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Pop star Dua Lipa, who is set to headline the second edition of the Zomato Feeding India Concert in November, says she is looking forward to returning to the country after she rang in the new year here. The Grammy winner, known for songs such as «Levitating», «Houdini», and «Dance The Night», shared a post on Instagram expressing her excitement for the upcoming show. «India, I'm coming back!!! My trip at the start of this year was a beautiful reminder of how much I love this place. »The warmth and energy I felt from everyone I met there was amazing, and I can't wait to see you again to perform in November!!!!" Lipa wrote on Saturday alongside a series of pictures from her previous India visit and the announcement poster of the concert.

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₹5,200, a jump of 23% from a year earlier. Similarly, a Bengaluru-Kochi ticket now costs around ₹3,500, a 46% spike from a year ago. While air traffic slowed in July on account of monsoon, travel picked up in August.

Luno, a crypto exchange licensed by the Securities Commission Malaysia, is launching its third crypto staking, this time, for Solana. Scarlett Chai, Luno’s country manager, noted that the exchange has already released the teaser of the launch.

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Kerala footballer TK Chathunni, who made a name for himself as a renowned coach, died on Wednesday at the age of 75 in Kochi following a brief illness, the All India Football Federation said. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

India will host next year's men's Junior Hockey World Cup, the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation announced on Tuesday. The tournament will be held in December and it will be the first time ever that a Hockey Junior World Cup will include as many as 24 teams.

Malaysian Airlines plane, a new claim has been made by the most unexpected people. Some amateur investigators claim to have cracked the decade-long mystery of the disappearance of flight MH370. They have claimed that the plane has been spotted in Google Maps in the dense forest of Cambodia, reports 'Daily Star'. Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was on its regular flight from Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital Beijing in March 2014, when it suddenly lost call contacts and simply disappeared from the radar. It vanished just 40 minutes after taking off from the Malaysian capital. Its debris too has not been found despite repeated attempts by various agencies in the past ten years. Flight MH 370 has become one of the biggest mysteries of aviation history.

restaurant. So, is it worth paying 'so much' for food? Stepping into the swanky premises of Nadodi, an upmarket restaurant in Kuala Lumpur that reimagines South Asian cuisine in a novel way, the question briefly presents itself, but evaporates the moment the first course arrives. Honestly, if we had wanted just food, we could have had a meal in the hawker centre downstairs. We would have ordered a steaming bowl of laksa, opted for a roti canai, or chosen bak kut the, a pork rib dish cooked in broth. Instead, we are here at Nadodi for the veritable art on our plates, the incredible research each dish builds on, and the use of exquisite locally sourced ingredients.

NEW DELHI : Indians are packing travel bags for summer, braving heat waves and steep fares as school vacations and annual holidays beckon. Air travel that hit a daily peak in April is expected to rise further as more travellers work out plans for May and June, cheering airlines and travel industry alike. While there is heightened demand for cooler destinations, places that are typically warm at this time are also seeing interest.

Air India has operationalised five new contact centres, including in Cairo and Kuala Lumpur, to provide assistance to its customers worldwide. The Tata Group-owned airline has partnered with Concentrix, a California-headquartered customer engagement firm, to manage premium services from centres in Mumbai, Cairo, and Kuala Lumpur. Besides, the carrier has signed up iEnergizer to operate contact centres in Noida and Bengaluru, focusing on domestic inquiries, a release said on Friday. Recently, Air India introduced a premium desk for its premium frequent flyer members as well as business and first-class guests.

Hamas militants launched an attack in southern Israel, killing and abducting scores of its citizens. It has since then escalated into a full-fledged war in Gaza. Israel said it would continue the offensive until all hostages are released and Hamas is destroyed.

By Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Malaysia is expecting Australian companies to invest up to 24.5 billion ringgit ($5.17 billion) in the country, state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday, citing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

palm oil prices relative to other edible oils in the near term, according to veteran trader Dorab Mistry. Production in top grower Indonesia may fall by at least a million tons in 2024, while Malaysian output could remain flat, said Mistry, a director at Godrej International Ltd. The trend is likely to last at least five years, as the industry contends with aging trees, erratic weather and little improvement in farming practices, he said in an interview. “I think you have to be reasonably bullish on all oils, but particularly palm,” due to output constraints, he said on the sidelines of the Palm & Lauric Oils Price Outlook Conference in Kuala Lumpur. While production of other oilseeds is set to climb this year, “palm is unfortunately the laggard,” he said.

first searched in 2018. He said he has invited the company to meet him to evaluate new scientific evidence it has to find the plane's final resting place. If the evidence is credible, he said, he will seek Cabinet's approval to sign a new contract with Ocean Infinity to resume the search.

By Danial Azhar and Mandy Leong

National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that 23 candidates have achieved a perfect score of 100 in the JEE-Main engineering entrance exam. The majority of these high scorers hail from Telangana. A total of 11.70 lakh candidates appeared for this crucial exam. Out of the 100 NTA scorers, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, two from Delhi, and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The NTA officials clarified that the NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained but represents normalised scores. A senior official explained, «NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees.»

National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer keys and announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2024 session 1 exams on Monday. The Paper 1 exams were held on 27, 29, 30,31 January and 1 February, while the Paper 2 exam was held on 24 January. Among the candidates who scored 100 NTA scores, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Malaysia's economy likely grew 3.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, slightly faster than the previous three-month period, official advance estimates showed on Friday.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be solved soon. It may bring to an end what is regarded as one of the most perplexing aviation mysteries of all time. It all began on March 8, 2014, when the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard vanished. It was a normal flight from the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital Beijing. The flight was commanded by senior pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and first officer, Fariq Hamid and everything seemed perfect for the first 40 minutes of Flight MH370. But the flight lost contact and went out of radar all of a sudden.