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Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting Sahibabad to Duhai Depot. PM Modi inaugurated the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor at Sahibabad RapidX Station in Uttar Pradesh and flagged off the RapidX train connecting Sahibabad to Duhai Depot, marking the launch of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in the country. «No matter how much money is spent; time should be saved. Because in the office I have to punch my attendance on time. Looks like a very good facility here.

Pakistan after four years, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday deplored the «very chaotic» situation back home and expressed confidence that his PML-N party was «competent» to take the cash-strapped country out of the present crisis. The 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo will fly in from Dubai to Islamabad on a chartered plane, former finance minister and PML-N stalwart Ishaq Dar said. «After staying an hour or so in Islamabad, he will leave for Lahore to address a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan,» Dar told journalists on Friday.

Wipro have reported subdued earnings for the July-September quarter (Q2) due to the impact of ongoing macroeconomic uncertainties, which have resulted in reduced discretionary spending in critical markets. The near-future prospects also seem unfavourable, as the US Federal Reserve is committed to reducing inflation to its 2 per cent target. To achieve this, the central bank is expected to maintain high-interest rates for an extended duration and may even implement further rate hikes, which could place additional pressure on the economy.

Oman this year, compared to the corresponding period last year, officials said. A representative of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Sultanate of Oman said Omani officials began communicating with Indian wedding planners many years ago to promote the Sultanate as a potential location for Indian couples looking to experience the warmth and beauty of the country as a wedding destination.

Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.He also asserted that the country's «three hotspots — LWE (Left Wing Extremism-hit states), the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir — are becoming peaceful.» The Narendra Modi government has made strict laws while maintaining a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, the home minister told a gathering after paying homage to martyrs on Police Commemoration Day at the National Police Memorial here. The government has also worked towards making the best anti-terrorism force in the world by setting up the «Police Technology Mission» for modernisation of the police force, he said.

Israel pounded the densely-populated territory where millions waited for promised aid deliveries on Saturday. The Islamist group took more than 200 people hostage when it stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials. The fate of the hostages has been shrouded in uncertainty, so the release of mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan offered a rare «sliver of hope», said Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. US President Joe Biden said he was «overjoyed» by the release, which comes days after he visited Israel to express solidarity with the wounded country and press for humanitarian aid into Gaza. Trucks carrying relief are still stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, though Biden said they could cross in the «next 24 to 48 hours.» Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, and says around 1,500 of the group's fighters were killed in clashes before its army regained control of the area under attack on October 7. Biden said Friday he believes the attack was motivated partly by Saudi Arabia's plan to recognise Israel. Israel's military campaign has levelled entire city blocks in Gaza, killing 4,137 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israeli troops are massed on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion that officials have pledged will begin «soon». But a full-blown land offensive carries many risks, including to the hostages from Israel and around the world held by Hamas.

Florida lawmakers will return for a special session to impose additional sanctions against Iran, express support for Israel and provide additional security to protect Jewish institutions in Florida

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Gaza Strip after dislodging Hamas have begun discussing possibilities, including potentially installing an interim government backed by the United Nations and with the involvement of Arab governments, people familiar with US government deliberations said. The discussions are still at an early stage and hinge on developments yet to unfold, not least of which would be success in an Israeli ground assault, according to the people, who asked not to be identified detailing private deliberations. And any such possibility would need buy-in from Arab nations around the region, which is by no means certain. Israeli officials have said repeatedly that they don’t intend to occupy Gaza, but they’ve also said that continued rule by Hamas is unacceptable after the Oct.

₹90 billion. If it succeeds, India will become only the fourth country to send a human into space after the Soviet Union, the US, and China.

India and said that it expects New Delhi to uphold its obligations under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India after it threatened to strip them of their diplomatic immunity by Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has said, amid a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh separatist.

Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the government is looking at reducing its debt burden further and has already resorted to prudent spending by resisting the temptation of fiscal profligacy, especially after the pandemic, to avoid burdening future generations. In her inaugural speech at the Kautilya Economic Conclave 2023 in the capital, a few months ahead of the interim Budget for FY25, she said: «For every decision that we take today, we are conscious of what burden it is going to leave to the next generation. It's very easy to be profligate.» The Centre aims to bring down its fiscal deficit to 4.5% of GDP by FY26 from the budgeted 5.9% for FY24. The global economy, she said, is bearing the brunt of simultaneous wars in places that can severely affect supply chains. The Israel-Hamas war has already stoked fresh uncertainties about the global supply chains — especially of food and energy — already hit by the Ukraine war and the pandemic. Debt-to-GDP ratio In such critical junctures, however, the decades-old multilateral institutions have become less effective, Sitharaman said, highlighting the urgent need for reforming them. As for the government's debt policy, she said: «We are conscious of the debt of the government.

Inbound charter flights, which ferry hundreds of foreign travellers to the sunny beaches on India's western shores of Goa every winter, continue to stare at cloudy skies. The prolonged geopolitical turmoil in Russia and Ukraine, the economic chill in several parts of Europe and an escalating West Asia conflict are mainly to blame.

The use of forceps and vacuum delivery tools during labour has resulted in an alarmingly high number of maternal traumas in Canada, such as severe perineal and cervical tears, according to a recent report.

Stay tune for live updates on Gaganyaan Mission Launch TodayGaganyaan Mission live: ISRO is expected to carry out a brief test flight sequence on Saturday. The Indian space agency will launch the crew escape system and crew module at an altitude of 17 km at 8:00 am today.

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders from South American nations at the White House for a summit on Nov. 3 where the United States will reaffirm its commitment for cooperation on economic growth and tackling irregular migration, the White House said on Friday.

(Reuters) — S&P Global is the first among the “big three” rating agencies to upgrade Greece to investment grade since the country’s debt crisis in 2010.

(Reuters) -Ratings agency Moody's (NYSE:MCO) revised Britain's outlook to «stable» from «negative» on Friday, saying policy predictability has been restored after heightened volatility last year around the mini-budget under then Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Lynas Rare Earths reported a 21.8 per cent fall in first-quarter revenue, dragged down by lower production, and is preparing to shut down all bar one of its operations in Malaysia in the December quarter.

Joe Biden on Thursday said the US and its allies through innovative projects like the India Middle East Economic Corridor are working to connect the Middle East countries to a better future. As he addressed the nation on his just concluded trip to Israel, Biden asked Congress for financial aid to the country that has been hit by a terrorist attack by Hamas. “The United States and our partners across the region are working to build a better future for the Middle East. One wherein the Middle East is more stable, better connected to its neighbours through innovative projects like the Indian Middle East Europe rail corridor that I announced this year at the summit of the world's biggest economies,” Biden said in his Oval Office address to the nation. “More predictable markets, more employment, less rage, less grievances, less war when connected.

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