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 In the summer of 2005, he became a retired army officer.  Gopinath announced that he would fly to Indians for a rupee or less.   It was the incredible sales pitch of the founder of the country’s first budget airline.   Air Deccan, based on European budget carriers such as their two-year-old no-frills airline, EasyJet and Rainier, has already made it cheaper for millions of Indians to fly.  Captain Gopinath's tickets cost half as much as the charge levied by the rivals.   Now its airline has introduced "Dynamic Pricing" where a small number of "early bird" customers can travel in rupees.  Latecomers will pay a higher ticket price, which will still be significantly lower than competitors.  Not surprisingly, the booking counters were filled with customers, many of them first time flyers.  This kind of pricing by critics will destroy the industry.   "One rupee ticket took away people's imagination and quickly became a buzzword," Captain Gop...

 The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted a ban on ticketing, which was due to take effect on Thursday night.   The command allows the application to access the U.S.  Would have been prevented from downloading.   The Commerce Department delayed the "pending further legal development" ban since September, citing a Philadelphia court ruling, where three leading ticket collectors argued that the U.S. should be allowed to operate.   The decision will cost an estimated મિ 100 million.  Ticket ok users will be relieved.   In September, the Chinese owner of Ticket Ok, Byte Annense, launched Tick Ok's U.S.  Wal-Mart announced a deal with Walmart and Oracle to transfer the property to a new entity called Ticket ok Global.   Donald Trump temporarily backed the deal.  However Ticket said on Tuesday it had no reaction from the US government in two months.   President Trump has said he wants the ticket to be sold to a US company.   Both a...

 As the temperature plummets and air pollution rises to dangerous levels, the Indian capital Delhi will fight the winter battle in the Covid-19 cases.   More than 8,500 cases were confirmed in the city on Wednesday alone, its daily record.   It also added 85 deaths in one day, exceeding 7,000 in total.   The sharp rise in cases after months of loneliness has also put pressure on hospitals - more than half of the available beds are already occupied.   Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to the federal government seeking more beds in government hospitals amid mounting public pressure.   8..6th and counting, India is currently the second largest case in the world.  But it has been on a downward trend since mid-September: despite testing continuing, the daily case count dropped from a low of about 100,000 to a low of 37,000.   Daily national numbers hover between 40,000-50,000 - India reported about 48,200 cases on Wednesday But Delhi ...

 China has proposed new rules aimed at controlling the power of its largest internet companies.   These rules suggest increasing unrest in Beijing with the growing influence of digital platforms.   The new rules could affect homegrown tech giants such as Alibaba, Ant Kit Group and food delivery platform Metuan, such as Tencent.   The move comes as the European Union and the US are also trying to curb the power of internet giants.   Chinese tech stocks fell sharply after the proposed rules were announced on Tuesday.   The news came as JD.com and Alibaba were preparing for Singles Day, the annual sale of online sales which is their biggest day of the year.   Selling continued on Wednesday, with Alibaba, JD.com, Tencent, Xiaomi and Mituan all hitting lows, reducing their combined value by more than b 200bn (150bn).   What do the rules do?     The new rules will try to prevent companies from sharing sensitive customer data, creating teams to...

U.S.  The National Hurricane Center says the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season this year has broken down.   In the North-East Atlantic, subtropical storm Theta is at 29, breaking the previous record of 28 set in 2005.      Climate change is being blamed by many scientists for the increasing intensity of hurricanes.   Particularly dangerous storms are named to bring awareness before a strike.   Why are hurricanes named?   Hurricanes: A Guide to the World's Worst Hurricanes   'Better warning system' required for extreme weather   The hurricane season, which runs from June to November, has produced many powerful storms, including Eta, which wreaked havoc in Florida over the weekend, killing dozens of people in parts of Central America.   Zeta beat Louisiana in late October, becoming the fifth-named hurricane to land in the state this season. Theta, not currently a hurricane, is moving north-east toward southern Euro...

 For years, Shiva had helped police find the body of Hussein Sagar Lake in the south Indian city of Hyderabad.  And then one day, he stopped someone before they jumped, saving lives for the first time.  BBC Telugu's Balla Satish's report.   Police in India are underpaid and poorly trained.  Many do not know how to swim and are not funded to hire professional divers.     But when Shiva volunteered, he says, he returned.  "They initially refused, saying I was too young. But I reassured them," he recalls.   He did this and ran away with 40 rupees, which is now worth about 0.54 or $ 0.42 but a good amount for him at the time.   That was 20 years ago.  He is now 30 years old and he still helps the local police.   Shiva lives through a huge artificial lake Hussain Sagar in the center of the city.  A popular tourist destination, the lake is also used to immerse idols of Hindu deities during the Ganesh festival.   The id...

 For almost 50 years in public meetings and during the president's lifetime, John Biden took over the White House.    This campaign was not what anyone had predicted.  It coincided with a century of epidemics and unprecedented social unrest.  He was running against an unconventional, precedent-ignorer.  But in his third attempt at the presidency, Biden and his team found a way to explore the political impasse and claim a landslide victory in the election college rally, ahead of Trump's total national millions of votes.  Expect a holiday.    The latest updates and analysis    U.S. in maps and charts.  Election results    Why Donald Trump lost    Here are five reasons why the son of a Delaware car salesman eventually won the presidency.    1. Covid, covid, covid    Perhaps the biggest reason Biden won the presidency was out of his control.    Coronavirus epidemics, as well as clai...

 We don't know - yet - who the next president of the US will be, but we know who he will be - Kanye West.     The 43-year-old rapper, after a self-styled "birthday party", is believed to have garnered only 60,000 votes out of an estimated 160 million.     Another independent, Libertarian JJ Jorgensen, showed stronger - claiming more than 1.5 million votes.     But the West's political career is not over yet.  He tweeted "Kanye 2024" this week, indicating that another bid is coming.     Here's what the president will do     Another 1,214 candidates will run for president     What to say - and what not to say - about Kanye West     In this first attempt at the presidency, the West appeared on the ballot in 12 states, with most others missing the filing deadline.  He collected the most votes in Tennessee - 10,188 - states that generally favor Republican candidates.     When he announced his candi...

 Last-time champions Mumbai Indians have once again proved that they are the best team in the IPL under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma as well as a strong contender for the title.   Mumbai Indians have confirmed their place in the final by beating Delhi Capitals in the first qualifier in Dubai.  The IPL title match will be played on November 10 in Dubai.   The Mumbai Indians batted brilliantly at first and later bowled just as well.  At the stipulated rate of 10 runs in 20 overs, Mumbai Indians lost five wickets and scored 200 runs.   Then when it came to bowling, the Delhi Capitals batsmen looked helpless against the Mumbai Indians bowlers and lost eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs to score 143 runs. The first thing was the batting of Mumbai Indians.  When captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the second over, the team's score was 16, but the wicket fell early, shocking the team and also accelerating the opposition's bowlers. But the Mumbai Indian...

 An accused in the suicide case of Annab Goswami, one of India's top news anchors, has been arrested.   Police said they are investigating the alleged role of the founder of Republic TV in the death of the architect who created his studio.   According to Naik, he took his life in 2018 and his wife accused Mr. Goswami of not paying his fees.   Mr Goswami and the Republic TV network deny the allegations.   Mr Naik's wife said she had left a suicide note in which she blamed Mr Goswami for his death.   She is campaigning on social media for a full investigation into the case.  Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh recently ordered a special team to probe the case.   A police team on Wednesday arrested Goswami from his Mumbai home.  The visuals show a quarrel between Mr. Goswami and the police team.   Republic TV has accused the police of "molesting" members of Mr Goswami's family - police officials have not yet been able to comment.  ...