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PIA flight carrying Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and a high-level delegation back from their visit to Saudi Arabia was diverted to Lahore airport, causing inconvenience to hundreds of other passengers, according to a media report on Wednesday. Interestingly, the incident came close on the heels of Prime Minister Sharif recently declaring a ban on the red carpet at events in his favour, which earned accolades for signalling a shift towards eradicating the VIP culture and encouraging a culture of humility within the realm of public service. Quoting a PIA spokesperson, the Dawn newspaper reported that the Pakistan International Airlines flight from Jeddah to Islamabad, carrying Sharif and his daughter Maryam back from their visit to Saudi Arabia, was diverted to Lahore airport on Monday.

Bengaluru. The reason cited was his worn-out shirt, missing its top two buttons, as reported by a resident on social media. According to the social media post, the incident occurred on Sunday on the 'Green' line of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited's (BMRCL) Namma Metro. The resident who witnessed the incident took to X (formerly Twitter) to express dismay, tagging the official BMRCL account and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya. «Location Doddakallasandra metro. One more incident of cloth/attire related incident happened in front of me just now. A labourer was stopped & told to stitch up his top two buttons… When did Namma metro became like this?” the post read.

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her team are returning to Washington after a visit to China where they tried to tackle the biggest economic issues between the countries

Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax pros agree that it is a time when people need to be especially careful

Meta and TikTok to present plans to combat harmful content online, authorities said Tuesday, after the Muslim-majority country reported an uptick in offensive material on social media platforms. The government reported more than 50,000 such cases to various social media platforms, including Meta's Facebook and TikTok, in the first three months of this year alone, the Communications and Multimedia Commission and national police said in a statement.

Musk is under investigation in Brazil after he accused a Supreme Court judge of censoring social networks, calling him a «dictator» and vowing to disobey rulings blocking users found to be spreading disinformation. Here are five things to know about the billionaire's beef with powerful, polarizing Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday said his old party will be out at zero in the coming Lok Sabha elections. In a post on social media platform X, Nirupam said, “In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress won two seats in Maharashtra. In 2019, the party won one seat. This time, Ubatha has given Congress seats like alms. According to this calculation, Congress will be out at zero in 2024.” “That's why many leaders have become non-reachable by mobile. After June 4, they will all start hiding. Foreign trips on a large scale may also be arranged,” he added in his post.

If there’s one thing adults in the US are more afraid of than dying, it’s outliving their money.

Manipur parliamentary seat seems to have turned into a bipolar contest between Thounaojam Basanta Kumar Singh of BJP and Angomcha Bimol Akoijam of Congress. The high decibel campaign that this seat witnessed in past elections is missing as the situation remains tense in the northeastern state that has been engulfed by ethnic violence since May last year. In fact, chief minister N Biren Singh recently had to tell his party workers to engage with people and that there is nothing to fear.

Akhilesh Yadav-led SP, which was a partner of the RLD in Uttar Pradesh. ALSO READ: 'Aaj main kis muh se inkaar karoon': RLD's Jayant Chaudhary on joining NDA Choudhury, however, said that he does not hold any grievances against his former partner and underlined the need to make harsh decisions in one's political career. Follow Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Live Updates here He was speaking during an election campaign in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli.

WWE Wrestlemania 40 held in Philadelphia broke many earlier records and became the most successful live event in the company's history. Cody Rhodes won the Undisputed Universal Championship beating Roman Reigns and The Rock's in-ring return. According to 'Variety', the sporting event took place two nights at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. With 145,298 in attendance across both nights this year, it broke the record of attendance of Wrestlemania 39. It was 78 percent more compared to last year. Similarly, the sale of merchandise was up by 20% over last year. According to the company, WWE World became the highest-grossing and most-attended fan event in its history. During the program, broadcaster Michael Cole said that the road to WrestleMania kick-started 17 consecutive sellouts for WWE’s televised events. Monday’s show drew the largest gate in its history and broke the record of last week’s show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

BMO Bank, the U.S. subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, quietly dropped its policy restricting lending to the coal industry in late 2023, helping it avoid being labelled an energy “boycotter” in West Virginia.

WATCH video below: Meanwhile, Tesla CEO and owner of X social media platform Elon Musk also tweeted a video showing the "view of the eclipse from orbit". This video clip too showed a shadow of the Moon cast on a particular area on Earth.

Italy's government is mulling tougher penalties for crimes using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools including market rigging and money laundering, according to a draft law bill seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The 25-article draft bill lays down general principles «on research, experimentation, development, adoption and application» of AI in Italy, to cope with «the impact on fundamental rights» and related economic and social risks.

Amrita Singh, a user on social media platform X, recently stumbled upon a job advertisement displayed outside an Indian momos shop. The notice, embellished with Hindi script, prominently features a job opening for a helper or worker with a salary offer of Rs 25,000.

The Floki Price Prediction garners attention as FLOKI’s valuation hits the $2 billion milestone, sparking speculation on potential whale accumulation. This digital asset, now trading at $0.000210, has seen a notable 2.52% rise within a day, accentuating its market presence.

Elon Musk on April 9 claimed that the Brazilian employees of his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), are being threatened with arrest. The tech mogul further added that all details he has on Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes will be shared after his employees are safe. “We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump.

CSK vs KKR IPL 2024: “Old friends meeting up and exchanging a pleasantry or two - that’s what makes these games so special," said the commentator as Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni hugged each other and whole-heartedly smiled. It was after the Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’s win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on April 8. However, for the uninitiated, Gambhir and Dhoni could be anything else, but they are definitely not known to be “old friends".

West Virginia’s treasurer announced that he is restricting four financial services firms from providing state banking services because he says they “boycott” the fossil fuels industry.

Elon Musk and Brazil escalated on Sunday when a Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into the billionaire after Musk said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X that the judge had ordered blocked. Musk, the owner of X and a self-declared free speech absolutist, has challenged a decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering the blocking of certain accounts. He has said X, formerly known as Twitter, would lift all the restrictions because they were unconstitutional and called on Moraes to resign.