration crisis will be a major issue for voters in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Suella Braverman served as U.K. home secretary, making her the top official on matters related to border enforcement and immigration, from October 2022 to November 2023. She championed lower levels of immigration overall and stricter enforcement of laws related to illegal immigration. She was also a supporter of Britain’s exit from the European Union. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS She has also been a champion of the U.K.’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda and fought both in the Cabinet and from outside it to make it happen. While there has been a great deal of attention given to Britain’s illegal immigration crisis, particularly from small boats coming across the English Channel, Braverman warns that illegal and legal immigration are two sides of the crisis, noting legal immigration numbers are much higher despite successive governments pledging to reduce that number. “Last year alone, the net migration figures into the U.K. topped an unprecedented number of 700,000. And just compare that back to 2019, at the time of our general election, when the Conservative Party pledged in our manifesto to lower the numbers,” she said. “Then, as they stood, 245,000. And then if you even go back to 2016, when we had the Brexit referendum, numbers were far lower even then.” As for the illegal immigration crisis, the government has yet to send a plane of illegal immigrants to Rwanda, with whom it made a deal. UK’S CAMERON MEETS TRUMP AHEAD OF PUSH FOR MORE US UKRAINE FUNDING “The premise of the Rwanda scheme is based on deterrence. We believe that the model of people-smuggling gangs has to be broken. So, tens of thousands of people are paying these gangs to cross the channel illegally and break into the United Kingdom because they believe they’ll be able to stay here,” she said. “If they are relocated to a third country like Rwanda, we believe that they will no longer make that journey in the first place,” she said. “And we’ve modeled it to some degree on what worked in Australia. The Australians managed to solve their illegal maritime immigration problem by relocating people from mainland Australia to Papua New Guinea and Nauru. And in quite a short space of time, the number of people coming into Australia illegally dramatically fell.” However, before a plane could take off, activists appealed, and the scheme was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights and, subsequently, by the U.K.’s Supreme Court for being in contravention of the European Convention of Human Rights. Many Conservatives, including Braverman, believe the U.K. needs to leave that charter. LONDON IS THE ‘WORLD’S MOST ANTISEMITIC CITY,’ SAYS ISRAELI MINISTER “My proposition to the prime minister has been that we need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. We need to repeal the Human Rights Act so that the government, the elected government of the day, which has a mandate to control illegal migration, can actually put the interests of the British people first and impose meaningful border control,” she said. Britain is not the only country to struggle with the issues of migration. Countries in the European Union are also struggling to stop illegal migration and facing backlash over the number of immigrants coming in overall. Meanwhile, the U.S. is in the fourth year of a historic crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Braverman, who is popular with Conservative voters and could become a future leader of the party, said the world is in a global migration crisis, “and I think that the international community hasn’t necessarily come up with a coherent plan to deal with that global migration crisis. “Secondly, I would say the other issue, the other problem is that many of these developed countries simply haven’t demonstrated the necessary political will to do what’s essential to fix these problems,” she said. Braverman, who was named Sue Ellen at birth after the character in the American TV show “Dallas,” met with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas when she served as home secretary and said she believed that immigration will be a major issue in the U.S. election as numbers increase. “The impact on communities around the United States of America is getting more and more pressing. And, as a result, this issue is going to be a very big issue in your presidential election. People want solutions. They want border control, and they want robust action by their elected officials,” she said. Fox News’ Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.
Dem senators voice concerns over Israel war status as Biden attempts ‘challenging’ balance with progressives
Senate Democrats expressed concerns over the status of the war between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza Tuesday as President Biden looks to strike a balance between supporting the U.S. ally and addressing concerns of progressives and Arab and Muslim voters who have made their displeasure known amid the conflict. “I don’t support a cease-fire. I’ve been very clear about that,” Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Fox News Digital Tuesday. In a call last week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following an airstrike from the country that killed seven workers delivering food and aid in Gaza, Biden called for an immediate cease-fire to address the need to get aid to the war zone. Biden’s move to endorse a cease-fire comes as pro-Palestinian protests have plagued his campaign events in recent months. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS’ PAINTED RED HANDS A ‘SYMBOL’ ROOTED IN ‘CRAZE TO SEE BLOOD’: EXPERT “There’s been far too much civilian death right now,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said of the situation in Gaza. However, he credited Biden with increasing pressure on Israel with “an uptick in humanitarian deliveries in the last few days.” Criticism over Biden’s backing of ally Israel has ramped up in recent days, as reports emerged of his anger and frustration over the country’s killing of several aid workers in Gaza. Last month, the U.S. allowed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire to pass, breaking from a streak of vetoing similar measures. Netanyahu slammed the move, claiming at the time the “United States has abandoned its policy in the U.N. today. Just a few days ago, it supported a Security Council resolution that linked a call for a cease-fire to the release of hostages.” ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS SHUT DOWN SENATE CAFETERIA; AROUND 50 ARRESTED The prime minister attributed his cancellation of an Israeli delegation’s trip to Washington, D.C., to the resolution’s passage. Just two weeks after Biden’s administration allowed the U.N. resolution to pass, Vice President Kamala Harris met with families of American hostages held in Gaza Tuesday. According to a readout from Harris’ office on the meeting, she updated the families on U.S. efforts to bring home all hostages and reaching an agreement for an immediate cease-fire. A White House official shared that efforts are ongoing to secure the release of more hostages and noted that the passed U.N. resolution additionally called for the release of hostages. However, the resolution did not include condemnation of Hamas, which prompted criticism against the Biden administration. At a Senate Republican lunch Tuesday, GOP conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., circulated a document to his colleagues, listing “27 times Biden & Democrats abandoned Israel” since the initial Oct. 7 Hamas attack. GOP SENATORS CONVINCE SPEAKER JOHNSON TO DELAY MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE DELIVERY The document, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, listed events, including the Biden administration urging Israel to end a ground campaign in Gaza last year and Senate Democrats in November voting against a stand-alone Israel aid bill that did not tie the assistance to aid for Ukraine. “President Biden is demanding a highly damaging, unconditional cease-fire. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are equating Prime Minister Netanyahu to Hamas. These unprecedented actions undermine Israel’s mission to free the hostages and eliminate Hamas,” Barrasso told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. Asked how Biden was handling support for Israel at the same time as addressing concerns for Palestinian civilians, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said, “It’s a challenging situation.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., avoided criticizing Biden for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, instead telling Fox News Digital, “I lay blame with the Netanyahu government that has created a humanitarian disaster and doing everything possible every single day to make it worse.” DESPERATE ZELENSKYY WARNS ‘UKRAINE WILL LOSE THE WAR’ IF CONGRESS DOES NOT SEND MORE AID While Fetterman noted his disagreement with Biden on a cease-fire, he said, “Overall, I think the president has remained to stand with Israel. “But we need to allow Israel to finish off and go after Hamas.” While Democrats were hesitant to address Biden’s policy toward Israel directly, Senate Republicans were more than willing to slam the president for making decisions on the war based on “political calculus,” as Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, claimed. “I think it’s really about trying to appease the increasingly vocal, frankly, pro-Hamas wing, I guess, of their party,” said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. “I mean, they must think that they have a lot of votes they need to open for them.” According to Vance, Biden’s posture on the war is “completely inconsistent” today with what it was “two months ago.” “And they’re doing it because they’re worried about losing certain populations in Michigan,” Vance claimed, likely referencing the significant Arab and Muslim populations in the state. Since the onset of the war in Gaza, Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign has faced obstacles among Muslim supporters, who have claimed they are willing to turn their backs on him. His campaign has also seen efforts rebuffed by Muslim leaders who have on multiple occasions refused to meet with the president’s team in campaign or official capacities. The Biden campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted Biden’s response to Israel’s strike that killed seven aid workers, claiming it was held to a “different standard.” “Why don’t they tell us who got held accountable for the 13 people, warriors killed at the Kabul airport?” he asked, referencing the deaths of several service men and women during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, overseen by Biden. Making a similar point, Fetterman explained, “I mean, terrible, terrible things often happen in a war situation, and we really cannot forget that this is all because of Hamas.” The senator referenced a U.S. drone strike in 2021 that mistakenly killed a number of Afghani civilians in a car.