The US market for light bulbs is heavily reliant on imports, particularly from China. According to IBISWorld, a market research firm, the number of lighting and bulb manufacturing businesses in the US has declined by 1.5 percent per year on average over the five years between 2019 and 2024.
A superlative performance by their bowlers in Thursday’s game left Bengaluru needing only 102 to make Sunday’s final andthey reached the target in just 10 overs
with opener Phil Salt, who made 56 not out, leading the charge.Punjab can still make the final if they can win the second qualifier against the winner of Friday’s eliminator between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans.Kohli made 12, but has been Bengaluru’s leading scorer this season.
The former India captain has been with the franchise since the inaugural 2008 edition of the league. Bengaluru reached the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016 but were beaten on all three occasions.“It’s a great feeling right now,” Salt said. “Obviously, we had a second bite at the cherry, but it’s such a good feeling to get that out of the way first-time.
“It just gives us that momentum. It’s such a cliche, but it’s so true at the back end of the tournament.”
Bengaluru have looked formidable this season and,A day earlier, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said he believed the federal government would withhold government approvals in the state, which would have frozen contracts for highway and transit projects.
Congestion pricing is likely to move forward indefinitely despite the federal administration’s objections because the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) – New York City’s mass transit system, which is operated as a state-level agency – “showed a likelihood of success”, according to the judge.The courts said this is because the plan was already reviewed by state, local and federal agencies, according to the New York Times newspaper.
“Congestion relief is perfectly legal and thoroughly vetted. Opponents exhausted all plausible arguments against the programme, and now the increasingly outlandish theories are falling flat, too,” Danny Pearlstein, policy and communications director for the Riders Alliance, a transportation advocacy group, told Al Jazeera.New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the judge’s decision “a massive victory” for New York commuters.