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The domestic travel and tourism industry is now urging the Prime Minister's Office to prioritise initiatives that attract foreign tourists and boost overseas marketing and promotional campaigns. The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) said on Friday it has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the revival of the inbound tourism industry. «The letter has drawn the attention of the prime minister to the recently made statement in Parliament by Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy that only 85.9 lakh foreign tourist visitors visited the country in 2022 as compared to 3.14 crore in 2019,» said IATO president Rajiv Mehra. «It mentions multiple reasons for the decline in numbers such as withdrawal of incentives to the inbound tour operators on their foreign exchange earnings which were being used for overseas marketing and promotions; lack of trained tourism manpower in Indian embassies who are not able to do regular follow-ups with the foreign tour operators,» said Mehra. «Advance planning of at least one year is required and dedicated budgetary funds should be provided to the ministry of tourism for aggressive overseas promotions.

Deanna Thompson says she often feels like she’s screaming as loud as she can in a room full of people and no one can hear her.

PMAY-G) to deceased persons, payment of instalments to those ineligible to the scheme and full assistance paid against non-existing houses have been found during an audit exercise in 10 districts of Bihar, an official said on Saturday. Unrealistic geo-tagging of house locations and payment of instalments in wrong accounts are also among the discrepancies observed by teams of the accountant general (AG-Bihar) during the audit of the implementation of the rural housing scheme in the state.

“Masks provide a certain anonymity in the offline world that makes me feel relatively less concerned about my existence as a woman while navigating crowded markets or using public transport,” she says. Wearing a mask has reduced the frequency of lecherous incidents for her when she’s out in public. It also helps her conceal her emotions should she unexpectedly run into someone she doesn’t want to.

DUBAI: Lack of progress on designing a framework for a global goal on adaptation, or measures taken by countries to live with and become more resilient to adverse impacts of climate change, could derail a successful conclusion to the COP28 climate talks. While emission reduction or mitigation has clear goals-the temperature target of well below 2C and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C, there are no comparable targets for adapting to impacts of climate change. The 2015 Paris Agreement addresses this gap through the decision to put in place a global goal that mirrors that for mitigation. Over 8 workshops and two years countries have been working to develop this framework, which countries are expected to agree to in Dubai.

Rajnath Singh said India has emerged as a global growth engine and is providing a new direction to the world. The minister emphasised that the growth story has showcased that there is no trade-off between economic growth and distributive justice. «Our growth model shows that equal opportunities to everyone and the accelerated growth rate can be achieved simultaneously,» the minister said at Ficci's 96th annual general meeting and annual convention in New Delhi. He added that the growth being achieved is sustainable and has not come at the cost of environmental degradation. «We have chosen the path of green growth.

This is the story of a well-intentioned Manitoba employer whose instincts failed it at every turn. It took a promising defence and, through a series of common errors, ensured that it could not succeed.

FINTRAC is Canada’s primary financial intelligence unit, reporting to the minister of finance. It is also the country’ anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing supervisor. Based in Ottawa, with three regional offices across the country, its mandate is to ensure the compliance of businesses subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Actand associated regulations. FINTRAC also collects financial intelligence for police, law enforcement and national security agencies to assist in the investigation of money laundering and terrorist activity financing offences or threats to the security of Canada. It can impose administrative financial penalties, as it did with the two banks, or make a non-compliance disclosure to law enforcement. “Proceeding in one manner prevents proceeding in the other,” according to FINTRAC’s website.

Gandhinagar: India is aiming to achieve the $2 trillion export target by 2030 and in the process it is moving this industry out of the government support to make it self-sustaining and cost competitive, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. Addressing Infinity Forum 2.0 virtually at Gujarat Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), he said the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City has become a lynchpin in propelling India's export-led growth.

Julia Roberts shared on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" that the most challenging substance she has ever tried is mushrooms. The 56-year-old actress revealed details about her past experiences with substances while playing "Plead the Fifth" with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in the episode aired on December 7th.

exercise, which is conducted every six months, was held on the R12A (Ratna) Platform of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) around 83 km away from Mumbai harbour. The 'Prasthan' is conducted to validate measures and procedures to address various contingencies that may arise in the oil production platforms and was held in two phases on Friday.

India vs South Africa: Indian cricket team will begin the much-awaited South Africa tour on Sunday as they will clash with the Proteas in the first T20 international at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban. Suryakumar Yadav-led young squad has many new names as the senior brass of the team comes in during the Test format of the tour. Aiden Markram is leading the South African squad and they have also included many emerging players who will show their potential in the great team.

At a time when so many families are struggling to get by, compassion and empathy can go a long way.

Aadhaar can enrol using Iris scan in case fingerprints are unavailable. The statement comes after Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar intervened to ensure the enrolment of a woman, Josymol P Jose, in Kerala who could not get enrolled for Aadhaar as she did not have fingers.

digital public infrastructure (DPI) in India in the last decade has steered the growth of startups in the country, industry leaders said on Saturday. Addressing FICCI's annual general meeting and annual convention Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder of Info Edge India Ltd, said that research and development in India is currently in a better position than it was a decade ago, which has spurred a cluster of startup IPOs in the Delhi-NCR region.

Capital markets regulator Sebi is looking to come out with a framework for the issuance of subordinate units by REITs and InvITs to sponsors and their associates.Additionally, the regulator has proposed a framework for unit-based employee benefits (UBEB) in the context of REITs (real estate investment trusts) and InvITs (infrastructure investment trusts).

In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the demand for pre-owned cars. Considering the changing consumer behavior coupled with wise purchasing practices, the trend is very unlikely to abate any time soon. Additionally, with car purchasing witnessing a paradigm shift from mere functionality to aspiration, pre-owned luxury cars are invariably becoming popular in the space.

information by public under section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 which provides power to government to issue such directions if it is necessary or expedient to do so in the interest of sovereignty and integrity, defence of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order or for inciting cognizable offence relating to above." The data, shared by Chandrasekhar, revealed figures related to the blocking of URLs by the government since 2018. The data for 2023 was recorded till October.

fire after their alleged elusive testimony before a House Committee. US lawmakers had questioned them about antisemitism and offered narrow legal responses to questions over whether calling for the genocide of Jews was against school policy.

Kapil Sibal had in Supreme Court remarked that Assam was “earlier a part of Myanmar". Assam government spokesperson Pijush Hazarika said Assam at no point in history was part of Myanmar. "From the time of Mahabharat and before, we have firmly been an integral part of Bharatvarsh," the government spokesperson said.

climate justice must be the basis of climate action and this can be ensured only when the developed countries take the lead in combating climate change, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said here at the COP28 on Saturday. Delivering the country's national statement here at the high-level segment at the annual climate conference, Yadav also highlighted India's contribution, noting that New Delhi reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance.