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low-cost airline’s shares keep rising, the Financial Times reported. According to a 2019 bonus plan, O’Leary, 62, stands to earn share options valued at approximately €100 million if the Irish company’s shares maintain a price of 21 euros for 28 consecutive days, the newspaper said. The payout would come in the form of options to purchase 10 million shares at €11.12 each.

Hyderabad with a rank of 153, Pune at 154 and Bengaluru in the 156th position are the three highest placed among Indian cities in Mercer's worldwide quality of living ranking for 2023 which rates Vienna in Austria at the top of the list. Chennai is the fourth Indian city in the list at the 161 spot followed by Mumbai at 164. Kolkata (170) and New Delhi (172). Mercer's Quality of Living data assesses the practicalities of daily life for expatriate employees and their families in assignment locations worldwide. Vienna retained its top position in the list, which was last published in pre-Covid 2019.

₹2 crores, news agency ANI has reported. As per the report, incident happened on 8 December and has been sent to 14 days of Judicial Custody. As per The Free Press Journal report, the woman was to get an amount of ₹50,000 for delivering the heroin.

horror films hitting theaters. Delays and controversies pushed release dates, but as the new year approaches, brace for a thrilling line-up, including a Jordan Peele chiller and the much-awaited "A Quiet Place: Day One."

County Tipperary, Ireland, on Friday, the late Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues, was commemorated in the presence of notable personalities like Johnny Depp and Nick Cave. The funeral, marking MacGowan's passing at 65, saw heartfelt tributes from various celebrities. During the service, Johnny Depp, among others, paid homage to MacGowan. He described him as a «maestro,» echoing sentiments shared by attendees, including "Game of Thrones" star Aiden Gillen and former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams. The ceremony was interwoven with renditions of MacGowan's music, notably performed by Nick Cave, who delivered «A Rainy Night in Soho.»

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs V Muraleedharan told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, “403 incidents of death of Indian students abroad have been reported since 2018." Various reasons for the death include "natural causes, accidents and medical conditions". The minister also shared country-wise details of Indian student deaths abroad since 2018. Canada topped the chart with 91 deaths reported since 2018, followed by the United Kingdom with 48 deaths, Russia with 40 deaths, the United States of America (USA) with 36 deaths and Australia with 35 deaths.

SpiceJet shares were locked in the 20% upper circuit limit at ₹52.29 apiece in today's trade. This is also the stock's new 52-week high. The significant uptick was driven by the company's announcement of plans to raise fresh funds to settle its dues.

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Members of Hollywood’s actors union have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months

France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavors and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as “puf...

The Article 8 fund will be managed by George Cooke, Montanaro's head of fund management.

NEW DELHI : Lessors of Go First have told the Delhi High Court that they have not received any records related to aircraft maintenance from the insolvent airline’s resolution professional since May, or been allowed to physically inspect its assets. Resolution, or insolvency, professionals are hired by lenders to run insolvent firms. Go First’s RP is in contempt of court for not complying with its order from two months earlier, the lessors argued before a single-judge bench on Tuesday.

Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Resolution Professional (RP) of crisis-hit Go First to file an affidavit on a plea by a lessor seeking contempt action against him for allegedly not complying with the court order to allow inspection and maintenance of aircraft. Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju made it clear that the orders of the court are required to be complied with in letter and spirit failing which further orders would need to be passed. The high court said the main assets in this case are the aircraft, and if they are not maintained, it is a problem and detriment to everybody.

Victoria Mary Clarke, the wife of Shane MacGowan, expressed her desire for the iconic Christmas song «Fairytale of New York» to become the UK's Christmas number one in honor of the late Pogues frontman. Despite its release in 1987, the track has only reached number two in the charts.

University of Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, who jointly investigated babies' ability to process phonetic information during their first year for their findings published in the 'Nature Communications' journal. They concluded that parents should speak to their babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible because babies learn languages from rhythmic information, not phonetic information, in their first months. «Our research shows that the individual sounds of speech are not processed reliably until around seven months, even though most infants can recognise familiar words like 'bottle' by this point,» said Goswami.

Paul Lynch won this year's Booker Prize for his dystopian novel, Prophet Song. Set in the near-future, it is a novel of our times: a liberal democracy — in this case, Ireland — under authoritarian rule with law enforcement and the judiciary weaponised by far-reaching powers. But it is a particularly illuminating point made by Lynch in a TOI interview that merits more burrowing.

The ICAV has admitted it failed to report 200,640 derivative trades entered into between January 2018 and May 2020 by one of its sub-funds to a trade repository.

ProfileTree, now extending their reach to India. This expansion is a testament to the global demand for innovative and effective web design solutions known for their creative flair and technical excellence. In a significant expansion of digital services, ProfileTree now offers specialized web design and digital marketing solutions to Indian businesses and entrepreneurs, specifically designed to target markets in the UK and Ireland.

social media into a frenzy as a video posted by her on TikTok went viral and was watched by about 7 million people. The owner recorded her Siberian Husky literally barking in what appears to be an Italian accent. According to the 'New York Post', Antonia's post has been viewed by more than 6.8 million times. One user asked, «WHY DOES THE HUSKY SOUND ITALIAN[?]…»

The Met Office states that snowfall is possible if a low pressure system that is predicted to «start moving in» during the next few days interacts with the colder air. Low pressure will slowly move southeastwards, allowing colder air to filter back in across the UK. Following the system, snow is expected in the many higher reaches of the central and southern parts of the United Kingdom, besides Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern parts of England may experience snowfall. The higher ground of Wales and northwest England are likely to receive up to 5 cm of snow. The Met office has also warned of continued risk of overnight frost and fog in many parts of the United Kingdom. On Friday night, Shap in Cumbria recorded -7.7C and parts of Scotland the temp was recorded at -5C. Meanwhile, several parts of northern England and Wales also experienced below zero conditions. Greg Dewhurst, Met Office meteorologist has warned of «a cold week to come» with snowfall on Wednesday and Thursday. Rain is expected in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The temperatures in the Far north of England and rural Scotland will hover around -2C to -5C and could plummet to -8C. There is a very likelihood that Dartmoor, the Pennines and parts of Scotland may also experience sleet or snow. According to the forecaster, the result of the cold condition over the weekend was a result of the Northern Lights or aurora borealis that was spotted across parts of Scotland, northeast England, Suffolk and Essex. Besides, moon halos were also seen in areas further south.

Paul Lynch received this year’s Booker Prize for his dystopian novel 'Prophet Song' at a glittering ceremony at Old Billingsgate on Sunday. This is his fifth novel which narrates the story of protagonist Eilish Stack, who struggles to protect her family in Ireland slowly tipping into totalitarianism. Receiving the award, Paul Lynch said, «This was not an easy book to write. The rational part of me believed I was dooming my career by writing this novel. Though I had to write the book anyway. We do not have a choice in such matters.»