‘We didn’t have a good day’: Greens set to suffer significant election lossesMark Allen's UK Championship semi-final clash with Barry Hawkins on Saturday night was a game even the most devoted of snooker fans would have struggled to stick with. The match started at 7pm in the York Barbican and it took almost two and a half hours for the first four frames to be played and give everyone a break for the mid session interval. It's a race to six frames for a place in the final against Judd Trump. After another drawn out affair in frame five after the interval, the BBC commentary team began to suspect Antrim man Allen was playing games of a different sort. Indeed, it was Allen's regular sparring partner Shaun Murphy who labelled the pace of play a 'clear gameplan' from the world No.3. Read next: Mark Allen believes he may need to 'see someone' after worrying admission on his results Read next: Mark Allen says Ronnie O'Sullivan is GOAT but he is 'law unto himself' and should show 'more respect' "It's completely within the rules, he's not doing anything wrong. But at what stage do we question whether the amount of time Mark Allen is taking over simple decisions is a tactic to annoy his opponent?," said Shaun Murphy. "I think we are witnessing an extremely clever, well thought out match from Mark Allen to try and beat the man. "It's an old school tactic. It's from a playbook my generation and Mark's generation are from. And it's perfectly within the rules. But I can't see any reason, other than that for why he's taking so long. As you look at Barry in his chair, you might say it was working." John Parrott was on co commentary and countered, adding: "I grew up playing against Terry Griffiths and Cliff Thorborn. Trust me, that was no day at the beach. You just got to find a way to comepete with it and put up with it. "If someone plays slow, you got to have patience." On the table, Allen took frame five with a break of 64 - his highest of the match to date from either player. Another epic frame followed with Allen again coming out on top - despite Murphy being baffled by some of Allen's shot selections once again. Other world champions, Steve Davis and Ken Doherty, were asked about the possible tactic and how that was in sharp contrast to Allen's usual pacy play. The 'Pistol' is defending champion of the snooker Shoot Out, where speedy play is the order of the day. "I'm not sure it's deliberate, like Shaun says," replied six-time world champ Davis. "He probably would have been in the top three or four fastest players in the world but over the last couple of seasons he'd be way down. His average shot time is 32 seconds (here)," remarked Dubliner Doherty. Davis added: "He's been getting success by being more granite and obviously that encourages him to do more of it. He's gone back to his coach with a view to alignment or technical issues. I've got a feeling that's a red herring. "I think his coach should be telling him to speed up, get a bit of rhythm, get a bit of feel back. Because without playing shots regularly, you lose your touch. If you are playing disjointed snooker, you get out of position." The race to six semi-final ran long into the night in York ahead of Sunday's final. With three hours played, Allen led 4-2. Sign up to our free sports newsletter to get the latest headlines to your inbox

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Google announces quantum computing chip breakthroughSaturday, December 14, 2024 Facebook Instagram Twitter WhatsApp Youtube Personal Finance Education Entertainment Jobs Alert Sports Hindi Technology Complaint Redressal. Fact-Checking Policy Correction policy Authors and Team DNPA Code of Ethics Onwership and Funding Cookie Policy Terms of Service Disclaimer Contact US About Us More Search Home Personal Finance EPFO: Card will be available to withdraw Provident Fund claim from ATM!... Personal Finance EPFO: Card will be available to withdraw Provident Fund claim from ATM! EPFO ​​will change the rules By Shyamu Maurya December 14, 2024 0 14 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Telegram EPFO: Card will be available to withdraw Provident Fund claim from ATM! EPFO ​​will change the rules EPFO: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is preparing to start the service of withdrawing Provident Fund (PF) money through ATM for its members soon. Under this new scheme, EPFO ​​members can withdraw money directly from the ATM using a card after requesting their claim. EPFO: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is preparing to start the service of withdrawing Provident Fund (PF) money through ATM for its members soon. Under this new scheme, EPFO ​​members can withdraw money directly from the ATM using a dedicated card after requesting their claim. The heirs of deceased EPFO ​​​​members i.e. nominees will also be able to withdraw the claim money from the ATM. How do members withdraw money now? At present, EPFO ​​​​members have to wait for seven to 10 days to get their claim money, after which the amount is transferred to their respective bank accounts. After the new scheme is implemented, withdrawing PF money will be as easy as withdrawing money from an ATM. This process will become faster and simpler. Members will get dedicated card (Dedicated Card For PF Claim) EPFO is considering providing service like banking system to its more than seven crore members. Union Labor Secretary Sumita Dawra said that EPFO ​​​​can soon give dedicated cards to its members. With which they can take their money claim amount through ATM. Heirs will also get this service In this new way, the heirs of the deceased EPFO ​​​​members will also be able to settle the claim and withdraw the amount using ATM. Under the Employee Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme run by EPFO, the heirs of the deceased members are given an amount of up to Rs 7 lakh. EPF members will benefit Dawra said that the focus of EPFO ​​​​is currently on preparing the necessary infrastructural basis for this new system. He said that more improvements will be seen as a result of hardware improvement in January 2025. The aim of this modernization campaign is to make the systems of EPFO ​​​​similar to the efficient banking systems already present in India. This move by EPFO ​​will not only make it easier to claim but will also improve transparency and efficiency. Join Informal Newz Tags ATM epfo Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Telegram Previous article HDFC Bank’s credit card and UPI will not work for two days, net banking will also remain suspended Shyamu Maurya Shyamu has done Degree in Fine Arts and has knowledge about bollywood industry. He started writing in 2018. Since then he has been associated with Informalnewz. 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WASHINGTON — A former FBI informant whose false claims about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were at " the heart " of the Republican impeachment inquiry against the president has now been indicted on tax charges. Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying to the FBI about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, has now been indicted on 10 separate tax-related charges. The new indictment states that Smirnov “received more than two million dollars in income from multiple sources in 2020, 2021, and 2022” and bought “a $1.4 million Las Vegas condominium, a Bentley, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of clothes, jewelry and accessories for himself and Domestic Partner purchased at high-end retailers in Los Angeles and Las Vegas." The charges against Smirnov, who had been a confidential human source for the FBI since 2010, were brought by David Weiss, the special counsel on the Hunter Biden case, which resulted in convictions on gun charges in June and tax charges in September . Before Smirnov was indicted, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said his claims were " the heart " of Republicans' impeachment inquiry against the president . Biden has denied any wrongdoing. In February, federal prosecutors said that Smirnov claimed some of his information came from "officials associated with Russian intelligence." Prosecutors said Smirnov was "actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials" in Nov. 2023. Russia had sought to aid Trump's campaign, and even paid right-wing influencers , according to a separate indictment returned in September. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright also issued an order in Smirnov’s false statements case today, ahead of a trial that is now set to get underway on Jan. 8, 2025.Colorado organization creates a path for arts advocacy from the federal to the local level

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan have proposed a new bill, AB 56 , that would require social media companies to put a warning label on their platforms to disclose their mental health risks. Citing social media platforms’ “harnessing of addictive features and harmful content for the sake of profits,” Attorney General Bonta says that consumers should have access to information about platforms that could impact their mental health. The current bill lacks detail on how much information these warning labels should have or how they should appear, but mentions the Cyberbullying Protection Act and the Online Violence Prevention Act as possible precedent for such a requirement. Those bills required social media platforms to disclose their cyberbullying reporting features in the terms of service, and clearly state whether they have a way of reporting violent posts for users and nonusers on the platform, respectively. Bonta and Bauer-Kahan’s new bill follows an open letter signed by 42 attorneys general (Bonta included) that called for Congress to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media. The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed the idea himself in an essay for The New York Times Opinion section in June. A surgeon general’s warning label requires congressional action to actually be put in place, but could prove effective in changing behavior in the same way it has for tobacco products , according to Murthy. You can trace a lot of the recent commotion around children and social media to an advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health that the US Surgeon General published in 2023. The advisory claimed that social media could “have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents” and that “children and adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media face double the risk of mental health problems.” A warning label is unlikely to completely fix things and social media isn’t the sole cause of all children’s problems, but labels are another level that can be pulled to change things. A wider reaching Texas bill that required social media companies block teens from seeing “harmful content” was struck down a few months ago in 2024, but requiring social media warning labels, especially given California’s legal history , seems much more feasible. Mental health impacts are just one of the risks children face online, though. According to the Federal Trade Commission , there’s still mass surveillance to deal with, too.

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