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Hamas fighters raided settlements close to the Gaza Strip and fired thousands of rockets toward Israel. "Our flights to and from Tel Aviv will remain suspended till 14th October, 2023, for the safety of our passengers and crew," a spokesperson of Air India said. Catch live updates of Israel-Hamas conflict The airline would provide all possible support to passengers who have confirmed bookings for the flights that have now been cancelled, the statement added.

Read more. Four more remains were discovered on October 7, and the death toll from the Sikkim flash flood reached 30. There are currently 81 persons missing, for whom search efforts are underway.

Piyush Goyal and minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar sounded an emphatic note of confidence on the scope and promise of Indian startups, at the ninth edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards in Bengaluru. At an impressive event attended by founders, venture capitalists and policymakers, the two Union ministers assured that the Centre would catalyse the Indian innovation ecosystem and not create roadblocks with multiple regulations, as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Israel to India, Naor Gilon on Saturday asserted that his country would act against the rocket attack and punish perpetrators to stop any further attacks. «Israel will retaliate. Israel will go after the perpetrators and make sure they cannot repeat this kind of atrocities again,» he said. Israeli envoy went on to mention the situation that engulfed after the terror attack in the country and said, «Early this morning, when Israeli citizens were still in their beds.

A Congress leader from Rajasthan has filed a petition in a court against BJP national president JP Nadda and party’s IT cell head Amit Malviya over a social media post by the BJP depicting Rahul Gandhi as “a modern-day Ravan”, reports PTI.

Startup India scheme. In 2022, Indian startups attracted a whopping $42 billion in funding, a substantial leap from the previous year's $16 billion which underscores their pivotal role in India's aspiration to achieve a $5 trillion economy goal. However, India's tech space has seen a huge decline in funding this year.

Narendra Modi, on Saturday, hailed India's 'momentous achievement' as the nation scripted history by winning a record-breaking tally of 100 medals at the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou, China. The Indian contingent, with their exceptional determination, made a significant leap from their previous record of 70 medals in the 2018 edition of the games.

Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere. Publicly, the administration has maintained that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver are a matter between the two countries. But U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the recent G20 summit hosted by India as an unconditional success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he was able to depoliticise decisions at the mega event. “PM Modi was able to depoliticise the decisions adopted at the G20 and that was the right way. G20 was created to discuss economic issues, not political ones.

BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he wants to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Odisha and has requested the party to give him a chance. In an interview with PTI, Pradhan said the BJP's agenda is to ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets to serve the nation for a third term. «I want to contest the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said if her party retains power in Chhattisgarh after the upcoming assembly polls, a caste census will be carried out in the state on the lines of a similar exercise conducted in Bihar. Addressing 'Nagariya Nikaay Evam Panchayati Raj Mahasammlen', an event of the Congress government in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, she also promised ten lakh houses for the poor if her party gets elected again in the polls due by the year-end. Hitting out at the BJP-led government at the Centre, Gandhi alleged it is for the rich and has no concern for the poor or the middle class. «If the Congress party again elected to power in Chhattisgarh, a caste census will be carried out in the state on the lines of a caste survey conducted in Bihar,» she said.

Sikkim flash floods: As the death toll in the Sikkim floods climbed to 40, including 7 soldiers, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang spoke with news platform NDTV and blamed the "inferior construction" of Chungthang Dam for the tragedy. The 1200 MW hydroelectric project was destroyed on Wednesday intensifying the damage due to the flash floods in the state. Prem Singh Tamang said that the previous Sikkim Democratic Front government should be blamed for the tragedy due their "sub-standard" work.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said people in rural India are forced to wander from door-to-door in search of work under MGNREGA while the prime minister was «hiding his failures» by criticising the Congress in poll-bound states. Kharge's remarks come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan over exam paper leaks, corruption and law and order, saying it cared only for its «vote bank» and not the people of Rajasthan.

Jay Sandesh building in Goregaon West. As per the officials, the affected persons were rushed to a trauma centre at Jogeshwari and civic-run Cooper Hospital at Juhu. Before firefighters arrived at the scene, the blaze had covered the building from all sides.

Struggling for an effective counter to the Opposition’s demand for a nationwide caste census on the lines of the one completed in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that South India stood to lose 100 Lok Sabha seats if the Congress’ idea of “Jitni Aabadi, Utna Haq” were to be taken into consideration for the exercise of delimitation.

Also read: Bengaluru news: Bus stand worth ₹10 lakh goes missing from Cunningham Road The purple line will be Bengaluru's longest metro stretch at 42.5 km. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bangalore metro Purple Line from Krishnarajapuram to Whitefield (Kadugodi) on March 25.

India a USD 5 trillion economy and itself aims to become a USD 1 trillion economy by 2030. Patel, addressing the FICCI's National Executive Committee Meeting (NECM), said Gujarat is recognised as the growth engine of India.

Global headwinds and expensive stock valuations necessitate a cautious approach toward Indian equities in the short term as the country prepares for next year’s national elections, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Vaccine War’, that ran into controversy when the filmmaker said that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had taken bribes from foreign companies to promote their vaccines. "I have heard that a film 'The Vaccine War' has come.

India's political spectrum. Few days ago, the Bihar government released the first part of the caste-based socio-economic survey, which revealed that Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) account for 63% of the state’s population. It is for the first time any state has released caste-based population data.

Read all the LIVE updates on Sikkim floods here NHPC Ltd stock was down 0.90 at 1.69% while writing this story. Cloudburst and flash floods have killed 14 people in Sikkim. More than 2,000 people have been rescued and the state authorities set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people impacted by the floods.