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India’s Supreme Court has given a government-run bank one day to disclose details of a controversial scheme that allowed people and companies to make anonymous donations to political parties. The State Bank of India asked for more time but must share data with election officials by the end of Tuesday. It will also have to publish the details on its website by Friday. The court struck down the scheme last month, calling it “unconstitutional”. The ruling comes days ahead of an expected announcement setting the dates for the general election and will be seen as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

A bid by the Abu Dhabi ruling family to secure majority ownership of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers looks likely to fail, according to several sources close to the matter. The BBC understands that all the rival bidders have approached the Gulf-backed investors to discuss co-investing to reduce the size of the Abu Dhabi stake. That could make it more palatable to the many politicians and senior journalists at the politically influential titles who have voiced concerns at the prospect of a sale to what they consider a foreign power. Investment fund Redbird IMI, which is 75%-owned by Manchester…

Several people were injured on a Latam Airlines flight after a “technical event” caused a “strong movement”. The aircraft “just froze” after a “quick little drop”, one passenger told the New Zealand Herald. Seven passengers and three crew members were taken to hospital after landing in Auckland, the airline said, adding that their injuries were not serious. But emergency services said 12 people were taken to hospital, and one patient was in a serious condition. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was travelling from Sydney to Auckland when the incident happened on Monday. Reports said multiple passengers felt the aircraft drop suddenly…

If you’re feeling as if you’re spinning your wheels at the gym, welcome to the club. At some point in most people’s fitness journeys, they hit a plateau — progress stalls and motivation wanes. But fear not. Breaking out of this rut is achievable with the right approach. When you reach a point at which you’re training consistently but not seeing results, pushing harder is rarely the answer. In fact, the key to progress in your workouts is more likely doing less — not more. Many people inadvertently overtrain because they don’t realize that the transformative magic actually happens during recovery.…

Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains closed to all flights – including one carrying Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He tried to fly back to Haiti from the United States last week, but his plane was refused permission to land. He was then turned away from the neighbouring Dominican Republic too. Mr Henry is now stuck in…

The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of those priorities has taken on greater significance amid a slump in theatrical ticket sales, victimized by a one-two punch from Covid and streaming. Yet the 96th Academy Awards shined the brightest in that third basket, delivering an award telecast defined by its playfulness and punctuated by moments of fun, with Ryan Gosling’s contributions worth the…

Angela Chao, CEO of shipping company Foremost Group and sister of former US cabinet secretary Elaine Chao, died after her car became submerged in a pond on a Central Texas ranch last month, according to the Wall Street Journal and a report from Blanco County Emergency Services obtained by the Austin American-Statesman. Chao’s Tesla Model X SUV went over an embankment and into a pond when she put the car in reverse instead of drive during a three-point turn shortly before midnight on February 10, the Wall Street Journal reports. Emergency workers arrived on the scene 24 minutes after receiving a 911 call, but “due…

China’s consumer inflation turned positive for the first time in six months, largely supported by the Lunar New Year holiday, when a spending boom pushed up prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.7% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Saturday, versus a rise of 0.3% forecast in a Reuters poll. This was the first increase in the inflation rate since August 2023. In January, the index fell by the fastest rate in 15 years. But analysts said the year-on-year gain was partly due to the Lunar New Year holiday, which fell in February this year and in January last year. Based on…

The bodies of five missing skiers have been found in the Swiss Alps, police have said. Local authorities are still searching for a sixth person. A huge search and rescue operation was launched on Saturday after the group went missing near the 3,706m high Tete Blanche mountain. They had set off from Zermatt, home of the famous Matterhorn mountain, on a ski tour towards Arolla along the Swiss-Italian border. Five of the six skiers were found at 21:20 local time (20:20 GMT) “without any signs of life,” a statement from Swiss Valais canton police said. Authorities had previously told the…

A ship carrying humanitarian aid, that was expected to depart for Gaza on Sunday, is still docked in Cyprus. A charity leading the mission told the BBC it is “a quickly evolving and fluid situation”, but hopes the ship, Open Arms, will set sail soon. On Sunday evening, the sighting of the new moon marked the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gaza. Many had hoped for a ceasefire by now, but negotiations between Israel and Hamas have largely stalled. President Joe Biden issued a Ramadan message on Sunday, and said the suffering of Palestinians would be…