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Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait. This will be the first visit of the Prime Minister any Indian Prime Minister to Kuwait after 43 years. PM Modi will attend the opening ceremony of the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup as a special guest of the Emir of Kuwait. He will also interact with the Indian diaspora at the 'Hala Modi' community event at Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced its investment in the US based healthcare BPO -Omega Healthcare Management Services and joins with Goldman Sachs Alternatives as Co-Lead investor. Omega is a leading technology-enabled healthcare management solutions provider. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, said an Ontario Teachers’ press release. ET first reported on 20th December that Ontario Teachers' is all set to acquire a majority stake in Omega. Ontario Teachers' is looking to invest about $700-800 million to buy out existing investor Everstone Capital, valuing Omega at $1.8 billion, ET reported.

Ganjam, Gajapati, Kendrapada, and Jagatsinghpur districts, forecasting light to heavy rainfall as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal intensifies. Speaking to ANI, IMD Bhubaneswar Director Manorama Mohanty said, «Wind direction has changed to south-easterly, and the winds are carrying a lot of moisture as a result of which there was a forecast of rain. In interior Odisha, light to medium rainfall is expected. Heavy rain is expected in some places.» On Tuesday, light to moderate rain or thundershowers are expected in many parts of Coastal Odisha and isolated areas of Interior Odisha. Additionally, shallow to moderate fog may occur in one or two locations in Kandhamal, Kalahandi, and Sundargarh districts.

Yogi Adityanath has increased the compensation to farmers for land acquisition to build the Jewar Airport from Rs 3,100 per square meter to Rs 4,300 per square meter, an official statement from the state government said. In a post on X, CM Yogi said, «Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Asia's largest airport is being built in Jewar, the credit for this development goes to the farmers. The compensation payable for land acquisition for the third phase for Noida International Airport, Jewar has been increased from Rs 3,100 per square meter to Rs 4,300 per square meter. Hearty congratulations and salutations to all the farmer brothers!» «Farmers will also be paid interest as per rules, and complete arrangements will be made for the resettlement of affected farmers, and their employment,» CM Yogi said.

Verified bystander footage distributed by the German news agency dpa showed the suspect's arrest on a walkway in the middle of the road. A nearby police officer pointing a handgun at the man shouted at him as he lay prone. Other officers soon arrived to take the man into custody. The two people confirmed dead were an adult and a toddler, but officials said additional deaths could not be ruled out because 15 people had been seriously injured.

Frank McCourt is crafting a fundamental overhaul of TikTok's business model as part of a plan to bid for the Chinese-owned short-form video app, he told Reuters. McCourt, who formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, said he has received verbal funding commitments totaling $20 billion from a consortium of investors to rescue the app from legal purgatory as it awaits a Supreme Court decision to determine if it will be forced to sell its US operations. His vision for TikTok includes revamping the company's advertising model so that users will have control over the ads and type of content they want to see. Over time, TikTok could earn revenue through ecommerce and licensing data for artificial intelligence training models — with users' consent — which will diminish the business' reliance on ads.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was disallowed to address Friday congregation for the third consecutive week at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar as the locals termed it as interference in religious affairs of muslims. The Anjuman Auqaf which runs the affairs of the Jama Masjid Srinagar denounced the continuous house detention of Mirwaiz stating that the administration imposes arbitrary and unjustified restrictions on the religious functioning of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir. “In such bitter cold, thousands of devoted men, women, children and physically challenged persons from various parts of the Valley gather at the historic central Jama Masjid in Srinagar to listen to the sermon of their beloved Mirwaiz,” read the statement. They said that the action of the authorities of keeping him under house arrest at his Nigeen residence “deeply hurts the sentiments of these devotees and deprives them of their religious freedoms.”

midnight government shutdown, defying President-elect Donald Trump's demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt. Next, the Democratic-controlled Senate would need to pass the bill to ensure the government will be funded beyond midnight (0500 GMT Saturday), when current funding expires. The White House said President Joe Biden intends to sign it into law if they do. The legislation would extend government funding until March 14, provide $100 billion for disaster-hit states and $10 billion for farmers. It would not raise the debt ceiling — a difficult task Trump has pushed Congress to do before he takes office on Jan. 20.

Reserve Bank Innovation Hub, or RBIH, has approached several data-rich aggregators including Namma Yatri, Rapido, Swiggy and Zomato along with farmers’ collectives such as Amul for building the ambitious Unified Lending Interface (ULI) platform, its chief executive Rajesh Bansal told ET. The Reserve Bank of India’s innovation arm is also exploring collaboration with the likes of Google Pay on the insights that can be derived from data sharing on UPI transactions and warehouse deposit receipt data, Bansal said. Discussions are also ongoing with the Open Network on Digital Commerce (ONDC), PM Gati Shakti, Unified Geospatial Interface and E-Vahan, he added. The ULI platform will enable consent-based transfer of customers’ digitised financial and non-financial data, including land records, from various sources to lenders, accelerating credit appraisals.

Accel India, an early-stage backer of Flipkart and Swiggy, has closed its eighth fund, securing $650 million in investor commitments, people briefed on the matter said. At the same time, Accel’s global growth fund based in the US has also closed its latest fund with a $1.35 billion corpus, the people said, citing US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. A portion of the funds raised will be allocated to Indian startups in their pre-IPO rounds, the people added. Once formally closed, Accel’s latest fund will boost its total commitments in India to nearly $3 billion. It signals a likely more active strategy by Accel to deploy capital through the India and the US growth funds across various lifecycle stages of startups.

Long before the birth of modern Christmas, people marked the shortest day of the year- the winter solstice. Ancient cultures celebrated the return of the sun with festivals like Yule in Scandinavia. The Norse lit bonfires, feasted, and gathered in joy; this symbolized light over darkness. This tradition is what inspires the warm glow of candles and string lights in our current celebrations. Similarly, the Romans celebrated Saturnalia, a lively festival in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture. Homes were decorated with evergreen boughs, feasts were shared, and small gifts were exchanged. These customs laid the foundation for the gift-giving and festive greenery that define Christmas today.

The clock is ticking to buy Christmas gifts, but you still have time before Santa beats you to it. Here’s a handy list of top Xmas pressie ideas to suit a wide range of personalities, price points, and stations in life, and they can be delivered straight to your door. For those who want a tiny, ultra-portable speaker, the JBL Go 4 is the pick for the best portable Bluetooth speaker. This speaker is small enough to fit in a pocket, yet it still sounds good.

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Middle East. Prince Andrew hasn't exactly had a great December, or decade, when it comes to royal scandals. Following Andrew's forced withdrawal from the King's Christmas lunch and his decision to skip the Sandringham holidays due to the Duke of York's alleged ties to Chinese spy Yango Tengbo, it appears that the only people standing by him are his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, as quoted in a report by Marie Claire. According to the Daily Beast, Prince Andrew's predicament has gotten so bad that some of his friends are even considering leaving the nation.

Donald Trump makes a bold statement when he walks out sporting a new hairstyle reminiscent of Home Alone. At his Florida golf club, Donald Trump debuted a new hairstyle that was very different from his trademark bleach-blonde toupee, and his fans are obsessed. Donald Trump caused quite a stir on the internet with his windswept new hairstyle at his Florida golf club. While welcoming supporters at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Tuesday, the president-elect made a bold statement with his new appearance.

The film, which promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats, has now confirmed its release date in US cinemas on Christmas Day in 2025, as mentioned in a report by Digital Spy.

HBO has confirmed the renewal of Dune: Prophecy for a second season. The announcement was made during a virtual press conference. The news comes just days before the finale of the first season, scheduled to air on December 22.

Winter Celebration Streamer Giveaway invites players to engage in a unique in-game event. Scheduled from December 20 to 22, 2024, the event allows participants to earn special costumes for various Marvel heroes.