A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16 lives, authorities said Thursday.

Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres (120 miles) an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines on Wednesday.

Housing sales in the national capital region went up by 6 per cent to 46,920 units during 2019 on higher demand for affordable homes and completed flats, according to property consultant Anarock. Prices in Delhi-NCR remained stagnant at nearly ~4,600 per sq ft, while unsold inventories fell by 6 per cent to 1,75,079 units from 1,86,714 units.

Across seven major cities, sales rose by 5 per cent to 2,61,370 units in 2019 compared to 2,48,310 units in the previous year. Sales dropped by 22 per cent in the second half of this year to 1,47,120 as against 1,14,250 units during January-June period this year.

Budget carrier GoAir, which cancelled multiple flights earlier this week, on Thursday said the delay in aircraft deliveries by Airbus has added to its operational challenge.

The Wadia group-owned airline cancelled as many as 40 flights this week on account of shortage of staff and inclement weather, among others issues.

Khalistani terrorists are planning to carry out terror attacks in Punjab, sources in the Intelligence agency claimed.

Intelligence agencies' sources told Zee News that the Khalistani terrorists have escalated their efforts to smuggle weapons from Pakistan to Punjab to carry out terror attacks in the latter.

Men’s skincare brand Bombay Shaving Company (BSC) has raised Rs 45 crore in Series B funding round led by Sixth Sense Venture Partners. Existing investor Colgate Palmolive Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive, participated in the round too.

BSC said it has also created Rs 20 crore worth of exit opportunities for 30 angels and early employees. This fundraising has taken the total capital raised by BSC to Rs 80 crore.

Janata Dal (United) leader Prashant Kishor on Tuesday thanked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for joining the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and proposed pan-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise. Kishor said that he expects Rahul to make his party’s stand on the matter official by declaring that NRC will not be implemented in the states ruled by the grand old party.

Thanks Rahul Gandhi for joining citizens’ movement against CAA, NRC. But as you know beyond public protests we also need states to say NO to NRC to stop it, he said in a tweet in the morning.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea which alleged that telecom services were disrupted in various parts of the national capital during the anti-citizenship law protests in violation of rules.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar refused to entertain the PIL after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre, told the court the disruption was only for four hours on December 19 and was no longer continuing.

India is now in the midst of a significant economic slowdown, the International Monetary Fund has said, urging the government to take urgent policy actions to address the current prolonged downturn.

In its report released Monday, the IMF Directors noted that India's rapid economic expansion in recent years has lifted millions of people out of poverty. However, in the first half of 2019, a combination of factors led to subdued economic growth in India.

A German Student at IIT Madras has been asked to leave the country immediately, The Indian Express reported. Jakob Lindenthal is a student in the Master’s course in the Department of Physics. According to Jakob, he was asked to leave the country days after he took part in protests against the just amended citizenship law and proposed pan-India NRC exercise.

Speaking to the daily on Monday night before boarding a flight at the Chennai airport, Jakob said he received oral directions to leave India from Foreign Regional Registration Office, Chennai in the afternoon.

Shares of Dishman Carbogen Amcis were locked in 20 per cent lower circuit at Rs 72 on Tuesday, falling 38 per cent in the past three trading days on the BSE after the Income Tax Department conducted day-long 'search and survey operation' at the properties of the pharma major on December 19.

The stock is trading at its all-time low level since listing on September 21, 2017. The counter has seen huge trading volumes with a combined 4.3 million equity shares, representing 2.6 per cent of the company's total equity, changing hands on the NSE and BSE till 10:49 am.

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