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Health Minister Mark Butler said the move -- which will take effect from January 5 -- was being made "to safeguard Australia from the risk of potential new emerging variants" and "in recognition of the rapidly evolving situation in China".

Speaking at the public meeting, Chief Minister Sarma said that Assam witnessed many agitations, dharnas and hartals over the years but it is time to concentrate on rejuvenating the intellectual, cultural and developmental landscape of the state.

Kim's moves suggest he will continue his provocative run of weapons tests this year despite U.S.-led pressure campaigns to curb his nuclear ambition. Regional tensions on the North's nuclear program will likely continue, but some experts said Kim would ultimately try to use his enlarged arsenal to wrest concessions like sanctions relief in future dealings with his rivals.

For years, the market practice among foreign companies - often endorsed by their tax advisors - has been to file tax returns only if there were some earnings, or sale of shares or properties to make money. Few, if any, filed the 49-page form that seeks a whole lot of information if there were only purchases of stocks or other assets (but no sale or capital gains).

This year, Warren Buffett surpassed Jeff Bezos on the wealthy list, and he now poses a threat to Bill Gates's position as the second-richest American next to Elon Musk.

National, provincial and private health-care authorities in the country have provided nearly 1,000 genetic sequences from infected patients to GISAID in the past five days, said chief executive officer Peter Bogner. So far, all the samples continue to be omicron, though subvariants that have hit other parts of the world including XBB.1 and BQ.1.1 have emerged, he said.

Officials told ET that the ministry of roads, transport, and highways will get around 10-15% more than the amount allotted during FY23, for the next budget. The FY23 budget had earmarked ₹1.99 lakh crore as Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for the transport ministry, of this, capital expenditure (capex) stood at ₹1,87,744 crore, while revenue expenditure was ₹11,364 crore.

Companies are issuing advisories to employees to follow all Covid-19 protocols, facilitating booster doses for their workforce, conducting temperature checks at random, importing components in advance and ensuring the continuation of contactless services, industry executives told ET.

Born on June 18, 1923, Heeraben Modi led an austere life full of struggle and a fight for livelihood. She is survived by five sons -- Prahlad, Amrit, Somabhai, Pankaj and Narendra -- and a daughter Vasantiben. On several occasions, Modi asserted that he was greatly influenced by her and often mentioned her struggles in his speeches and writings.

This came shortly after the sub-committee on the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) directed authorities in Delhi-NCR to invoke curbs under Stage III of the anti-pollution plan with immediate effect.

New Delhi's current account balance recorded a deficit of $36.4 billion, or 4.4% of the GDP, in the September quarter, up from $18.2 billion, or 2.2% of the GDP, in the first quarter, data published by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. The deficit was at $9.7 billion, or 1.3% of the GDP, a year ago.

Pele thought of football as a beautiful game, hence it becomes important to trace his life history full of success and failures.

Rita Rusk, once known as Scotland's first lady of hairdressing, passed away at the age of 75, and tributes have been offered to her.

The two sides also discussed a system of self-certification for the origin of goods clause, people aware of deliberations told ET. The fourth round of talks is scheduled for March 2023.

A 20-year-old man, who died horribly in a luxury car accident is identified to be Mohammed Shaan Hussain. The accident occurred in westbound lanes of the highway on December 21.

People who are currently living here in the Air India colony are under deep stress and accuse the management of not giving proper maintenance.

The Kochhars were arrested on Friday and Dhoot was held on Monday in connection with the CBI probe into ₹1,730 crore of loans sanctioned by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group when Chanda Kochhar was the lender's MD & CEO.

​​Filling up of 'air suvidha' forms and 72-hour prior RT-PCR testing are likely to be made mandatory from next week for international passengers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, sources said.

During the searches, the SIU collected and seized incriminating material and important documents, including digital devices, the spokesperson said. The official said proper Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were followed while carrying out the searches. The raids were conducted in connection with the investigation of a case FIR No 83/2022 registered U/s 18, 23 UAP, 7/25 Arms Act at Kellar police station.

AquaDom aquarium blast has pointed fingers at the construction company and the hotel management for poor renovation and safety measures. Police have not found any evidence which suggests a malicious act but the cause of the blast remains unclear.

"The fire has been controlled and covered from all the sides but not put out completely. The fire fighting operation is still on," a senior official said.

On the way to his third double-century in 254 balls, Warner posted his 25th hundred, and first in nearly three years, while becoming Australia's eighth player to notch 8,000 runs in tests.

Solo Sikoa is the rising star of WWE. Recently, he used the legendary Samoan spike move to defeat his opponents.

A holiday court remanded Dhoot in CBI's custody till December 28. The court also extended the remand of Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak who were arrested on Friday by three days. The CBI sought a three-day custody to confront the accused.

Seven-day festive celebration, which honours African-American and Pan-African culture and traditions, starts post-Christmas on December 26 and goes on till January 1.

At an official briefing, spokespersons Jairam Ramesh and Supriya Shrinate detailed the instances of "trolling and propaganda" by the BJP. Shrinate then hit out at Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi, saying "a BJP leader had said Rahul Gandhi would travel abroad for a Christmas break. But, when the minister wrapped up in a blanket was busy breaking the country, Gandhi was paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee."

Top firms like Microsoft as well as the leader of computer-based testing Pearson Vue are also looking at a possible association with the Indian skill education ecosystem, officials in the know told ET.

China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, said it had conducted "strike drills" in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the democratically-governed island and the United States.

More than 200,000 people across several eastern states woke up without power on Christmas morning and many more had their holiday travel plans upended, although the five-day-long storm featuring blizzard conditions and ferocious winds showed signs of easing.

In the first phase, enumerators will provide a house number for each house in the state and will identify the number of families. School teachers, Nagar Nigam and Block-level government employees will be the enumerators. Each ward has been divided into two Enumerator Blocks.

The Indian team narrowly managed to avoid losing to Bangladesh in a Test for the first time, thanks to timely intervention from Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin in a nervy chase of 145. In no five-day encounter in the past haveBangladesh even run India close.

One can't help but recall the efficacy of behaviour change campaigns in Swachh Bharat Mission that brought millions of open defecators inside the walls of safe sanitation, and effected a distinctly higher sense of cleanliness among the general population. The mission is currently seeking to cope with the task of sustaining the newly accrued sanitation culture. Similarly, in guarding the country against any new surge, agencies and communities have to cement the masking habits that evolved in the difficult years of 2020 and 2021, then under duress.

The cabinet Friday decided to provide free foodgrain to nearly 814 million eligible beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), doing away with even the heavily subsidised prices of ₹3, ₹2, and ₹1 for rice, wheat, and coarse grain, respectively.

The former banker is facing a probe for allegedly taking kickbacks through her husband's company for sanctioning of loans to the Videocon group when she was at the helm of ICICI Bank.

James Forsyth, a political thinker and editor is also a good friend of Rishi Sunak. Forsyth joins the PM as his political secretary to resolve the problems in the party and prepare for the next general elections.

During the past decade, Aadhaar number has emerged as a universally accepted proof of identity of residents in India. More than 1,100 government schemes and programs, including 319 run by the central government, use Aadhaar based identification for delivery of services. Besides, many financial institutions like banks and NBFCs use Aadhaar to authenticate and onboard customers seamlessly.

The 3 million tonnes per annum steel plant project, under National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), was conceived in 2000 in the newly-formed state of Chhattisgarh. Despite massive protests by tribals against the project, the government had persuaded them with jobs and promises of a super speciality hospital, sports complex and schools.

Megan Thee Stallion's boyfriend, Pardison Fontaine publicly supported women seeking justice, with a message shared on social media while the jury decides whether Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot two years ago.

"The discussions around Covid-19 have started once again as the numbers begin to rise. Skilled nursing staff have been identified and we are looking into our stocks. Overall, we are preparing ourselves so that if the infection accelerates there is no panic and shortage of medical supplies," an executive at Max Healthcare said on condition of anonymity.

Diplomats from 15-20 countries are unable to open bank accounts that they need to perform their basic diplomatic roles, ET has learnt. Officials from some African and Caribbean countries and India are among those affected by the new rules, which seek to prevent scandals like an alleged attempt by Qatar to influence policy-making at the European Parliament.

India may also witness rise in Covid cases in the next few weeks, but experts believe that the situation may not be as alarming as what's happening in China. As per some reports, 1-2 million people could succumb to the virus in the coming months.

The approval is based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and views of major coconut-growing states, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur told media persons. This is an increase of Rs 270 per quintal for milling copra and Rs 750 per quintal for ball copra over the previous season.

The Scottish parliament has passed the long-awaited Gender Recognition Reform bill.

Raising Salian's death, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane alleged it was connected to Sushant Singh Rajput's death and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray's 'role in the two cases' had to be probed.