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The Southwark Crown Court in London, UK, sentenced a woman to jail for money laundering bitcoin tied to a billion-dollar investment fraud.

Rishi Sunak's government on Friday became the highest profile Conservative lawmaker to join a growing parliamentary exodus ahead of the July general election.

European Union tech regulators to ensure that Google takes their views into account, and not just large intermediaries, when making changes to comply with landmark tech rules.

English artist Damien Hirst is under increased scrutiny this week following claims he backdated more than 1,000 pieces of art from his NFT project “The Currency,” The Guardian reported Wednesday.

Communities across the web are pausing to reflect on the life of Kabosu, the dog behind the Doge meme and Dogecoin mascot, who passed away at 17 on May 25.

Singapore International Airlines Flight from London to Singapore, the airline has tightened certain rules dealing with turbulences. The incident which left one British citizen dead and more than 100 passengers injured in different states had prompted a safety review by the airline and other major airlines across the world.

TikTok said Thursday its putting in place new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts

Singapore Airlines says it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's request for dissolving the Parliament and holding fresh General Elections, the UK citizens and parties are gearing up to go to polls sooner than expected. The voters will choose 650 members of the House of Commons, the lower house for a term of five years. The party that commands a majority of seats in the lower house, either alone or in coalition, will form the next government and its leader will be the prime minister. The center-left Labour Party under the leadership of Keir Starmer is considered to be in the strongest position. It will be pitched against the ruling Conservative Party under the command of Rishi Sunak. Polling will be held on July 4.

Manchester City will be taking on Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on May 25 in London. The British capital is already reeling under intense summer and will see the temperature go up a couple of notches as football fever has gripped the city. All roads lead to the Wembley stadium. This is a repeat of last year’s Premier League final in which Manchester City beat Manchester United by a margin of 2-1 in the finals to lift the cup. Road to the finals

electoral legacy like no other constituency in Delhi. From greats like Sucheta Kripalani to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and even L K Advani, this constituency, even this time will play a key role in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The 2019 polls saw Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Meenakshi Lekhi emerge victorious, beating Congress' Ajay Makan. This time, the battle is all set to take stage on May 25 between the saffron party's debutant Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Somnath Bharti.

Singapore Airlines flight hit by deadly turbulence this week said on Friday they had only seconds to react before the plane started to plunge. One passenger died and more than 100 were injured when the Boeing 777-300ER fell 1,800 metres (6,000 feet) in just a few minutes during the final hours of its journey from London to Singapore on Tuesday.

political battle in the country is set to end soon as voting for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on May 25, Saturday. The phase will be polling across 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi and the Jangal Mahal region in Bengal. Besides the national capital, polling will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, polling will be held for 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha. Click here to participate in our Lok Sabha Elections Survey to gauge the mood of the nation

a pioneer of the recording industry and was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm gramophone records in India. Her recordings, made in 1902-1903, were later released by the Gramophone Company of India, when it opened its first factory in Calcutta in 1908. Her thumris, dadras and kajris, are among the earliest surviving records of Hindustani classical vocal music.

A key driver was strong underlying growth of 6.8%, but the headline figure rose more slowly (2.4%) due to fewer one-off special dividends over the quarter. At the same time, the index found 93% of companies either increased or held their dividends steady in the three-month period. UK dividend outlook 'healthy but unexciting' despite cuts to growth forecast Dividends in the US reached an all-time quarterly high of $164.3bn, a 7% increase on an underlying basis. This was attributed to the restoration of Disney's payout after the pandemic, as well as first Q1 dividends from Meta and T...

According to data from the Office for National Statistics published today (24 May), there was a significant contraction compared to March, when retail sales fell by 0.2%. April saw sharp declines in household goods and non-food store sales, which dropped by 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively, while food store sales registered a more moderate decline of 0.8%.  The drop in retail sales followed a «dull and wet month» that discouraged shoppers from making in-store purchases, the ONS said.  Meanwhile, petrol sales also dropped by 4.9% in April, as more retailers reported a rise in fuel prices...

Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency is expected to witness an interesting electoral battle with some sections of voters here raising local issues such as cleanliness and healthcare facilities, while many seeing the poll as a fight to save the Constitution and the unique «Ilaahabadi» culture. From the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati, to the Allahabad University and the high court, Prayagraj has been a revered seat of education, spirituality and syncretic culture in Indian history. One of the largest and most populous districts of Uttar Pradesh, it also takes pride in giving India seven prime ministers. «The city has produced so many politicians, civil servants. It has three Bharat Ratna awardees within a radius of one km and has given seven prime ministers to the country. This city is a heritage. The Kumbh mela has been celebrated from ancient times, then it became a Mughal garrison town, then the British Empire came in,» Zafar Bakht, a cultural activist, told PTI. «Allahabad has always shown resistance. The people here have a 'hekdi' (arrogance) and don't cow down to anyone. It's intellectually a very vibrant city and if some mistake has been committed in the past, this city will rectify it, be assured of that,» said Bakht, who identified unemployment and youth distress as major issues here this election.

Indian cinema has emerged a winner at the 77th Cannes Film Festival! Two Indian films — Chidananda S Naik’s ‘Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know’ and Mansi Maheshwari’s animated movie ‘Bunnyhood’ bagged first and third prizes in the La Cinef category. ‘Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know’ is the maiden directorial venture of Naik. Naik is a doctor-turned-director and an alumnus of the Film & Television Institute Of India. The heart wrenching movie is based on a local folklore of Karnataka which narrates a tale of an aging woman who steals a rooster. Mansi Maheshwari's animation film ‘Bunnyhood’ clinched the third prize in the La Cinef competition. Hailing from Meerut and an alumna of NIFT Delhi, Maheshwari crafted the film during her tenure at the UK's National Film and Television School.

announced a record dividend payout of ₹2.1 trillion to the government for the fiscal ended 31 March 2024 (FY24). This is higher than the government’s budget estimate and analysts' expectation of ₹1 trillion, and 141% larger than the ₹87,416-crore dividend payout in FY23. The central bank has also raised the contingency risk buffer (CRB) to 6.5% from 6% in the previous year.

Mint in an interview, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Range Rover House in Alibuag, Maharashtra, the first experiential centre of the brand in India.A new assembly line for the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport will be set up in Tata Motors' manufacturing facility in Pune, Maharashtra, with a production capacity of 10,000 units annually in two shifts. The move is expected to reduce prices by a significant 18%-22%, while still keeping them in the ₹1.5 crore and above category, said Rajan Amba, Managing Director and CEO of Jaguar Land Rover India."(W)e believe customers who were hesitant will make that leap, and it should add to the growth in Range Rover and Range Rover Sport," said Amba.“This is the first time that these flagship brands are coming out of Sollihul (in the UK) are being made anywhere else.

movies from India clocked over 1 billion views on Netflix in 2023, the streaming service said on Friday in its second engagement report. The report, titled «What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report», presented the streaming service's viewership data for the period of July to December 2023. Subscribers across the world watched about 90 billion hours of content on Netflix in the second half of 2023. From India, Sujoy Ghosh's «Jaane Jaan» was the most watched movie on Netflix with 20.2 million views, followed by Shah Rukh Khan's «Jawan» with 16.2 million views and Vishal Bhardwaj's "Khufiya" with 12.1 million views.