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State Antony Blinken said Sunday the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt «will be open» for aid into the blockaded strip, he said while departing from Cairo. «We're putting in place with the United Nations, with Egypt, with Israel, with others, the mechanism by which to get the assistance and to get it to people who need it,» he told reporters. Blinken also said that the United States had appointed an envoy, veteran former diplomat David Satterfield, to work on aid to Gaza.

NEW DELHI : Engine maker Pratt & Whitney has informed the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) that it will deliver engines to Go First only after the grounded airline starts flying again, two people aware of the development said. In July, the SIAC had directed the American company to supply five engines every month to the airline, beginning on 1 August.

Jumma (Friday), but decided against it as a result of some “back door diplomacy". By killing innocent hostages, Hamas could risk losing support in the Islamic world. Millions had taken to the streets in Jordan’s capital Amman after Friday prayers to protest against the bombardment of Gaza.

In a recent legal document filed, attorneys for the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Samuel Bankman-Fried, have raised objections regarding the proposed jury questions for the upcoming fraud trial. The document asserts that the government's proposed jury questions could elicit biased responses against Bankman-Fried, which might lead to an unfair trial.

Click here! The Chandrayaan-3's lander successfully touched down near the south pole of the Moon on August 23, making it only the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat of reaching lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union. The ISRO chief further said, "Now we are telling you people (to) come and build rockets, satellites and make our nation more powerful in space technology. It is not only ISRO, everybody can do it in space.

head towards the southern part of the region, between 10 am and 1 pm local time. Once the deadline exhausted, the IDF warned that it would “implement a wide range of offensive operative plans" in the region to target the Hamas militants. - The ground invasion, which would reportedly involve 10,000 soldiers along with aerial and naval forces, will be set off following “a political decision", military spokesmen Lieutenant Richard Hecht and Daniel Hagari said in a press briefing.

Investing.com — Two factors will determine the direction of oil markets in the coming week. The first is how much the conflict in the Middle East could escalate and what it might mean for supplies in the world's top oil producing region. The second is what will the weekly update on US crude stockpiles look like on Wednesday.

From her home office in Columbia, Maryland, El-Haddad frantically juggled phone calls this week from journalists seeking her expertise on Gaza and Palestinian Americans trying to get the attention of their local elected officials. In between the calls, the 45-year-old mother and author checked WhatsApp, the global messaging application, for updates from her own family members in Gaza during their brief windows of electricity and internet access.

Xi Jinping hosted the Palestinian president in Beijing and invited the Israeli prime minister for an official state visit. Benjamin Netanyahu accepted, and China was on track for a bigger role in the region.

Canon, the Japanese company recognized for its printers and cameras, unveiled a pivotal solution on Friday, Oct. 13, designed to aid in the production of cutting-edge semiconductor components.

Aswhini Vaishnaw. The government has initially earmarked USD 10 billion incentive for setting up a semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in the country including a wafer fabrication plant. The wafer fabrication plants are the first building block of physical chips that are used in all high-tech electronic products.

Adani Ports & SEZ is “confident” of repaying by Feb 2024, the $650 million of foreign currency bonds that are maturing next year, its CEO said Sunday. “We have already prepaid $120 million and then another $190 million,” Karan Adani told reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of its Vizhinjam port in Kerala. “We are very confident that by January-February we will prepay the balance amount. And that was part of our commitment at the start of the year, when we had said our net debt-equity ratio will be 2.5X,” Adani had in February said his company would repay Rs 5,000 crore worth of debt by next financial year. Adani’s debt-prepayment is part of its efforts to win back investor trust, large swathes of which were eroded after an American short-seller Hindenburg alleged it of stock price manipulation. As of June, the company had prepaid $2.65 billion worth of loans. The company, that aims to become the world’s largest port operator by 2030, is looking at brownfield international port projects in Vietnam, Kenya and Tanzania, said CEO Adani. The Vietnamese government had, in a statement in May, said it welcomed Adani’s investment in its Lien Chieu port and renewable energy projects.

“war crimes" and attempting “genocide". This criticism comes even as world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, among others, have backed Israel's "right to self defence". “As a Jew, I do not accept that what Israel is doing to Gaza fits the category of self-defence.

The federal government will require crypto exchanges to hold a financial services licence, issued by the corporate regulator, under a new regime bolstered with specific obligations to reduce risks for investors while also supporting the growth of the digital asset sector.

Gold staged a stunning rally on Friday on escalation of the Mideast conflict. The situation took a grave turn after Israel gave Gaza Palestinians twenty-four hours to evacuate the Gaza Strip as the Israeli army prepared for a massive assault in Gaza.

Luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari has announced the acceptance of cryptocurrency payments for its vehicles in the United States, with plans to extend the offering to Europe in response to customer requests. 

As the BTC/USD pair exhibits a modest +0.25% gain, trading today at $26,916, the crypto community buzzes with speculation and optimism. 

Amidst an imminent government shutdown due to Congress's stalled federal appropriations bill for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023, the financial sector holds its breath. The potential shutdown's ripple effects are poised to stretch beyond traditional markets, reaching into the cryptocurrency sphere, particularly Bitcoin, according to Greg Cipolaro, Global Head of Research at NYDIG .

foreign investors continued through the month of October as they pulled out about Rs 10,000 crore so far. As per NSDL data, FPIs sold equity for Rs 13,652 crore through the stock exchanges till October 13, but invested Rs 3,868 crore through the primary market, making them net sellers in the month so far. Sustained rise in US bond yields in anticipation of further rates and uncertain geopolitical environment have been the main contributing factors for FII offloading Indian shares. The selling was seen in financials, power, and IT, but they continued to buy capital goods and automobiles. In September, FPIs net sold shares worth a whopping Rs 30,000 crore in eight sectors, while investments worth over Rs 1,000 crore were made only in four sectors. Overall, the total investment by FPIs in equity has reached Rs 1.1 lakh crore and over Rs 33,000 crore in the debt market this year so far. Analysts said the Indian market continues to exhibit resilience even amid many challenges and that investors may turn optimistic in the near future. «India, with its strong macro fundamentals, seems to be a place where people want to continue to stay invested. So, we believe that the pace of selling of the FPIs, especially in banks, is coming off,» said Unmesh Sharma of HDFC Securities. «There is a growing concern among FPIs, that if they continue to sell, they will miss out on the potential rally in the Indian market.

SAIL plans to start the trial production of head hardened (HH) rails, used in metro rail and freight corridor projects, by month-end, its Chairman Amarendu Prakash said. The steel PSU was earlier looking to start the trial production of HH rails in August but deferred it due to the demand for normal rails like 880 grade from the Indian Railways, Prakash told PTI in an interview. «We have the technology.

Global steel demand needs revival for domestic prices to rise HH rails are special rails used in high-speed freight corridors and metro rail projects. Such rails are manufactured using head hardening technology to bear about 50 per cent higher pressure compared to normal rails. SAIL has set up facilities for the production of HH rails at the new Universal Rail Mill (URM) at its Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh, and the cold trials for the same have already been completed.