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Nick Hogan, the son of WWE legend Hulk Hogan, was arrested for driving under the influence in the early hours of Saturday morning in Florida city, marking 16 years since his involvement in a serious car crash. Taken into custody on misdemeanor DUI charges just before 4 am (local time), Nick Hogan refused to undergo a sobriety test, as per jail records. He was later released on Saturday after posting a $500 bond. However, the exact details pertaining to the incident are not yet clear. Before the arrest, Nick Hogan had shared on his Instagram page that he attended a bikini contest at his father's restaurant in the Clearwater area on Friday night, according to TMZ. Nick Hogan, born Nicholas Bollea, had previously been involved in a traumatic car crash in Clearwater in 2007.

Startups will play an important role in helping India become the third largest economy in the world, chief economic advisor (CEA) to the government V Anantha Nageswaran has said. Nageswaran said that tier-2 and 3 cities, including Kerala's capital, have become game-changers in helping startups flourish in the country due to improvements in infrastructure and supportive policies of the government, according to a Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) release.

Anantha Nageswaran has said that startups will play an important role in India achieving its developmental aspirations and becoming the third largest economy in the world, PTI reported Sunday. Speaking on the concluding day of the Huddle Global 2023 organised by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), Nageswaran said the tier-2 and 3 cities, including Thiruvananthapuram, have become game-changers in helping startups flourish in the country due to improvements in infrastructure and supportive policies of the respective government, a KSUM release said.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Final between India and Australia at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on 19 November is underway, and the stadium is filled with a sea of blue, as spectators and cricket fans across India arrive expecting the Men in Blue will defeat the Australians and lift the Cricket World Cup. The buzz for the the match was complemented by world-renowned Surya Kiran, the aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force.

Gaza Strip — At least 30 premature babies were evacuated from Gaza's main hospital on Sunday and will be transferred to facilities in Egypt, the territory's Health Ministry said. Medhat Abbas, a spokesman for the ministry, confirmed the evacuation in a phone call with The Associated Press. A World Health Organization team that visited Shifa Hospital on Saturday said 32 babies were among scores of critically ill patients stranded at the hospital, where Israeli forces have been operating since last week.

Europe and the United States are heading back to India where the economy is growing and opportunities are large, Saurabh Srivastava, the former NASSCOM chairman, has said. «Today, more and more Indian entrepreneurs are heading back to India from Europe and the US have achieved success in those markets,» Srivastava, the co-founder of the National Association of Software and Services Company (NASSCOM), said on the sidelines of Singapore Fintech Festival from November 15-17 here.

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(Reuters) -Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second night in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of pause, the city's military administration said.

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World Cup Final India vs Australia: The Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team on Sunday, 19 November, conducted an air show over the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad ahead of the commencement of the ICC World Cup Final match between Rohit's Sharma-led Indian men's cricket team and Pat Cummins-led Australia Men's cricket team. The Indian Air Force's aerobatic team Surya Kiran on Friday rehearsed for the air show it was scheduled to perform ahead of the Cricket World Cup final.

In the West Bank city of Ramallah, sits a six-meter-high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela, donated by the South African city of Johannesburg in 2016.  A reminder of the long-standing bond and kinship the Nobel Peace Prize winner shared with the Palestinian people.

World Cup final, an ocean of blue seems to be travelling towards Motera. The city of Ahmedabad has become the centre of the cricketing world. It seems as if the entire city is moving in one direction.

Mercedes and Audi have dispatched record units this festive season as the demand for high-end cars continues to grow in the country. Driven by brisk sales throughout the year, the luxury car industry in India is hopeful of achieving its best-ever performance this year. In an interaction with PTI, Mercedes-Benz India Managing Director Santosh Iyer said the festive season this year from Onam to Diwali has been better than last years', owing to multiple new launches, an attractive portfolio and also strong customer sentiment.

Chhath festival began with the 'Nahay-Khay' (bathe and eat) ritual on Friday, Delhi Police authorities have assured safety and security arrangements for the devotees on the two days of Araghya (prayers). The festival will end on Monday morning with 'Araghya' to the rising Sun. All designated ghats across the city have been decked up, and security measures have been ensured.

The team was able to tour Shifa Hospital for an hour after about 2,500 displaced people, mobile patients and medical staff left the sprawling compound Saturday morning, said the World Health Organization, which led the mission. «Patients and health staff with whom they spoke were terrified for their safety and health, and pleaded for evacuation,» the agency said, describing Shifa as a death zone. It said more teams will attempt to reach Shifa in coming days to try to evacuate the patients to southern Gaza, where hospitals are also overwhelmed.

World Cup 2023 Final match at Narendra Modi Stadium according to a release by the Airport. However, the airport issued an advisory on Saturday night and informed about the closure of airspace for 45 minutes on 19 November. As per SVPI, the airspace will remain closed from 13:25 to 14:10 hours.

Delhi continued to grapple with «very poor» air quality, as reported by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India). The air quality index (AQI) stood at 398, emphasising ongoing concerns about the city's atmospheric conditions. At 7:15 am, SAFAR-India recorded an AQI of 398, categorising Delhi's air quality as 'very poor.' Central Pollution Control Board data further highlighted specific areas within the city experiencing similar conditions.

In Australia, Sportsbet is offering 1.4 times the amount for bets on India winning the game, less than half the payout for an Australia win at 2.9 times, as of Friday. Betfair, based in the UK, presents a similar payout, with an India win earning speculators 1.49 times the money they wager, less than half of the payout for Australia at 3 times.

Israel prepared on Sunday to expand its offensive against Hamas militants to southern Gaza after air strikes killed dozens of Palestinians, including civilians reported to be sheltering at two schools. After earlier in the week dropping leaflets, Israel on Saturday again warned civilians in parts of southern Gaza to relocate as it girds for an onslaught in that part of the small coastal enclave, after subduing the north. Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini of UNRWA, the U.N. aid organization for Palestinian refugees, said on social media platform X that Israel bombarded two agency schools in the north.

World Health Organization said Sunday it had led an assessment mission to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and determined it was a «death zone», urging a full evacuation. "WHO and partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of the remaining patients, staff and their families," the United Nations health agency said in a statement, adding that 291 patients and 25 health workers remained inside the hospital. WHO said it had headed a joint UN team, including public health experts, logistics officers and security staff from a range of agencies on a short and «very high-risk» mission into the hospital on Saturday. The assessment team had gone into Al-Shifa after the Israeli military had earlier ordered the evacuation of some 2,500 displaced people sheltering on the hospital grounds, WHO said. «They, along with a number of mobile patients and hospital staff, had already vacated the facility by the time of the team's arrival,» the statement said. Columns of sick and injured — some of them amputees — were seen making their way out of Al-Shifa hospital Saturday towards the seafront without ambulances along with displaced people, doctors and nurses, as loud explosions were heard around the complex. The UN assessment team was meanwhile only able to spend an hour inside the hospital due to the security situation. The team, WHO said, described the hospital as a «death zone» and the situation as «desperate». — 'Mass grave' - «Signs of shelling and gunfire were evident.