Podul weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm after making landfall in Taiwan but still pummels provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi, and Hong Kong.
The city’s weather observatory raised its storm signal to No. 10 with typhoon Wipha packing winds of 167 km per hr. More than 200 flights have been cancelled.
The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.
This is the second group to be released this month. 47 pro-democracy campaigners were arrested, charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing-imposed national law.
Dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants in Singapore & Hong Kong are subvariants of JN.1, which is a sub-lineage of the BA.2.86 omicron variant first seen in Denmark in July, 2023.
A total of 47 activists were arrested & charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law; some jailed up to 10 yrs.
The statement signed by the US, UK and other European nations urged Hong Kong and China authorities to abide by international human rights commitments.
Chung Pui-kuen, Patrick Lam, could face a maximum jail term of 2 years, first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
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