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It’s down to the short strokes at family-owned bus operator Ventura Group’s $1 billion auction.

It has been several months of silence at Austal, the ASX-listed shipbuilder which brought in JPMorgan to gauge interest in a buyout. Now it seems that two North American private equity firms – Cerberus Capital Management and JF Lehman & Company, are back and serious about a proposal.

The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi and the National Capital Region stayed in the “very poor" and “severe" zone on Monday morning. Of the 10 cities with the worst air quality at 11 am, four were in Haryana, and five were in Uttar Pradesh. The national capital, Delhi, recorded a slight improvement in its air quality since Sunday, with the 24-hour average AQI declining to 436 at 11 am, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.

assembly elections in five states. The government's decision follows closely behind the campaigning for the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram, which are scheduled to take place from November 7 to November 30. The vote counting is set to occur on December 3.

Israel on Monday pounded Gaza with «significant» strikes as soldiers battled Hamas forces in the besieged territory, ignoring ceasefire calls by UN aid agencies who condemned surging civilian deaths in the month-long conflict. Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover. «We will take the fight to Hamas wherever they are, underground, above ground», Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said at a briefing Monday, repeating calls for civilians to leave the urban war zone in the north of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. «We will be able to dismantle Hamas, stronghold after stronghold, battalion after battalion, until we achieve the ultimate goal, which is to rid the Gaza Strip — the entire Gaza Strip — of Hamas.» Conricus again accused Hamas of building tunnels underneath hospitals, schools and places of worship in Gaza to hide fighters, plan attacks and store ammunition — a charge the militant group has repeatedly denied. «This strike is like an earthquake,» Gaza City resident Alaa Abu Hasera said, in a devastated area where entire blocks were reduced to rubble. Israel launched a massive bombing campaign after the Palestinian militants staged the worst attack in the country's history. In their October 7 attack, Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 240 others hostage. The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, says more than 9,770 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in Israeli strikes and the intensifying ground campaign since the war began. Israel has resisted calls for a halt in

fires was shown by the NASA Worldview portal during the weekend (November 4 and 5). Farm fires in Punjab are one of the biggest reasons behind aggravated air quality in the national capital Delhi. Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the major reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in October and November every year, according to environmentalists.

₹7,000 to all Group B non gazetted and Group C employees of government. While addressing a press conference, CM Kejriwal said that the Delhi government has allocated ₹56 crore to provide Diwali bonus to 80,000 employees. He said, “We will provide ₹7,000 as a bonus to the Group B non-gazetted and Group C employees of Delhi Government.

Reuters. At the same conference, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said, "The international community's responsibility always is to seek the cessation of hostilities, not promote the continuance of violence." "I think we need to get our priorities straight," Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. "Right now we have to make sure that this war stops," he added.

ZHAOQING, China—During the Cultural Revolution, a teenage Xi Jinping was sent down to the countryside, where he spent years in the late 1960s and early ’70s toiling on farms and reading books in a cave. Half a century later, China’s leader wants more young people to follow his lead. With youth unemployment recently hitting record levels—and deepening concern in Beijing about the hollowing out of rural China—Xi is calling on students and college graduates to embrace hardship and consider giving up city life for the countryside.

Delhi air pollution LIVE As reported by ANI citing officials, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a high-level meeting on the issue of increasing pollution." Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other officials of all concerned departments will attend this meeting. This meeting will be held in Delhi Secretariat at 12 noon, ANI reported.

ANI, Dr. Piyush Ranjan, an Additional Professor in the Department of Medicine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), noted that there is scientific evidence supporting a connection between air pollution and various forms of cancer. “It is important to understand that air pollution affects various systems of the body, apart from causing respiratory diseases.

Festival of lights: Why do we light lamps on Diwali? In the heart of Jammu city's bus-stand area, another potter Dharamveer and his family are working full throttle to prepare diyas for the Diwali festival. According to a report by PTI news agency, he started working on 3,000 pieces for his first order. Also read: Mahindra offers discounts of up to ₹3.5 lakh on its popular SUVs this Diwali. Check details "It is the season of festivals.

reported Mint. The concentration of PM2.5 exceeded the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic metre by 7 to 8 times across various locations which can trigger respiratory and health problems. Anand Vihar station, Punjabi Bagh station, Mundka station recorded AQI levels in ‘severe’ category that is above 400 AQI mark, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, prompting a ban on non-essential construction work and the closure of primary schools in the capital.

Delhi, Punjab, Haryana continue to face severe AQI with the onset of peak stubble burning season: Top Developments Nevertheless, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) displayed an “Insufficient data for computing AQI" for Anand Vihar's AQI. Unfavourable weather conditions, coupled with factors like vehicle emissions, the burning of paddy straw, firecrackers, and various local sources of pollution, collectively contribute to the annual winter air quality crisis in Delhi-NCR, PTI reported.

World Cup encounter - the hazardous air of New Delhi. Asthmatic members of the Bangladesh team stayed indoors and Sri Lankan players resorted to masks, as per Reuters. There are speculations that the match may get cancelled due to poor air quality.

United States and its Arab allies appeared divided over Israel's military offensive in Gaza to defeat Hamas, as Washington, alongside Israel, resisted pressure for an immediate ceasefire despite the rising death toll among Palestinian civilians. In a rare display of a public split, Arab foreign ministers at a press conference pushed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to persuade Israel to agree to a ceasefire.

Al Jazeera, Hagari said, “There are now widespread strikes on terror infrastructure - below ground and above it," Al Jazeera quoted Hagari as saying. Army spokesperson said that the Israeli forces have encircled Gaza City and “now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza". Also Read: From Jordan to Turkey - Which countries have recalled ambassadors from Israel amid war? “Troops reached the coastline and are holding it," he added.

Brent Potts’ Blue Ocean Equities has added a new member to its advisory ranks, picking up Elaine Faddis from Jefferies Australia.

NEW DELHI : The central government last week notified a regulation to allow unlisted Indian companies to list on foreign exchanges. Thus far, only companies listed in India could seek a secondary listing. Mint explains the development and its implications.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, as he tours the Middle East attempting to tamp down tensions after war erupted between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas last month.

Attack on Titan" has finally ended with its last episode delivering a conclusion that triggered further discussion. The fate of Eren Yeager, the series' protagonist, was one of the central questions that fans were eager to have answered. What was Eren Yeager’s fate? Eren Yeager, who began as the story's hero, faces his end in a dramatic and tragic twist.