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Al-Shifa Hospital where the casualties had been taken on Friday. "About 50 martyrs were recovered from inside Al-Buraq school... in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza after missile and artillery strikes that targeted the school this morning," hospital director Mohammad Abu Salmiya said as quoted by AFP. Thousands of people are seeking safety in southern Gaza yesterday after fleeing the enclave's main hospital in what Palestinian officials said was an Israeli air strike, Reuters reported.

Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near and around hospitals. Global calls for Israeli restraint increased as the number of Palestinians killed rose above 11,000 in a five-week-old Israeli bombardment launched against Hamas in retaliation for its deadly Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. In his strongest comments to date on the plight of civilians caught in the Gaza cross-fire, U.S.

Delhi police inspected the trucks carrying non-essential goods at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders on Friday night, as the GRAP 4 regulations are in place. Under the final stage (Stage IV) of the Centre's action plan, only CNG, electric, and BS VI-compliant vehicles from other states are allowed to enter Delhi, with exemptions granted to those involved in essential services. Visuals from the Ghazipur border showed the police team monitoring the trucks entering Delhi. Only CNG and electric trucks are allowed to enter Delhi. Another team of Delhi Police at the Tikri border checked the trucks entering the national capital. This development comes as the city on Friday saw a marginal improvement in the toxic air following spells of sudden rainfall. The overall air quality in Delhi at 7 am on Friday was 407, per the government's air-quality monitoring agency, SAFAR.

World Cup 2023 match at Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium, Kolkata. England vs Pakistan Kolkata ODI is a day-night match and will start at 2 p.m. It would be the 9th match of both the teams in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event. Around 1.6 million people in Somalia could be affected by the heavy seasonal downpours, which have been worsened by the combined impact of two climate phenomenons, El Niño, and the Indian Ocean Dipole, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement late on Thursday.

By Shivansh Tiwary and Doyinsola Oladipo

Bank of India (RBI) will deduct the amount from their accounts and pay it towards the payment security mechanism (PSM). “Only those states which agree to DDM will be able to participate in PSM. Some states have given consent, J&K, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi.

Travel website Booking.com has agreed to pay 94 million euros ($100.25 million) to settle a tax dispute in Italy, Genoa prosecutors said on Friday. Prosecutors in the nortwestern Italian port city launched their investigation in 2018 into Booking.com, which is based in the Netherlands, over the way it handles taxation of properties rented out through its website.

Veterans Day on Saturday. The day observed annually on November 11, is a federal and bank holiday in the country which honours the service of military veterans. Originally called Armistice Day, this holiday had its roots in the aftermath of World War I and secured federal recognition as one of the nation's ten official holidays during the 1930s.

K-pop singer and songwriter Nahee has tragically passed away at the age of 24. The cause of her death has not been disclosed by her family, and her agency has not provided details about the sudden loss. Nahee's final post on Instagram, shared on November 7, just hours before her passing on Wednesday, has since gone viral.

Ambuja Cements, the cement and building material flagship company of the Adani Group, emerged as the top performer among group companies, achieving a stellar 1835% jump in its consolidated net profit, reaching ₹987 crore as compared to a net profit of ₹51 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Adani Power stood as the second top performer, reporting an 848% improvement in its consolidated net profit, reaching ₹6,594 crore compared to a net profit of ₹695.33 crore in the corresponding period of the last year, due to improved EBITDA, higher one-time income, and recognition of deferred tax asset.

Assembly polls in 2018, collapsed in March 2020 following a revolt by several MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia. It paved the way for the return of Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister, while the rebel MLAs and Scindia joined the BJP.

Insurance. The survey also shed light upon the financial habits of the population of this age group. It was found that more than 50% of millennials say they need expert financial advice to achieve their life goals.

The average annual rental yield in cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru has jumped up to 20% since 2019. According to the latest Anarock Research data, Bengaluru has the highest rental yield of 4.35% as of September 2023 end. It was just 3.6% in 2019, showing a jump of over 20% in the last five years.

By MAJ GEN JAGATBIR SINGH, VSM ( RETD)

pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR). “Farm fires must stop. The decline must go on during the Diwali holidays." the court said.

air emergency in the national capital, the Union Health Ministry on Friday issued an advisory for children in Delhi and neighbouring states amid mounting pollution concerns and toxic air days that have emerged as a clear and present danger to public health. However, in a measure of respite from the smog or toxic cloud that has been hanging heavy over the national capital in the last week and more, the city on Friday received showers that saw the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) drop below 400. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) pegged the city's overall AQI at 398 at 10.30 am on Friday. The central health advisory on Friday laid particular emphasis on children, as it advised school authorities, heads, teachers as well as parents to develop mechanisms to create awareness and motivate students to adopt better practices to mitigate and adapt to air pollution. The ministry said schools should organise awareness events and award children for taking up mitigation practices to fight air pollution. «Areas: Cities and urban areas are more likely to have outside pollution levels.

Sri Ram Janambhoomi Trust Champat Rai and Treasurer Govind Dev Giri Maharaj paid a visit to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday and invited him for the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple on January 22, 2024. Speaking to about the consecration ceremony, Ram Janambhoomi Trust Champat Rai said, «We had come today to invite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple on January 22, 2024. Ayodhya is the city of liberation and salvation which is coming back to its original form after a long time.» Treasurer of Sri Ram Janambhoomi Trust Govind Dev Giri Maharaj also spoke to ANI about the consecration ceremony and said, «Today we came here to meet and invite the Gorakhnath Temple Mahanta and UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Mahindra Lifespace Developers, the real estate and infrastructure development business of the Mahindra Group, has decided not to undertake a joint development on a nearly 5-acre land parcel in Mumbai’s western suburb Dahisar owing to significant delays in fulfilment of certain conditions precedent. The company had finalised the terms for this project in October 2021 and the development was estimated to provide around half a million sq ft of carpet area. The terms of this joint development were subject to conditions precedent including regulatory clearances and approvals for effective development of the land parcel in a timely manner. “In the best interest of the company, owing to significant delays in fulfilment of certain conditions precedent, the same shall be discontinued and shall not be pursued,” the company said. Mahindra Lifespace Developers recently acquired 5.38 acres of land in Wagholi locality of Pune. The land is estimated to have a development potential of over 1.5 million sq ft of saleable area. For the quarter ended September, the company has recorded pre-sales of Rs 455 crore for 0.68 million sq ft saleable area in its residential business. The company has a healthy pipeline of business development with Gross Development Value {GDV) of over Rs 5,000 crores, Amit Sinha, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra Lifespace Developers told investors during its September quarter earnings call. The company has multiple launches coming up in the second half of the current financial year.

Some organisations, especially in the IT sector, recently issued strict orders asking their mid-career professionals to return to the office. Some return-to-office mandates had led to the rise of terms such as coffee badging and office peacocking, which we had discussed recently. But what does this mandate mean from a leader’s point of view?

Palisade Impact, the core-plus infrastructure house set up by ex-Macquarie duo Steve Gross and Jeremy Wernert, has won the auction for Downer EDI’s Victorian waste management business, Repurpose It, with a $220 million bid.