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Travelers, be warned: The federal government may revoke your passport if you ignore a big tax bill.

Telegram messaging app, Paul Durov, who had an arrest warrant issued against him, was detained by the French authorities at an airport outside Paris, CNN reported. Officers from France's anti-fraud office, attached to French customs, took the French-Russian billionaire into custody on Saturday evening after he arrived at Bourget Airport on a flight from Azerbaijan, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Durov, 39, was wanted under a French arrest warrant due to the lack of moderation on Telegram, which allegedly led to the platform being used for money laundering, drug trafficking and sharing pedophilic content.

When the next wave of artificial intelligence arrives, autonomous bots will be able to complete nearly any task humans carry out on their devices. These AI “agents," as they are known, won’t need to interact much with people to get things done. The bots will be able to figure out how to accomplish tasks on their own—booking a flight, ordering groceries online or even playing Cupid—all without you lifting a finger.

Paris will again be the centre of attention when the City of Lights hosts the 17 h Paralympic Games. India have sent 84 para-athletes, who will be aiming for the country’s highest-ever medal haul at the Paralympics. India won a solitary medal in London 2012, a number that went up to 4 in 2016 Rio and 19 in 2021 Tokyo. If the athletes perform to potential, it could cross 25 in Paris. For the record, India’s cumulative medals tally between 1968, when it first participated at the Paralympics, and 2016, was 12. But then numbers don’t tell half the story. In Rio, for example, India had sent just 19 athletes. In Tokyo, the number swelled to 54. In Paris, India is sending its largest ever Paralympics contingent.

₹12,500 crore every month on foreign travel in FY 2023-24. Naidoo also highlights the popularity of weekend getaways and staycations, which fuels the demand. Contemporary retail experiences, including the open-plan layouts of stores and women sales personnel in the lingerie and swimwear sections, also make a difference.

Europe's allure seems intact for Indian travellers. Visa applications for European destinations have jumped year-on-year after the summer vacations as Indians unleash their wanderlust to explore Europe in autumn and winter as well. Travel and tourism industry executives said this has stretched visa appointment timelines for many European countries, with some offering no slots at all.

settings won't host any soon. Windows Control Panel is being sent to the tech graveyard by Microsoft. Microsoft has officially announced that a new Settings app will replace the long-standing Windows Control Panel. The confirmation was found in a Windows System Configuration Tools support document. The document discusses the various ways users can personalize their graphical user interface experience, but it ends with a sombre note regarding the Control Panel that the Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated. The Settings app, which debuted in Windows 8 lacked many of the features of its predecessor, has taken its place. With Windows 10, things got better, and with Windows 11, Microsoft kept adding features to the app. While the Control Panel still exists for compatibility reasons and to provide access to some settings that have not yet migrated, users are encouraged to use the Settings app whenever possible, according to Microsoft.

Congress high command threw its weight behind Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah over land allotment controversy and termed it as a BJP plot to destabilise the state government. Siddaramaih and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar travelled to Delhi on Friday afternoon for a meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders to discuss political developments in Karnataka. This was their second visit to Delhi within a month. Emerging from the meeting, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala told reporters that this was BJP's ploy to target their "Dalit chief minister". «We stand behind our chief minister and stand united,» said Surjewala. The meeting came amid a controversy over land allotments in Mysuru to Siddaramaiah's wife. On August 16, Karnataka Governor granted sanction to three private individuals to file a police complaint against the CM and others.

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Friday as U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell signalled interest rate cuts would be among the central bank's priorities in the coming months. Brent crude futures rose by $1.27, or 1.63%, to $78.49 a barrel at 9:50 a.m. CDT (1450 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $1.33, or 1.81%, to $74.34.

FOX Business’ Edward Lawrence shares highlights from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.

Amazon, Jeff Bezos bought a Gulfstream G700, a high-end business jet built by Gulfstream Aerospace that is regarded as one of the biggest and most sophisticated private aircraft in the world, last month. He owns an $80 million private jet. According to reports, Bezos purchased a Gulfstream G700, which is regarded as the world's most sophisticated luxury business jet. Twenty panoramic windows and a whisper-quiet cabin with 100% fresh, plasma-ionized air replenished every two to three minutes are two more features of the G700. The G700 blasted off from Ibiza last Sunday. Also Read: Reacher season 2 DVD, Blu-ray, 4K release date: What we know so far

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he declined to provide exact indications on timing or extent.

Waterlogging caused severe traffic congestion in South Moti Bagh and Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Additionally, the Delhi Traffic Police released a notice stating that waterlogging near GTK Depot was causing traffic issues on GTK Road. There is a traffic diversion in the direction of Wazirabad. Travelers can access the NPL side by traveling on Road No. 51.

Mushrooms Of Uru to act as a field guide to the mushrooms commonly found in the city—some of these include Fairy Ink Caps (Coprinellus disseminatus), Pencil Shaving Mushrooms (Podoscypha petalodes) and Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum). Information about upcoming walks are available on their Instagram page.

Stuck with a 36-hour layover in Bangkok in December 2016, I made a wild decision: I contacted a Thai friend via Facebook whom I had met decades earlier, when I was studying abroad in my early 20s. Shortly after, Pim arrived at the airport bearing two flared glasses brimming with ice-cold martinis. We hustled onto a flight bound for Phuket, Thailand, and spent the next 24 hours beachside catching up on the past quarter-century.

Grypotyphlops acutus, for the first time in the city. For herpetologist Robin Suyesh, assistant professor, department of environmental sciences, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, herping is an activity that needs to be done with low expectations. “It’s an exercise in patience," says Suyesh, 38, on the phone.

virus is slowly increasing its count across the world, and has already reached where it should not be, crucial parts of South Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the entire world, with cases already having been reported in Pakistan and India, with the origins of the same coming in from the Middle Eastern regions.

BIMSTEC Summit scheduled in Bangkok on September 4 owing to “technical issues” over formation of the cabinet. The decision to postpone the Summit was taken on Thursday as all preparations were ongoing till Wednesday. PM Narendra Modi in the light of the current circumstances will not travel to Bangkok. He was also scheduled to undertake a bilateral visit to Thailand on September 3. Modi is, however, expected to go ahead with the bilateral visit to Singapore on September 5, it has been learnt. Earlier he had plans to fly to Singapore from Bangkok. Ahead of Singapore visit, Ministerial delegations of the two countries will meet to firm up agenda to boost strategic partnership and the visit.

Air Canada pilots have been voting to decide on whether they will go on strike, and the vote ends Thursday.

Air India on Thursday announced that it will temporarily operate additional flights to Kolkata from four Indian cities to meet greater travel demand to the city during the upcoming Durga Puja festivities. Starting 20 September 2024, Air India will operate daily, non-stop flights to Kolkata from Bengaluru and Hyderabad for nearly a month. The airline has also increased frequency to Kolkata from Delhi effective 15 August 2024, and from Mumbai effective 25 September 2024.