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According to a Chronicle count, after 17 years of consistent payments, Warren Buffett has provided annual donations totaling $50.7 billion towards his landmark multibillion-dollar pledges to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four nonprofits affiliated to his family. On Wednesday, he announced his most recent annual payments towards his pledges. Buffett became the largest donor in history in June 2006, when he pledged 10 million shares of his Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock, then valued at approximately $36.1 billion, to the Gates Foundation, along with 1 million Berkshire shares, then valued at approximately $3.6 billion, to the foundation named...

The Indian team is currently on tour in the West Indies, and the series will begin on July 12th, with the first Test of the season scheduled to take place at Windsor Park in Dominica. Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain and star batsman, opened up about his wonderful friendship with Windies icon Chris Gayle ahead of the curtain raiser in the Caribbean. During their tenure at the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore, the couple enjoyed some wonderful moments.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Amazon’s former CEO and current executive chair has a net worth of $153 billion as of July 2023. Bezos, the world’s third richest person in 2023, owns The Washington Post, space exploration company Blue Origin, and has assets in real estate and other industries. From 2018 through 2021, the Amazon founder was the wealthiest person on the planet. —In July 2021, Bezos’ net wealth reached a new high of $210 billion. Bezos helped build the world’s largest online retailer as its founder and former CEO. Amazon achieved $514 billion in net sales in fiscal...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the groundwork for numerous critical infrastructure development projects in Telangana worth approximately Rs 6,100 crore on Saturday. In addition, he will launch development projects in Bikaner costing over Rs 24,300 crore aimed at improving the region’s infrastructure and welfare. “Leaving for Warangal to attend a programme where we will inaugurate or lay the foundation stone for development works worth over Rs 6100 crore,” PM Modi tweeted. He went on to say that these projects, which range from roadways to trains, will help the people of Telangana.

This week, six months after Rishi Sunak urged to be assessed on delivering what he dubbed the “people’s priorities,” the progress made towards fulfilling his “five pledges” has come under scrutiny from Conservative MPs in private. Worries over how the pledges are being received by the people have spread all the way to Downing Street, with the prime minister’s top advisers pacing across Whitehall. The Guardian obtained presentation slides from No. 10 media consultants to press secretaries working in government agencies, and they reveal the following: “We still have a problem with cut-through.”

Rahul Gandhi’s bid to have his conviction in a defamation case related to his 2019 Modi surname remark suspended by the Gujarat High Court was denied today. As a result, he would still be ineligible to serve as a Lok Sabha MP. According to the High Court, the conviction is “just, proper, and legal.”The leader of Congress will now address the Supreme Court. He is unlikely to be re-elected to parliament during the monsoon session commencing on July 20 since his disqualification remains in effect. Rahul Gandhi won’t be able to run in the election the next year if the...

Celebrities, cricketing greats, and fans all send their best wishes to legendary cricketer MS Dhoni as he celebrates his 42nd birthday today. Even after retiring from international cricket, Dhoni is still regarded as a highly respected person in the sport and the former captain of Team India. Dhoni, often known as “Captain Cool,” is a beloved member of the cricketing world, and his birthday has become a cause for celebration. His lasting impact on the game and his unwavering character both on and off the pitch have guaranteed his position in cricket history.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated his call to soldiers to protect China’s sovereignty and territory on Thursday, telling them to strengthen war and combat planning to boost their chances of winning in actual warfare. In remarks to troops while on an inspection tour of the Eastern Theatre Command, Xi claimed that the globe has entered a new era of upheaval and change and that China’s security situation has grown more erratic and unclear.

Washington, D.C. On Thursday, President Joe Biden will travel to South Carolina to argue that economic policies he pushed through Congress against strong Republican resistance are keeping the deep-red state — and other states that supported Donald Trump in 2020 — thriving. White House officials contended that if Republicans had gotten their way, South Carolina, like many other Republican-controlled states, would have lost out on billions of dollars in investments and thousands of jobs prior to Biden’s visit to a state that he lost by over 12 percentage points in the 2020 election.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is expected to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss ongoing issues that affect the state, according to sources. Reddy is also anticipated to meet with Nirmala Sitharaman, the Minister of Finance.