New Year Eve

Australia gears up for first restriction-free party since Covid struck, with more than 1m revellers flocking to harbour.

Paris will stage its first New Year fireworks since 2019, after the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to Covid. However, curbs on celebrations have been lifted this year after Australia, like many countries around the world, reopened its borders and removed social distancing restrictions. Sydney is one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the New Year and draws huge TV audiences around the world, with a public countdown and fireworks display over its iconic Opera House.

New Year 2023 news: New Zealand and Australia on Saturday entered 2023 with massive fireworks celebrating the New Year.

As Russia attacks continue to target power supplies leaving millions without electricity, no big celebrations are expected and a curfew will be in place as the clock rings in the new year. The celebrations in New Zealand’s largest city were well-received after COVID-19 forced them to be cancelled a year ago. Across cities, the police have tightened security to keep a strict vigil on any kind of violation and ensure security during New Year celebrations.

As the festivities get under way, here is a snapshot of some of the events happening across the globe.

The Pacific nation of Kiribati was the first country to greet the new year, with the clock ticking into 2023 one hour ahead of neighbours including New ...

Madrid and Rome are among the other European capitals which have all also welcomed in 2023. A large crowd gathered at Port Grand to watch a display of fireworks, dance and celebrate. Kenya has welcomed in the new year with a spectacular firework display as seen in the capital Nairobi. The city of Karachi welcomed in the New Year with fireworks, with hope for the economy of the country to improve in 2023. Celebrations are taking place in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi as the new year arrives in Pakistan. People in Bangkok celebrated as the new year was brought in

In Auckland, large crowds gathered below the Sky Tower, where a 10-second countdown to midnight preceded fireworks. The celebrations in New Zealand's largest ...

Organizers have said a rainbow waterfall will be a prominent feature of the New Year’s Eve party. In Auckland, large crowds are expected below the Sky Tower, where a 10-second countdown to midnight will precede fireworks display to welcome the new year. As Russia attacks continue to target power supplies leaving millions without electricity, no big celebrations are expected and a curfew will be in place as the clock rings in the new year. The celebrations in New Zealand’s largest city are expected to be well-received after COVID-19 forced them to be canceled a year ago. On this occasion, let us resolve to rededicate ourselves to the unity, integrity and inclusive development of the nation,” Ms. In a New Year’s video message broadcast on Russian state TV, Mr. Xi largely avoided directly addressing issues confronting the country, pointing instead to successes in agricultural production, poverty elimination and its hosting of the Winter Olympics in February. for one night, when it would host a New Year’s countdown party with fireworks and music at the city’s People’s Park. Posts on the Raipur police’s social media handles, including Twitter and Facebook, in the last couple of days, have gone viral. Speaking on national television from behind a desk in a wood-panelled office, Mr. “Creative flyers and videos are being issued by the Raipur police from time to time to make people aware about traffic safety rules. Australia’s borders have reopened and the crowds gathering at Sydney’s sparkling harbour to watch 1,00,000 pyrotechnics illuminate the southern sky were expected to number more than one million.

New Year 2023 has already arrived in some of the countries in the Far East. After a few pandemic-dampened years, many will be looking to cut loose th.

New Year 2023 has already arrived in some of the countries in the Far East. While defending some aspects of Bolsonaro's four years in power, such as leaving behind a strong economy, Mourao also criticized environmental backsliding after deforestation in the Amazon reached a 15-year-high under his watch. May it be filled with hope, happiness and lots of success.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal urged customers to order in early to avoid the year end rush and cautioned against a potential server crash.

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Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared glimpses from the Zomato office on Instagram as the food delivery app prepares for a huge surge in orders on New Year's ...

By 9.14 pm on New Year’s Eve last year, Zomato had delivered orders worth Rs 91 crore. [Zomato “war room”](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/on-new-years-eve-a-cake-is-being-ordered-on-zomato-every-second-pic-from-war-room-7887291.html) last year had revealed scores of employees on their laptops or working together in conference rooms. Goyal had live-tweeted through New Year’s Eve last year, when the number of orders placed on the Zomato app hit an all-time high.

Zomato CEO posts photos of the endless supply of Red Bull and chocolate bars in the Zomato office on Instagram.

MOST READ Zomato delivered orders totaling Rs 91 crore by 9.14 pm on New Year's Eve the previous year. “It’s going to be a long workday today.” Last year, glimpses into the Zomato "war room" showed a large number of workers using laptops or collaborating in conference rooms. At the end of 2021, Zomato had fulfilled over 2 million orders. The team at food delivery service Zomato is busy getting ready for a huge spike in orders on New Year's Eve.

Along with the post, he tweeted an image of himself in the signature red Zomato uniform with a couple of food boxes in hand.

Deepinder tells me that thus far nobody has recognised him," Mr Bikhchandani tweeted. The number of online food orders also increases at this time. "Just met @deepigoyal and the @zomato team.

It looks like it was a good turnout as families came out to see the early bird fireworks in Australia this evening. Here are some more photos from the event ...

It is already 2023 in Kiritimati (a big happy new year to all our readers on the islands), with many major cities around the world about the kick off their own celebrations. I will be bringing you the best photos from around the world and all the latest scenes of celebration as we bid farewell to 2022 and see in the new year. It might mark an arbitrary point in the motion of the Earth around the sun, but as the year 2022 turns into 2023 as ever it will result in celebrations, fireworks, broken resolutions and quite a bit of staying up late to see in the new year, wherever you are on the globe.

NYE sees the Taipei 101, the world's 10th tallest building, light up with one of the planet's most spectacular fireworks displays. This year's theme is "Taipei ...

And if you want to fit in with the locals, go admire the sunrise on New Year's Day on the waterfront along Tokyo Bay. New Year's in the Scottish capital is synonymous with Hogmanay, a three-day event of live music, street parties and — of course — spectacular fireworks. Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations are among the most famous in the world, beautifully framed by the harbor and the backdrop of the Opera House. You're spoiled for choice if you decide to spend New Year's Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, with many resorts boasting their own fireworks displays in addition to their regular shows. Lagos is the centerpiece of Nigeria's New Year's Eve celebrations, which are marked in culturally and religiously diverse ways. The quintessential New Year's Eve spot, Times Square in New York gets seriously packed with people on the day, and the event is even streamed online for anyone to watch. It's hard to imagine a more lively open-air New Year's Eve party that the one that takes place annually at Copacabana Beach in Rio. A city that boasts some of the best nightlife and festivals in Europe is a sure-fire destination for New Year's Eve. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is among the first inhabited places in the world to see in the New Year, because it's located so close to the International Date Line. Arab music stars will perform on New Year's Eve at the [Mohammed Abdo Arena Boulevard Riyadh City](https://riyadhseason.sa/event-details-en.html?id=920/en_Trio_Arabic_Night_Concert), and the Noor Riyadh citywide festival of light and art also runs through the winter. Last year, billions of people tuned in to watch the spectacular fireworks and light show at the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, according to its developer Emaar. The show will be supported by laser lights and music, with an A-list of local celebrities and performers leading up to the countdown.

New Year Celebrations: Check out pictures of how cities across India have geared up to welcome 2023.

(Photo: IANS) (Photo: ANI) The world is all set to welcome 2023 in just a few minutes.

Large-scale fireworks displays marking the New Year's ushered in 2023 were held in the Eve in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. Over a million people gathered ...

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Goyal was joined by Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa. “Stepped out to help Deepinder Goyal deliver orders,” he tweeted. Zomato had acquired Blinkit earlier this ...

Over the years, Zomato and Swiggy have shared updates on the orders they are receiving on their platforms on new year’s eve. At that point, Zomato was serving just 750 orders per minute before it had been forced to cease operations. [crashed ](https://officechai.com/news/zomato-order-crashes-on-nye/)on new year’s eve, and the company had been forced to shut down online orders entirely. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared a picture of himself wearing a Zomato delivery partner jersey, and carrying a food delivery box. At the same time, Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa said that 56,437 packets of chips were being delivered. Zomato and Blinkit CEOs have shared pictures of themselves delivering food on New Year’s Eve.

Sydney, Australia. People gather at Sydney Opera House ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. Revellers turned out in droves to celebrate the arrival of the new ...

People from all around the globe are launching fireworks and other events to celebrate the end of 2022 and the herald of 2023 Saturday night.

Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in central Auckland. Auckland was the first major city to ring in the new year with a fireworks display over the Sky Tower. (AP ...

Many revellers in Asia wore rabbit ears as they celebrated the end of the year according to the modern Gregorian calendar. In Thailand a spectacular fireworks display over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok marked the arrival of 2023, while in Myanmar, the normal four-hour curfew was suspended to allow residents in the country’s three biggest cities to celebrate New Year’s Eve. In Myanmar, the normal four-hour curfew was suspended to allow residents in the country’s three biggest cities to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Dhindsa also provided additional insights into how shoppers place their grocery orders for New Year's Eve celebrations across the nation.

RECOMMENDED Blinkit operates in more than 30 Indian cities and was purchased by Zomato in June 2022.

Zoom out: Here's a look at celebrations across the globe. Australia. Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan. 1, 2023, in Sydney, Australia ...

Revelers in major city centers across Europe and the Middle East were ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks, as many cities around the globe ...

Over 1 million people crowded along Sydney’s waterfront for a multi-million dollar celebration based around the themes of diversity and inclusion. However, opponents of army rule urged people to avoid public gatherings, fearing that security forces might stage a bombing or other attack and blame it on them. French President Emmanuel Macron delivered “a message of unity and trust” in a televised address Saturday. Others in Ukraine returned to the capital, Kyiv, to spend New Year’s Eve with their loved ones. Antuan Catholic Church on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare Istiklal Avenue, dozens of Christians prayed for the new year and marked former Meanwhile, some soldiers who said they usually celebrate the holiday with family decided to stay in the trenches as they sought to defend their country.

Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic.

“I am afraid,” said a woman surnamed Jin, referring to the possibility of being reinfected with Covid. Over in New York, people started to gather at about 6pm local time in Times Square ahead of celebrations without restrictions. “In the past year, I feel that Covid-19 was very serious and some of my family members have been hospitalised,” a 17-year-old Wuhan high school student, surnamed Wang, said from the riverside shortly after midnight. Scarborough also had to forgo fireworks, after an Arctic walrus nicknamed ‘Thor’ became a celebrity on New Year’s Eve after being discovered in the harbour. Festivities in Moscow were muted, without the usual fireworks on Red Square. The conflict in Ukraine, the England women’s football team winning the European championships and Pride’s 50th anniversary were also referenced in the show.

Nations ring in New Year 2023 with dazzling display of fireworks and festivities.

The Kota tribe is indigenous to the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu.

As per the 2011 Census, the population of the Kota tribe stands at 3,110. In the videos the tribe members, dressed in white, are seen dancing around a massive bonfire as instrumental folk music plays amidst cheers. Their penchant for dance/ other creative activities, segregate them from other tribals.

There have been recurrent incidents of car burning in France over the years, and it has taken the shape of an annual event. The level of vandalism reached the ...

The riots were triggered following the death of two teenagers in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois in Paris that lasted about three weeks. According to the then government official Patrice Magnier, there was a direct correlation between the increase in car burning incidents and ‘media focus.’ The police officials and local government bodies failed to curtail the practice, thereby leading to a new peak between 2005-2009. The vandalism and car burning incidents find their roots in Strasbourg, adjoining the France border with Germany, in the 1980s. The city is implemented a major plan for guarded parking lots and parking bans on compromised “enriched” streets.” France’s traditional ‘burning of the infidel’s cars” on New Year’s Eve is starting to take place. [reported ](https://www.rue89strasbourg.com/ou-planquer-sa-voiture-le-soir-du-nouvel-an-a-strasbourg-253479)that the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg issued a map that contained information on the areas where people could safely park their cars on New Year’s Eve to save them from getting burnt by the hooligans.

The person who accidentally opened fire died of heart attack while the 34-year-old injured youth succumbed to his gun shot on Jan 1.

Vinay, who had suffered the injury, was admitted to a hospital in the city. As part of the celebrations, Manjunath had plans to open fire in the air. According to the police, the incident happened accidentally, while Manjunath was loading the gun.

Swiggy on Sunday informed that on New Year's Eve, 31 December 2022, the food delivery aggregator has delivered 3.5 lakh biriyani and 2.5 lakh pizza across ...

- Swiggy on Sunday informed that on New Year's Eve, 31 December 2022, the food delivery aggregator has delivered 3.5 lakh biriyani and 2.5 lakh pizza across the country. Swiggy delivered 3.5 lakh Biriyanis on New Year's Eve, 75.4% orders were of Hyderabadi variety2 min read .

Swiggy delivered over 3 lakh biryani orders and 61000 pizzas by 10.25 PM. Thousands of orders for nachos and soda were placed.

For a seventh consecutive year, Biryani was the most ordered food. Swiggy had advised customers to place their orders well in advance due to the high volume of orders. Swiggy compiled 2022 with a report outlining the most popular options.

Indians welcomed the New Year with mammoth orders from food delivery apps.

Our fleet and restaurant partners are geared up to make this NYE unforgettable." today's fastest— Swiggy (@Swiggy) — Swiggy (@Swiggy) There were thousands of orders for nachos and soda too. [Biryani, ravioli and bibimbap—here's what India Swiggy'd in 2022](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/biryani-ravioli-and-bibimbap-heres-what-india-swiggyd-in-2022-9715751.html) [New Year celebrations: Swiggy delivers 3.50 lakh biryani orders, over 2.5 lakh pizzas](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/new-year-celebrations-swiggy-delivers-3-50-lakh-biryani-orders-over-2-5-lakh-pizzas-9794741.html)

Food delivery app Swiggy delivered 3.50 lakh biryani orders on Saturday and by 10.25 PM the app dispatched over 61000 pizzas across the country, ...

Pro-tip: order early to beat the rush," Sriharsha Majety, Swiggy CEO said in a tweet last evening. "The party is already off to a fast start - we have already delivered over 1.3 million orders and counting. Swiggy also said as per a poll it conducted on Twitter, 75.4 per cent per cent orders came for Hyderabadi Biryani, followed by Lucknowi-14.2 per cent and Kolkata-10.4 per cent.