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-As per IMD, light to moderate scattered rainfall, thunderstorm and lightning very likely over Jammu and Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 9th October. West & South India: The weather department has said that no significant weather over the West and South India region during next four days.

Click here! The weather department in its latest bulletin on 5 October stated that that "conditions are becoming favourable for further withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from remaining parts of Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state; some parts of East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra during next 2 days. It also added that above normal rainfall activity is likely over extreme south Peninsular India; below normal over Northeast and Eastcentral India and normal rainfall activity over rest parts of the country during 12-18 October.

Himachal Police got alerted on Wednesday after pro-Khalistani slogans were found scrawled on the wall of a government building in Dharamshala, threatening to target the Cricket World Cup and “avenge” terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada.

Slightly more Americans applied for jobless claims last week, but layoffs remain low and the labor market continues to show resiliency amid elevated interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve

₹3,273 crore, the company informed the exchanges. Vodafone Idea said DoT has in a communication on October 4 disposed-off the company's representation and objections in respect of license fee demand of ₹1,749 crore and ₹1,524 crore, respectively (including interest till 31.03.2023) for FY2015-16 and FY2016-17.

PTI. Earlier, the Education Department had ordered the closure of schools, colleged till 8 October, however, a revised circular was later issued. 6.

Mint's LIVE blog will update you with the latest news on the Sikkim floods:Hem Kumar Chettri, District Collector, Mangan District said, "We were able to establish contact with Chungthang last night. We came to know that the entire town was full of slush. So, they have engaged machinery to clear the town.

(Reuters) — An updated rule curbing exports of U.S. chipmaking equipment to China is in the final stages of review, according to a government posting and a source, a sign the Biden administration is poised to soon tighten restrictions on Beijing.

Sebi), which has stepped up efforts to develop municipal bond issuances, recently brought together stakeholders in the country's nascent civic debt market and urged them to raise money using this route to offer better infrastructure to citizens. According to sources, Sebi held a two-day outreach programme on municipal bonds and financing during October 3-4 at Jaipur with officials from the ministry of housing and urban affairs, the finance ministry, municipal corporations, stock exchanges, credit rating firms, merchant bankers, debenture trustees, lawyers, and institutional investors. Ashwani Bhatia, whole-time member, Sebi, delivered the keynote address, highlighting how municipal bodies could use funds raised through bond issuances for infrastructure development, sources said. Pointing out the smaller scale of the municipal bond market vis-a-vis the government bond market or global civic debt markets, Bhatia emphasised the potential for municipalities to improve infrastructure while being fiscally responsible, they said. Thara D, additional secretary of the housing ministry, said that the government would support municipal corporations wishing to access debt markets for funds, while Baldeo Purushartha, joint secretary, department of economic affairs from the finance ministry urged civic bodies to identify viable projects and plan for sustainable development. Sebi officials raised awareness about an information database run by the market regulator, pointing out that the platform includes a repository of data on municipal bonds.

Qantas says it has extended a Chairman’s Lounge membership to every secretary and deputy secretary in the federal bureaucracy, as well as the chair and chief commissioners of key government agencies.

BHP says electric vehicle manufacturers are not yet willing to pay a “green premium” to recognise the sustainability credentials of nickel mined in Australia, at a time when surprisingly large volumes of Indonesian nickel have dragged down prices for the metal to a two-year low.

₹25,000 crore for the initiative, including our efforts in terms of bioethanol, that is, 2G ethanol, our efforts to reduce gas flaring by creating infrastructure for the evacuation of natural gas, and feeding it to the North-East gas grid and the national gas grid." Rath said the company will participate in plans to establish hydrogen valleys in India. In May, department of science and technology issued guidelines to set up hydrogen valley innovation clusters.

US President Joe Biden has said that he does not believe that border walls work. The Federal Register put a notice on Wednesday announcing that construction of the wall will be paid for using already appropriated funds earmarked specifically for physical border barriers.

The International Monetary Fund says it expects the U.S. to continue playing its key role in amassing multinational support that has helped keep Ukraine’s economy afloat during Russia’s invasion

The Philippines has a long history of trying to attract Filipino American citizens and their families to come and add to the economy

Slightly more Americans applied for jobless claims last week, but layoffs remain low and the labor market continues to show resiliency amid elevated interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve

NEW DELHI : India’s ₹6,000-crore quantum mission, announced in April this year, will be put in motion “very soon", with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) putting “an appropriate structure for it in place", said Ajay Kumar Sood, principal scientific advisor (PSA) to the Centre. He also said his office is also involved in “making the framework of the mission, and running it." Sood was speaking at industry body Assocham’s Quantum Technology Conclave. The mission, and all the development work around it, will be “crucial in geopolitical strategies," Sood said.

About two years ago, Gillian Holcroft co-founded a company to sell two patented technologies that would allow miners to produce and recycle graphite in an environmentally friendly manner.

Click here! “The airline has termed it to be a step under its ‘gender-sensitive seat assignment practice’, and has also asked the concerned department to ensure that no middle seats are assigned to solo women travellers when both window and aisle seats are occupied by male passengers," HT reported quoting people familiar with the development in the airline. “Every flight has at least 10% solo women travellers.

Samia Suluhu Hassan is planning a trip to India early next week as India and Tanzania aim to upgrade ties to strategic partnership. Defence ties with Tanzania have received a major boost in the last few years as the South East African state has shown keenness to purchase Indian military equipment and expand maritime security partnership, officials told ET. The Indian Army chief visited Tanzania this week. In recent years, India and Tanzania have been cooperating in the field of defence training in Indian institutions.