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rescue operations as machines have again stopped. 1)The team of experts who came to conduct a survey at the rescue site of the Silkyara tunnel, informed that there were no heavy objects up to 5 metres in the rescue tunnel. 2)The team, which came from Parsan Overseas Pvt Ltd Delhi, used the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technique to examine the rescue tunnel.

PTI citing officials, upon receiving information about the incident at approximately 6:30 pm, a police team promptly responded to the scene. According to a senior official, they learned that three children had sustained injuries as a result of the collapse of the old wall and were subsequently transported to different hospitals.

Godrej Industries Ltd for ₹300 crore. Currently, Nature’s Basket operates 32 stores as an upmarket food retailer. In contrast, Artisan Pantry will be more luxe, offering imported wines, a diverse range of cheese, a dedicated section for artisan chocolates, honey, gourmet fruits, and vegetables such as Yuzu Lemon, multicolored corn, Japanese Apple Fuji, and more.

301 and 400 'very poor', 401 and 450 'severe' and above 450 'severe-plus'. Delhi has been seeing a gradual increase in the AQI levels after a marginal improvement was witnessed on Sunday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 390 on Thursday, 394 on Wednesday, 365 on Tuesday, 348 on Monday and 301 on Sunday.

Ashok Gehlot on Friday played the 'son of the soil' card as he took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, saying two «Gujaratis» are touring the state but the people should vote for him as he is a «Rajasthani». Gehlot recalled that when he was campaigning in Gujarat for assembly elections, Modi had said that a «Marwari has come to Gujarat and wants to win Gujarat assembly elections». The Congress leader also claimed that the prime minister had said where else could he (Modi) go as he was a Gujarati.

Fortis Healthcare said on Friday that it has signed definitive agreements to sell Fortis Malar Hospital in Chennai, to MGM Healthcare Private Limited for about Rs 128 crore. The deal is for the sale of the business operations along with the land and building assets pertaining to Fortis Malar Hospital situated at Gandhi Nagar, Adyar in Chennai. The transaction will be an all-cash deal and is estimated to be consummated by end of January 2024, the company said in a statement to stock exchanges. The divestment is a part of Fortis’ ongoing portfolio rationalization strategy in order to focus on deepening its presence in select geographic clusters where it has a sizable presence.

Uber is rolling out a tiered rewards programme ‘Uber Pro’ for drivers in 12 cities. The programme will give drivers benefits such as area preference, discounted vehicle maintenance and motor insurance, as well as enhanced micro credit offerings. Drivers will be eligible for these benefits upon reaching certain milestones. This rewards programme will operate independently from Uber’s ride-based cash incentive programme, where drivers earn incentives based on the number of rides completed in a stipulated time period, and ratings received from riders.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to draft a team from his company to Karnataka and facilitate procuring Sri Anna millets from drought-hit farmers. Her intervention with ITC followed a meeting Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy had with her in Delhi on Thursday. She has asked Puri to also consider other measures that can help the state's farmers, the FM said in a post on social media platform X. Sitharaman added that she had explained the initiatives the Centre was taking on the subject during her discussion with the ministers. Karnataka has declared 224 out of its 236 taluks as drought hit. Commenting on Sitharaman speaking to the ITC Chairman, Gowda told ET that the government procurement was the only way to protect and encourage farmers for major millets like ragi, jowar and bajra (pearl millet).

Average property prices in key locations of top seven cities have surged up to 33% in last three years between October-end 2020 and the corresponding period in 2023, according to Anarock Research data.

NEET PG qualifying percentile reduced to zero: Congress slams decision The new NMC rule says that students who pursued physics, chemistry, biology, or biotechnology along with English even as an additional subject after passing class 12 from duly recognised boards will be eligible to appear in the NEET-UG test. NEET PG 2023: Candidates scoring in ‘negative’ also eligible for counselling The decision will apply even to those students whose applications were previously rejected, NMC added.

AQI for Delhi NCR stood at 388. Although air quality in several areas of the national capital improved marginally from the 'severe' category to 'very poor,' it remained hazardous for residents as per pollution numbers recorded on Friday. As of 7.55 am, the AQI in the Pusa area was 403, while IIT Delhi had an AQI of 579.

The World Coal Association has rebranded itself as “FutureCoal: The Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal,” Chief Executive Officer Michelle Manook said at a press conference in Delhi. “For too long our global coal value chain has allowed anti-coal sentiment to dominate and fragment us,” Manook said in a statement. That’s “resulted in a lowering of the global coal IQ,” which the group defines as an understanding of coal’s contribution to society. Coal is the biggest contributor to planet-warming emissions globally.

bond markets to raise capital for infrastructure projects, with big names such as the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development as well as large public sector banks eyeing fund raises worth close to ₹30,000 crore in coming days. Sources aware of the developments told ET that NABFID is eyeing a bond sale worth up to ₹10,000 crore, while the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway aims to garner funds worth up to ₹3,000 crore. Amongst banks, state-owned lenders Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank are looking to raise funds worth up to ₹10,000 crore and ₹5,000 crore, respectively, through the issuance of infrastructure bonds, the sources said. The massive bond pipeline comes at a time when government bond yields have eased significantly from seven-month highs touched in early October.

Supreme Court order that rejected a petition put forward by the Firecracker Manufacturers Association to include Barium compound in Green crackers. These states include Mizoram, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and West Bengal. Most states have imposed a blanket ban while others allowing bursting of green crackers within a short window in view of worsening air pollution situation.

Chaurasia has joined Infosys as an associate vice president and will be leading the engineering services for aerospace, automotive, discrete & turbo machinery domains in Europe. He is based in Germany. Chaurasia is moving in from Accenture Industry X, where he led the aerospace & defence domain, along with important clients across automotive & discrete manufacturing domains.

Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Thursday and requested her to take an early decision on the State's memorandum seeking drought relief. He urged her to release funds from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) early, highlighting the urgency due to prevailing farmers' distress. «Timely payment of assistance to farmers would partly relieve their distress,» Gowda told ET. He has also asked her to consider the data the government submitted on the numbers of small and marginal farmers. The available data with the Union Government, he added, underestimated the size of the small & marginal farmers. The government, the minister said, had placed Aadhaar-lined alternate data sets to substantiate that 70% of farmers in Karnataka were small and marginal in nature. The CM told the media in Mysuru, last week, that the government has sought Rs 17,900 crore towards drought relief. The Central Drought Study Team, he said, had not given a report even after a month and the Centre had also not responded to the government's request.

fires continue to burn bright in the neighbouring states when famers set fire to the crop stubble. Add to this the pollution caused by bursting of firecrackers and the air quality gushes into the hazardous category. And you then see a steady line of people flocking to hospitals due to breathing problems.

₹5 lakh and will be valid for a five-year period. Renewals for another five years can be acquired before the expiry by paying ₹2,500. No licence fee will be levied on electric buses.

Reliance Industries Ltd., has partnered with sports enterprise Sports For All (SFA) to broadcast school-level sports competitions on television and digital platforms. The SFA Championships will be available on Jio Cinema, Sports 18 – 2, and Sports 18 Khel starting 3 December, making grassroots-level sports widely accessible in India. “We endeavour to continue spotlighting school-level talent by including SFA Championships in our portfolio," said Siddharth Sharma, head of content, TV and Digital, Viacom 18 Sports, in a statement.

Delhi Minister for Environment Gopal Rai said that restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan-3 will continue till air quality improves in the city. This comes after the National Capital continued to experience 'very poor' air quality on Thursday morning, with an air quality index (AQI) of 324, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India). Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday urged people to be careful and continue to follow the rules as stages 1, 2, and 3 of GRAP are still in place to tackle air pollution in the national capital. Speaking to about the high levels of pollution in the city, the senior Aam Admi Party leader said that construction works other than those of national importance are being «prohibited» in the city. «The way wind speed is low, scientists believe that it can improve further. The government has taken the decision that until air quality improves, GRAP 3 will continue in Delhi...» «Other than the construction work of national importance, other construction works are prohibited.

IMD issues ‘Orange Alert’ for very heavy rain, thunderstorms in these four states till 23 November. See full forecast Yesterday, an AQI of 395 was registered at 4 pm.