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Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said. The attack took place close to the Eiffel Tower during a busy weekend night and came with the country on its highest alert for attacks as tensions rise against the background of the war between Israel and Hamas. «We will not give in to terrorism,» Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne wrote on X, formerly Twitter, after the attack. President Emmanuel Macron said he was sending his condolences to the family of a German killed in the «terrorist attack». French anti-terror prosecutors said that they would now take on the investigation. The attacker was known to authorities as a radical Islamist and was being treated for mental illness, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said at the scene by the River Seine,adding that the man had shouted «Allahu Akbar» («God is greatest») before being arrested. He fatally stabbed the German tourist, born in 1999, with a knife and then used a hammer to attack others as he sought to escape on the other side of the River Seine. The area by Bir Hakeim bridge, usually thronging with tourists and locals, was cordoned off by police and bright with the flashing lights of security forces and emergency services. 'Violently threatened them' The Paris prosecutor's office said the attacker, born in 1997, is French and has been arrested in an investigation into murder and attempted murder. Darmanin said the man had already been sentenced in 2016 to four years in prison for planning another attack which he failed to carry out. «A man attacked a couple who were foreign tourists.

COP28 is underway and countries across the globe recommit themselves to a sustainable planet, the call for immediate and resolute action to tackle the climate crisis has reached an unprecedented level of urgency. Recent data from credible sources starkly portray the detrimental impact of climate change on worldwide health and well-being.

Indore-1, MP Assembly Election Result 2023 LIVE News Updates: Votes cast for the 230-seat Madhya Pradesh assembly will be counted on Sunday from 8 am. The state is likely to see a bipolar contest between the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress.

Indian Navy is the «preferred security partner» in capacity building and capability enhancement of friendly maritime nations, Southern Naval Command chief, Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi, said on Saturday. Addressing the media here ahead of the Navy Day celebrations on December 4, Hampiholi provided an overview of the multi-faceted activities of the Indian Navy and said the robust maritime security mechanism was fully equipped and always prepared to deal with any eventuality at sea.

education is sweeping small towns across the country, spurring demand for study loans and underscoring the burgeoning ambitions of young Indians. Guntur, Rangareddy, Krishna, Surat, Prakasam, Warangal, Visakhapatnam, Ludhiana, Nellore, Patiala, Amravati, Bijnor, Medak, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Churu, Darjeeling, Mahbubnagar and Nalanda are among towns that have seen the most applications for education loans in 2023, according to lenders whom ET spoke to. As much as 70-72% of the students funded by Avanse Financial Services in 2023 belonged to tier II-III and beyond, said the education-focused nonbanking financial company’s managing director and chief executive, Amit Gainda.

People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has surged ahead in the first round of Bhutan's parliamentary polls this week, securing overwhelming majority amid efforts by China to expand its presence in the Himalayan nation through resolution of the boundary dispute between the two neighbours. According to the Election Commission of Bhutan, the PDP bagged about 42.5 per cent votes, followed by the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP), which finished second with 19.5 per cent votes. The two parties with the highest number of votes will go to the final run-off on January 9.

F word that is Not 'Four' (FFNF) in print. The standard practice has been to 'hide' FFNF by putting a pair of asterisks between its legs of the first and last letter of the word.

golden opportunity to capitalise on it? Globally, a new 'loneliness economy' is rapidly taking shape. US surgeon general Vivek Murthy has been fighting loneliness for a while now. He's been at it at least since he published a 2017 piece, 'Work and the Loneliness Epidemic' (rb.gy/flwppa), in the Harvard Business Review, following it up in his 2020 book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, and via his role in the recent reshaping of US policy to acknowledge social connection as 'a fundamental human need, as essential to survival as food, water, and shelter'.

India and China both on Saturday refrained from signing the pledge at the COP28 climate summit to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030 even though New Delhi already committed to it as part of its G20 presidency. During the UN's climate talks here, 118 countries committed to tripling the global renewable energy capacity by 2030 in a highly endorsed initiative. This ambitious goal aims to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in the world's overall energy production.

As the world marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, companies including Accenture, Amazon, KFC, ITC, L&T, Mercedes Benz Research and Development India and Marico are adopting a 360-degree approach towards PwD inclusion. On one hand, they’re working to overcome barriers and biases that set back employees with disabilities and provide them with leadership opportunities, mentoring and future career pathways; on the other, they’re accelerating hiring efforts, as overall PwD representation in the workforce remains dismally low.

BSE Sensex logged its fifth successive weekly gain and closed at 11-week high levels, supported by favourable macroeconomic data and sustained inflows by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). On the stock-specific front, Asian Energy Services, 63 Moons Tech, India Cements, Tanfac Industries, HBL Power, Shalimar Paints, Poonawalla Fincorp, Dixon Technologies, Reliance Infra, MTNL, Bharat Dynamics, Chennai Petroleums, Finolex Cables, NBCC (India), Carysil, and others are among the smallcaps that logged a double-digit rise in their share prices last week.

Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya is ready and will be open for devotees after a grand inauguration ceremony to take place on January 22, 2024. Apart from eminent dignitaries like PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath, more than 6000 people will join the grand Pran Pratistha ceremony at Ram Temple. Also Read: ‘Mandir wahin ban raha hai’: BJP releases Ram temple theme song ahead of Assembly, Lok Sabha polls | Watch The 6,000 invitation cards for the grand consecration ceremony of ‘Ram Lalla’ have been sent to invitees from across the nation.

Boris Johnson has dismissed the racism controversy surrounding the royal family as «normal» and insisted it is «not remotely racist.» The issue resurfaced following the release of Omid Scobie's revealing book on Tuesday. The Dutch version of the book revealed that King Charles and the Princess of Wales were purportedly the senior royals expressing «concerns» about the skin color of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son. This translation mishap led to the abrupt removal and destruction of the Dutch copies just before circulation on social media began. On Thursday night, Piers Morgan utilized his TalkTV program to disclose the names to the British audience, asserting that those in the country who financially support the royal family are also entitled to this information. Buckingham Palace is reportedly feeling heightened pressure amid the latest development in the story.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday slammed BJP MP Sunny Deol for «betraying» voters of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency, saying such «big people» would do nothing for people's welfare. As he asked people to vote for 'aam aadmi' (common man) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Kejriwal exuded confidence that given the amount of love and blessings his party was getting in Punjab, the AAP will win all 13 parliamentary seats in the state in the next year general elections. The Delhi chief minister and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann launched development projects worth Rs 1,854 crore here, including an inter-state bus terminus.

But observers have warned that the headline-grabbing — but voluntary — pledges promoted by the UAE could distract from the more challenging work of negotiating a formal COP28 text at the climax of the two-week talks. As pressure builds during what is expected to be the hottest year on record, here are some major funding pledges and declarations announced so far at COP28. — Loss and damage - The first day of the talks saw the official launch of a «loss and damage» fund to help vulnerable countries cope with the increasingly costly and damaging impacts of climate disasters. Thursday's agreement came with pledges of $100 million each from the UAE and Germany, $109 million from France, $50 million from Britain, $25 million from Denmark and $17.5 million from the United States, the world's biggest oil and gas producer. The total committed so far is a little over $576 million, according to a tally by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group. That falls vastly short of the $100 billion a year that developing nations — which have historically been least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions — have said are needed to cover losses from natural disasters. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told the summit that «we need to mobilise funding on a far greater scale». Campaigners said the US offering was woefully inadequate from the world's biggest historical polluter. Bineshi Albert of the Climate Justice Alliance called it «insulting». «It is a paltry, shameful amount of money that shows the US is completely uninterested in prioritising or being accountable to the climate impacts frontline communities are facing,» she said. — Food and farming - More than 130 countries have agreed to

Narendra Modi met Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai on Friday, as they discussed bilateral partnership and the well-being of the Indian community in the oil-rich country. The meeting is significant as eight former Indian Navy personnel were on October 26 given death sentences by a court in Qatar and the Indian government has reportedly filed an appeal against the sentence.

climate finance they need, especially in low-income countries, according to a study published on Saturday on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks. The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) said cities are on the front line of climate hazards and responsible for three quarters of global emissions, but multilateral development banks (MDB) needed to adopt new strategies to address a gaping financing gap. Cities were receiving only 1% of the climate finance they required, which is estimated to be as high as $5.4 trillion per year up to 2030, according to the study, the first ever review of urban finance from major multilateral development banks. The proportion of MDB financing dedicated to urban-related climate projects stood at $62 billion from 2015 to 2022, or 21% of the total, despite rapid rates of urbanisation across the globe, the study said after analysing data from 815 urban climate-related projects financed by MDBs over the period. Though they are among the most climate-vulnerable, cities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa received an especially low share of urban climate finance, with the study citing issues like creditworthiness and restricted access to capital markets. It called on development banks to make more concessional funding available in order to de-risk investments.

United States led calls at UN climate talks Saturday for efforts to curb methane emissions but also pushed a deeply controversial drive to boost nuclear energy to curb global warming. With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the challenges facing the world, other pledges are expected at the COP28 conference, including stepping up the deployment of renewable energy. The use of nuclear power as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels is highly controversial as environmental groups are concerned about safety and the disposal of nuclear waste. But more than 20 nations ranging from the US to Ghana, Japan and several European countries said in a declaration that it plays a «key role» in the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by mid-century. They called for the tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050 from 2020 levels. «We are not making the argument to anybody that this is absolutely going to be a sweeping alternative to every other energy source,» US climate envoy John Kerry said at COP28. «But we know because (of) the science and the reality of facts… that you can't get to net zero 2050 without some nuclear,» he said. The other signatories include Britain, France, South Korea, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.

US-North Korea ties plummeted further on Saturday after Pyongyang threatened Washington with retaliatory action if its spy satellite is attacked. In a hard-hitting statement, it has warned the US that any attack on its spy satellite will be considered a «declaration of war». The Defense Ministry said North Korea would consider taking «responsive action measures» for self-defense to undermine or destroy the viability of the US spy satellites. An unnamed ministry spokesman told journalists, «The U.S. Space Force's deplorable hostility toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s reconnaissance satellite can never be overlooked as it is just a challenge to the sovereignty of the DPRK, and more exactly, a declaration of war against it.»

The demand for luxury holiday homes in India is on the rise, thanks to the country’s rapid economic growth and increasing disposable income. It’s not just the high net-worth individuals (HNIs) who are buying luxury villas in tourist destinations for self-use and investment purposes, but also the aspirational class who are keen on investing in properties in holiday destinations. This trend is reflected in the growing market size of holiday homes.

Australia, one of the wealthiest countries in the world, has long been a popular destination for Indian immigrants seeking permanent residency and Australian citizenship. In 2022-23, a total of 192,947 people from over 200 different nationalities became Australian citizens. Among the top 10 countries of nationality, 40,361 Indians obtained Australian citizenship between July 2022 and June 2023.