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House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus apologized Monday after a video message he had recorded to thank the departing interim leader of the Ontario Liberals was played at the provincial party’s leadership convention on the weekend.

On November 20, 2023, a critical meeting was held between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and representatives from BlackRock, Inc., and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The meeting's primary focus was the discussion of the iShares Bitcoin Trust and its potential listing on Nasdaq as a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Kasabian has announced a headline performance at Leicester, Massachusetts' Victoria Park. Ten years after the band's previous Summer Solstice performance in the same park, Summer Solstice II will take place on July 6, 2024. The largest-ever live music event outside of London on BBC Radio 2 took place at this venue recently. The concert, which also happens to be the release of a new album, will feature Kaiser Chiefs as the opening act. Kasabian stated, «We are truly honored to be playing Victoria Park in our beloved hometown, with all our people for Summer Solstice II. »We can't wait to play the biggest summer gig of the season outside with all of you. I'll see you in the crowd." Since 2014, Kasabian has not performed in its entirety at Victoria Park.

Tamil Nadu has been pounded by heavy rainfall, as several parts of the state's capital city Chennai were water logged and holidays were declared in four districts. Visuals emerged of water logged roads, subways, parked cars and scooters floating, ambulances making way through flooded roads in Chennai. Amid all occurrences ahead of Cyclone Michaung's landfall, expected to happen on Tuesday morning, a video emerged of a ‘mugger’ crocodile crawling on a road in Perungalathur off the highway connecting Chennai with Tiruchirapalli.

Nu-metal icons Limp Bizkit have confirmed that they will play at the 2024 Download Festival in Derby, which is scheduled to take place from June 14 to June 16. This is a much-awaited return to the UK for the band.

DP World, a global leader in trade and logistics, has set its sights on nurturing a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, bringing together innovation, opportunity, and access to a vast network of industry players. This is the story of the India Business Incubator — a venture designed to redefine the rules of engagement for startups in the region «We launched the India Business Incubator with a clear vision in mind,» says Abdulla Al Hashmi, Chief Operating Officer for Parks & Zones at DP World. “The primary aim is to offer startups a supportive environment, with low starting costs, a business-friendly regulatory framework, and the flexibility to scale up as their business grows,” said Hashmi. The incubator, strategically based in Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), operates as a part of the larger Jafza network, providing access to industry events and a valuable community of trading and logistics companies. The ultimate vision behind this initiative is to create a thriving ecosystem where Indian startups can scale up, gain a competitive edge, and successfully navigate the challenging global market. The DP World India Business Incubator stands apart in the region for two distinct reasons.

Bank of India (RBI) shows that about ₹10.27 trillion was locked in bank deposits in fiscal year 2023. To put this number in perspective, only about ₹1.8 trillion household savings went into mutual funds through systematic investment plans (SIPs) in the same year. Due to RBI’s hawkish stance on retail inflation and the rising retail demand for credit, term deposit rates in India have risen to their highest in the past decade.

Fewer airplanes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the nation’s most beloved natural areas

Chicago is scrambling to house hundreds of asylum-seekers who are still sheltering on sidewalks, at police stations and at the city’s busiest airport as the cold weather sets in and with winter just around the corner

I am likely to get into trouble with many of my friends for saying this, but I think the world is making extraordinary progress towards addressing climate change. It might not be fast enough to achieve emissions and temperature targets that follow from the IPCC’s studies, but in the past 15 years, we have seen first a scientific consensus and then a global political consensus on the problem definition, followed by convergence on approaches and firm international agreements on targets and timelines. Climate activists remain unsatisfied, but for students of international relations, this kind of progress is unprecedented, not least at a time when the world lacks a stable order, technological change is causing social upheavals everywhere and hundreds of millions of people around the world have entered the middle class.

Tata Power: Has won the bid to acquire Bikaner-III Neemrana-II Transmission, a project special purpose vehicle set up by PFC Consulting, a subsidiary of Power Finance Corp. The project will be developed on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer basis to provide transmission service for 35 years from the scheduled date of commercial operations, which is 24 months from the date of the SPV acquisition. The project cost is estimated at ₹1,544 crore.

Puducherry. Cyclone 'Michaung' is expected to hit the west-central Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts by December 4 forenoon, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 21 teams for rescue and relief operations, the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) informed on Sunday.

kangaroo on the loose in Ontario continues this weekend.Global News received confirmation from the park supervisor at the Oshawa Zoo that the animal had been spotted again Friday night, but evaded capture.Haiqa Tahir, who filmed the attempted capture Friday night, said she feels concerned for the kangaroo.“I felt bad for it, I don’t know what’s happened to it overnight,” she said.The wild animal was first spotted in Oshawa early Friday morning by Team Chelsea, a local pet group.Durham Regional Police said members attended the scene of the sighting but were unable to locate the kangaroo.Officials advised the public against interacting with the animal and said not to approach it if someone saw it.Questions began surfacing when local zoos confirmed all of their marsupials were accounted for.Durham police said while they were not involved in the hunt for the animal Friday, they knew where it came from. A driver delivering two kangaroos to Quebec on Thursday had stopped at Oshawa Zoo to let them “stretch their legs.”This is when the kangaroo allegedly made its escape.Cameron Preyde, park supervisor at the Oshawa Zoo, told Global News on Saturday that thermal imaging drones were being used to find the lost animal, though nothing had been spotted as of 2 p.m.A growing concern, according to Preyde, is the temperature.“Thankfully we’re having a bit of a warm spell,” he said.

₹70,000 crore in the next 5 years, said textile secretary Rachna Shah. The government is looking to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) through PM MITRA and several other schemes. “We are hopeful that seven PM MITRA parks will emerge as growth centres in the textile sector, seeking the support of global investment players to invest in India and source textile from India," Shah said.

Delhi airport operator DIAL plans to levy higher charges from airlines for grounded aircraft as they occupy available parking space and impact overall operational efficiency, amid rising instances of grounding of planes due to technical and other issues. «We are planning that in the next traffic calculation, we are going to request that for people who are grounding (aircraft) here for more than a certain period, there should be some sort of higher charges because otherwise it disturbs the operations of other airlines,» Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar told PTI in an interview. Jaipuriar, who is in charge of the country's largest airport, was responding to a query on whether the operator will look at levying higher charges from airlines for aircraft that are grounded at the airport.

Car care services startup Park+ expects to turn profitable by the January-March 2024 quarter and close the current fiscal with over Rs 200 crore, a senior company official said. Park+ founder and CEO Amit Lakhotia said that the company at present has operations in about 30 cities and plans to expand to over 100 cities by 2024. The Epiq Capital backed company has raised $55 million till date to fund its operation which is sufficient for the company to fund operations as well as planned expansion.

flights and long-distance trains out of Munich, with Christmas markets closed, some ski lifts unable to run and a football match called off as the city battled with the icy conditions. Flights were not scheduled to depart or arrive at Munich airport until at least 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Sunday according to a statement on its website.

The trust in savings accounts remains unwavering among Indians. Offering liquidity, ease of access, and nominal risk, savings accounts serve as a secure repository for funds, meeting short-term financial needs while providing a nominal interest rate. This preference for liquidity and safety reflects the practical approach many adopt in India.

One of Canada’s former top spies says that the American indictment linking an alleged assassination attempt orchestrated by an Indian government employee re-enforces the validity of allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in September.

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18

The CBI has conducted marathon raids across the state, including multiple locations in Kolkata and Murshidabad, in connection with the ongoing recruitment scam. Raids were conducted by the central agency in Kolkata's Patuli, Dumdum Park and Teghoria. They visited other locations in Coochbehar, Murshidabad's Domkal and Barwan, sources said. Trinamool MLA Jafikul Islam’s residence and BEd and DElEd colleges run by him, were also raided.