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The new feature in Apple 's iOS 16 will make it simple for iPhone users to distinguish between spam messages and helpful ones. According to Mashable, the technological behemoth improved the SMS filters by adding 12 additional filters for spam communications. This update was made specifically for Indian iPhone owners. There will be 12 sub-categories, according to a study, including warnings for credit or debit cards, bill payment, finances, government services, network providers, healthcare, and online orders. There will also be the currently in place ones, including Transactions and Promotions. Additionally, users will be able to easily and quickly add movie or train tickets to their Apple Wallet accounts or calendars from their communications. This new software upgrade from Apple reportedly rolls out to the general public in September and includes a multitude of capabilities. Read More : https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/apple-iphone-users-to-get-12-spam-message-fil

R Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison, after the multi-platinum R&B singer's conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades to lure women and underage girls for sex.  Kelly was convicted last September after a five-and-a-half week trial over accusations that had dogged the singer of the Grammy-winning hit I Believe I Can Fly since the early 2000s. He is among the most prominent people convicted of sexual misbehaviour during the #MeToo movement. Earlier on Wednesday, women who testified against Kelly during the trial spoke about how he had promised to mentor them and help them to attain stardom, only to subject them to degrading sexual treatment and physical harm. Many said the abuse led to mental health problems that persist. The sentence was imposed by US District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn Federal Court. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/06/29/singer-r-kelly-sentenced-to-30-years-in-sex-case/

A large, bearded man with wraparound sunglasses stands at the entrance of the Jackson Women’s Health Organisation, Mississippi’s last abortion clinic, and screams at a woman as she is driven into the clinic's car park.  “This is murder,” he yells. “You’re going to perish without the mercy of God.” He has draped a towel over his head to protect himself from the heat and humidity that envelop Jackson at this time of year. As he shouts Biblical scriptures, a woman wearing a rainbow-coloured jacket that reads “clinic escort” steps in front of him and holds a large mirror up to his face. On it, she has written: “You, yelling at women.” “Do you like how you look, Allan?” she asks. The two know each other by name. Following the US Supreme Court ruling last week that overturned Roe v Wade, a 1973 law that legalised abortion, Mississippi and other conservative states have moved quickly to enact bans on the procedure. READ MORE : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/06/30/miss

Jens Stoltenberg is a man for a crisis, something of a prerequisite for the role of secretary general of the military alliance Nato. He has used all his experience after nearly two decades at the top table of world politics, honed in two stints as prime minister of Norway, to steer Nato through the rough seas it has faced under his leadership. Nato’s world leaders underlined their faith in him by asking him to extend his eight-year tenure by another year after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. In so doing, Mr Stoltenberg, 63, gave up his long-held desire to become chairman of his native Norway’s central bank. The situation had given him "no choice" he said at the time, and felt it was the most important thing he could do with his life. The reason why the US, French, German and British leaders asked him to continue was clear on Tuesday evening, as he calmly sat on a stool for 30 minutes being questioned over a range of issues at the Nato forum in Madrid. Read More : https://www.the

Hidden calories and food loaded with unseen fats are big contributors to weight gain, according to nutritionists.  From karak chai to sandwiches and smoothies, everyday foods often seen as healthy alternatives can have as much salt, sugar and fat as some of the most common fast-food staples. Typically, the recommended daily calorie intake for the average woman is about 2,000, while men, who are usually bigger, need about 2,500 calories from food each day to convert into energy. “People count calories, but not always the nutrients,” said Ilse Onderweegs, a nutritionist at ICO Healthy Living in Dubai. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/06/29/cut-the-karak-chai-as-experts-warn-of-hidden-calories-in-some-foods/

Poorly insulated and costly to heat homes in the UK are a major obstacle to the country's climate goals, government advisers say. There is a “shocking” gap in government efforts to ensure homes are better insulated as energy bills soar, they said. The independent Climate Change Committee, set up in 2008, said in its report that government plans for tackling global warming will not hit mandated emissions cut targets in the decades ahead. It singled out action on energy efficiency to make UK homes cheaper to heat, along with a lack of progress on farming emissions, as problem areas. In its annual report to Parliament, the committee called for action to address the rising cost of living that is in line with cutting emissions to zero overall — known as net zero — by 2050. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/06/29/britains-draughty-homes-stand-in-the-way-of-its-climate-goals/

Syrian counter-narcotics units seized a record haul of 2.3 tonnes of the amphetamine-type stimulant known as captagon, the interior ministry announced Wednesday. Law enforcement officers had earlier discovered 249 kilos of captagon hidden in steel machinery inside containers ready to leave the Mediterranean port of Latakia. The ensuing investigation alerted the authorities “to the existence of a warehouse containing drugs on a farm” in the nearby province of Hama, a ministry statement said. “The weight of the confiscated bags amounted to 2,103 kilos,” the statement said, adding that 10 arrests were made and several vehicles confiscated. With a kilo of captagon estimated to amount to around 6,000 pills, the cumulated number of pills seized tops 14 million, the largest recorded haul by the Syrian government in years. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/06/29/Syria-seizes-record-2-3-tonnes-of-illicit-drug-captagon-Ministry-

Inflation in Spain has soared to a 37-year high, reaching double digits due to rising energy and food prices, official data showed Wednesday. Inflation has soared worldwide as economies have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed commodity prices higher. Consumer prices in Spain accelerated to 10.2 percent in June on an annual basis, up from 8.7 percent in the previous month and the highest since April 1985, according to the National Statistics Institute. The rise is mainly due to increases in fuel and food prices, but the institute also noted a hike in prices in the hospitality sector in one of the world’s top tourist destinations. Core inflation, which is seasonally adjusted and excludes energy, jumped to 5.5 percent in June compared to 4.9 percent in the previous month - the highest since August 1993. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/business/economy/2022/06/29/Spain-inflation-soars-to-37-year-high

Rajeev Jhawar , the son of Brij Kishore Jhawar, is an Indian industrialist with over three decades of experience in strategic management. He is an alumnus of Ranchi University and London Business School. He started his journey as Sr. Vice President (Commercial) and became the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited in 1998. He has been the Managing Director at Usha Martin Limited since May 19, 2008, and in the three decades that he has been at the helm of the Usha Martin Group, he has accelerated growth, built a meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value. Usha Martin started its business as a wire rope manufacturing company. The group has set new standards in the manufacture of wire rods, bright bars, steel wires, specialty wires, wire ropes, strand, conveyor cord, wire drawing and cable machinery. The company is also in the business activities of Steel, Wire & Wire Ropes. Rajeev Jhawar is the Director of Neutral Publishing House Ltd. He graduated from London Business School and

Once named the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, Kylie Jenner now has an estimated net worth of $600 million, down from $620m in 2021, according to a new wealth index by Forbes magazine. As with many of the world's richest people, Jenner, 24, has seen her net worth shrink over the past year, driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and volatile stock markets. Nevertheless, she remains the youngest person on the magazine’s annual list of self-made women with an overall ranking of 41. Jenner’s wealth stems from her make-up business, Kylie Cosmetics. She sold 51 per cent of the company to multinational beauty conglomerate Coty in 2020 for $600m. At the time, the deal valued the business at $1.2 billion. Jenner earned $340m from the sale. However, filings by Coty later indicated that the size of the business was smaller and less profitable than previously estimated, Forbes reported in 2020, when it revised down her net worth to less than $900m. In 2020, s

The National Central Cooling Company, better known as Tabreed, is bullish about growth in India and is looking at acquisitions and greenfield projects to expand in Asia’s third largest economy. Last year, Tabreed formed a new holding company with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to invest up to $400 million in the next five years to expand in India. As part of the agreement, Tabreed India, currently a wholly owned unit of Tabreed, will be transferred to a new holding company established in Singapore, in which Tabreed will hold a 75 per cent stake and IFC 25 per cent. The partners are targeting a portfolio of more than 100,000 refrigeration tonnes of cooling capacity by 2026 as they aim to serve industrial, commercial and retail developments in the country. India, the world's second most populous country, is “a huge market that potential is beyond what we expected in initial stages”, Khalid Al Marzooqi, chief executive of Tabreed, told The National in an int

The World Trade Organisation agreed on Friday to temporarily lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines after two years of bruising negotiations, but experts expressed scepticism that the deal will have a major impact on global vaccination inequality. The unprecedented agreement, sealed by all 164 WTO members after late-night overtime talks, will grant developing countries the right to produce Covid-19 vaccines for five years "without the consent of the right holder". Since October 2020, South Africa and India have called for intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines to be temporarily lifted so they can boost production to address the gaping inequality in access between rich and poor nations. But Friday's compromise fell short of their earlier requests that the waiver apply to all countries – and also cover Covid tests and treatments. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2022/06/18/wto-members-agree-to-temporarily-lift-covid-vaccine-patents-to-tackle-v

Outdoor public events have been banned in an area of France as a record-breaking heatwave swept across Europe on Saturday. Concerts and large public gatherings have been called off in the Gironde region around Bordeaux. Parts of France hit 40C on Saturday. Scientists say periods of intense heat are becoming more frequent and longer lasting as a result of global warming. Spain, Italy and the UK are also experiencing high temperatures. In Gironde, officials said public events, including some of the official 18 June Resistance celebrations, will be prohibited "until the end of the heat wave". Indoor events at venues without air-conditioning are also banned. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/06/18/france-bans-outdoor-events-as-heatwave-hits-europe/

Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 on Saturday to its lowest level in 18 months, extending its slide as investors pull back from riskier assets amid rising interest rates. The biggest cryptocurrency was down 7.1 percent to $18,993 at 0906 GMT, having earlier touched $18,732, its lowest since December 2020. It is down about 59 percent this year, while rival cryptocurrency Ethereum-backed ether is down 73 percent. The digital currency sector has been pummeled this week after cryptocurrency lending company Celsius froze withdrawals and transfers between accounts. The sector has also suffered losses after companies such as Coinbase Global Inc , Gemini and Blockfi said they would lay off thousands of employees as investors ditch risky assets. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/business/markets/2022/06/18/Bitcoin-drops-below-20-000-to-lowest-since-December-2020

NEW DELHI:  In yet another setback for scandal-ridden Sahara Group, India's capital market regulator SEBI has moved the Supreme Court asking it to direct the company's controversial chief Subrata Roy and two of his companies to deposit a whopping Rs 62,602 crore that it says is due to its investors. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its plea said that if the parties are unable deposit the amount demanded, then they should be taken into custody. Since 2016, Sahara chief Roy has been out on bail after being arrested in March 2014 for failing to attend a contempt of court hearing.  In its petition, SEBI told the apex court that Sahara had failed to comply with the 2012 and 2015 court orders to deposit the entire amount it had collected from investors along with a 15 per cent annual interest payment. Sahara, however, has repeatedly denied the allegations of fraud. Sahara had previously told the court that it had refunded most of the money it collected from invest

Militants in India’s Kashmir shot dead a police official near his home, the latest victim of killings that target government officials, teachers and civilians in the disputed region, local officials said on Saturday. “Body of Farooq Ahmad Mir, a senior police official was found in paddy fields near his home in Pampore town,” said a senior police official in Sringar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir state. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the latest killing. At least 17 people have been killed by militants in Kashmir this year. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/18/Militants-kill-Indian-police-official-in-disputed-Kashmir

The 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games have been marred by corruption and mismanagement, which have skewed India’s reputation as a nation ravaged by high levels of fraud and misuse. Commonwealth Games was founded in 1930 and is an internationally successful multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth Nations Games. The event is organized every four years by the Traditional Wealth Games Federations. CWG scam was one of the biggest Indian scams involving rounding of Rs. 70,000 crores. Just half of the amount allocated was estimated to be spent on Indian sportspeople. The athletes were supposedly forced to move from those allocated by the authorities to shabby flats. Reports of the Central Vigilance Commission revealed that Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Games, had offered Swiss Timings a contract of Rs 141 crore for its time-limiting equipment, which was unduly high by Rs.95 crore. All the suspects, including Kalmadi, have been charged with crim

From the glitzy Mediterranean resort of Saint-Tropez to working-class suburbs of north-eastern Paris, French voters have exposed the frailty of consensus politics and the rise of extremes. A mixture of apathy, disappointment and outright hostility could deprive President Emmanuel Macron of his majority in parliament when the decisive second round of voting takes place on Sunday. Amid mutual mudslinging, with the far right and far left denouncing each other and Mr Macron’s camp labelling both as threats to civil order, an uncomfortable era of instability looms for France. Opinion polls suggest a hung parliament as the most likely outcome, forcing the newly re-elected president to turn enemies into allies if he hopes to see his policies enacted. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2022/06/18/macron-battling-to-avoid-hung-parliament-and-unpalatable-deals/

Demystifying how Ketan Parekh Scam was executed: One of the biggest stock market frauds that became an eye-opening event for not only the equity investors but also for the Securities Exchange Board of India and such other regulatory authorities was Ketan Parekh Scam. The Market Rip-off was done in such a way that he was able to make multiple times the annual return on the stocks he manipulated. Ketan Parekh was the God for many investors as he created a delusion that whatever he touched turned into Gold and whatever he wished the market seemed to grant him. Just within two years of time, Ketan deceived so many investors as well as banks and the stock market that it became a case study for many these days. The stock market has the power to make someone rich and the others lose their money in just a matter of seconds. On one hand, we have examples of people successfully trading in the stock market such as Warren Buffet, Carl Icahn and George Soros who became multi-millionaires by investi

Rajeev Jhawar Usha Martin has been the Managing Director of Usha Martin Limited since May 19, 2008.   He is also a director of Neutral Publishing House Limited.   Rajeev Jhawar has been the Vice Chairman of Usha Martin Education and Solutions Limited since September 2010.   The company has been bringing rich experience in the management of industrial enterprises for more than a decade.   His leadership qualities, sharp business acumen, deep understanding of business administration and strategic decisions led the group to a higher growth trajectory. Rajeev Jhawar shares his observation about the industry post covid. After the coronavirus, the industry witnessed a pandemic and subsequent lockdown disrupted overall economic activity. The Indian steel industry struggled to keep pace with the sharp fall in steel demand.   Adverse market conditions forced steelmakers to cut their operations by up to 50% by the end of 2019-20 and early 2020-21. Rajeev said while the demand for wire rope i

A man was recently defrauded to the tune of Rs 12.24 lakh in a sextortion scam. It all started when the complainant sent a friend request to a female user.  Don’t Send/Accept Unknown Friend Requests On Facebook or other social media platforms, you should not accept friend requests from unknown users. Similarly, you should not send friend requests to individuals you don’t know.  Avoid Money Requests From Strangers If you’ve created a bond with a stranger on social media platforms, you should not entertain their requests for money.  Don’t Take Part In Any Offers Scammers also try to loot the money from social media users by asking them to participate in offers or deals. One should avoid any such requests from unknown users on Facebook or other platforms.  Don’t Share Intimate Photos, Videos Social media users should avoid sharing intimate photos or videos with others. Fraudsters can use the media to blackmail you, as happened in the case described above.  Seek Help In case you have been

Forty children are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, with the last bridge to the eastern Ukrainian city destroyed by Russian forces. The city has in recent weeks been the site of intense violence and has become a focal point for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions to seize enough territory so that he can increase pressure on Kyiv. Sergiy Gaiday, the Governor of the Luhansk region, said the Azot plant was under heavy bombardment by Russian forces, putting the lives of those trapped inside at risk. "About 500 civilians remain on the grounds of the Azot plant. Forty of them are children," he said. The situation is similar to Russia's siege of the Azovstal steel plant in the south-eastern city of Mariupol, where hundreds of fighters and civilians were holed up for weeks with limited food, water and medical supplies. Ukrainian fighters there surrendered in May, bringing an end to the most brutal siege of the war to date. Read Mo

Saudi Arabia's Almarai, the Middle East's largest dairy company, plans to invest 405 million Saudi riyals ($108m) to drive its expansion into the seafood business and to secure poultry supplies as part of the kingdom's focus on food security. The dairy company's board of directors approved an initial investment of 252m riyals into the seafood processing business, which Almarai will finance from operating cash flows, the company said in a filing to the Tadawul stock exchange on Tuesday. The investment plan will expand Almarai's product range and contribute to the kingdom's “food security agenda as per vision 2030", the company said. The expected time frame of the seafood investment is 24 months from the date of final regulatory approval. Saudi Arabia has been increasingly focused on bolstering its food security through investments in local manufacturing and agricultural technology start-ups. The Russia-Ukraine crisis has led to an increase in the prices of b

Civilians in Severondonetsk are now trapped after Russian forces destroyed the last bridge out of the city, Luhansk regional governor said on Monday night. Russian troops are now in control of most of the eastern city, which sits in a strategic location in the battle for the Donbas region. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Ukraine's defence of Severondonetsk a fight for "literally every metre". Meanwhile, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto claimed on Monday said that both Ukraine and Russia are using heavier weapons, including in Russia's case thermobaric bombs. "We are supporting Ukraine with increasingly heavy weaponry. And on the other hand Russia has also begun to use very powerful weapons, thermobaric bombs that are in fact weapons of mass destruction," Mr Niinisto said during security policy talks at his summer residence in Naantali, Finland. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/02/18/russia-ukraine-latest-news

Today's weather will be fair in general, the National Centre of Meteorology has said. Some low clouds are predicted to appear Eastward. There may be light rainfall in those areas, with a probability of the formation of some convective clouds over the mountains by afternoon. Residents in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are in for a hot day as temperatures will rise to 43ºC and 44ºC, respectively. The weather is likely to get humid by night and Wednesday morning with a probability of fog or mist formation over some coastal and internal areas. Read More : https://www.khaleejtimes.com/weather/uae-weather-hot-fair-forecast-for-tuesday-mercury-rises-to-44oc

Pope Francis refused the distinction between “good and bad” in the war in Ukraine, he was quoted as saying by daily La Stampa, which reported Pope's conversation with editors of Jesuit European cultural magazines. Asked if he was in favor of Russia's president Vladimir Putin, the Pope answered: “No, I am not, I am simply opposed to reducing complexity to distinction between good and bad.” Pope Francis hopes to meet Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church in September in Kazakhstan, he added. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/14/Pope-Francis-says-he-refuses-distinction-between-good-and-bad-in-Ukraine-war

A Canadian man who in 2018 rammed his rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in downtown Toronto, killing 11 people, was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Alek Minassian, who was 25 at the time of the attack, was found guilty by a Canadian judge just over a year ago, in March 2021. On April 23, 2018, Minassian drove a white rental van at full speed down streets and sidewalks in the Canadian metropolis, aiming at passers-by for a little more than a mile. Ten people were killed and 16 injured in the attack -- but the death toll rose to 11 at the end of October 2021 when an injured woman who had spent more than three years in hospital also succumbed to her injuries. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/14/-Canadian-who-drove-van-into-Toronto-crowds-given-life-sentence-

Elon Musk will speak to Twitter Inc employees this week for the first time at a company-wide meeting since launching his $44 billion bid in April, a source said on Monday, citing an email from Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to staff. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, and Musk will take questions directly from Twitter employees, the source added. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/14/Elon-Musk-to-address-Twitter-employees-for-first-time-in-Town-Hall

British economic output declined for a second month in a row in April, weighed down by decades-high inflation, official data showed Monday. Gross domestic product fell 0.3 percent in April after a drop of 0.1 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. Output in the services, production and construction sectors fell -- “the first time that all main sectors have contributed negatively to a monthly GDP estimate since January 2021,” the ONS said, as the data added to fears of recession. The ONS noted that “businesses continued to report the impact of price increases and supply chain shortages.” The data comes as the Bank of England is set to raise its main interest rate at a fifth straight meeting Thursday in a bid to cool the pace of price rises. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/business/economy/2022/06/13/UK-economy-shrinks-for-second-month-in-a-row-in-April-weighed-down-by-inflation