NEW DELHI: Air India has ordered 34 trainer aircraft — 31 single-engine aircraft from Piper Aircraft in the United States and 3 twin-engine aircraft from Diamond Aircraft in Austria — for its upcoming flying training organization (FTO) at Maharashtra’s Amravati. AI aims to have this FTO ready by mid-2025 and make it the biggest flying…
Getty Images Water bills in England and Wales will rise by an average of £86 in the year from April 2025, industry regulator Ofwat has said. The increase, which varies according to where customers live, is to help water companies pay for problems including sewage leaks. How much will I pay for my water in…
Search marketing is undergoing dramatic changes, with many debating whether SEO is on its way out as AI Search rises in popularity. What follows is a candid assessment of what is going on with SEO and search engines today. An SEO School Shuts Down An SEO school by a group called Authority Hackers recently announced…
Every holiday season, the Muslim community in Kansas City spreads a simple yet powerful message: “We are all humans.” Through the Kansas City Dialogue Institute, volunteers prepare and deliver over 400 boxes of homemade baklava to neighbors, churches, synagogues, and nonprofits, KCUR reported. The tradition, now in its tenth year, is a gesture of gratitude…
A judge in France on Thursday found the former husband of Gisèle Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping her repeatedly over the course of almost a decade and inviting dozens of other men to assault her as well, guilty of aggravated rape. He was given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Over the course…
Marketing your local business is the art of establishing connections and building relationships with your local customers. But more than that, it’s about leveraging the right strategies to reach your target audience effectively. Are you looking for new ways to market your business in the local sphere? Here, we’ll go into 44 lucrative local business…
Egypt is one of many popular tourist countries with strict laws. (Image: Getty) It was a holiday romance that should have provided fuzzy memories for months. Instead, British teenager Marcus Fakana has been sentenced to a year in a Dubai jail for having consensual sex with a 17-year-old British girl while the pair were both…
By LIVE COMMENTARY Updated: 08:22 GMT, 19 December 2024 The Bank of England will later today reveal its Monetary Policy Committee’s decision on the direction of interest rates. Base rate is expected to be held at its current level of 4.75 per cent, amid fears of an inflationary resurgence. The FTSE 100 is down 1.2…
Water bills are set to rise by an average of £31 per year over five years from April, the industry regulator has said. Ofwat said the increase was enough for water companies in England and Wales to pay for upgrades and reduce sewage discharges. The increase is higher than the £19 per year Ofwat previously…
PETALING JAYA: A multiyear tax calendar, combined with stronger enforcement measures, could strike a better balance between curbing smoking and addressing the growing illicit tobacco trade. University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) public health medicine specialist Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh said the absence of a tobacco tax increase in Malaysia’s 2025 Budget has sparked debate…
