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Hindustan Zinc Limited has said its all-women mine rescue team will represent India at an international competition. The country's first all-women mine rescue team will be among 26 teams at the XIII International Mine Rescue Competition to be organized by the National Mining Agency, Colombia, under the guidance of the International Mines Rescue Body (IMRB). «Hindustan Zinc's team marks a historic breakthrough as the first-ever all-women team from India to compete on this prestigious global stage, demonstrating their exceptional rescue skills and expertise,» said Arun Misra, CEO Hindustan Zinc Limited. He said that the participation highlights our ongoing commitment to gender diversity and parity, ensuring equal representation and opportunities across all levels.

Narendra Modi will flag off the country's first 'Vande Metro' service on Monday during his two-day visit to Gujarat, an official said. The Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro is a fully unreserved air-conditioned train for which passengers can buy tickets from the counter shortly before its departure, Western Railway (Ahmedabad division) public relations officer Pradeep Sharma said on Saturday. «It will accommodate 2,058 standing and 1,150 sitting passengers. WR carried out a trial of the service early this week,» he added. According to WR officials, the Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro service will stop at nine stations and cover the 360 kilometre distance in 5 hours and 45 minutes at a top speed of 110 kilometres per hour. It will depart from Bhuj at 5:05am and reach Ahmedabad Junction at 10:50am, they said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. GÖRLITZ, Germany—When the Cold War ended, European governments slashed their military budgets and spent a windfall of several trillion dollars on social programs—a popular policy with voters when Europe faced few external threats and enjoyed the security protection of the U.S. Now, European nations are finding it difficult to give up those peacetime benefits, even as the war in Ukraine has revived Cold War-era tensions and the U.S.

industrial policy to expand its economy and finance green manufacturing has helped kick off a fevered scrimmage among nations to develop and protect their own hometown businesses. It has been 40 years since such competitive anxieties about a rising Asian power prompted this kind of embrace of government intervention among the biggest free-market economies. Only then it was Japan, not China, that was the source of unease.

Uttar Pradesh and neighboring regions has moved north-northeastwards and weakened into a well-marked low pressure area. This low pressure system is currently situated over northwest Uttar Pradesh and its surrounding areas. It is expected to weaken further into a low pressure area. The IMD has issued rainfall alerts for many states including Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.

coal production in the country increased substantially during the fiscal year 2024-25, as per the Ministry of Coal. As per the ministry data on Friday, the production reached a provisional total of 411.62 million tonnes (MT) by September 12, 2024. This marks an impressive rise from the 388.86 MT produced during the same period last year, reflecting a growth rate of 5.85 per cent. Despite facing adverse climatic conditions that hampered mining operations, the ministry stated that sector has shown remarkable resilience, achieving significant production milestones.

Amit Shah extended his heartfelt wishes to people on Saturday on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. Taking to social media handle X on Hindi completing 75 years as the official language of the country, Amit Shah wrote in a post that all Indian languages are our pride and heritage, and without enriching them, we cannot move forward. «All Indian languages are our pride and heritage, without enriching them we cannot move forward. Official language Hindi has an unbreakable relationship with every Indian language. This year Hindi has completed 75 years of public communication and national unity as the official language of the country. I am confident that by taking all Indian languages together, official language Hindi will continue to contribute towards realizing the resolution of a developed India,» Amit Shah posted in Hindi.

BEIJING — China's retail sales, industrial production and urban investment in August all grew slower than expected, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Saturday.

Burger King and McDonald's. The nation most recognized for its tapas and authentic jamon iberico, Spain, has taken the title from the one that was previously associated with burger culture. A restaurant called Hundred Burgers in Valencia, Spain now holds the top spot in the World's Best Burgers 2024 rankings, as per the reports of Yahoo life.

Moana 2 will continue its story based on a new adventure. It will continue the legacy of the first installment. Few new images of this sequel have been released. Auli'l Cravalho will give voice for Moana 2. In the sequel, Moana will face a challenging mission due to which she will be leaving her family once again. Maui, who will be voiced by Dwayne Johnson, will be accompanying her on the new mission.

September historically hasn't been kind to stock investors.

Chinese authorities have banned the accounting firm PwC for six months and fined it over $56 million for its involvement in the audit of collapsed local property developer Evergrande

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL—With his ties with Russia strengthening, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un no longer feels the need to hide one of his top-secret nuclear facilities from the outside world. Photos run Friday in North Korean state media showed Kim strolling past rows of metal centrifuges—machines that enrich uranium—with officials by his side.

Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, has died

digital public infrastructure to 50 countries in five years and currently it is being used in 15 countries, said Nandan Nilekani, non-executive chairman of Infosys, in response to a question from Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon, here in Bengaluru, on Friday. They were addressing an event organised by e-commerce platform for artisans, Zwende, in which Vogels is an investor and advisor. Nilekani was giving a quick reckoner on digital public infrastructure that India has in identity, and payments, and was recounting his journey from 2009, from becoming the founding chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to Aadhaar-enabled KYC to opening of Jan Dhan bank accounts.

Indonesia and Vietnam signed multibillion-dollar energy transition deals in 2022 that were heralded as drastic shifts in financing that would enable the coal-dependent countries to pivot to cleaner energy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Applied Materials Inc., the world’s second-largest toolmaker for semiconductor fabrication units, is working with more than a dozen international and domestic suppliers to set up manufacturing in India, said Prabu Raja, president of the semiconductor products group at the California-headquartered company.

NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) will invest around Rs 50,000 crore to ramp up its renewable energy capacity from 1.43 GW to 10.11 GW. NLC India Green Energy Limited (NIGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NLCIL, is established with special focus on renewable energy generation, an official statement said on Friday. «NLCIL aims to achieve a renewable energy (RE) portfolio mix of 50 per cent of its total planned capacity, increasing its RE capacity from 1.43 GW to 10.11 GW. »The above plan entails an investment of Rs 50,000 crore (approx) in renewable portfolio, which will support India's RE target and contribute to the broader aim of achieving 'net zero' emissions by 2070," the statement said.

OnePlus 13 could be an attempt to coincide with the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset in the same month. While there isn't much clarity on the matter, some reports suggest that the OnePlus 13 could be among the first phones to be powered by Qualcomm's latest processor.Now, a recent post by tipster Fonearena has revealed that OnePlus 13 with the model number PJZ110 was recently spotted on the Geekbench listing with the yet-to-be-released Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset and had even better scores compared to the A18 Pro chipset on the recently launched Apple iPhone 16 Pro series.According to reports, the OnePlus 13 received a single-core score of 3216 and a multi-core score of 10051 on Geekbench.

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Eid Milad un Nabi, also known as Eid-e-Milad, will be observed from the evening of Sunday, September 15, 2024, to the evening of Monday, September 16, 2024. This date marks the commemoration of both the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. As the Islamic calendar follows the lunar cycle, the exact date of the observance varies each year.