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Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. The party has been out of power for 13 years, and in the last national election in 2019, voters handed Labour its worst drubbing since 1935. But with an election due next year, polls put Labour as much as 20 points ahead of the governing Conservative Party, and Labour scored a morale-boosting special election victory in Scotland last week.

Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. The figures couldn't be independently verified.

Delhi Municipal Corporation or MCD. Singapore's High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, in a social media post today morning highlighted a spelling error in the name of his country on a signboard installed near the high commission. Mr Wong, likely discovered the gaffe while on his morning walk, took to X and asked the MCD to do a 'spell check' before installing the signage. His post included a picture of signage, which had wrongly mentioned the spelling of his country as Singapur.

Pyar ka Punchnamaa series fame Nushrratt Bharuccha has safely landed in India. Video emerged of the visibly worried actor coming out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

₹86,234.73 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) emerging as the biggest gainer. The holiday-shortened week witnessed a jump in the market valuation of five of top-ten most valued firms ₹86,234.73 crore. Out of the five best performers Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) ermeged as the biggest winner.

Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Sunday said the Prime Minister's Office is monitoring the ongoing situation in Israel adding «we are on the job» to bring back stranded Indian students. Israel has been at «war» with Hamas terrorists since Saturday morning. «Indian government is striving to bring back stranded students of India from Israel. Prime Minister and his office are monitoring the situation and huge efforts are underway to get back our students who are stuck in that country,» Lekhi told reporters. «Even in the past, many students including people from Andhra Pradesh were stuck across. So whether it was Operation Ganga or Vande Bharat, we brought everyone back and I am sure the government of India and the Prime Minister's Office is directly in touch with those people and is working and monitoring the situation,» added the union minister Lekhi. Following the rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip by Hamas, the Indian Embassy in Israel on Saturday issued an advisory for its nationals, requesting them to remain vigilant and observe safety protocols.

UAE food industry said that huge demand is there in the Middle East countries for chicken, dairy, basmati rice, frozen marine goods and wheat products from New Delhi. The UAE industry has sought the support of the Indian government in smooth certification processes, more coordination with Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), and harmonisation of standards. They also said that high quality packaging of Indian products would help boost New Delhi players to increase exports of food and food products in countries like Bahrain, Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Joyalukkas India Pvt Ltd plans to invest about Rs 2,400 crore in the next two financial years to open 30 new showrooms in India and ten outlets abroad, according to Chairman and Managing Director Joy Alukkas. The company is also preparing for an IPO (initial public offering) for further expansion of its business, he said. Currently, Joyalukkas has 100 showrooms in India and 60 outlets in ten countries.

Muraleedharan on Sunday urged the Indians stranded in Israel, which is at war with the Palestinian group Hamas, to stay safe and to contact the Indian embassy there if they require any assistance. Speaking to reporters here, Muraleedharan said the Indian embassy has already issued an advisory to Indians there to stay safe. «Indians in Israel can approach the Indian Embassy anytime. The embassy will extend all sorts of assistance to Indians stranded there,» he said. Also Read: Israel Palestine War LIVE Updates: 'Hundreds of terrorists' killed, dozens captured, says Israeli military Asked about India's stand on the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas outfit, Muraleedharan said the Prime Minister had made it clear and expressed shock over the 'terror attack' on Israel. «We express solidarity with the people of Israel,» the Union Minister said. Hamas launched a wave of rocket attacks on Saturday, killing over 200 people in Israel in the biggest escalation in decades. Israel has responded with a wave of air strikes on Gaza, killing more than 230 people, according to media reports.

Now, it appears the country's intelligence apparatuses have fallen victim to a false sense of security once again. The belief, widely shared across Israeli society, that the Hamas militant group would avoid a large-scale military confrontation with Israel to protect itself and spare further suffering and harm to the residents of Gaza was shattered by asurprise assault on Saturday morning by air, land and sea. The attack began with a barrage of more than 2,000 rockets fired into Israel. Under the cover of the rockets, a large-scale, carefully coordinated, ground operation set out from Gaza and attacked more than 20 Israeli towns and army bases adjacent to the strip. Israeli losses, estimated presently at more than 250 dead and as many as 1,500 wounded, are certain to increase in the coming hours and days.

Air India on Sunday announced canceling flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 14, 2023, in wake of the recent unrest in Israel. Israel came under attack by Hamas militants on Saturday and since then, both sides are engaged in fighting in which scores of people have died. «Our flights to and from Tel Aviv will remain suspended till 14th October, 2023, for the safety of our passengers and crew,» an airline spokesperson said in a statement. The airline will extend all possible support to passengers who have confirmed bookings on any flight during this period, the spokesperson added. The full service carrier operates five weekly flights to Tel Aviv from the national capital.

MRF, Page Industries, or Nestle India is common among investors. However, the high cost of acquiring a whole stake often proves to be a significant hurdle for many aspiring investors.

Foreign Portfolio investors (FPIs) have dumped Indian equities worth Rs 8,000 crore in the first week of October on the back of dollar appreciation and the steady rise in the US bond yields. This came after FPIs turned net sellers in September and pulled out Rs 14,767 crore. Before the outflow, FPIs were incessantly buying Indian equities in the last six months from March to August and brought in Rs 1.74 lakh crore during the period.

₹10 lakh - ₹35 lakh salary range are sought after. During a job change in the auto sector, one can expect a 25% salary increase, which can rise to 50% for those with EV-specific experience. Headhunters are witnessing a surge in demand as automakers diversify their EV product lines.

Last month, when delegates of the Group of 20 (G20) nations arrived in New Delhi, they were given the taste of one of India’s most successful creations: the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Travellers could make a one-time payment in their own currency to load a digital wallet, which could be used throughout their visit to pay merchants in rupees using the ubiquitous UPI QR codes. That was just one of the various ways UPI has gone global in recent years: the system is already accessible in some form or the other in close to two dozen countries.

Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, described Saturday's surprise assault on Israel as an operation «in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,» invoking a dispute around a site that is sacred to both Muslims and Jews and that is among the most deeply contested in the holy land. The mosque sits in a 35-acre site that is considered the holiest in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam. Muslims call the site — which also includes the Dome of the Rock shrine — Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. According to Islamic scripture, the Prophet Muhammad traveled from Mecca to the mosque in one night to pray, and then ascended to heaven. Jews call the site the Temple Mount, because it was the location of two ancient temples that were destroyed. Israel captured East Jerusalem and the Old City, which contains the site, during the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, then annexed it, but most countries consider it to be occupied territory. The mosque is administered by the Waqf, a trust controlled by Jordan, under a status quo agreement. Israeli security forces maintain a presence on the site, and Jews and Christians can visit, but for years they were prevented from praying on the site to prevent clashes. More recently, Israeli police have quietly allowed Jews to pray there.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off-track globally and India's progress will be crucial in achieving them, UNICEF chief Catherine M. Russell has said. In an interview to PTI, Russell said India's population and scale make its potential for progress particularly significant on the global stage.

Saturday's attacks by Hamas shocked leaders across the world, but they came after decades of a relentless and deadly conflict that has killed thousands of people, forced entire generations to grow up under occupation, or created constant anxiety of impending rocket fire or bombings. Here is a summary of the main events of the conflict, which spans two centuries. — On several occasions this year, hundreds of Israeli forces carried out military raids in the Palestinian city of Jenin. In January, a Palestinian man killed seven people at a synagogue in east Jerusalem. — After a spate of terrorist attacks in Israeli cities in 2022, Israeli forces killed at least 166 Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — In May 2021, Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third-holiest site in Islam, which set off an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas that killed more than 200 Palestinians and more than 10 Israelis.

Israel on Saturday made for one of the most violent and deadly days of fighting in the region in decades. Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, launched a series of rocket strikes that hit major cities across Israel, and it sent waves of fighters across the border into southern Israel, where they took over bases and seized hostages. Here's a timeline of what happened Saturday and into Sunday in Israel and Gaza (times are local): 6:35 a.m.: The first sirens warn of incoming rockets in central and southern Israel. This is the start of Hamas' firing what will be thousands of rockets at Israel, striking even major cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Muhammad Deif, the leader of the military wing of Hamas, said in a recorded message that the group had decided to launch what he called an «operation» so that «the enemy will understand that the time of their rampaging without accountability has ended.»

Gadot and Lior Raz have condemned the attack on Israel by Hamas militants and appealed to the world to show solidarity with the country. A surprise attack by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip at daybreak killed at least 22 Israelis on Saturday even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared «war» and said his country would extract an «unprecedented price» from its enemy. Gadot, star of Hollywood films such as the «Wonder Woman» franchise and «Heart of Stone», posted a picture of Israel's flag on her official Instagram account Saturday.

Accor plans to open 30 new properties in India in the next three to five years to tap the huge potential here, according to its Senior Vice President Operations, India and South Asia, Puneet Dhawan. The hotel chain, which has nine brands in India out of 40 from its global portfolio, will also consider introducing more brands in the country to cater to different segments of customers here.