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The Times, scientists have discovered a gas in a planet's atmosphere which could be "only produced by life". The planet is called K2-18b and is located beneath a constellation Leo and on a star K2-18. K2-18 is believed to be roughly half the size of the Sun.

Indian Railways has launched an app called unreserved ticket system (UTS) to enable people to buy railway tickets online for travelling up to a specified distance. However, for greater convenience, Indian Railways has also come out with a new ATVM smart card. You can recharge this ATVM smart card online. A railway ticket can very well be booked from the UTS app, but the compelling reason to use a smart card to book a ticket is the extra value of 3% offered on using smart cards. «Smart Card is used to purchase tickets through ATVM. Smart cards can be purchased at booking offices at any suburban station and recharged as per requirements. Commuters get a 3% extra value on every recharge. Smart card Cost is Rs 70/- (Rs 50/- refundable deposit & Rs 20/- recharge value),» said the Western Railway on its website as of April 27, 2024. «Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has developed a facility for online recharge of ATVM Smart Cards through the UTSonMobile Website. As a result, passengers can now recharge their ATVM Smart Cards online using all digital payment methods,» said the South Eastern Railway in a press release dated August 18, 2021.

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking disqualification of PM Modi from elections for six years: What's the case against him? As reported by Hindustan Times citing senior officials national capital goes to polls on a Saturday has raised "concerns". Given that May 23 (Thursday) is a gazetted holiday for Buddha Purnima and May 26 is a Sunday, officials are concerned that many people might take May 24 (Friday) off to create an extended long weekend.

Times of India, Rashan said, “I can breathe easy now". Rashan, who had suffered a cardiac arrest in 2019 and experienced health issues for months, travelled to India for medical treatment. Senior cardiac surgeon Dr.

smuggling, security officials have recovered gold of over 2 kgs from two airline passengers. In the first instance, officers from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu seized 977 grams of 24K gold valued at Rs 70.58 lakh from a passenger who had come from Dubai. Authorities reported that the gold was hidden in three packets with 1081 grams of paste-like material inside the passenger's rectum. The passenger was traveling from Dubai to Trichy on the Air India Express. They have been detained, and additional investigation is currently in progress.

GIN & TONIC LEMON TART Recipe by sous chef Mozanne Karbhari, ITC Grand Central, Mumbai Makes 15 Ingredients For the pastry crust 300g flour 100g butter 160g icing sugar 2 eggs One and a half tbsp chilled tonic water For the lemon curd filling 200g sugar 200g butter Juice of 4 lemons 12 egg yolks 3 tbsp gin Topping 3 tsp candied lemon zest, chopped Method Make the pastry by creaming the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and tonic water gradually together until fully incorporated. Add the flour and mix to make a smooth dough.

This pursuit of refinement in every aspect of your credit card experience now takes a turn with the HSBC Credit Card range. With a host of travel privileges, comprehensive entertainment options, and concierge services, HSBC has designed its credit card range to bring a world of tailored indulgences created with you at the centre.

Bombay High Court has said that issuance of a Look Out Circular (LOC) at the instance of public sector banks against alleged default borrowers in the absence of a statute or law is violative of a person's fundamental rights. The court made the observation on April 23 while quashing the Centre's decision empowering such banks to seek issuance of LOCs. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar had on April 23 held as unconstitutional the clause of an Office Memorandum issued by the Central government empowering the Chairman, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of public sector banks to seek issuance of LOCs against default borrowers or even persons who stood guarantee for such borrowers. In its 289-page judgment made available on Friday, the bench said an executive function cannot substitute a statute and the executive cannot in any event contravene the Constitution.

An American traveller to Turks and Caicos is facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for bringing hunting ammunition into the British territory.

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health

American and Southwest airlines both say they lost money in the first quarter, and they're responding by trying to cut costs

Air passengers traveling to and from Paris have experienced significant disruptions Thursday, despite a decision by air traffic controllers to cancel a strike after last-minute negotiations

A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden has come under attack, the latest assault likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

Brigade Group to develop a 300-room InterContinental brand hotel in Telangana. The hotel, named InterContinental Hyderabad Neopolis, will bring together IHG's global expertise in hospitality management and Brigade Group's expertise in real estate development to create a world-class hotel that meets the needs of discerning travellers. The proposed property is first InterContinental property in Kokapet, Hyderabad and will be a part of Brigade's mixed-use development project, expected to be operational by 2029.

India’s business travel sector is experiencing robust growth, indicating a shifting paradigm. India is the world's ninth-largest travel market for business travel spending and the fourth-largest market for the Asia Pacific region.

WASHINGTON—U.S. troops plan to start assembling a floating pier off the coast of northern Gaza as early as this weekend, American defense officials said, part of an effort by the Biden administration to get more aid into the besieged enclave ahead of Israel’s planned invasion of the city of Rafah. But US officials warned that they didn’t expect the pier to supplant deliveries across Gaza’s land borders, which the United Nations has said is the most efficient way to get humanitarian aid into the strip.

When China’s Communist Party put officials on notice that they must get used to tightening purse strings for years to come, the response was swift. At least 21 provincial-level governments trimmed their budgets for official vehicles this year. The governor of Guizhou province pledged to cut his administration’s operating expenses by 15%.

TimesNow has reported. Irani defeated former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress has not yet declared its candidate from Amethi.

The new tax regime was introduced by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget 2020. This regime, also known as the simplified tax regime, offers lower tax rates with fewer deductions and exemptions, compared to the old tax regime. The income tax provisions allow an individual to choose either of the two regimes. The choice can be made every year except where an individual has a business or a profession.

SBI Card has launched three variants of its first travel-focused core credit card ‘SBI Card MILES’. The three variants are SBI Card MILES ELITE, SBI Card MILES PRIME and SBI Card MILES.

Biden administration on Wednesday issued new rules that require airlines to provide automatic cash refunds to passengers when owed and protect consumers from costly surprise fees. «Too often, airlines drag their feet on refunds or rip folks off with junk fees. It is time Americans got a better deal. Today, my administration is requiring that airlines provide automatic refunds to passengers when they are owed and protect them from surprise fees,» Biden said in a video statement. «This is about airlines treating passengers better and it will save people more than half-a-billion dollars, avoiding unwanted, expensive, unnecessary surprise airline fees,» said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.