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Tamil Nadu rains: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday forecasted scattered rains in many areas of Tamil Nadu from 25 December. The weather department informed that light-to-moderate rains will lash Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from Christmas day. Moreover, the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu will receive rains between 30 December and 1 January.

Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka reported 104 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, bringing the total active caseload to 271 in the state. The positivity rate rose to 5.93 percent, although fortunately, no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. As of now, 258 individuals are in home isolation, while 13 are hospitalised, with six in ICU.

Micron Technology Inc. has settled a high-profile intellectual property theft lawsuit with a key, state-backed Chinese rival amid the US company’s efforts to mend ties with Beijing. Micron said it has reached a global settlement agreement with Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. “The two companies will each globally dismiss their complaints against the other party and end all lawsuits between them,” a Micron spokeswoman said in an email, declining to provide further details.

Covid variant, Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Bansode instructed health officials to ensure the availability of ventilators, oxygen cylinders and other necessary equipment at government hospitals. In a meeting in Latur on Saturday, the minister said the health department must take precautionary measures and ensure the availability of necessary equipment and medicines at all government-run facilities. Collector Varsha Thakur-Ghuge, chief executive officer Anmol Sagar, superintendent of police Somay Munde, municipal commissioner Babasaheb Manohare and other senior officials attended the meeting.

Bengaluru people on Kempegowda International Airport, Terminal 2 winning the World Special Prize for an Interior 2023 in the airports category and called it a "commendable feat". In a post on X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi shared the glimpses from the Terminal building’s inauguration last year.

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delay in the forecast on the amount of heavy rainfall that occurred last week, the Regional Meteorological Centre here said it has world-class equipment and because of warning issued huge loss of lives was prevented when cyclones like Vardah, Michaung crossed the Eastern coast. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and a host of leaders from the ruling DMK had claimed that the India Meteorological Department failed to predict the accurate amount of rainfall in its forecast for the southern districts which faced 'historic' rains last week leading to severe flooding.

visa applications for the year. This marked a 20% increase from the number processed in 2019. The US Embassy and Consulates in India reported that over 1.2 million Indians visited the USA last year, solidifying it as one of the most robust travel relationships globally. According to the US Embassy and Consulates in India, Indians now represent over 10% of all visa applicants worldwide, including 20% of all student visa applicants and 65% of all H&L-category (employment) visa applicants. The United States also made considerable changes in the immigration policies through the year, and have also laid out significant plans for 2024. Here are the big visa and immigration changes Unites States announced in 2023

PTI, visuals from the airport depict the challenging weather conditions affecting the schedule. “Due to bad weather and poor visibility in Kolkata (CCU), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected," SpiceJet wrote on X.

COVID-19 test swabs for whole genome sequencing after the country witnessed an outbreak of JN.1 sub-variant of SARS-COV2. So far, India has reported 22 cases of Covid subvariant JN.1. The affected states, including Maharashtra, Goa, Puducherry, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Punjab, and Telangana, have amped up their preparedness against the new variant.

Ukrainian Defence Ministry has been apprehended on charges of embezzling USD 40 million (1.5 billion Ukrainian hryvnia) related to a contract for artillery shells, CNN reported the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). The SBU alleged that the official, in December of the previous year, entered into an agreement with a specialised export company for the procurement of a substantial batch of artillery shells. Subsequently, a more advantageous contract for the supply of these shells, excluding intermediaries, thereby reducing delivery time and costs, was later signed with the same manufacturer, CNN reported. According to the SBU, the defence official extended the original, costlier contract, resulting in the transfer of funds amounting to USD 40 million to the accounts of a connected foreign intermediary firm. The SBU claimed that it is in possession of documents substantiating these illicit activities, with the accused facing a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years if proven guilty. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has initiated efforts to recover the misappropriated funds.

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, causing visibility issues. According to the Flight Information Display System at Delhi Airport, a combined total of 11 international flights and 5 domestic flights arriving at or departing from the airport experienced delays on Saturday, ANI reported.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday thanked and praised industrialist Gautam Adani for giving financial help for the construction of a new technology centre in Baramati, of Pune district. Sharad Pawar was addressing the gathering during the inauguration of the Robotic lab in the engineering department of Vidya Pratishthan in Baramati. The Chairman of Finolex J Power Systems Limited Deepak Chabaria was also present at the event. While addressing the gathering during the event, Sharad Pawar said that Vidya Pratishthan Institute has taken up a new project, due to technology the engineering sector is changing rapidly. It is very necessary to create a group (section) that is ready to accept these changes to move ahead. «We are building the first centre for artificial intelligence in India and the construction is underway.

weekly raffles online.Levy said she couldn’t believe what she was reading when she realized her ticket contained the winning numbers — awarding the couple with a record-setting $1,938,508 from the total $3,877,016 jackpot. The other portion of ticket sale proceeds are distributed to more thna 200 fire departments following the split.“I hollered down to Brandon from downstairs and was like ‘This can’t be real’,” she said in an interview with Global News on Friday.

Erik ten Hag is currently the favorite to be the next manager dismissed after Manchester United's defeat against West Ham. The match, initially uneventful, saw a rise in excitement with Lucas Paqueta's brilliant assist leading to Jarrod Bowen's goal in the latter part of the second half. Mohammed Kudus secured a second goal shortly thereafter, leaving Manchester United without a response.

turns the Israel-Palestine war into a global economic problem. For weeks, ships transiting the strait, a choke point in the Suez Canal, have been under attack from the Houthis, a group of highly trained, Yemen-based, Iran-backed militants with access to an array of sophisticated naval artillery. The attacks are part of the group’s offensive against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. At least 10 of the world’s biggest shippers and one oil supermajor have decided to avoid the canal, a passageway for more than 20,000 ships a year, which account for 12% of global trade, 9% of oil demand, 6% of LNG imports and 30% of container shipments.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra not being given a «portfolio» in the Congress organisation is in line with Gandhis being unaccountable in the party and it should be seen as a shot in the arm for Rahul Gandhi's «rival camp», the BJP said on Saturday. The ruling party was reacting after the Congress announced the appointment of Sachin Pilot as the party's general secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh and Avinash Pande, the general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, replacing Kumari Selja and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra respectively. Priyanka Gandhi will now be a general secretary «without any assigned portfolio» while Selja will serve as general secretary in-charge of Uttarakhand, according to a statement issued by the Congress. Reacting to the development, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya said in a post on X, «Priyanka Vadra not being given a portfolio is in line with Gandhis being unaccountable in the Congress». «It should (be) seen as an elevation and a shot in the arm for Rahul Gandhi's rival camp,» Malviya added.

Income Tax Return forms 1 and 4. In a post on X platform (formerly Twitter), the Income Tax (I-T) department announced that the Board has notified ITR forms 1 and 4. The post also highlights that the other ITR forms will be released in the due course.

Centre is not ready to do that," Saurabh Bhardwaj said. Earlier today, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a CBI inquiry into "Not of standard quality" drugs being supplied to hospitals in Delhi. The L-G also wrote a letter to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and directed him to conduct an investigation.

Gujarat government's decision to allow liquor in GIFT City and called it a progressive and bold step that will attract major companies and quality workforce to the area. The state government on Friday lifted the ban on liquor in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City with the aim of providing it with a «global ecosystem.» Jaxay Shah, CMD of Savvy Group, an Ahmedabad-based firm with a construction area of 4 million square feet in GIFT City, said, «It is a historical, progressive and bold step. GIFT City was competing in terms of infrastructure and was at par or even ahead of many international financial cities in the world.

Uttar Pradesh administration is aiming to increase the revenue from liquor sales. Recently, the excise department has made certain changes to the liquor policy and allowed people to consume beer within 100 sq ft of their vends.