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Fire Country Season 3, titled Keep Your Cool, will premiere on November 8, 2024. Bode takes on an advanced elevator rescue during a power outage caused by intense heat. Jake, his colleague, faces decisions about his commitment to the team.

The fully electric motorcycle — available for retail in the spring of 2026 — will be priced at a premium to electric scooters available in the market today. The company is yet to decide on the country in which it will launch the vehicle sometime in the next fiscal year, but said it will be the first of many products which will be introduced under the Flying Flea brand. Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director, Eicher Motors, said, “We believe in this as a starting point of a family, that is going to grow. We are going to keep at it as we go doggedly…keep evolving, keep changing but with this concept and idea in mind." The company will also introduce EVs under Royal Enfield brand, Lal clarified.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on October 22 reserved the judgement on eight petitions, including the lead one filed by Anjum Kadari, against the high court verdict. On March 22, the Allahabad High Court had declared the Act as «unconstitutional» and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate madrasa students in the formal schooling system.

Dixon Technologies Tuesday notified incorporation of a wholly-owned subsidiary Dixon Teletech to make components for IT hardware products. The contract manufacturer is setting up facilities to ramp up laptop assembling under the production-linked incentive scheme for IT Hardware, with orders from the top four laptop brands in the country — HP, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus. «The wholly owned subsidiary has been incorporated with an object to undertake manufacturing and dealing in, inter-alia, all kinds of Information Technology Products including Information Technology (IT) hardware components, related products, equipment and components thereof,» the company said in an exchange filing.

KKR India’s Chief Executive Officer Gaurav Trehan has bought a sea view luxury apartment in a super-premium project Morena House on South Mumbai’s plush Carmichael Road for nearly Rs 88 crore from JSW Realty, a real estate development arm of JSW Group. The deal for the apartment, spread over a carpet area of 5,381 sq ft, is valued at around Rs 1.63 lakh per sq ft, making it one of the costliest property transactions in the country. The buyer has also paid Rs 5.26 crore in stamp duty charges alone for the registration of the deal. Apart from being the CEO of KKR India, Trehan is also Co-Head of KKR Asia Pacific and Head of Asia Pacific Private Equity.

JSW MG Motor India on Monday said it has formed a strategic partnership with HSBC India, which will provide access to comprehensive and tailor-made financing solutions at competitive terms to the car maker's dealer partners. Leveraging HSBC India's expertise will provide easy access to working capital for the company's dealer network, JSW MG Motor India said. With varied and customised financing options on offer, the partnership with HSBC India will enhance operational efficiency, promote business sustainability, and foster long-term growth opportunities for the dealer partners, the company said.

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TechEagle on Monday announced the launch of eight dedicated hubs in collaboration with the country's premier healthcare institutions across eight states. The dedicated drone hubs, inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week as part of Rs 12,850-crore multiple healthcare sector projects, will serve as critical points for rapidly deploying medical supplies, including essential medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic samples to underserved and hard-to-reach communities, TechEagle said in a statement. The eight dedicated facilities include hubs at AIIMS Guwahati, AIIMS Rishikesh, AIIMS Bilaspur, and AIIMS Bhopal, among others, it stated. With a targeted reach of over 200 locations across Assam, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh and others in the coming year, this initiative (of setting up dedicated hubs) will be a game changer for India's drone logistics landscapes, the company said.

Pakistan's central bank cut its key policy rate by 250 basis points to 15% on Monday, it said in a statement, for a fourth straight reduction since June, as the country keeps up efforts to revive a sluggish economy with inflation easing. Most respondents in a Reuters poll last week expected a cut of 200 bps after inflation moved down sharply from a multi-decade high of nearly 40% in May 2023, saying reductions were needed to bolster growth. Average consumer price index inflation in the South Asian country is 8.7% in the current financial year, which started in July, the statistics bureau says. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects inflation to average 9.5% for the year ending June.

Ambala and Chandimandir, marks a significant increase in scope with bi-service level participation for the first time by personnel of the army and the air force from both countries, the defence ministry said. The exercise is a sequel to the bilateral exercise in Vietnam in 2023 and a major milestone in strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Vietnam. «The aim of 'VINBAX 2024' is to enhance joint military capability of both sides in employment and deployment of Engineer Company and Medical Teams to undertake engineering tasks as part of a United Nation contingent in peacekeeping operations under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter,» the defence ministry said in a statement.

Trenney said she knew of other families doing the same in Bellevue, a Pittsburgh suburb and an electoral hotbed prized by both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, rivals in a race that analysts say will go down to the wire. «Just trying to pacify the anxiety,» said Trenney, who voted for Harris ahead of Tuesday's Election Day. «Anything and everything to distract from, 'Oh my God, what's going to happen?'»

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The formidable institutional structure of the US will be severely tested today by both the presidential election process and its aftermath, whatever the outcome. Economists define institutions to include the functioning of public protective frameworks.

Aptech, a pioneer in the non-formal vocational training business in the country, has appointed Atul Jain its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. In his capacity as MD & CEO, Jain will spearhead Aptech’s strategic vision, driving sustainable business growth while fostering innovation and adapting to an ever-evolving market landscape. He will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s brand and outreach strategies, and work closely with the Board of Directors to oversee the alignment of Aptech’s operations with its mission and values. «Leading Aptech at this critical juncture is both a privilege and a great responsibility, » Jain said in a statement. «My focus will be on empowering our teams, fostering collaboration, and leading the charge towards operational excellence.»

Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, a political outsider who won election last year brandishing a chainsaw as a blunt symbol of his plans to cut spending, is defying long odds to right the embattled economy and keeping a lid on voter anger. After years of economic crises, debt defaults, soaring inflation and currency crashes, Milei's success is giving an adrenaline shot to long-moribund local bonds and sparking a wild rally in the markets some 11 months into his administration. The wild-haired economist, a poster child for the global far right and neoliberalism, has scored key economic wins in recent months, helping pull the country's debt out of distressed territory for the first time in half a decade.

UK, a surprising turn of events may leave arachnophobes unsettled. The country is seeing a boom in giant Fen Raft spiders, with some reaching the size of a human palm. Nearly ten years after Chester Zoo first began reintroducing these spiders to save them from extinction, the arachnid population has grown massively. Now, more than 10,000 breeding females are flourishing, marking a remarkable comeback for the species. «Ten years ago, we helped release thousands of giant spiders back into the UK. The Fen Raft Spiders were bred right here at the zoo, and we're super happy to report there are now more than 10,000 breeding females, and they've just had the biggest mating season on record!» Chester Zoo said in a statement. The conservation efforts have been hailed as a success, with the zoo expressing pride in its role in bringing back a species once on the brink of extinction.

Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain shared the second place, granting their citizens visa-free access to 192 countries, as per the latest rankings. The United States ranked 8th, giving its citizens visa-free entry to 186 countries.

Canada, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of creating divisions among different communities in the country. «The news reports coming in over the past few days, the situation that has formed in Canada do not pertain one particular religion. Be it Hindu or Sikh, PM Trudeau has divided everyone there,» Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu said. Bittu criticized both those advocating for pro-Khalistan slogans and the Canadian police for their support, stating that the Indian Government will respond to the situation with a more decisive action.

Pralhad Joshi on Monday said India has been re-elected as the President of Indian Solar Alliance (ISA) from 2024 to 2026. Addressing the press conference at 7th General Assembly of the ISA, Joshi informed that France has been reelected as Vice-President of the ISA. India's election to the President post is a testament to the impactful work the country, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been doing over the years for the global good in advancing solar energy adoption across the globe and boosting investment in essential solar projects, including mini-grids and healthcare solutions, Joshi opined. Eight Vice Presidents of the Standing Committee, two from each of the four ISA geographical regions, were also selected by the Assembly.

The United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil-and-gas summit as it pledges to increase energy output even as global prices have fallen