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Indian airlines received bomb threats, as reported by sources. Among the airlines affected are IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, and Akasa Air, including some international routes. IndiGo had six flights impacted by the threats, which included routes such as 6E 58 from Jeddah to Mumbai, 6E 87 from Kozhikode to Dammam, and flights 6E 11 and 6E 17 from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul, respectively. Other affected services included 6E 133 from Pune to Jodhpur and 6E 112 from Goa to Ahmedabad.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India should be wary of a remodelled European Union (EU) coming down the turnpike. The 27-member bloc, in addition to its internal contradictions, is fraying at the edges with multiple members expressing displeasure openly.

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took centre stage on Sunday as he led the way in the Kashmir Marathon, the valley's first international athletic event, by running 21 kilometres (half marathon) alongside nearly 2000 athletes from various parts of the country and abroad. Flanked by Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty at the marathon's flagging-off ceremony, 54-year-old Abdullah commended the organisers and stakeholders for hosting the remarkable event. The marathon saw the participation of elite long-distance runners from India, Asian gold medallists, and top athletes from Europe and Africa. A fitness enthusiast himself, Abdullah expressed optimism for the Kashmir Marathon's future, envisioning it as a prominent fixture in the global athletic calendar.

Maldives has floated a new foreign currency regulation, limiting types of transactions allowed in foreign currency and imposing mandatory foreign currency exchange controls on tourism establishments and banks. Maldivian economy appears to have taken a hit after calls to Indian tourists to avoid the picturesque island nation as a response to President Mohamed Muizzu's 'India Out' campaign last year. Maldives last month averted a potential default on an Islamic bond payment after India extended a USD 50 million interest-free loan. With its forex reserves not matching its import bill, the island nation's central bank, Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) on October 1 introduced a new regulation, requiring all foreign currency income generated by the tourism industry to be deposited in local banks.

cyclonic circulation has formed over Andaman Sea and it is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area by Monday. It may have an impact on coastal areas of north Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh next week. «The cyclonic circulation is formed over central Andaman Sea. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea around October 21. Thereafter, it is likely to move northwestwards and intensify further into a depression around October 23,» said IMD in a bulletin. Amid speculations on the formation of a cyclone this month as forecast by certain international models, IMD Director General Mrutyunjaya Mohapatra said that a clearer picture will emerge only after formation of the low-pressure area.

earnings season is underway and as many as 182 companies will declare their results this week. Some of the marquee names include ICICI Bank, YES Bank, ITC, Bajaj Housing Finance, HUL, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, IndiGo, Paytm, and Zomato among others. Here are the key earnings to watch out next week

public sector companies as they may be privy to market-sensitive information with regard to state-owned companies, an official said. In an internal order, the DIPAM said that any officer joining the department would be required to declare his/her holding in public sector enterprises and such shares could only be liquidated by the official concerned after approval from authorities. DIPAM, under the Ministry of Finance, manages government equity in public sector companies and is also responsible for undertaking minority stake sale, strategic disinvestment and privatisation. «DIPAM has issued an internal order saying that officers in the department will not buy or share shares of state-owned companies. The idea behind this is officials in DIPAM may be privy to some information which can be affecting the share prices of companies. It should not be so that they stand to benefit from that information,» the official told PTI.

tyre major CEAT Ltd expects easing of pressure from high raw material costs in the second half of the ongoing fiscal after being impacted by 15-year high domestic natural rubber prices, according to its Managing Director and CEO Arnab Banerjee. The company expects its aftermarket business to continue to grow in double digits and better performance of its international business, which was also affected by non-availability of containers and high freight cost in the second quarter. The domestic natural rubber prices went up to a 15-year high at about Rs 250 per kg in the first half of the fiscal, Banerjee told PTI. «We hope to see an improvement in Q4. I think the pressure is going to ease off in the second half of the year,» he said when asked how long the impact of high natural rubber prices is expected to last.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. CPSEs have to spend 60 per cent of their CSR funds on the theme set for a particular year. «We have added PM's Internship Scheme to 'Health and Nutrition' as the common theme for CSR activities by the CPSEs for 2024-25. CPSEs will spend 60 per cent of their CSR funds towards 'health and nutrition' and PM's Internship Scheme this fiscal,» an official told PTI. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, earlier this month, started enrolling companies as well as interns under the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme. Over five years, the scheme envisages providing internships to 1 crore youth.

airport projects across the country worth over Rs 6,100 crore, during his visit to Varanasi on Sunday. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for the expansion of airport runway and construction of a new terminal building and allied work of the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, costing around Rs 2,870 crore. He will also inaugurate the RJ Sankara Eye Hospital in the holy town, the PMO in a statement said on Saturday. He will lay the foundation stone of a new civil enclave at the Agra airport worth more than Rs 570 crore, at Darbhanga airport worth around Rs 910 crore, and at Bagdogra airport worth around Rs 1,550 crore, it said. The prime minister will inaugurate new terminal buildings of airports in Rewa, Ambikapur, and Saharanpur being constructed at the cost of more than Rs 220 crore.

Medical researchers at the University of Calgary say a condition affecting autonomic bodily processes — those that occur automatically, such as heart rate, bladder function and sweating — is frequently found in people diagnosed with long COVID.

PN Gadgil Jewellers has seen a remarkable rise in its share value since its initial public offering (IPO) this September. The IPO came just ahead of India’s festive and wedding season, a peak period for jewelry sales. This surge in market performance has propelled Saurabh Gadgil, the company’s MD and CEO, to a net worth of nearly $1 billion, according to Bloomberg. Founded in 1832, PNG Jewellers started as a small jewelry shop in Sangli, Maharashtra, and has grown into a renowned brand recognized for its traditional designs and fine craftsmanship. The business has been built and sustained by six generations of the Gadgil family, becoming a household name in the jewelry industry.

Striking workers at Boeing will vote next week on a new offer that could end a walkout that has lasted more than a month

Piyush Goyal, declared that the H1B visa issue is now «a thing of the past» during a meeting at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi. He emphasized that the topic would no longer be a point of discussion in international dialogues, marking a shift in focus towards other areas of economic and strategic partnerships. Minister Goyal's recent visit to the United States included a two-day stay in New York, where he met with CEOs of major companies to discuss reforms initiated by the Modi government aimed at boosting foreign investments in India, particularly in the pharmaceutical and diamond sectors.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the season of sparkle approaches, it’s only fitting that jewellery and its age-old relationship with Diwali come to mind. Beyond mere ornamentation, jewellery in India symbolises wealth, prosperity and good fortune.

species diversity. It has long been speculated that islands support exceptionally high amounts of global biodiversity, but the true extent has not been known until now. In world-first research published in Nature Today, my colleagues and I counted and mapped the diversity of plant life on Earth's islands. We found 21 per cent of the world's total plant species are endemic to islands, meaning they occur nowhere else on the planet. These findings are important. Island plants are at higher risk of extinction than those on mainland. Detailed knowledge of plants species, and where they grow, is essential for monitoring and conserving them.

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Hulu has confirmed the release date for Nutcrackers, a family comedy starring Ben Stiller. The film was acquired during the Toronto International Film Festival and will be available for streaming on November 29, 2024.

On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund issues its semi-annual World Economic Outlook and General Motors reports its third-quarter financial results