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Vatry airport in France as the authorities received a tip-off that the passengers of the plane were “likely victims of human trafficking." The France regulations allow border police to detain foreign nationals for up to four days. The timeline of detention can be extended by four days, for a period not more than 26 days and that too with an order by a judge. As per the news agency AFP, at least 11 Indian passengers stuck at the Vatry airport have requested asylum in the country.

NEW DELHI : Playing real-money games such as rummy or poker might get more expensive as gaming startups scramble for ways to cope with the impact of higher taxes. Online gaming firms are staring at steep hits on their finances after tax authorities decided to bump up levies on the nascent sector to 28% of net revenue, from 18% earlier. “Of course, our operating margin will take a hit due to the increased tax rate.

Covid sub-variant JN.1, the Maharashtra government has ordered health officials to ensure the availability of ventilators, oxygen cylinders and other necessary equipment at government hospitals. In a meeting at Latur on Saturday, Maharashtra minister Sanjay Bansode said that the health department must take precautionary measures and ensure the availability of necessary equipment and medicines at all government-run facilities. Also Read: Covid-19 JN.1 Variant News Live Updates “The administration should ensure that necessary equipment and medicines are available at tehsil health centres.

CBI inquiry into the matter. Saxena had recommended the probe into the alleged supply of drugs that «failed quality standard tests» and have the «potential of endangering lives» in Delhi government hospitals.

Sakshi Malik stated that she has not seen any in written about the suspension of newly elected body of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) or Sanjay Singh, adding that wrestlers fight is not with the government. In a major decision, coming in light of fresh protests by star wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia over the election of an aide of deposed WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as the new president of the wrestling federation, the Union Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the sport's premier governing body in the country along with all its office-bearers. The decision came close on the heels of the newly elected WFI president Sanjay Singh announcing the hosting of the U-15 and U-20 nationals at Nandini Nagar in the Gond district of Uttar Pradesh by the end of the year. Sakshi hailed the decision but also said that there is no clarity on the suspension and told reporters, «I have not seen anything in writing yet. I don't know whether only Sanjay Singh has been suspended or the entire body has been suspended.

ruler of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, King Herod attempts to find and kill the baby after hearing that the ‘King of the Jews’ has just been born. Tricked by the Magi, the wise men whom he had sent to determine where the infant was, a raging Herod decreed that all children two and under who live near Bethlehem are to be killed. The Gospel of Matthew contains the famous account of this “slaughter of the innocents” and of Mary, Joseph and Jesus’s flight to Egypt. Interestingly, King Herod’s storyline is not found in any other biblical texts nor in Roman records. So, who was the real King Herod?

Few things signal the holiday season more than Mariah Carey's holiday hit: «All I Want for Christmas Is You.» The song has become synonymous with the season, and it's hard to go anywhere this time of year without hearing it.

Lingayats, the state’s largest community at their convention at Davanagere on Sunday, passed a resolution urging chief minister Siddaramaiah to reject the caste census report, and order a fresh one in an apolitical gathering that included ministers, and both Congress and BJP MLAs. The convention was chaired by All India Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha president Shamnur Shivashankarappa, a veteran Congress MLA. There were eight resolutions passed at the convention which included demands to include the community in the central OBC list. The massive gathering urged the community members not to mention their community by the name of their sub-caste or as Hindu, but to record as Veerashaiva or Lingayat, seeking to assert a separate religious identity. Former BJP CM Basavaraj Bommai and BJP state president BY Vijayendra attended the event.

HD Kumaraswamy may spring a surprise by choosing to contest from Mandya in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as pressure is slowly building up on him. Mandya district, with seven assembly seats, was such a stronghold of the JDS that it won all the assembly seats in the 2018 assembly polls. But a series of electoral reverses for the regional party in its own pockets of Vokkaliga dominance is also one of the factors fuelling demands for the ex-CM to contest from here. The regional party has got into the election preparedness exercise after party’s national president HD Deve Gowda, along with Kumaraswamy & others, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, cementing the bonhomie the two parties have established. Kumaraswamy, who is also the JDS Karnataka president, had said he would not contest the LS polls while announcing that the seat sharing pact with the BJP would be finalised next month.

BJP) is making preparations to fulfill another long-standing promise as it gears up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party has consistently included the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in its election manifestos, alongside the successful construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the nullification of Article 370. According to TOI sources, the Uttarakhand government is set to implement the UCC in January, and its draft will serve as a blueprint for the rest of the country.

ANI quoted Indian Navy as saying. Earlier on 29 November, Rajnath Singh unveiled the crest of Yard 12706 (Imphal) – Indian Navy's third stealth guided missile destroyer, reported Times of India. ALSO READ: Indian Navy aircraft establishes connection with Israel-linked ship hit by drone strike near Indian coast | 10 Points Named after Imphal, the INS Imphal is the first capital warship that has been got its name after a city in the northeastern region.

growth while over 20,000 sellers witnessed a 10-times jump in their business on Softbank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho, the company said on Sunday. Meesho is the first unicorn e-commerce firm to have reported profit this year and it claims to have maintained the profitability since it first reported the performance in July. The company claimed that nearly 10,000 Meesho sellers crossed the Rs 1 crore sales mark and 130,000 registered sales of over Rs 1 lakh during 2023.

Nothing Phone 3 could take center stage at 'Nothing to See' event during MWC 2024: Details According to a report by Gizmochina citing tipster Kamila, Nothing Phone (2a) could come with a 6.7-inch OLED panel with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 * 2412 pixels and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The report notes that Nothing Phone (2a) could come with a dual camera sensor arranged in a round camera module with a 50MP primary camera with a Samsung S5KN9 sensor and an ultra-wide Samsung S5KGN9 lens.

Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of the acclaimed country band now known as The Chicks, has met an untimely demise in a car crash, as reported by NBC affiliate KTSM. Her passing has left the music world and fans in mourning, with The Chicks expressing their shock and sadness.

respiratory diseases, including due to COVID-19 and its new sub-variant JN.1, and influenza. The WHO also urged people to take protective measures. «The COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, change, and circulate in all countries globally.

Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka reported 104 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, bringing the total active caseload to 271 in the state. The positivity rate rose to 5.93 percent, although fortunately, no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. As of now, 258 individuals are in home isolation, while 13 are hospitalised, with six in ICU.

flights from Geneva airport were delayed and some were cancelled during the holiday rush Sunday, as dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute. The workers began their strike at 4:00 am (0300 GMT) to protest conditions provided by their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (Dnata). Dnata personnel, who handle about a fifth of the traffic through Cointrin airport, were striking to demand «dignified working conditions and decent wages», the SSP public sector union said on X, formerly Twitter. Around 80 strikers gathered in front of the airport before dawn, wearing bright yellow safety vests and brandishing union flags and posters with messages like: «Dnata is killing me» and «Precarious work means grounded flights». The airport acknowledged that the work stoppage was delaying flights during the busy Christmas rush. «Some of the employees of a service provider are on strike today, causing an impact on our operations,» it said in a statement, apologising to passengers for the inconvenience. Airport spokesman Ignace Jeannerat stressed that there were no problems facing flights not assisted by Dnata personnel. «A majority of operations are going very smoothly,» he told AFP. Luggage left behind Dnata reportedly counts around 600 staff at the airport, who handle various ground operations, including ticketing services and baggage handling, for a number of international airlines such as British Airways, Air France and KLM. Jeannerat said Dnata had been tasked with assisting 85 of the 417 flights scheduled for Sunday, a day when the Geneva airport was expecting 52,000 passengers to travel through. All flights being handled by Dnata's competitor Swissport «are functioning normally… Zero problems,»

Meesho, the company said on Sunday. Meesho reported a profit this year and claims to have maintained the profitability since it first reported the performance in July.

Iran's navy on Sunday added domestically produced sophisticated cruise missiles to its arsenal, state TV reported. The TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles have arrived at a naval base near the Indian Ocean in the southern Iranian port of Konarak, some 1,400 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.

Amsterdam is set to implement a significant increase in tourist taxes starting next year, potentially claiming the title of the European Union's city with the highest tourist taxes. According to local reports, the tourist tax is expected to surge by 12.5%, reaching a potential €21.80 per night for an average room rate of €175 per person by 2024. This increase also extends to cruise passengers, with fees rising from €8 to €11 per visitor.

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed professor Fatma Ozkul, an expert in crypto assets and blockchain technology, to the central bank’s rate-setting committee.