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The ongoing war in Ukraine and the fighting in Gaza following Hamas’s 7 October terrorist attack must not distract the world from our collective priorities: reducing our carbon dioxide emissions, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, preserving biodiversity, and fighting poverty and inequality. This is the doctrine France is implementing at an international level, through the Paris Pact for People and the Planet and the One Planet summits. The cornerstone of our strategy must be to speed up the ecological transition as well as the fight against poverty.

Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet, based on a transcript of Tuesday’s incident at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The readout of communications just prior to the crash was released Wednesday by Japanese officials in Tokyo.

Ram Temple in Ayodhya is being politicised by the BJP. «Where is the politics?..

Itamar Ben Gvir, dismissed the US State Department's condemnation of his statement for urging Palestinians in Gaza to be resettled outside the strip on Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported. «I really admire the United States of America but with all due respect, we are not another star in the American flag,» Ben Gvir, who heads the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, said in a statement.

IN OCTOBER CYBER-CRIMINALS hacked into the British Library, a storied institution in the heart of London, encrypted its data and demanded money in exchange for the key. Months later the library and its catalogue of 14m books remain offline, with no end in sight. Similar ransomware attacks—in which criminals encrypt or steal data and demand a ransom to decrypt or refrain from leaking it—are not only undermining business and sapping prosperity across North America and Europe.

New Year's Eve concert at UBS Arena in Elmont, Billy Joel, the renowned Piano Man, reassured his Long Island audience that despite listing his $49 million Oyster Bay mansion, his ties to New York remain intact. Dismissing speculation about bidding farewell to the area, Joel emphatically stated, «Just because I’m selling that house doesn’t mean I’m leaving Long Island,» emphasizing his continued residence in Sag Harbor. Injecting humor into the conversation, the 74-year-old singer shared jestingly about his decision to sell his Centre Island estate, humorously remarking, «I’m just gonna spend a little more time in Florida like old Jewish guys from Long Island do.» He candidly acknowledged the challenging prospect of finding a buyer for his sprawling five-bedroom, eight-bathroom manor named Middlesea.

stringent provision of the recently enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), a senior government functionary said on Tuesday. According to the BNS, «Whoever causes death of any person by rash and negligent driving of vehicle not amounting to culpable homicide, and escapes without reporting it to a police officer or a magistrate soon after the incident, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description of a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.» Dismissing as «misplaced» the apprehensions of some truckers, who are protesting against the new law and keeping off the roads, the functionary said the provision of hit-and-run cases will be applicable to only those drivers who will try to escape without the informing the police.

Pakistan if it means accepting terrorism as okay. He spoke about this while discussing his book 'Why Bharat Matters'. Jaishankar, during the conversation, pointed out that India's stance is not of unwillingness to engage with Pakistan.

In the last week of 2023, India’s share in global market capitalization hit a record 3.8%, according to Bloomberg data, consolidating the country’s position as the fifth biggest equity market, just behind Hong Kong. In nominal terms, India’s GDP is also the world’s fifth largest (by purchasing power parity, or PPP, it is the third largest).

US helicopters sank three Houthi boats in the Red Sea, the White House issued a statement saying that it is not seeking a 'wider conflict' in the Middle East, CNN reported. Notably, the US helicopters sinking the Houthi boats and killing its crew, marked the first instance when the US killed members of the Iranian-backed rebel group which has been targeting commercial and merchant vessels in the Red Sea since tensions broke out. The US has avoided directly striking the group inside Yemen as it seeks to avoid escalating the crisis further. But a National Security Council spokesman said on Sunday that the US would continue acting in 'self-defense'. «We don't seek a conflict wider in the region and we're not looking for a conflict with the Houthis.

The 'before' picture would show you an oversized individual, while the 'after' picture would feature the same person but with a perfect physique, thanks to whatever potion or gym was being advertised. Or, you could have an acne-scarred face magically transformed into a blemish-free one. No prizes for guessing what the messaging was all about. It's a bit like that when it comes to reading the tea leaves regarding the economy in 2024.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann about discrimination over the selection of tableaux for the Republic Day Parade 2024, Ministry of Defence sources on Sunday said that the Punjab tableau did not align to the «broader themes» of this year's tableau. According to the sources, the tableau proposal of Punjab was considered in the first three rounds of meetings of the Expert Committee. After the third round of meetings, the tableau of Punjab could not be taken forward by the Expert Committee for further consideration for not aligning with the broader themes of this year's tableau, the sources. Furthermore, as per the MoD sources, West Bengal's sources were also rejected for the same reasons.

PTI. "The Muslim world has not lived up to its responsibilities in this regard and is not doing what it should and this is very unfortunate. In the end I hope that the prime minister of my country shall, by virtue of his personal relations with the prime minister of Israel, exert diplomatic pressure to put an end to the war and resolve issues," he said as quoted by PTI.

tech layoffs are set to continue unabated in 2024, the cybersecurity industry was not immune from job losses and more than 110 cybersecurity companies fired thousands of employees in 2023. Once largely untouched, jobs in the cybersecurity sector were also affected this year despite an ever-increasing number of cyber attacks and data breaches, reports TechCrunch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said while people are eager to come to Ayodhya on January 22 for the Ram temple consecration ceremony, it is not possible for everyone to reach the holy city on the day and they should visit later on according to their convenience. Addressing a public rally here after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 15,700 crore, Modi said only those who have been invited should come for the event on the day. «It is my 'karbaddh prarthana' (prayer with folded hands) because everyone wishes that they (people) themselves come to Ayodhya to witness the event on January 22.

Kashmiri Pandits who got displaced from the Valley with the advent of separatist militancy, possibly because they were not «such a big electorate» as to invite «political intervention», former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul has said. Justice Kaul, who was part of the bench which upheld the abrogation of Article 370 in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and recommended setting up an «impartial truth and reconciliation commission» to probe and report on human rights violations by both state and non-state actors since the 1980s, said people of different communities lived in unity before insurgency shattered the peace and he was at a loss to comprehend how the situation «slowly degenerated». A Kashmiri Pandit himself, Kaul feels, it is time now for the people to move forward, after more than 30 years of unbridled violence. In an interview with PTI on Friday, Justice Kaul spoke about the unanimous verdict of the five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud which upheld the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on Jammu and Kashmir. «It was a unanimous verdict which means all of us must have thought that this is the correct path to follow. Of course, every judgement, especially every important judgement, will generate debates.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the consecration of Lord Ram's idol on January 22 and the beginning of India's 'Amrit Kaal' are not a mere coincidence but a sign that the country will rise to prominence on the world stage in the next 25 years. Amrit Kaal, which roughly translates to 'golden era', refers to the 25-year period from 75 years to 100 years of India's independence.

Unified Payments Interface) account with any of the popular apps such as Google Pay, Phone Pay or Paytm, and have not been able to use it for a year or longer for any reason whatsoever, then it is set to get deactivated from Jan 1 onwards. This will be done as the follow-up action of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) circular that was issued on Nov 7, 2023. While taking a decision, the payments corporation body attributed the move to inadvertent transfer of money in cases where users change their mobile numbers without removing their earlier numbers from the banking system.

By Chaitali Dutta

Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the «strong public interest» in a prompt resolution of their case against the 31-year-old former billionaire outweighed the benefits of a second trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors said on Friday they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange.