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Berlin, Nov 3 (IANS) Germany recorded an unemployment rate unchanged at 5.7 per cent in October, with a fall revival weaker than expected, according to the Federal Employment Agency (BA).According to BA’s data released on Thursday, despite a slight month-on-month decline, there were around 2.6 million unemployed people in Germany in October, 165,000 more than in the same period last year, reports Xinhua news agency.The country’s total workforce also continued to develop at a subdued pace, although it reached a record high of 46 million in September, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday.As in previous months, the figure…

Tokyo, Nov 3 (IANS) The Japanese government adopted an economic package worth over 17 trillion yen ($113 billion) as part of its efforts to help households hit by rising prices.The new measures in the package include a tax cut of 40,000 yen per person and 70,000 yen in payouts to low-income households who are exempt from paying income and residential taxes and would otherwise be left out, with the goal of helping Japan completely exit the deflationary spiral of low prices, low wages and low growth, reports Xinhua news agency.Meanwhile, the ongoing subsidies for oil wholesalers and utility bill relief…

The track, described as “the last Beatles song”, was sourced from a Lennon demo and finished by Sir Paul and Sir Ringo Starr decades after the original recording, reports Mirror.co.uk.Speaking to BBC Radio 1, Paul said: “Before John died he was working on some songs and Yoko (Ono, Lennon’s wife) spoke to George Harrison, and said ‘I’ve got a cassette with some John songs on that he never got to finish. Would you be interested in finishing them off?’ So we thought about it and we thought ‘Yeah, it would be great’, ’cause in a way we would be working…

Justice Devan Ramachandran said that even though violators do not deserve any leniency, a seven-day may be granted so that such illegally installed boards may be removed to avoid a penalty of Rs 5,000 (as prescribed under the Kerala Municipality Rules) per board.”I am certain that the committees constituted by this court must start imposing maximum penalty under the rules against every board …those who have created/erected it and every other individual involved, will have to be found out and identified, leading to FIRs being registered against them,” the court ordered.The committees constituted by the court were ordered to immediately…

In South Korea, bedbugs had been nearly brought to extinction following sweeping disinfection campaigns in the 1960s and the adoption of the powerful pesticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, in the 1970s, reports Yonhap News agency.The country has recently experienced, however, a surge in reports of bedbug appearances and damage nationwide, including those from a university dormitory in the southeastern city of Daegu and a commercial sauna in Incheon, west of Seoul, last month.To stop the proliferation of bedbugs, the Seoul city government has devised and is pushing for an insect prevention project, called “Zero-bedbug city project” ,city officials said.Under…

According to the official spokesman, development projects worth Rs 1,24,389 crore would be launched from 21 districts of the region during the upcoming GBC.This is significant considering the Purvanchal region is traditionally considered to be one of the most backward regions in the country.Data also indicated that the maximum amount would be invested in Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli which have been under the shadow of Naxal activities at one point of time.”As many as 30 projects worth Rs 54,042 crore will be implemented in Sonbhadra, whereas 46 projects worth Rs 16,161 crore will be launched in Chandauli and 46 projects…

Titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, the resolution put forward each year against the embargo garnered support from 187 states, with only Washington and Israel casting against and Ukraine abstaining, reports Xinhua news agency.Debate on the resolution began Wednesday and extended into Thursday.The General Assembly reiterated its call for all states to refrain from promulgating and applying such restrictive laws and measures in line with their obligations under the UN Charter and international law.The more than 60-year blockade violates the rights of all Cubans, said Cuban Foreign…

The One Day for Children is a milestone event under the ICC-UNICEF partnership to support children’s issues and causes during the ICC Men’s World Cup Cricket 2023 taking place in India.In the second innings of the match, Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan pressed a button which lit up the32,000 strong iconic Wankhede Stadium in UNICEF’s iconic cyan blue colour, as part of a long-standing partnership between UNICEF and the International Cricket Council (ICC).“The World Cup is an opportune moment to bring people together and promote hope and equality for every child, and I am delighted that today’s match between Sri…

The companies Intel has collaborated with include Bhagwati Products Ltd, Dixon Technologies India Ltd, Kaynes Technology India Ltd, Optiemus Electronics Ltd, Panache Digilife Ltd, Smile Electronics Ltd, Syrma SGS Technology Ltd, and VVDN Technologies Private Ltd.This initiative underscores Intel’s dedication to accelerate technology-led growth in alignment with the Make in India initiative.”I am very pleased that global organisations like Intel are partnering with India, helping to build and catalyse the electronics manufacturing ecosystem for laptops and compute,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said in a statement.”This aligns with Prime Minister Narendra…

Election officials said that around 2,000 senior citizens, including women and PwDs exercised their franchise in their homes in presence of election officials as the elderly and PwD voters are unable to come to the polling stations on the day of actual balloting on November 7.According to the officials, 5673 government officials, including security, polling personnel, and people associated with the essential services also voted through postal ballots in various facilitation centers set up in 11 districts.The highest number of 1,654 senior citizens, PwD voters and government personnel have cast their votes in Aizawl district, followed by Lunglei district (1,114)…