On the occasion of its 27th anniversary, Philippine budget airline Cebu Pacific Air has announced its ticket will cost 27 Philippine pesos (Rs 40).
Those who book between March 6 and March 10 can enjoy travel to select domestic and international destinations from April 1 to September 30.
“From 10 am between March 6 and March 10, travellers can book their flights to select domestic and international destinations at a cost of 27 Philippine pesos one-way base fare, exclusive of surcharges and fees,” the airline said in a statement on Monday.
CEB is running a month-long series of promotions and seat sales in gratitude to its loyal customers for the past 27 years.
Apart from this, the airline is also offering a discount of 27 percent on select add-ons for convenient travelling.
Cebu Pacific Air is set to restore 100 percent of its pre-COVID network and capacity by the end of March. The airline currently flies 34 domestic and 25 international destinations, spanning across Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
Hyderabad: High Court of Telangana on Monday declared a public holiday on March 7 at all offices working under the HC on account of ‘Holi’.
Along with the High Court, Telangana State Judicial Academy, Secunderabad, Telangana State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, High Court, Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad and High Court Mediation and Arbitration Center will observe March 7 as a public holiday in addition to March 8 and September 2 which has been declared as Court Working Saturday.
Hyderabad: Union Tourism and Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the family of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad last month.
He visited the residence of Pradeep at Erukula Basti, in Amberpet and consoled his parents.
Kishan Reddy, who is Member of Parliament from Secunderabad constituency, extended financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh from his salary and another Rs 1 lakh on behalf of BJP corporators.
He also announced that he will take care of the expenses for education of Pradeep’s sister.
He urged the Telangana government to bring in necessary amendments to the current policies for a holistic approach to combat growing menace of stray dogs, including shifting of dog sterilisation centers to low population density areas.
I call upon the Telangana Govt to bring in necessary amendments to the current policies for a holistic approach to combat this growing menace, including shifting of dog sterilization centers to low population density areas. pic.twitter.com/BUYTNa2th7
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has released the first list of candidates for upcoming assembly polls in Karnataka.
As per the announcement, Lateef Khan Amir Khan Pathan is going to contest from Belagavi North-11 whereas, Durgappa Kashappa Bijawad and Allabaksh Mehboob Sab Bijapur are candidates from Hubli-Dhadwad-East-72 and Basavana Bhagewadi-28 respectively.
AIMIM to contest in Rajasthan too
Earlier, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi announced that his party will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Karnataka.
Addressing the 65th formation day celebrations of AIMIM at its headquarters in Darussalam, he also exuded confidence that the party will increase its strength in Telangana in the elections scheduled later this year.
Owaisi asked his party cadres to gear up for the Telangana Assembly elections. “The poll bugle for the Telangana Assembly elections has been sounded,” he said.
Karnataka, Rajasthan and Telangana Assembly polls
While Karnataka is scheduled to go for assembly elections before May 2023, the polls in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held before the end of the current year.
The elections in Karnataka will elect 224 MLAs whereas, polls in Telangana and Rajasthan will elect 119 and 200 MLAs respectively.
In Karnataka, BJP is struggling to retain power and making all efforts to reform the government after the polls.
On the other hand, the party is leaving no stone unturned to win a majority of seats in the Karnataka and Telangana Assembly elections.
In Telangana, TRS-friendly party AIMIM may also consider an option to increase their seat share in the upcoming polls in the state. Currently, it has seven MLAs in the state assembly.
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday announced a new platform to fight “injustice” prevailing in the country under the BJP-led government, calling on everyone, including opposition chief ministers and leaders, to support him in his endeavour.
Addressing a press conference here, Sibal said he was launching the platform “Insaaf” and a website “Insaaf ke sipahi” to help people rise in the fight against injustice with lawyers at the forefront of the initiative.
He said on March 11, he will hold a meeting of the initiative at Jantar Mantar where he will put forward a vision for India.
Sibal said it was an open invitation for everyone, including opposition leaders and common people, to join him at the event.
He sought the support of opposition chief ministers and leaders for his initiative.
“This will be a national level platform where lawyers will be at the forefront. RSS shakhas have also been spreading their ideology in every locality which gives rise to injustice. We will fight that injustice also,” he said.
The senior advocate said this was a people’s platform and dismissed suggestions that he was launching any political party.
The Dubai-based public relations agency, which announced a first-of-its-kind policy to support its female employees by offering paid leave for fertility-based treatments, menopause, and period-related leave, received more than 1,000 job applications in less than 24 hours.
On Tuesday, February 28, TishTash Communications, headquartered in Dubai, announced that its staff will receive paid leave for menstrual and menopause, in addition to a variety of other women’s health needs.
According to it, staff members can avail of up to six days of menopause (and menstrual) leave per year, which is not part of the employees’ personal or sick leave.
According to TishTash Communications, recent research shows menopausal symptoms are forcing women out of the workforce, with nearly a million women leaving their professions due to unmanageable symptoms.
The agency notes that more than 10 of its team members range in age from 35-45, and because of TishTash is an all-female workforce, the agency strives to create a culture that encourages open and safe conversations about both menopause and menstruation.
“I can’t reply fast enough,” said Natasha Hatherall, Founder and CEO of TishTash Communications told Khaleej Times.
The agency also received over 100 phone calls at the front desk asking if the company was hiring.
Natasha on Wednesday took to Linkedin and wrote,
“Less than 24 hours since we made this announcement at TishTash Communications and we have received over 1000 job applications and our office phone has not stopped ringing.”
“Some of the applications are so searingly honest from women describing how they are literally crippled with endometriosis at their desk but are working in companies where they fear calling in sick, especially with “women problems” for losing their jobs.”
“The need to work in a company where it is “ok” to be a woman and all that comes with that is massive and I thought I had insight before today, but the hundreds of applications and personal messages I’ve received across social media show me maybe we haven’t touched the half it it.”
“As ever, for us it is not just about creating headlines and driving awareness on topics close to our hearts, but it is about walking the walk and continuing to do so and this is what Polly Willams and I are committed to at TishTash.”
“We hope others may listen and take action to create change with us.”
Natasha has also received many notes praising the move on Linkedin.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Finance has issued guidelines on determining tax residency for individual residing in the country, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The rules, which took effect on Wednesday, are designed to clarify local definitions of determining whether a person or legal entity can be considered a tax resident in the UAE.
According to the guidelines, an individual’s ‘usual place of residence’ will be in the UAE if this is where he/she normally or habitually resides and their centre of financial and personal interests will be in the UAE if this is where their work, personal, economic relationships or other connections are the strongest.
The guidelines also states that all days or parts of a day in which an individual is physically present in the UAE will be counted in determining whether the 183-day or 90-day thresholds are met.
In addition, the individual does not need to own his “place of permanent residence”, but that place must be constantly available to him.
“The ministerial decision on implementing domestic tax residency rules is important as it gives additional clarity to individuals in respect of when they are considered as tax residents under UAE taxation laws,” Younis Haji Al Khouri, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Finance, said.
The UAE Ministry of Finance issues Ministerial Decision No. 27 of 2023 on Implementation of Certain Provisions of Cabinet Decision No. 85 of 2022 on Determination of Tax Residency
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 5 lakh each for families of Junaid and Nasir, whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani district after they were abducted from Bharatpur.
“The state government will provide Rs 5 lakh compensation each to the wives and children of both the deceased. An amount of Rs 1 lakh each will be provided as cash whereas a fixed deposit of Rs 4 lakh each will be done so that the dependent families do not face any problem in the education and marriage of the kids,” he told reporters.
The chief minister had met the family members of Junaid and Nasir at a temporary arrangement made near a helipad in Ghatmeeka village.
He was accompanied by Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh, Minister of State for Education and local MLA Zahida Khan, Congress state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and DGP Umesh Mishra.
Nasir (25) and Junaid alias Juna (35), both residents of Ghatmeeka village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly abducted by cow vigilantes on February 15 and their bodies were found inside a burnt car in Loharu in Bhiwani in Haryana on the morning of February 16.
Nasir is survived by his wife, while Junaid is survived by his wife, six children and a mentally challenged brother.
Gehlot also said that he will talk to his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar to take the incident with utmost seriousness as it is of similar nature to the incident that happened in Udaipur where a tailor was hacked to death.
He said his government is committed to arresting the accused at the earliest and submit the charge sheet. Such a crime deserves nothing less than death penalty, he said.
A total of nine accused, including Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar who runs a cow protection group, and Srikant Pandit, whose mother lodged a complaint against the Rajasthan Police, have been named in the case so far.
The accused have been booked under sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 365 (kidnapping), 367 (grievously hurt after kidnapping) and 368 (wrongfully keeping in confinement) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Two more IPC sections — 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) — were later added, police said.
Junaid had a criminal record of cattle smuggling and five cases were registered against him at different police stations, they said.
Los Angeles: ‘Shape of You’ hitmaker Ed Sheeran is back with the latest installment of his mathematical albums.
With – (pronounced Subtract), he’ll cover a difficult period that spurred him to musically reflect on his “deepest, darkest thoughts”, reports ‘People’ magazine.
“I had been working on ‘Subtract’ for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be. Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art,” he said.
Her further mentioned, quoted by ‘People’, “Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out. And in just over a week, I replaced a decade’s worth of work with my deepest darkest thoughts”.
“Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth,” he continued of wife Cherry Seaborn, whom he welcomed a second daughter with in May of last year.
“My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety,” added the singer, 32, referencing a plagiarism lawsuit involving his song “Shape of You.” “I felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air.”
‘People’ further states that he added that this inspired him to put out an album that accurately represented what he was experiencing.
“It’s opening the trapdoor into my soul. For the first time I’m not trying to craft an album people will like, I’m merely putting something out that’s honest and true to where I am in my adult life,” he said. “This is last February’s diary entry and my way of making sense of it. This is ‘Subtract’”.
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has announced compensation to the family members of a five-year-old child who recently became a victim of a stray dog attack in the city.
Apart from the compensation of Rs 6 lakh announced by GHMC, the Mayor of Hyderabad G. Vijaya Laxmi declared that she would give Rs. 2 lakhs and her one-month honorarium to the stray dog attack victim’s kin.
Deputy Mayor and a few corporators also decided to give their one-month honorarium to the child’s family members.
Telangana HC pulls up municipal body
Recently, after taking cognisance of the media report on the incident, Telangana High Court initiated suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
The court pulled up Hyderabad’s municipal body over the gruesome death of the child. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan blamed negligence by the Greater Hyderabad of Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for the child’s death and asked it what steps are being taken to curtail incidents of stray dog attacks.
The court included the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Amberpet), GHMC Veterinary Officer, Hyderabad District Collector and Member Secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority as respondents in the case and asked them to file the counter.
Stray dog attacks continue in Hyderabad
Within a few days after the incident, stray dogs attacked three more children and injured them. In an incident that took place in Maruti Nagar Colony, Hyderabad, a 4-year-old boy was attacked by stray dogs where he sustained minor injuries.
In another incident, two children, Aayan (8) and Fatima (5) are left with bite injuries. They were attacked by two stray dogs while playing near their house in Borabanda, S R Nagar.
