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G20 summit fuel an uptick in foreign tourist arrivals? Tour operators are sceptical. Ahead of the peak tourist season, tour operators and travel agents expect the government to ramp up overseas marketing and promotions, open tourism promotion offices abroad that were shut due to the pandemic and participate in foreign fairs and marts. Most incoming arrivals from January to July this year were from Bangladesh and that would primarily be for medical reasons, they said. There were 10.93 million foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) during the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

international feature film award at the Oscars 2024 has begun. Most countries have selected their films as all the nominations are to be sent to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences by 5 pm Monday, October 2. These films must meet all the qualifying conditions between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023.

Golden Globes organization have been expelled from their ranks due to alleged violations of the group's code of conduct. The expulsion comes after complaints about their behavior and subsequent investigations. Here's the story.

Mint explains: In 2022, an estimated 277,291 foreign tourists landed from Canada in India. This makes the country the fifth largest source nation for tourists behind the US, Bangladesh, UK and Australia. The number of tourists from Canada has grown over three-fold from 2021, when only 80,437 tourists had come.

Also read: Asian Games 2023: India enter women's cricket final, beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets Hong Kong, China moved to first place in the race, followed by Uzbekistan and India. The Indian pair crossed the 1500m mark with a time of 5:05.11s. Things started to heat up as the three nations fought closely and gave their all to take away the gold medal.

Asian Games 2023: India secures silver medals in rowing, shooting events. Details here Meanwhile, right-arm pacer Pooja Vastrakar led the bowling attack and helped restrict Bangladesh to just 51 runs. She set the tone for the innings by taking the early wickets of Shathi Rani and Shamima Sultana, who couldn't trouble the scorers.

Also Read: Jaishankar dismisses 'West as bad guy' narrative, sheds light on Global South's rising role in diplomacy EAM also noted that contemporary geopolitical considerations and rivalries are influencing fundamental needs in many countries, such as their ability to access affordable food, fertilizers, and energy. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! "With each passing day, in fact, it has become clearer to us that today geopolitical calculations and geopolitical contests are impacting very basic requirements of many countries, including their affordable access to food, to fertilizers and to energy," Jaishankar said.

The report in Bangladesh-based daily further highlighted that Chinese investments in water-based resources is leading to adverse impact on the environment, displacement of local people and huge debt to countries. The combination of territory grabbing and water resource hegemony by China is a threat that all countries in South and South East Asia face and their respective security environments Although, the planet is covered with 70 per cent water, but only 2.5 per cent of this is fresh water, which has led to many experts predicting the next theatre of war as the conflict over water. This is precisely why nations have begun to preserve fresh water and, in some cases, have gone beyond to become global water hegemons, as they grow and develop. One example in the list is China. Being a water-stressed country, Beijing made huge investments in water-based resources globally. However, apart from the geo-political implications, China's water hegemony has had an adverse impact on the environment, and well-being of local populations and pushed nations into debt traps due to resource-intensive investments in dam/hydroelectric projects. According to the Daily Asian Age report, China is said to have constructed a whopping 308 dams in 70 countries on various rivers (Tibet Policy Institute, September 23, 2016). The recent estimates of China's dam construction worldwide show that these dams generate a total of 81 GW of power.

Kolkata: California-based ride-hailing service provider inDrive will start registering electric vehicles (EV) on its platform in the metropolis soon, an official of the company said on Saturday. inDrive has already started this registration in Delhi where 100-odd driver-partners have already associated with it, Mohan Pradhan, business development manager, India and Bangladesh, inDrive said. He said that inDrive started operations in India in 2018 and is available across 12 cities in the country including Kolkata. «We have started taking registrations for EVs in Delhi and 100 driver-partners have been already associated. We will also start taking registrations for EVs in Kolkata and other cities shortly», he said. Pradhan said nearly 10,000 rides in Kolkata are done on a daily basis, adding that the number is approximately 50,000 in other parts of India where it currently operates.

AMRI Hospitals Ltd. The acquisition fits into the growth strategy of Manipal Hospitals to have a larger footprint and expanded presence in eastern India as the largest hospital chain in that region, stated a company release. “Manipal Hospitals always had patrons from eastern India and countries in the region like Bangladesh. This acquisition is in sync with our objective to further strengthen our presence and serve the patients in Eastern India — an underserved area when it comes to healthcare," said Dr. Ranjan Pai, Chairman, Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG).

Asian Games football competition here on Tuesday.Giao Tianyi (17th min), Dai Weijun (51st min), Tao Qianglong (72nd and 75th minute) and Hao Fang (90+2) scored for the hosts, while Rahul KP's (45+1 minute) equaliser from an acute angle was possibly the best strike of the match. It was heartening to see a third-string team holding the title contenders on an even keel during the first 45 minutes, which saw Indian custodian Gurmeet Singh Chahal valiantly save a spot-kick taken by rival captain Zhu Chenjie. India now need to beat Bangladesh and Myanmar in their remaining two games to qualify for the second round. Myanmar beat Bangladesh 4-2 in another game in this group. Having reached the Games Village late on Monday evening, the third-string Indian team, with not even four specialist defenders in their ranks, didn't have enough co-ordination amongst themselves. They looked jet-lagged, not rested enough and there was no way that there could have been a miracle.

international cricket, before holding his nerve in the final over to secure victory for Bangladesh. However, the resulting admiration that followed his performance in Asia Cup quickly turned to condemnation from women's rights activists and feminists following his misogynist social media posts about the working women came to light. "If the wife works, the husband's rights are not ensured," Tanzim posted on Facebook last year.

ICC) has charged eight people including players, officials and a couple of Indian team owners, Parag Sanghvi and Krishan Kumar Chaudhary on different counts of corruption during the 2021 edition of Emirates T10 League. The two Indians were co-owners of the team Pune Devils and one of their players in that edition, former Bangladesh Test batter Nasir Hossain has also been charged for breach of league's anti-corruption code. The third Indian, who is indulged in corrupt activities, is a little-known batting coach named Sunny Dhillon. «The charges relate to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League and attempts to corrupt matches in that tournament — these attempts were disrupted.

Nipah virus were reported in Kerala as 61 samples of ‘high-risk’ contacts including healthcare workers tested negative, state health minister Veena George said on Monday. She also said that 1,233 people are on the contact list now. Nipah strain found in Kerala has been identified as the Indian Genotype, or I Genotype, which is similar to the strain found in Bangladesh, added George.

Nepah Virus strain behind the high risk of outbreak in Kerala finds its root from Bangladesh and Malaysia. The state is among nine Indian states where there his high probability of Niph occurrence, Kerala Health Minister Veena George told ANI on Monday.

International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, the lowest score ever recorded was not even 40. Meanwhile, Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj dismissed six Sri Lankan batters in his 6-over spell. The Sri Lankan innings is over in just 15.2 overs and the team is all-out for a total of 50 runs.

Indian football team will kick start their Asian Games campaign in the opener match against the host China on Tuesday. The Asian Games is scheduled to start from September 23 but the football event will begin from September 19, as per Olympics.com. The men's football event at the Asian Games starts on September 19 and will run till October 7. Since 2002, the men's football event at the Asian Games has been an under-23 affair, with each team allowed a maximum of three players above 23 years of age. There are 23 teams participating in the men's event, where they have been divided into five groups of four teams each and one group of three teams. The Indian men's football team is in Group A with hosts China, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The top two teams from each group and the four best third-placed teams across all groups will advance to the round of 16. The Republic of Korea are the defending champions and the most successful nation in men's football at the Asian Games with five titles.

Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final on Sunday, there will be a focus on the performance of skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as they will also carry the batting expectations of India team fans into the World Cup starting next month. Both Rohit and Virat reached personal landmarks in the Asia Cup. Rohit reached the 10,000 ODI runs milestone and Virat has now over 13,000 runs in one-day internationals. The two stars have not scored big in finals of ODI tournaments like the Asia Cup and Cricket World Cup. In five ODI tournament finals, Rohit has scored just 101 in five innings at an average of 20.2 and a strike rate of 77.

KL Rahul. Nevertheless, the tide quickly turned in Bangladesh's favour. Gill's century wasn't enough to save the match as the team fell short by six runs, with Axar Patel also falling prey to multiple injuries during his innings.

Colombo have been consistent with cloudy and rainy skies throughout the 'Super 4' stage of the Asia Cup. This trend is thought to continue for the final showdown between India and Sri Lanka, scheduled for Sunday at the R. Premadasa Stadium. According to the latest weather updates, there is a possibility of thunderstorms with scattered showers expected during Sunday afternoon and evening. However, similar to the situation during the game between India and Pakistan in the 'Super 4' stage, the final has a reserve day in case rain disrupts the proceedings on Sunday. Both India and Sri Lanka emerged from the 'Super 4' stage with four points each, earning them a spot in the final. India secured the top position in the table thanks to their superior net run rate. In contrast, Bangladesh and Pakistan, which finished third and fourth, were eliminated from the tournament.CATCH ALL LIVE UPDATES OF INDIA VS SRI LANKA FINAL HERE The highly anticipated final is set to kick off at 3 p.m. local time, which aligns with 3 p.m. IST.Weather forecast for the day:

Gita Mehta, renowned writer-filmmaker passed away on Saturday in New Delhi. Mehta, who died at 80, was the sister of Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and daughter of Biju Patnaik. Gita Mehta will be remembered for her coverage of Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war for NBC and her acclaimed documentary “Dateline Bangladesh".