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By Ellen Zhang, Xiaoyu Yin and Marius Zaharia

Hong Kong’s government is lifting some curbs on property deals after home prices fell to a seven-year low

IndiGo on Wednesday announced new domestic route additions to its flight network. The latest routes will be functional from March 31, 2024. The airline will be operating direct flights between Ahmedabad-Rajkot, Ahmedabad-Aurangabad, Bhopal-Lucknow, Indore-Varanasi. The airline has also announced direct flights between Kolkata-Srinagar and Kolkata-Jammu from April 10, 2024 and April 21, 2024, respectively. Flights between Kolkata and Jammu via Srinagar are also set to begin from April 10, 2024.

H1B visa process, 'green card' backlog and other issues related to the country's legal immigration system, the White House has said. The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. «One of the steps, if we look at the H1B visa process, we have taken action to improve that and the process and backlog for lawful permanent residents (green card) who are eligible to become US citizens,» White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference on Wednesday. She was responding to questions about the feeling among a section of Indian Americans that the president is not putting as much effort on addressing the woes of legal immigrants as he is doing for illegal immigrants.

It seems that over the past decade or so, a whole host of stocks and sectors have been written off by investors. Newspapers, linear television, thermal power, anything related to the internal combustion engine, offline travel agents—the list is long. However, in the real world, many of them are still ubiquitous.

By Waylon Cunningham and Deborah Mary Sophia

U.S. airfares are, on average, 15% lower now than they were a decade ago, and 6% lower than this time last year

Authorities say an offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month has reached the shores of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hundreds of miles away

Without his spouse's knowledge, Loudon capitalized on this non-public data to buy 46,450 shares before the acquisition was publicly disclosed. Subsequently, following the announcement, the stock price of the travel center operator surged, allowing Loudon to sell his shares at a considerable profit. After his wife to know that he had

BEIJING — China is beefing up national security measures by expanding its protections of state secrets to include a broad category of «work secrets.»

Vancouver firefighter Christopher Won said he is just feeling lucky to be alive after a devastating diagnosis on his vacation forced the amputation of his lower leg.

One Vehicle, One FASTag" initiative to discourage users from using a single FASTag for multiple cars or associating multiple FASTags with a single vehicle. NHAI has asked people to update their FASTag before the February 29, 2024 deadline.

Mint that 77% of the rooms signed in 2023 were within the luxury and premium portfolio segment, compared to the 48% in 2022. Edited excerpts: Asia Pacific had a particularly strong year across the industry. In our case, we almost broke every record that there was.

On February 25, renowned crypto attorney Steven Nerayoff expressed concerns that the legal challenges faced by former Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao could cause trust issues in the crypto industry.

₹300 crore in a year would pay ₹18-30 crore to an operator for management services. These partnerships are often long-term, with most hotels signing contracts lasting 12-15 years. Many hotels are looking to largely brand hotels that are new developments or greenfield projects for their upcoming pipeline as opposed to brand conversions projects, which would account for just 20-30% of the pipeline.

designer JJ Valaya’s bridge-to-luxury line JJV Kapurthala, and celebrated actors Mrunal Thakur & Jim Sarbh.Presenting influences from global trends, Fashion NXT 2024 has been curated around three unique themes that are at the apex of evolving fashion: WANDERLUXE, representing influence of luxury fashion in holiday wear; GLOSS & GLAM, representing modern interpretation of glamour in high fashion; and INTERGLAMATIC, representing fashion inspired by futurism.Weaving these themes, JJ Valaya showcased a magnificent collection that brought together the worlds of red-carpet glamour and luxury travel. It delved into a world of his iconic chevron prints and captured the essence of modern opulence through the liberal use of gold.Talking about Fashion NXT, designer JJ Valaya said,“Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion NXT is a truly innovative platform that shines the spotlight on the future of fashion. For its preview in Hyderabad, I have curated a fashion showcase that embraces the gloss and glamour of red-carpet and blends it with influences of modern luxury in travel attire. As a true royal nomad at heart, I hope my collection would inspire people to dress up when stepping out during holidays, even when they prefer to travel light."Actor Mrunal Thakur said,“The idea of glamour in fashion is constantly evolving. I like that Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion NXT is embracing this shift and reimagining the gloss and glamour of red-carpet.JJ Valaya is a master of his craft, and I loved that his JJV Kapurthala collection evokes the glamour in modern luxury so well."Actor Jim Sarbh said,“It’s impressive how Blenders Pride Glassware Fashion NXT has stirred the concepts of red-carpet glam and futuristic innovation together. And there’s no

British Airways supervisor believed to be on the run in India after his role in an alleged GBP 3 million visa scam from over five years came to light, according to a UK media report on Tuesday. ‘The Sun' newspaper reports that the unnamed 24-year-old suspect worked at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport and is said to have charged customers GBP 25,000 per trip to abuse a loophole and fly them across the British Airways (BA) network without crucial visa documents. British police are now said to be working with their Indian counterparts to try to trace the man, who reportedly vanished with his partner – a BA ground services staffer – after he was arrested on January 6 and released on bail. He is believed to have flown out to India where he has reportedly bought several properties.

Tejashwi Yadav is touring the state as part of "Jan Vishwas Yatra". The yatra commenced on February 20 from Muzaffarpur and would continue for 11 days, during which he will travel all 38 districts of the state.

By Arathy Somasekhar and Andrew Hayley

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook

Authorities in Grenada on Monday said an American couple who vanished last week after their yacht was allegedly hijacked by fugitives in the Caribbean were likely killed and thrown overboard.