In the next two years, luxury hospitality brand Fairmont will introduce four new properties in India, including locations such as Mumbai, Udaipur, Agra, and Shimla Fagu, while another Raffles hotel will launch in Goa by 2030, Omer Acar, CEO for Raffles and Fairmont, told ET in an exclusive interview. Acar said the decision to launch more luxury hotels in India stems from a growing demand for bespoke, high-end travel experiences across India, among both domestic and international travellers. "As India increasingly establishes itself as a highly sought-after destination for luxury travellers, we recognised a unique opportunity to expand the presence of Raffles and Fairmont in the market," said Acar. "Travelers today desire high-end, culturally rich, and inspirational experiences, and we are perfectly positioned to meet this demand through Raffles and Fairmont, two centennial brands that are rooted in unique and distinct histories but are committed to providing a contemporary guest experience," he added. The brands are a part of hospitality chain Accor's portfolio. On Thursday, Accor announced a partnership with Dangayach Group to develop two new Raffles and Fairmont hotels in Goa. While Raffles Goa Shiroda will feature 120 luxury villas set across over 27 acres, Fairmont Goa will be spread across over 56 acres and will have 400 rooms. Accor said both properties will be operational by 2030. 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He said the three open Fairmont and Raffles hotels in India-Raffles Jaipur, Raffles Udaipur, and Fairmont Jaipur-have met with 'exceptional success.' "Each property has been incredibly well received by local, regional, and international guests, thanks to the unique and immersive experiences they offer, which are deeply rooted in the essence of each brand and their respective locations," he added. Fairmont boasts a portfolio of 88 hotels worldwide, while Raffles Jaipur marked the 23rd property for Raffles. In the year ahead, Raffles will make its debut in Sentosa, Singapore, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. New openings are planned for Fairmont in cities such as Prague, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Hanoi. "2025 is particularly exciting for Fairmont in India, as we prepare to introduce the brand to both Mumbai and Udaipur," said Acar. "The contribution of Accor's luxury and lifestyle brands, such as Fairmont and Raffles, is highly significant to the group's overall success. 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DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Connor Kochera scored 34 points as Davidson beat Eastern Michigan 86-64 on Saturday. Kochera added five rebounds for the Wildcats (10-3). Bobby Durkin added 17 points while going 5 of 11 from the floor, including 3 for 7 from 3-point range, and 4 for 5 from the line while they also had five rebounds. Mike Loughnane shot 4 for 6 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points. The Eagles (6-6) were led by Da'Sean Nelson, who recorded 16 points. Jalin Billingsley added 12 points and two steals for Eastern Michigan. Arne Osojnik also had 10 points. Davidson took the lead with 19:36 remaining in the first half and never looked back. The score was 41-21 at halftime, with Kochera racking up 16 points. Kochera scored 18 points in the second half to help lead the way as Davidson went on to secure a victory, outscoring Eastern Michigan by two points in the second half. Davidson plays Tuesday against George Mason on the road, and Eastern Michigan hosts Northern Illinois on Saturday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Wade Taylor IV helps No. 13 Texas A&M rout Abilene Christian

The latest Reserve Bank of India data has put the net household savings as a percentage of GDP at their lowest level in nearly 50 years. This has left families with less disposable income, and which, in turn, has impacted consumption patterns. A report by Marcellus Investment Managers, has traced the slowdown to three basic factors: technological disruptions, a cyclical economic downturn, and deteriorating household balance sheets. Among the three, the ‘technological disruptions’ are fundamentally altering the job economy. As underlined by the report, the jobs that once formed the backbone of middle-class employment are increasingly being replaced by automation and technology. Artificial Intelligence threatens most of the jobs, more so, the white collar ones. A report from Goldman Sachs has indicated that the AI could replace 300 million jobs globally, and impact two-thirds of jobs in the US and Europe. One-fourth of the jobs could be performed completely by AI. OpenAI and Mckinsey Global Institute estimate that AI would affect half of the job tasks for 20% of the workers. These are grim predictions for the job prospects for the educated youth just entering the job market. Fallout of the AI is being compounded by the economic downturn and declining household incomes. This is despite the fact that the Indian economy is doing relatively well. Projected to grow at 7% this year, India’s economy is the fastest-growing among the world’s major economies. But the benefits aren’t sufficiently trickling down to people. Despite this economic expansion, job opportunities remain limited, and the competition is intense, with only graduates from well-known colleges securing desirable positions. The unemployment rate in the country for those in the 15 years and above category remained unchanged at 3.2% in 2023-24. However, the youth unemployment rate for those in the 15-29 years age group rose to 10.2% in 2023-24 from 10% in 2022-23. The employment is more for females, rising from 10.6% in 2022-23 to 11% in 2023-24. Job security is another area of growing apprehension, with more Indians expressing concerns about potential layoffs. These worries are not unique to India, as global issues like recession, economic slowdown, and multinational conflicts weigh on the minds of individuals worldwide. Kashmir mirrors this tough job situation. In fact, the situation is more difficult in the UT as there are fewer opportunities outside government jobs: In the July-September quarter of 2024, Jammu and Kashmir recorded the highest unemployment rate at 11.8 percent, followed by Odisha with 10.6 percent. This calls for not just a job plan for also an education plan for the youth, so that the new generation has required skills and know-how to be relevant to the new job market.Target's earnings miss isn't about the U.S. port strike. Here's what happened - Quartzy

It's been nearly a decade since the final season of Downton Abbey graced our TV screens - so what is fan favorite star Sophie McShera up to now? The historical drama, set between 1912 and 1926, chronicles the lives of the Crawley family and their staff on the fictitious Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey. The ITV series was a massive hit with viewers and ran for six seasons. Its success led to two film adaptations , Downton Abbey in 2019 and Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022. A third, yet-to-be-titled film is slated for release in 2025. Downton Abbey remains one of ITV's highest-rated and most beloved dramas. Even though it's been over ten years since new episodes were produced, fans can still catch reruns on ITV3 and stream the series on ITVX and Netflix . Downton Abbey 3 release date confirmed as cast say tearful goodbye to franchise Dame Maggie Smith dead: Harry Potter and Downton Abbey acting legend dies aged 89 The series boasted a star-studded cast, including Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley and Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham. Bradford-born actress Sophie McShera portrayed Daisy Mason on the show, reports the Liverpool Echo . Daisy Mason served as a kitchen maid and assistant cook at Downton Abbey. Sophie McShera played Daisy throughout the series' six seasons. She also appeared in both films and is set to return in the upcoming third film. Before her debut on Downton Abbey in 2010, McShera had roles in Waterloo Road as Ros McCain and in Emmerdale as Danielle Hollywell. She also made appearances on the BBC soap Doctors and the TV series Survivors. Since the conclusion of Downton Abbey, the 39 year old actress has featured in a variety of films and television shows. McShera portrayed Drisella Tremaine in the 2015 film Cinderella, under the direction of Kenneth Branagh. She took on the role of Bryony in the British sitcom The Job Lot from 2013 to 2015. Her appearances also include Galavant, Inside No. 9 and The Queen's Gambit. Details about McShera's personal life and relationships remain largely unknown as the actress maintains no public social media presence. Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories. All the latest news, showbiz, lifestyle and sports updates, brought to you by our dedicated American team. Follow the Mirror US News page on Facebook to make sure you're not missing out. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.

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Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A Robin Radar system looks skyward to detect incoming drones. When Siete Hamminga, the CEO of Robin Radar, first heard that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had mentioned his company by name earlier this week at a press conference discussing recent reports of mysterious drones flying over the eastern U.S., he thought it was a joke. After all, Robin Radar, a drone detection company based in the Netherlands, is fairly unknown to American law enforcement, and to Americans generally. “We have only made our first steps in the U.S. market,” he told Forbes . The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the research arm of the agency, used Robin Radar earlier this year as a security measure in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore (currently it’s being evaluated for further use). Schumer has advocated for the DHS to deploy systems like Robin Radar in response to the panic around what appeared to be drones of unknown origin, fueled by social media posts, that began in mid-November. The sightings have been documented across New Jersey, New York and other parts of the East Coast, and have fueled numerous bizarre conspiracy theories including that the drones are alien in origin or under the control of foreign adversaries. On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said the agency would impose “temporary flight restrictions” over 22 cities in New Jersey for the next month as a way to assuage concerns over the recent spate of purported drone sightings. That announcement came two days after the FAA, along with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense jointly concluded that these drone reports do not “present a national security or public safety risk.” This week, Sen. Schumer pushed for new legislation that would allow local authorities to conduct their own drone detection, but the bill has been stymied for now by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who argued that these current drone sightings do not represent a clear threat to the United States. Robin Radar’s radar systems are not currently operational anywhere in the U.S., but that may change as the company offers its drone detection wares for different scenarios. “It goes from policing to private security, sporting events, and critical infrastructure,” Hamminga said. “I’m very convinced that a few years from now, every embassy will have its own drone detection, every prison.” The CEO declined to provide pricing, but said its hardware costs “less than $1 million” per installation, far cheaper than traditional military-style radar, which often has difficulty with identifying something as small as a drone. Robin Radar, which had an operating profit of just under $20 million in 2023, according to Pitchbook, has already made a name for itself in Europe. Earlier this year, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced that it would purchase 51 radars and donate them to Ukraine, to support the war against Russia. In October, Parcom, a Dutch private equity firm, purchased Robin Radar for an undisclosed amount. Robin Radar’s “small but mighty” radar is a little white helmet-shaped device often mounted on a tripod or in a vehicle, which can scan up to five kilometers, or three miles, in every direction. The company initially began in 2010 working on a device to detect birds, but then expanded to drone detection. There are different ways to detect drones, which are often used simultaneously. The simplest way is visually, and another method involves scanning radio frequencies, the communications sent between a pilot and the drone itself. But that doesn’t work if a drone is flying totally autonomously. “With radar, it doesn’t matter,” Hamminga said, explaining that the company’s “micro-doppler” technique is designed to identify the distinctive motion of a bird’s wings, or a drone’s blades. “The advantage of a radar is that we have 360 degree coverage. It’s full 3D, so every target has height information, and it allows us to visualize 3,000 targets in real time.” It’s not clear exactly how Sen. Schumer came to be aware of Robin Radar, but it may have been as a result of a recent meeting between representatives from one of Robin Radar’s partners, Dedrone, and the New Jersey State Police. (Schumer’s office did not respond to Forbes’ request for comment. The New Jersey State Police referred Forbes to the governor’s office, which did not respond.) Dedrone is a subsidiary of Axon, a company that dominates the American law enforcement market and sells everything from body-worn cameras to tasers. It also makes a drone detection software platform that integrates with the physical radars made by Robin Radar and others. (Dedrone also declined to comment.) Even if drone detection systems like those made by Robin Radar were to become widespread across the United States, that still leaves an open question: if any drone poses a threat, what are authorities to do about it? John Michael Dahm , a senior resident fellow for aerospace at the Mitchell Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, told Forbes that there are ways to disrupt a drone by jamming it electronically. There are even more intense “kinetic” tactics, which can lead to a myriad of other questions and scenarios. “Do you want to shoot it with something? Do you want to hit it with another drone and make it crash? Do you want to shoot at it with a shotgun type weapon or with beanbags?” he said. “This raises the spectre of collateral damage. What if it crashes into a house and starts a fire?” But outside of military uses, it’s very difficult for state and local authorities to get permission to disable drones – after all, shooting at aircraft is a federal crime. So for now, local law enforcement likely will start with finding them first. “Even if you are not allowed to take [a drone] out, it is good to have situational awareness,” Hamminga said. Editorial Standards Forbes Accolades

'President Musk' begins exerting 'influence' in Washington politicsPresident-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. While immigration officials have used the tech for years, an October letter from the Department of Homeland Security obtained exclusively by The Associated Press details how those tools — some of them powered by AI — help make life-altering decisions for immigrants, including whether they should be detained or surveilled. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency's supervision. The letter, sent by DHS Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Eric Hysen to the immigrant rights group Just Futures Law, revealed that the score calculates the potential risk that an immigrant — with a pending case — will fail to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The algorithm relies on several factors, he said, including an immigrant’s number of violations and length of time in the program, and whether the person has a travel document. Hysen wrote that ICE officers consider the score, among other information, when making decisions about an immigrant’s case. “The Hurricane Score does not make decisions on detention, deportation, or surveillance; instead, it is used to inform human decision-making,” Hysen wrote. Also included in the government’s tool kit is a mobile app called SmartLINK that uses facial matching and can track an immigrant’s specific location. Nearly 200,000 people without legal status who are in removal proceedings are enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, under which certain immigrants can live in the U.S. while their immigration cases are pending. In exchange, SmartLINK and GPS trackers used by ICE rigorously surveil them and their movements. The phone application draws on facial matching technology and geolocation data, which has been used before to find and arrest those using the app. Just Futures Law wrote to Hysen earlier this year, questioning the fairness of using an algorithm to assess whether someone is a flight risk and raising concerns over how much data SmartLINK collects. Such AI systems, which score or screen people, are used widely but remain largely unregulated even though some have been found to discriminate on race, gender or other protected traits. DHS said in an email that it is committed to ensuring that its use of AI is transparent and safeguards privacy and civil rights while avoiding biases. The agency said it is working to implement the Biden administration’s requirements on using AI , but Hysen said in his letter that security officials may waive those requirements for certain uses. Trump has publicly vowed to repeal Biden's AI policy when he returns to the White House in January. “DHS uses AI to assist our personnel in their work, but DHS does not use the outputs of AI systems as the sole basis for any law enforcement action or denial of benefits,” a spokesperson for DHS told the AP. Trump has not revealed how he plans to carry out his promised deportation of an estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally. Although he has proposed invoking wartime powers, as well as military involvement, the plan would face major logistical challenges — such as where to keep those who have been detained and how to find people spread across the country — that AI-powered surveillance tools could potentially address. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, did not answer questions about how they plan to use DHS’ tech, but said in a statement that “President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation” in American history. Over 100 civil society groups sent a letter on Friday urging the Office of Management and Budget to require DHS to comply with the Biden administration’s guidelines. OMB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Just Futures Law’s executive director, Paromita Shah, said if immigrants are scored as flight risks, they are more likely to remain in detention, "limiting their ability to prepare a defense in their case in immigration court, which is already difficult enough as it is.” SmartLINK, part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, is run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison company The GEO Group. The GEO Group also contracts with ICE to run detention centers. ICE is tight-lipped about how it uses SmartLINK’s location feature to find and arrest immigrants. Still, public records show that during Trump’s first term in 2018, Manassas, Virginia-based employees of BI Inc. relayed immigrants’ GPS locations to federal authorities, who then arrested over 40 people. In a report last year to address privacy issues and concerns, DHS said that the mobile app includes security features that “prohibit access to information on the participant’s mobile device, with the exception of location data points when the app is open.” But the report notes that there remains a risk that data collected from people "may be misused for unauthorized persistent monitoring.” Such information could also be stored in other ICE and DHS databases and used for other DHS mission purposes, the report said. On investor calls earlier this month, private prison companies were clear-eyed about the opportunities ahead. The GEO Group’s executive chairman George Christopher Zoley said that he expects the incoming Trump administration to “take a much more aggressive approach regarding border security as well as interior enforcement and to request additional funding from Congress to achieve these goals.” “In GEO’s ISAP program, we can scale up from the present 182,500 participants to several hundreds of thousands, or even millions of participants,” Zoley said. That same day, the head of another private prison company told investors he would be watching closely to see how the new administration may change immigrant monitoring programs. “It’s an opportunity for multiple vendors to engage ICE about the program going forward and think about creative and innovative solutions to not only get better outcomes, but also scale up the program as necessary,” Damon Hininger, CEO of the private prison company CoreCivic Inc. said on an earnings call. GEO did not respond to requests for comment. 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