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Dubai’s Emirates Airlines has banned passengers from carrying pagers and walkie-talkies on its flights, following last month’s attacks on Lebanese group Hezbollah involving communication devices that exploded. “All passengers traveling to, from, or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies in checked or cabin baggage,” the airline said in a statement on its website on Friday. It added that any prohibited items found will be confiscated by Dubai Police as part of heightened security measures. In the deadly September attacks, thousands of booby-trapped Hezbollah pagers and hundreds of radios exploded – attacks that were widely blamed on Israel but which it has not claimed. The Middle East’s largest airline also announced that flights… Read More »Emirates Bans Pagers, Walkie-Talkies Onboard Flights After Lebanon Blasts

The final votes are being cast in Haryana and it will soon be time to find out what the exit polls have predicted for the state as well as the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a largely bipolar contest in Haryana and an important one both for the BJP, which is looking to form a government in the state for the third straight time and the Congress, which is hoping to make a comeback. The BJP won only five of the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana after sweeping all of them in 2019 and these Assembly elections are an opportunity for the party to prove that it remains popular with… Read More »Voting Draws To A Close, Exit Polls For Haryana, Jammu And Kashmir Soon

The voting for 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, the first in almost a decade, took place in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October 1. While voting for 90 seats in Haryana state polls is underway. The votes for both will be counted on October 8. The focus now shifts to exit polls, which try to predict election outcomes by interviewing voters right after they have cast their votes. Banned during the voting process, exit polls can be made public 30 minutes after voting ends. This is to ensure that the polls don’t influence people while they are still voting, but also still allows for immediate analysis and discussion once… Read More »Haryana And J&K Assembly Exit Poll 2024: Date, Time, When And Where To Watch

The voting for 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, the first in almost a decade, took place in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October 1. While voting for 90 seats in Haryana state polls is underway. The votes for both will be counted on October 8. The focus now shifts to exit polls, which try to predict election outcomes by interviewing voters right after they have cast their votes. Banned during the voting process, exit polls can be made public 30 minutes after voting ends. This is to ensure that the polls don’t influence people while they are still voting, but also still allows for immediate analysis and discussion once… Read More »Haryana And Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Exit Poll 2024: Date, Time, When And Where To Watch

An IT engineer, earning Rs 130,000 per month, has sparked discussion online after asking Redditor if he should consider moving to Sweden for a few years. Taking to Reddit, the 31-year-old from Bengaluru expressed that he is confused about whether to continue living in India or relocate to Sweden after receiving a lucrative job offer with a salary three times his current earnings. The user noted that although he is satisfied with his job, the offer from Helsingborg, Sweden, offering SEK 50,000 (approximately INR 3.9 lakhs) per month, has made him reconsider his options. However, he added that with dependent parents and a wife who isn’t too keen on working, the decision is complicated.  Taking… Read More »“Should I Move?”: Bengaluru Techie Asks After Receiving Sweden Job Offer With 3x Salary