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India has announced nine more repatriation flights from the UAE, ticket sales for which will open later on Friday. Air India Express will operate these flights under the Vande Bharat Mission to south Indian cities from Sharjah, according to the Indian Consulate in Dubai. "All Indian nationals are advised to take note of direct sale of Air India Express flights from Sharjah. Following flights will be opened for sale effective 4 p.m. UAE Time on July 3. Make sure to book your tickets once the sale is live," the mission stated on Twitter. The flights scheduled to operate from July 9 to 14 are flying to Madurai, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Kochi and Hyderabad, Gulf news reported. "Indian nationals registered with the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi or the Consulate-General of India in Dubai, fulfilling the required entry conditions can book through Air India Express booking offices or online or through authorised travel agents in the UAE," the state...

At least 113 bodies were found on Thursday, while several others were reported missing after a landslide hit a jade mining site in Myanmar's Kachin state , officials said. "A more than 304 meter-high cliff collapsed, burying those collecting stones," Xinhua news agency quoted a rescue worker at the scene as saying. Caused by the monsoon rains, the landslide occurred at the site in Sate Mu village tract of Hpakant township at 8 a.m., according to the Fire Services Department. Rescue work is continuing for people still missing at the site. Deadly landslides are frequent in Kachin state, known as land of jade. Many local people make living by jade scavenging in the region and most of the landslides are caused by partial collapse of tailings heaps and dams. A major landslide, which occurred in the region in November 2015, left at least 116 jade scavengers dead. Myanmar is the world's biggest source of jade, said a BBC report. The country's jade trade is reported to...

Jaipur is a capital city in the Indian state of Rajasthan , it is called ‘pink city’ due to the pink color buildings. It is the first city in India that is planned as per Vastu Shastra and the Shilpa Shastra. The city was founded by the ruler of Amer Jai Singh II in 1727 after whom the city was named and was planned and designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. In 2019 UNESCO World Heritage Committee included the pink city among its World Heritage Sites. Rajasthan is a state that was ruled by the Royal Hindus, hence Hindu arts, forts, and sculptures can be found here. The King of Amer who ruled the regions of Rajasthan from 1699 to 1743, planned to shift his capital from Amer to another place due to the increase in population along with the scarcity of water. He consulted many architects for the plan and later Vidyadhar Bhattacharya’s plan was accepted and was decided to shift the capital by forming a new city 11 km away from Amer. The construction started in 1726 and took almost four ye...

Markus Braun , the former CEO of scandal-hit digital payments firm Wirecard, has been arrested after the company confirmed that the missing $2.1 billion did not exist, German Police told the media on Tuesday. Munich prosecutors confirmed that Braun was arrested on suspicion of having inflated the digital payment company's balance sheet and sales through fake transactions, reports CNN. He did this in order to make the company more attractive to investors and customers. Braun was likely to be released from custody on a bail of $5.7 million, according to the prosecutors. Earlier, Germany-based Wirecard said on Monday that 1.9 billion euros (nearly $2.1 billion) that were supposed to be in its accounts simply did not exist at all. "The Management Board of Wirecard assesses on the basis of further examination that there is a prevailing likelihood that the bank trust account balances in the amount of 1.9 billion EUR do not exist," the company said in a statement. Braun re...

 Amazon has announced a $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in companies whose products and services will facilitate the transition to a zero carbon economy. The announcement is part of the Climate Pledge -- a commitment to reach the Paris Agreement ten years early and be net-zero carbon by 2040 � which was co-founded by Amazon and non-profit Global Optimism last year. Verizon, Reckitt Benckiser (RB), and Infosys recently joined the pledge. "The Climate Pledge Fund will look to invest in the visionary entrepreneurs and innovators who are building products and services to help companies reduce their carbon impact and operate more sustainably," Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder, and CEO said in a statement on Tuesday. "Companies from around the world of all sizes and stages will be considered, from pre-product startups to well-established enterprises. Each prospective investment will be judged on its potential to accelerate the path to zero carbon and help protect the...

The number of COVID-19 recoveries in Sri Lanka surpassed the 1,500-mark on Monday after 28 patients were discharged from hospital, according to the Health Ministry. To date, 1,950 people have been infected with the virus after the first local patient was detected in March out of which 1,526 patients have recovered, bringing down the total active cases to 424, reports Xinhua news agency citing the Ministry as saying. A total of 11 deaths have been reported from the virus in the country so far. Sri Lankan authorities said last week that no public transmission of the virus had been reported since April 30 but the public had to maintain strict health guidelines such as social distancing and wearing face masks when leaving homes. The island country is gradually returning to normalcy as capital Colombo resumed economic activities late last month after being shut for over two months. Read More:  https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/sri-lankas-covid-19-recoveries-surpass-1500-mark ...

A PepsiCo food factory in Beijing has suspended production after eight COVID-19 cases were found, some of whom had been to the Chinese capital's wholesale food market where a fresh coronavirus outbreak was reported last week, authorities said. Two of the cases from the factory in Daxing district had been to the Xinfadi wholesale market, Xinhua news agency quoted Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing center for disease control and prevention, as saying to the media on Sunday. The factory has initiated an emergency response and took measures including suspending the production and operation, sealing the products, disinfecting the environment and quarantining the personnel, according to Fan Zhimin, an official with the PepsiCo Greater China Region. The information at the website of the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System shows the suspended factory mainly processes grains and produces potato-related and puffed food Beijing has reported over 200 domestical...