Umrah packages touch Dh8,000 as Ramadan 2026 travel demand rises in UAE | World News

High demand lifts Ramadan 2026 Umrah package prices / AI Illustration As the crescent moon for Ramadan 2026 is expected to appear around February 19, thousands of UAE residents are already eyeing the journey of a lifetime. Performing Umrah during the Holy Month is often described as having the spiritual reward equivalent to Hajj, leading […]

Speculation rises over EC favouring anti-India voices in Bangladesh polls

DHAKA: Speculation over whether the administration is favouring anti-India voices in parliamentary polls intensified after Election Commission (EC) Saturday cancelled the candidacy of BNP’s Monzurul Ahsan Munshi while upholding that of National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Abul Hasnat for the Cumilla-4 constituency. Hasnat is a frontline leader of the July Uprising that led to the […]

Garbage avalanche: Death toll rises in Philippines landfill collapse; 34 feared trapped

At least four people were killed and dozens remained missing after a landfill collapsed in the central Philippines, triggering a major rescue operation that was continuing into Saturday, according to local authorities. The incident occurred shortly after 4 pm on Thursday at a private landfill in Binaliw, a mountainous area on the outskirts of Cebu […]

Will AI steal your job? From pay rises to pink slips, how UAE employees are changing career goals

Paychecks Are Out, Job Survival Is In: UAE’s AI Wake-Up Call Welcome to the age where your biggest career flex is not a bigger paycheck instead, it is not being replaced by a machine. With artificial intelligence (AI) transforming how work gets done in the UAE, employees are rethinking priorities, putting job security and future-proof […]

Paytm Rises as Subsidiary Gets RBI Nod to Operate as Payment Aggregator for Offline and Cross-Border Transactions | Udaipur Kiran

Mumbai, 18 December (Udaipur Kiran) — Shares of One97 Communications (Paytm) moved higher on Wednesday after its wholly owned subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator for offline (physical) and cross-border transactions. The stock was trading at Rs. 1284.20, up 1.26% […]

‘Police underprepared, civilian required to neutralise threat’: Witnesses reveal shocking details as Bondi Beach shooting toll rises to 16

The death toll from the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney has risen to 16, including a child, as survivors reveal harrowing details of the attack and question the ‘underprepared’ police response, reports the Daily Mail. The massacre on Sunday targeted a Hanukkah festival full of Jews and is being treated as an act of terrorism. […]

Japan quake: Authorities warn of earthquake of ‘greater magnitude’; injured toll rises to 51

Japan on Wednesday reported 51 people injured after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori late Monday, prompting rare warnings of a potentially stronger quake in the coming days.According to the fire and disaster management agency, the updated figure marks a sharp rise from the 30 injuries initially noted by the prime […]