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India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a thunderstorm alert for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the upcoming three hours. Meanwhile, all schools in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai will have a holiday today due to heavy rain in the region, as informed by the District Collector. Tamil Nadu received heavy rainfall on Friday, IMD said in a post on X.

Kim Jong Un inspected photos taken by the country's new spy satellite of «major target regions», including the South Korean capital of Seoul and cities that host U.S. military bases, state media reported on Saturday. Nuclear-armed North Korea launched the satellite on Tuesday, but South Korean defence officials and analysts said its capabilities have not been independently verified. Kim examined the photos, as well as imagery taken of some areas within North Korea, during a visit to the control centre of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang on Friday, state news agency KCNA said. The photos were taken as the satellite passed over the peninsula on Friday morning, KCNA said, and included images of Seoul, and Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where U.S.

Niagara Falls and exploded in a fiery wreck were identified Friday as a western New York husband and wife whose family owns a lumber business and several hardware stores in the Buffalo area.The Niagara Falls Police Department named the couple as Kurt P. Villani and Monica Villani, both 53, of Grand Island, New York, a leafy Buffalo suburb close to the falls.Online business records and the company website indicate the victims’ family owns Gui’s Lumber and seven Ace Hardware locations in western New York, his family operating the business since the mid-1980s.

Bitcoin (BTC) just punched through $38,000 to hit new highs for the year, with a near-term retest of $40,000 looking increasingly likely.

Canadians will again be able to put more into their tax-free savings accounts in 2024, according to Finance Canada.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry

A plan for how Vietnam will spend $15.5 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been finalized and will be announced formally at the COP28 climate conference, which begins in Dubai next week

DCGI) is considering banning over-the-counter (OTC) sales of pain relievers Tapentadol and Pregabalin, a move aimed at curbing their misuse, a person in the know said. While drug formulations containing Pregabalin are prescribed mainly for the management of neuropathic pain, and to treat fibromyalgia, the Pregabalin capsules and tablets are used along with other medications to treat certain types of seizures. Now, the drug regulator is considering putting Pregabalin and Tapentadol in the category of drugs that cannot be purchased without a valid prescription from a registered medical practitioner (RMP). In this regard, the DCGI has constituted a sub-committee, including experts from the regulator's office, clinicians and pharmacologists, who will review the matter. The sub-committee will give its recommendations soon, a person in the know said.

₹7,755 per quintal (2022-23 crop year) for the S-2023 stock, the retail price of moong dal translates to ₹123 a kg as against the all-India average retail price of ₹115 per kg. To increase retail sale of moong dal, it has been proposed that a discount of ₹1,500 a quintal on MSP of the raw stock could be allowed." At a discount of ₹1,500 per quintal on the MSP of moong stock, the indicative retail prices would be ₹107 per kg for moong dal and ₹93 a kg for moong sabut.

301 and 400 'very poor', 401 and 450 'severe' and above 450 'severe-plus'. Delhi has been seeing a gradual increase in the AQI levels after a marginal improvement was witnessed on Sunday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 390 on Thursday, 394 on Wednesday, 365 on Tuesday, 348 on Monday and 301 on Sunday.

October alone saw a 21% jump from a year ago. Demand is usually lower in these months than in the preceding summer months, but the deviation surprised the sector. August's electricity consumption was 9% higher than in July and 12% higher than in May. The highest-ever peak demand of 240 GW was met on September 1, against the anticipated peak of 229 GW for April. August saw a 16.3% year-on-year increase in electricity consumption, while September recorded a 10.3% increase. Peak demand in October was 221.6 GW, up 18.5% from 187 GW a year ago.

Thanksgiving festivities unfolded across the USA and Canada, the traditional turkey-centric meal faced renewed scrutiny from advocates of veganism and animal rights, notably led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In an unconventional approach to raising awareness during Thanksgiving 2023, PETA shared a thought-provoking post featuring an illustration of a 'family' of turkeys dressed in clothes and holding 'hands' around a table. Departing from the customary roasted turkey centrepiece, the depiction showcased a platter of roasted human meat on a bed of salad, accompanied by other dishes.

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a US judge to reject the Justice Department's request to bar him from returning to his home in the United Arab Emirates until he is sentenced for violating anti-money laundering requirements. Zhao's lawyers in a Thursday filing asked US District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle not to reverse bail conditions set by a magistrate judge on Tuesday that would allow him to leave the US while awaiting sentencing.

digital payment fraud and cyber security issue. The meeting to be chaired by Financial Services Secretary will discuss issues related to financial cyber security and increasing digital payment fraud, sources said. During the meeting Indian Cyber Crime Co-ordination Centre will make a presentation on the latest statistics of digital payment frauds as reported in National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), including challenges and issues faced in countering such issues.

Wally Adeyemo, the Deputy Treasury Secretary for the United States, made a recent announcement on further sanctions against Hamas, according to Reuters . These new measures are focused on Hamas' usage of bitcoin assets. This comes as a direct retaliation to the assault carried out by the Palestinian terrorist organization against Israel a month ago. The purpose of the sanctions, which were coordinated with partners of the United States, is to cut off Hamas's sources of revenue, especially those ones that include crypto assets.

global market as well as India’s trade. Queries sent to the food department and spokesperson of the Mali embassy in New Delhi remained unanswered at press time.

As scores of shoppers pack local malls to hunt for Black Friday deals, Dianne Debarros will be on the lookout for discounted toys and laptops her kids will soon need for school.

Maharashtra has been planning to effect necessary requisites in the state's new housing policy to make 'Housing for All' a reality and to ensure that every citizen gets their own house either through housing body MHADA or slum rehabilitation projects or through other developments, said Housing Minister Atul Save. In order to boost affordable housing, the government will also find ways to push new investments in the state's housing sector, he said while speaking at a NAREDCO Maharashtra conference. The minister added that the state government's focus is to ensure a maximum flow of housing in Mumbai and the state and provide all the possible support to the real estate sector and bring in new investments. “As the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisaged under the PM Awaas Yojana to ensure 'Housing for All', the State Government believes that every citizen of Maharashtra should get his own house through the MHADA or SRA schemes or otherwise… The real estate and construction sector should get a required priority,” he said. Several issues pending in the state's housing sector will be resolved in the new housing policy and 80% draft work of the new policy has been completed and suggestions of the new stakeholders would be considered before finalizing the same. Other departments like home, urban development, revenue, and slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) have also been involved in the policy making, Save added. «More than 50% of the population in the city still lives in slums and about 20% to 30% of slums are to be redeveloped.

dearness allowance (DA) for certain Central Government employees drawing salaries as per the 6th pay commission and 5th pay commission has been hiked. This has been announced through an Office Memorandum dated November 16, 2023, by the Department of Public Enterprises of the Finance Ministry.