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Airport this summer has been canceled as staff members accepted a two-year pay deal. However, Birmingham Airport may face disruptions from July 18 due to a strike by Unite Union members over pay issues. This is expected to impact security and other functions.

Common University Entrance Test (CUET)- UG results are live now, announces UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar. National Testing Agency, NTA has announced CUET UG Result 2023 today, July 15, 2023. The results of Common University Entrance Test for UG can be checked soon on the official site of NTA CUET at cuet.samarth.ac.in.

Consulate here to express solidarity with India following a recent attempted arson at the diplomatic facility by Khalistan supporters. A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. It was the second such act of violence within months.

Elon Musk has shared the numbers regarding the increase in «Total User Active Seconds» on Twitter, noting that usage was up by 3.5 per cent week over the week globally. «Platform usage up 3.5 per cent week over week,» he tweeted late Friday, along with an attached image showing data on Twitter usage. According to the data he shared on the site, the majority of active users — nearly 87 per cent of people — were using the platform on mobile.

India and the UK are working to iron out differences on issues like intellectual property rights (IPRs) and rules of origin under the free trade agreement being negotiated by the two countries, a top government official said on Friday. The 11th round of talks is underway in the UK for the agreement. Negotiations for the trade agreement started in January 2021.

UK visa considering the strict immigration rules. However, much has changed in the recent years with `number of avenue opening up to invite foreign skilled workers.

Fishing gear plastic formed nearly three-quarters of the plastic debris documented through underwater visual surveys of coral reefs across the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans, new research published in the journal Nature said. Revealing the extent of plastic pollution on coral reefs, an international team of researchers from the California Academy of Sciences (US), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), University of Oxford (UK), and other collaborators found that debris increased with depth and is correlated with proximity to marine protected areas. The team conducted more than 1,200 visual surveys across 84 shallow and mesophotic reef ecosystems located in 14 countries. Mesophotic, or 'twilight zone', coral reefs exist between 30 and 150 metres deep. Of the total debris, 88 per cent was macroplastics larger than about five centimetres. Human-derived debris was found in nearly all locations studied, including some of the planet's most remote and pristine coral reefs, such as those adjacent to uninhabited islands in the central Pacific. The lowest density of plastic pollution was seen in the Marshall Islands, a coral island group in eastern Micronesia (Oceania), while the highest was recorded at Comoros, an island chain off the southeast coast of Africa, at nearly 84,500 items per square kilometre.

FREETH also pointed out The rising fees for migrants seeking work in the UK pose a significant financial burden for business owners relying on overseas labor, especially when compared to countries like the United States or France, potentially increasing recruitment spending. The full details of which categories of visas will face hikes and when the new higher rates come into force are expected to be laid out by the UK Home Office in the coming months.

Activision Blizzard. The decision removes one of the few remaining hurdles stopping Xbox maker Microsoft from closing the deal and expanding its gaming business. The FTC had also asked Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S.

Online gaming companies, which have slammed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s decision to impose the maximum 28% indirect tax on the full face value of the business, said they are awaiting details on the applicability of the levy before deciding their next steps. “Once the amendments are made to the GST law to include online gaming under the ambit… we would urge the government to issue a set of FAQs in the way they had put forth for tax collected at source (TCS) norms for cryptocurrencies,” said an executive at a unicorn gaming platform.

By Jonathan Stempel

A return to Bank of Canada interest rate hikes and growth in new listings started to cool off the housing market in June, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that after the remarkable success of India’s Covid vaccine, the upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission will mark a quantum leap for India on the global stage. Speaking as the Chief Guest at the 11th India Alliance Annual Conclave 2023 in Hyderabad, Singh highlighted the increasing demand for India’s partnership in frontier sectors of science and technology by developed countries.

artificial intelligence such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating efforts to bring in laws governing the use of the technology.Here are the latest steps some key nations and international governing bodies are taking to regulate AI tools.BRITAIN Financial Conduct Authority, one of several state regulators tasked with drawing up norms, is consulting with Alan Turing Institute and other legal and academic institutionsCHINA Issued a set of temporary measures on July 13 to manage generative AI industry

Hyderabad to the national capital on July 8, allegedly opened the cover of the emergency exit door of the aircraft during taking off, according to Delhi airport sources. The incident happened on flight 6E 5605 and the individual was handed over to the security personnel after landing at the Delhi airport. An FIR has been filed against the individual. The unruly behaviour of the flyer caused panic among other passengers, crew and the pilot-in-command, the sources said. The passenger was in seat 18A which was close to the emergency exit door. After the incident, the cover of the emergency exit was immediately restored and the passenger was relocated to another seat in the aircraft, they added. Query sent to IndiGo seeking comments on the incident remained unanswered. According to safety experts, the handle of the emergency exit door has a cover which protects it from opening due to cabin pressure or any other accidental reasons.

The unions have called for a strike demanding higher wages and better service conditions. The staff are not employed by Gatwick Airport, they work for four companies- ASC, GGS, DHL Services, and Menzies Aviation. The representatives of the DHL Services and Unite are holding talks to resolve the issue and avoid the strike. But there are problems as Unite has rejected a demand for an 11 percent hike in wages. A spokesperson for Menzies Airlines said that this hike is in addition to the pay revision of 2022. But he said that negotiations are being held and both sides want to avoid the strike. But the unions point out that most of the workers get an average of GBP 12 per hour and work in difficult and demanding conditions. Many companies cut many jobs and many roles were made redundant during the pandemic. Now they are denying the much-awaited pay hike. The experts feel that if the strike takes place, it will further complicate the issue and put the British aviation industry under pressure as it is already under strain due to limited air space caused by Russia-Ukraine War. Besides, workers in air traffic controls are also planning a strike. It may force some airlines to cut flights. EasyJet has already canceled more than 1,700 flights. Airlines strike is looming large at a time there have been several strikes in other sectors like nursing, railways, metro services, Border Force staff, and Civil Services. They all are demanding increased wages as the living cost has gone up in the country.

Kevin Spacey’s career turned upside down after serious charges of sexual harassment were made against him by four men. In a trial in the UK on Thursday, July 14, Spacey has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges in the case. Here are more details about the case.

Kyle Walker, who is said to have agreed to personal terms with Bayern Munich. The Premier League champions have already lined up a possible replacement, with Benjamin Pavard from Bayern Munich emerging as their top choice.

Wimbledon 2023 final will be played for men and women this weekend. Women's final will be played between Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur. All eyes will be on men's semifinals which are being played on Friday. It will be interesting to see whether Novak Djokovic can make it to the Wimbledon final or not.Wimbledon 2023 final for women will be played on Saturday, July 15. The men's final will take place on July 16. Women's final will begin at 2 pm (BST) and 9 am (ET) on Saturday, July 15. Men's final will start from 9 am (ET) and 2 pm (BST) on Sunday, July 16. Viewers in the US, will be able to watch live broadcast of Wimbledon 2023 final for women and men on ESPN. Viewers in the UK will be able to watch Wimbledon 2023 final for women live on BBC One, and other BBC channels. One can also watch the live streaming on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic looked the favourite to win Wimbledon 2023. First Djokovic, 36, needs to beat number seed Jannik Sinner, 21, on Friday in what represents the largest age gap between two men's semifinalists at the All England Club in the professional era, which began in 1968. And after that, Djokovic would need to beat the winner of that day's other match — number 1 Carlos Alcaraz or number 3 Daniil Medvedev — in the final on Sunday.

British society is both civil and democratic, so it wasn’t unexpected that the government of the United Kingdom would “consult” the public before signing off on a digital version of the British pound. The response it received may have been surprising, though.

Allen & Overy managing partner Gareth Price resigned from the firm in a shock move ahead of its multibillion-dollar merger with US firm Shearman & Sterling. The law firm said on 13 July that Price had resigned “for personal reasons” after more than three years leading the firm.