At present, the BJP has 104  support netting  MLAs and the combined Opposition numbers 118 MLAs, including two Independent MLAs. Yeddyurappa, who now has to prove his majority on the Floor of the House.While on Thursday the BJP claimed two Congress MLAs — Anand Singh and Pratapgowda Patil — had switched sides to it and its strength had gone up to 106, it still remains short of five MLAs to reach the crucial halfway mark of 111 in the present Assembly of 221 seats. Chances are that if the Congress and JD(S) field a common candidate for the post of Speaker, and succeed in keeping their flock of MLAs intact till the floor test, the BJP may not have much of a chance of netting it.S. But the fractured verdict of the latest Assembly poll has put the BJP under the mat and it will have to work hard to retain the two posts.Bengaluru: The challenge has only now begun for chief minister B.Normally the Speaker and deputy speaker belong to the ruling party as they are elected unopposed based on its numbers in the House. What could be crucial to his winning the trust vote is the election of a full term Speaker from his own party to chair the session as he has the prerogative to take it either through voice vote or head count, whichever is convenient to the ruling party.

Brazil’s progress from the group stages was relatively low key compared to some of the other group toppers but the three-time champions say they are not averse to winning narrowly again even as they face a wobbly Honduras in a round of 16 match of the Fifa U-17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. They also only let in one, when Spain stunned them with a fifth minute opener in the first round.Amadeu is keen to continue with Brenner, Lincoln and Paulinho in attack and has warned their Central American opponents to be wary of his dynamic trio that has contributed all their goals thus far, with Lincoln netting thrice. But the coach has remained defiant as he claims they had been playing well till now. Now we enter a more difficult phase in the competition and if a 1-0 win does the job then it will make me happy. "For sure we would’ve liked to score more goals but I’m happy that we didn’t concede more than one.Despite qualifying as one of the best  deer fence for sale  third-placed teams, thanks to thumping 5-0 win against Group E whipping boys New Caledonia, Jose Valladares’s side are clear underdogs going into the Brazilian encounter.For all their attacking prowess, the Canarinha topped Group D scoring just six goals in three matches."Brazil are likely to retain the core of their side that played the entire group stage though Vitinho remains sidelined with an injury sustained against Niger.Coach Carlos Amadeu feels it was important that they did not concede again since Wesley inadvertently turned a Ferran Torres cross into his own net.On the other hand Honduras claim to have figured out a way of handling Brazil’s fluid attack even though they shipped in as many as 11 goals in two matches, against France and Japan.. Alan is expected to replace the midfielder having served a suspension.

The total PE exits rose 1 per cent to USD 10. Even so, 2016 was the best year for IPOs after 2010, netting Rs 26,473 crore in fresh capital from the primary market.PEs fell back on a variety of models to exit, including strategic sales, secondary deals and initial public offerings.7 billion by selling holding in companies such as Alliance Tires and Gland Pharma to the Japanese Yokohama and the Chinese Fosun, respectively.Leading American player KKR alone netted USD 1.3 billion in 2016, up from USD 9.3 billion, from USD 9. The first two accounted for as much as 47 per cent in 2016, up from 31 per cent in 2015, according to the brokerage data.Mumbai: Global private equity (PE) players made good a sudden jump in valuation of their investments in 2016 and chose to pull out a record USD 10.2 billion and USD 2.4 billion in 2015.7 per cent stake sale in the US-based clinical-stage bio pharmaceutical company Chase Pharma to drugmaker Allergan for USD 1 billion. This is the highest-ever pullout from the country, according to brokerage house Bain and Co.3 billion from domestic markets.Other major exits included Ciplas 16."Total exit value crossed USD 10 billion mark for the first time at USD 10.3 billion, respectively, worth of exits," Bain and Co said. Deal-wise, the figure slipped to 199, from 213, down 7 per cent, and the top 10 formed 48 per cent of the total exit value.The value of PE    bird netting suppliers investment was stagnant, or even in some cases declined, over the past one decade. This time, they mostly shied away from pumping in more dollars after their investment in a slew of start-ups hit an all-time high in 2015. It translated into a 30 per cent decline at USD 16 billion in 2016, down from USD 23 billion in 2015. The brokerage said listings on the stock exchanges dried up towards the end of the year. These three deals constituted 18 per cent of the total exit value in the year.4 billion in 2015, boosted by deals in healthcare and manufacturing sectors, which alone saw as much as USD 2.In contrast, in 2015, these two sectors saw exits worth only USD 1 billion and USD 900 million, respectively.