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The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of certain Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX 9 jets flown by US airlines, after one such aircraft belonging to Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE:ALK) lost an emergency exit door midair on Friday.

Here is your weekly Pro Recap of the past week's biggest headlines in the electric vehicle space: Chinese brands release 4Q delivery results; GM to cover lost tax credits; and Fisker’s deal with dealerships.

NEW DELHI : Forecasting a fresh spell of moderate rainfall over central and adjoining northwest India, including Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday said a fresh western disturbance will impact Western Himalayan regions in the next 48 hours. Issuing an orange alert for Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and parts of Rajasthan for Monday and Tuesday, the weather department’s bulletin said “A fresh rainfall spell likely over northwest and central India on January 8 and 9." The weather department also issued an alert for thunderstorms and hailstorms at isolated places in West Madhya Pradesh in the next 24 hours and East Rajasthan on Monday and Tuesday.

Investing.com — U.S. inflation data will be the main focus this week as investors await further clarity on the future path of Federal Reserve interest rates. Big U.S. banks kick off earnings session, crypto looks set to remain volatile and the U.K. is to release GDP data. Here’s what you need to know to start your week.

Schengen visa was denied, a woman from the Philippines eventually got it after she persuaded the authorities that she would depart Schengen territory before the visa expired because she had tickets to Taylor Swift's concert in Singapore in March. In a post on Reddit, the woman narrated the whole incident and wrote, “I just wanna share that I got denied in my first attempt. The comment was that they don't think I'll leave the Schengen territory before the visa expires." “So when I reapplied, I said that I'd leave because I would attend Taylor Swift's concert in Singapore and attached the mail confirmation," she said.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal has asked the members of the Muslim community in Assam to avoid travelling by trains from January 20 to January 25 to avoid "any untoward incident". He also called “the BJP is the biggest enemy of the Muslims". Reacting to the AIUDF chief’s statement, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said, "...People from all religions should welcome Lord Ram on January 22 because Lord Ram is the symbol of India and not just of one religion..." On Friday, addressing a political campaign in Barpeta district of Assam, the AIUDF chief urged the Muslim community of Assam to remain home from January 20 to 25.

India vs Afghanistan: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Sunday released Team India's squad for the upcoming IDFC First Bank T20 international series against Afghanistan. The T20 series will mark the return of skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli, who will play the shortest format of the game after 14 months. The selectors have decided to give some rest to India's star pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj who bowled some impressive spells in South Africa.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) did not participate in the parliamentary elections because it knew that it would lose, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday. «The BNP has taken a strategy of boycotting the election with various excuses, various demands. They participated in the 2018 election and got some parliamentary seats, but this year they did not participate knowing they would be defeated,» Khan, a senior leader of the ruling Awami League, was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune newspaper. Khan made the comments while talking to reporters after casting his vote at Monipuripara in Dhaka's Farmgate area.

Generative AI (GenAI) is likely to assume 30% of traditional marketing's mundane tasks by 2027 in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan, suggests a new report from IDC. GenAI will take over jobs like SEO, content and website optimisation, customer data analysis, segmentation, lead scoring, and hyper-personalisation, according to the report.

special Pooja at all Hindu temples on January 22, joining the celebrations at Ayodhya where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the new Ram Mandir that day. “We hold such special poojas on occasions such as Sankranthi and Deepavali at the Muzrai temples. The opening of Ram temple at Ayodhya is also one such occasion,” Religious Endowment Minister Ramalinga Reddy told ET. Hindus have been worshipping Lord Ram for thousands of years, and the Lord belongs to all of us, the minister said amid accusations by the BJP leaders of the Siddaramaiah government trying to muzzle the voice of Hindu activists by reviving old cases on ‘kar sevaks’. “The Congress never used the Lord’s name for political purposes, but the BJP has been doing it, trying to own him,” Reddy said. Reports have emerged that the organisers of the event have not invited Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar to the high-profile event at Ayodhya. «Neither the CM nor I have got an invitation.

Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday emphasised that the party was united under the leadership of supremo Mamata Banerjee and asserted that there was no difference between the old guard and the new generation. The TMC national general secretary, who is also Mamata Banerjee's nephew, dismissed allegations that he intended to become inactive within the party, labelling such reports as «wrong and baseless».

norms proposed to deal with pilot fatigue, including more rest hours, will help in putting in place a facilitative regime for pilots, according to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Against the backdrop of rising concerns about fatigue among pilots, aviation watchdog DGCA, in November 2023, proposed various changes to the norms governing duty timings of flight crew, including more rest time for pilots.

Pyongyang of firing artillery shells near their sea boundary for a third straight day amid a provocative statement from Kim Yo Jong, the sister and key ally of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un, threatening to launch a military strike immediately in response to any provocation. The influential sister of the North Korean leader even mocked Seoul's ability to detect its weapons launches.Also Read | Bangladesh polls: What does re-election of Sheikh Hasina mean for India? Strongly urging North Korea to halt provocative acts or face an overwhelming, stern response, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang fired more than 90 rounds near the disputed western sea boundary on Sunday afternoon.

Maldives government suspended three of its ministers- Mariyam Shiuna, Malsha and Hassan Zihan- for their ‘derogatory remarks on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following the latter's Lakshadweep visit., local media Atoll Times reported. The local media quoted Maldives government spokesperson Ibrahim Khaleel, “All government officials responsible for the comments have been suspended from their post effective immediately". One of the suspended deputy minister of Maldives cabinet, Hassan Zihan, had quoted a local media tweet on microblogging platform X and had called the news “Fake".

NEW DELHI : Talks between India and Israel on a free trade agreement have hit the skids due to hurdles posed by the ongoing conflict in West Asia, according to two people aware of the matter. The conflict, which began after the militant group Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel on 7 October, has consumed much of the focus of India-Israel ties, one of them said. "It (the conflict) has become a major obstacle to the regular pace of talks (on free trade agreement) between the negotiating teams," this person added.

Narayana Murthy sleep on a large box in a windowless storeroom surrounded by cartons during a visit to the United States for work in the initial days. However, the client's own home had four bedrooms, the book “An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy" published by Juggernaut Books revealed. Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has come out with a biography covering the early days of Sudha Murty's and Narayana Murthy's lives that is replete with many such nuggets about the iconic couple.

Microsoft is getting rid of its WordPad application, which has been a staple of every Windows operating system released since 1995. Not only is the Satya Nadella-led company planning to remove the WordPad app from newer builds of Windows, but the app will no longer be reinstallable. Also Read | The Copilot AI Key: Windows PC keyboard is going through it's first significant change in 3 decades The news was first revealed via the Widows Insider blog for the latest Windows 11 Canary Channel build.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli didn't play much T20 cricket in 2023, but Rohit Sharma's aggressive performance in Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023 displayed that he is more than ready for T20 cricket. Virat Kohli has been phenomenal in all formats of the game last year, but his average in T20 format may push the selectors to re-think his position in the squad. "If you have Rohit, Shubman Gill, Virat, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik constituting your top five then where is your left-hander? Now, let's assume you drop Kohli and play Gill at No.3 with Yashasvi Jaiswal opening with Rohit.

Mint explains short selling, its pros and cons, and the rules governing it in India. The most common way investors look to make money is simple – buy a stock whose price you expect to increase over time and sell it later, hopefully for a profit. This is called “going long" on a stock.

PFRDA) has requested for increased tax exemption on employer contributions to employees' pensions in order to align it with provident fund. The employer's contribution to provident fund is deductible up to 12 percent of the salary (basic + dearness allowance) up to the maximum limit of ₹7.5 lakh. Interest on this contribution is tax-exempt.

₹12 lakh) to a girl as an “engagement gift" in his nursery school class, according to a South China Morning Post report. On December 22, the incident took place in Guang'an, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The little girl showed the extraordinary gift to her parents who remained shocked and confused.