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A Moscow court has fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions with the West over the fighting in Ukraine

Canadian securities regulators are appealing to the U.S. ambassador to Canada to intercede in legislation they say would create duplication, confusion and expense for insiders of Canadian companies that list their shares in the United States.

head coverings ahead of upcoming recruitment exams to various state boards and corporations. The guidelines have not banned hijab but it is inferred that head coverings associated with different faiths such as Islam and Sikhism will not be permitted in the exam hall, to vade off malpractices using Bluetooth devices. The Examination authority also banned electronic gadgets like phones and Bluetooth earphones inside the examination centre, reported ANI.

Google 15 million roubles ($164,000) for repeated refusal to localise storage of user data in Russia, the Interfax news agency reported. Russian law requires technology companies to store users' data on servers inside the country.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

The leader the federal official Opposition is calling for immediate action against the Iranian regime, in the wake of Global News reporting revealing the extent of the Islamic republic’s interference in Canada.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Oxygen supply continues, efforts underway to rescue trapped workers with steel pipe The authorities said that a platform is being prepared for an auger machine to drill horizontally and insert large 900 mm diameter MS pipes in between the debris so that the trapped workers can be taken out through the metal pipes. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday conducted an on-site inspection of the rescue operations.

Joe Biden said hospitals in the Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for «less intrusive» action by Israel as Israeli tanks advanced to the gates of the besieged enclave's main hospital. Israeli tanks have taken up positions outside Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza City's main medical center, which Israel says sits atop of tunnels housing a headquarters for Hamas fighters who are using patients as shields. Hamas denies the Israeli claim. Israel launched its war against Hamas after the Islamist Palestinian group's Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel.

Read the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war hereA UN aid agency said that at least 102 UN staff members have been killed in Gaza since the war began on 7th October."This is the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations," the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said.At least 27 staff members have also been injured since the start of the war, the UN agency added.Israel’s 2024 budget will be structured to focus on the war and then economic growth thereafter, a senior minister said. “In 2024, we are really structuring the budget to focus on the war and to focus on economic growth immediately after.

Britney Spears’ memoir, According to Page Six. Several sources have revealed that besides Brad Pitt and Reese Witherspoon, Margot Robbie and Shonda Rhimes too have shown interest in bringing “The Woman in Me” Spears’ memoir either on film or TV series. Meanwhile, representatives for Spears, Pitt, Witherspoon, Robbie and Rhimes refused to give any comments on Page Six’s requests. An insider informed that the project is not happening soon as it is still in a very early stage and more and more people are showing interest. According to the Ankler, who first broke the news said that the 41 year Britney Spears had «at the last minute» rescheduled a recent meeting with a top producer, whose name is yet to be known because she “didn’t feel up to it". Sources said that Spears was “overwhelmed by the response” and the “media frenzy surrounding it,” at the time of the release of her book on October 24. These have led her team to “hold off on making any major decisions about where the rights end up until she has time to catch her breath.” Meanwhile, the Ankler reported that Spears is also in talk for a documentary that could come up with a $40 million paycheck. In her memoirs, the pop star has spoken about the various aspects of her life from fame to relationship, marriages, secret abortion with ex Justin Timberlake and much more. Spears just did one interview to promote her book and despite that the book “The Woman in Me” continued to top the bestseller list of the New York Times with 1.1 million copies already sold in the US alone in the first week. She did not give any interview by stating that reliving her traumatic past during the writing of her book was “heart-wrenching and emotional.”

Donald Trump's older sister Maryanne Barry was found dead today at her home in Manhattan on Monday. She was 86. Born on April 5,1937 in Queens, New York City, Maryanne Trump Barry was the eldest child of real estate developer Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.

Myanmar fled into Mizoram's Champhai district on Sunday evening after the Myanmar army clashed with pro-democracy group Chinland Defence Force. Mizoram was on high alert following the refugee influx. State government insiders said that Myanmar jet fighters dropped two bombs on Rihkhawdar village, 4 km away from Mizoram's Zokhawthar village.

Pakistan are Laskhar-e-Taiba chief Hafeez Saeed's deputy and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, Canada-based Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), close aide of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, Shahid Latif, and his brother Haris Hashim. While the government was battling for these wanted terrorists but their killings has led to accusations against the Indian government by Pakistan and Canada. The fresh controversy erupted after Nijjar was killed in Canada by two masked men in Canand outside a Gurudwara. Following Nijjar's murder a massive diplomatic row erupted between India and Canada.

ecological concerns were not addressed, noted environmentalist Ravi Chopra said on Monday. Chopra had resigned last year as the chairman of a Supreme Court-appointed high-powered committee on Char Dham all-weather road expressing disappointment over the apex court order limiting the panel's jurisdiction to only two 'non defence' stretches of the project. For development in the Himalayas, it is necessary to first address ecological concerns, he said, adding sustainable development demands approaches that are both geologically and ecologically sound. «Unless this balance is achieved such horrific incidents will continue to happen,» Chopra told PTI. A portion of the tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in the early hours of Sunday.

By Paritosh Bansal

Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday that he will visit multiple Middle Eastern countries to discuss humanitarian access and assistance in the war-torn region. He asserted that the ongoing situation in Gaza needs two-state solutions and can only be achieved through dialogue. Taking to X, the EU official said, «I will travel to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan this week to discuss humanitarian access and assistance and political issues with regional leaders. We need a political horizon looking towards the two-state solution.

Morrison & Co-backed data centre owner CDC Data Centres is busy restocking its balance sheet with a new debt package.

rescue operation to evacuate 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel is underway. 1. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other teams engaged in the rescue operation at the site hopes to evacuate the 40 workers trapped by today evening.

NBC News reported. As per the report, two people got injured in the incident, including one police officer before the suspect was fatally shot by SWAT officers. The NBC News report mentioned that at around 1:20 pm (IST) on Sunday, the Austin Police Department received a call from a woman who was screaming and said someone was stabbing her.

Uttarkashi collapsed on Sunday. The tunnel had collapsed early on Sunday after a group of workers were going while their replacements were coming in. A state disaster response official, Durgesh Rathodi told news agency AFP, "About 40 to 41 workers are trapped inside.

Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne Park isn’t often the site of a drug-fuelled concert. It was on November 3, though, when 2000 people gathered for Chemist Warehouse’s annual upfront event for suppliers.