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Evgeny Kozlov, Moscow's first deputy head, anticipates a surge in Indian tourist arrivals facilitated by a new visa-free group travel agreement, coupled with the introduction of virtual cards for pre-travel non-cash payments.

China commenced its second day of military maneuvers around Taiwan on Friday, conducting exercises aimed at testing their capacity to assert control and dominance over key strategic areas.

Hanan Yablonka, aged 42, Michel Nisenbaum, aged 59, and Orion Hernandez Radoux, aged 30, were all confirmed deceased on October 7 during the massacre by Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas.

Russia on Friday announced for the first time that the Islamic State coordinated the March concert hall attack in Moscow, marking the country's deadliest terror attack in two decades.

Jaya Badiga, the daughter of industrialist and former Machilipatnam MP Badiga Ramakrishna, is the first Telugu woman to attain this esteemed position. Before being appointed as judge, she served as a commissioner for the Sacramento county superior court.

A landslide in remote Papua New Guinea on Friday is estimated to have killed more than 100 people, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

By 6.20am, at least 14 people had died and six were injured, VNA cited local officials as saying. It was not clear how many people were in the apartment at the time the fire broke out. The flames were extinguished after an hour.

Despite recent tensions in their bilateral relations, the Maldives is set to launch India's RuPay service soon, which a senior minister has stated "will bolster the Maldivian Rufiyaa."

Despite the criticism, the UK Prime Minister received a heartfelt show of support from his wife, Akshata Murty. In a recent Instagram post, Murty shared images of herself with Sunak, captioned with a powerful message: "I'm with you, every step of the way."

In a health advisory, Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Dr. Clare Looker said, "A case of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection, also known as 'bird flu,' has been reported in Victoria. This is the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Australia. The case occurred in a child, who acquired the infection in India and was unwell in March 2024."