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A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru allowed Modi’s plea challenging the revocation of his passport. The regional passport office in Mumbai had revoked Modi’s passport March 3, 2011, following an Enforcement Directorate probe into allegations of financial irregularities in the IPL. Modi is facing cases under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) related to the IPL and his presence was required before the Enforcement Directorate....

Matthew Johnson-Roberson is the new director of CMU’s Robotics’ Institute. He has served as co-director for the University of Michigan’s Ford Centre for Autonomous Vehicles. Roberson is also a co-founder of Refraction AI. Delivery robotics, a category of robots has seen biggest investment in the year 2021 On asked about defining robotics/AI/automation trend of 2021, Rob Playter, the long-time Boston Dynamics executive who was appointed CEO in the last year and Johnson-Roberson had their different opinions....

This rise has been greatly helped by the excellent XPS 13, one of the best if not the best Windows laptop in the world. At CES 2017, the company lifted the lid on an impressive update to the line in the XPS 13 2-in-1, a convertible touchscreen version. With tablet functionality and the option to use the Dell Active Pen, it continues to help Dell blur the lines of its target market....

Season Four of the hit show sees Emma Corrin bring to life Princess Diana’s bulimia as Prince Charles maintains an affair with Camillla behind her back. The cast have made clear in interviews the show uses artistic licence, with Emma Corrin telling talkshow host Tamron Hall this month: “Peter Morgan scripts are works of fiction.” However, calls have been mounting in the U.K. for a warning at the start of each episode....

“I’m excited to be here,” Murray said Thursday night during a televised press conference. “Dallas will have a special place in my heart. I will always miss those guys. It’s a great organization in Dallas.” MORE: Murray a perfect fit | Cowboys fans already burning his jersey | Free agency updates So why did he leave? “It’s a great opportunity for me to win the Super Bowl,” Murray said to an applause at the Eagles facility....

So how about a reunion? Both players, who spent a season together at the University of Kentucky, are up for the possibility. MORE: NBA execs: DeMarcus Cousins trade rumors finally feel real, imminent “We talk about it all the time,” Wall Monday night, via The Washington Post, after his Wizards defeated Cousins and the Kings in overtime 101-95. Cousins agreed the discussion has taken place. He even included Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe, another former Wildcat, and identified a team for them to all meet up on....

The 28-year-old Warriors center has made good progress in his recovery from a torn left quadriceps muscle and continues to be listed as questionable for Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Raptors, coach Steve Kerr told reporters Wednesday. “DeMarcus has done an amazing job coming back from the injury, which we felt at the time was season ending,” Kerr said. “He’s done an incredible job of rebounding, rehabbing....

Neymar became the most expensive player in the world in August 2017 when he left Barca for Paris Saint-Germain after the Ligue 1 side triggered his €222million release clause. Barca invested the sum in the likes of Dembele, who arrived from Borussia Dortmund for an initial €105m, although his time at Camp Nou has been disrupted by injury and disciplinary issues. But Dembele has made 23 LaLiga appearances so far this season, scoring eight goals to help Ernesto Valverde’s side establish a seven-point lead over Atletico Madrid in the title race....

The 20-year-old striker has caught the eye in the green and white hoops this season, netting twice against Manchester City in the Champions League on his way to racking up 31 goals in 43 games in all competitions. And his recent back-to-back hat-tricks against St Johnstone and Inverness Caledonian Thistle have helped to attract interest from all over Europe, with United chief scout Jim Lawlor among those spotted at Celtic Park....

The former Marine Corps veteran has raised nearly $17 million since launching her campaign in July and is entering this election year with $9.1 million in cash on hand. McGrath’s campaign manager, Mark Nickolas, told Newsweek her fundraising is “unlike anything I’ve ever seen.” “I think Senator McConnell finally has an opponent who will outraise him,” Nickolas added. McConnell has not yet announced his fundraising totals for the final three months of 2019 and doesn’t have to until the end of January....

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed by former GOP President George W. Bush, released a 77-page ruling on Friday, arguing that the DACA program is unlawful—banning new applicants. Democrats and President Joe Biden quickly responded, criticizing the ruling and arguing that legislation was necessary to bring an end to the uncertainty enforced upon immigrants who have benefited from DACA. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said that the “fate of thousands” had now been “thrown into limbo” in a Friday tweet....

Although the Democrats control the House of Representatives and are widely expected to maintain that control following the November 3 election, Republicans currently hold 53 seats out of the 100 in the Senate. Democrats hold 45 seats, along with two independents who caucus with their Democratic colleagues. To flip control of the upper chamber, the Democrats must gain at least four seats. The Cook Political Report rates two Republican seats as leaning Democrat, while seven others are considered “toss-up” races....

The leading (white) men in charge of the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process—President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)—all talk a big game on the importance of diversity in the federal courts. “Now, with his new vacancy on the court, President Biden will have an opportunity to make history by nominating the first-ever Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court,” Schumer said....

FiveThirtyEight’s latest figures show Democrats with 43.9 percent support for control of Congress compared to Republicans’ 43.4 percent as of August 15 - a margin of 0.5 percent. Though the gap is small, it represents a clear shift in Democrats’ favor over the past month. On July 15, the poll tracker found that Republicans enjoyed 44.7 percent support to Democrats’ 42.9 percent. For months, it had been widely believed that Democrats were facing potential major losses in the November midterms and could lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate....

In a letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Monday that was released by the House Oversight Committee, Democratic Chairman Elijah Cummings requested all communications by White House officials who sent or received government business messages through personal accounts and did not forward them to their government accounts within 20 days, as is required by the Presidential Records Act for preservation. Those White House officials include senior adviser Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter, and her husband, Jared Kushner, also a senior adviser....

FiveThirtyEight, which compiles generic congressional ballot polls, shows that as of July 22, Republicans have a 1-point lead over Democrats, with 44.2 percent of voters saying that they’d back GOP candidates while 43.2 percent say they’d support Democrats. The latest numbers mark the closest the polling average has been since January, when surveys showed Republicans had only a slight advantage over Democrats. In early January, Republicans were up by only 0....

As of now, the posts coming from Latino conservative activists and Trump supporters have been going after O’Rourke on guns, a result of his statement at a debate during his short-lived presidential run that “we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.” And those comments are being amplified on social media. According to CrowdTangle, a video of O’Rourke being confronted by a Trump-supporting Latino man in a cowboy hat named Robert Longoria yelling, “Don’t come back, we don’t want you here!...

The argument undercuts the sentiment of Democratic members, who indicate no desire to rehash a partisan battle in the middle of an election year and assert the party must shift its focus to legislative matters. The suggestion of more articles would likely bolster the accusations by Republicans that Democrats are fueled by a political vendetta to oust Trump and will never cease trying to uncover impeachable conduct, even amidst impeachment proceedings that will undoubtedly end with an acquittal by a GOP-controlled Senate....

Surprisingly, the bosses in this area aren’t actually all that difficult, as it is the levels leading up to them that earn this Archstone’s place as one of the hardest in Demon’s Souls. Players will need to keep a good supply of Royal’s and Widow’s Lotuses in order to fend off the poison and plague status effects that nearly everything in the area can apply. As if that weren’t enough, there are even environmental hazards that can apply these effects, making the whole place a living nightmare....

Sony published a blog post for the first anniversary of the PS5, listing the ten most played games on the console, with Demon’s Souls further cementing its status as an incredible launch title and coming in at the ninth place out of ten. The game is indeed incredible, and it takes advantage of the console’s outstanding power and performance fully, from the exceptional graphics to the smooth transitions in between loading times and entering new areas....