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There's a broadcast television network offering plenty of original programming this fall, although it often flies under the radar

Schwab Asset Management is making an aggressive attempt to offer some of the cheapest bond exchange-traded funds on the market.

Tulika Maan missed out of a chance to win a medal after going down to Mongolia's Amaraikhan Adiyasuren in the bronze-medal play-off of the women's +78kg event at Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 25-year-old from Delhi, a silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, lost to Adiyasuren 0-10 by ippon at Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium here. Earlier, Tulika knocked out Macao's Qing Lam Lai 10-0 in just 15 seconds with an ippon.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday claimed the Karnataka government released Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu after succumbing to the pressure from the ruling DMK and the INDIA bloc. He alleged the Siddaramaiah government released the water as the Congress was aware that it could not survive without the MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters here, Chandrasekhar said the BJP would not allow the political pressure to which the «Congress has succumbed» to affect the people of Karnataka and will put up a strong fight.

The push for antibiotics to fight fast-evolving superbugs is snagging on a broken business model. Six startups have won Food and Drug Administration approval for new antibiotics since 2017. All have filed for bankruptcy, been acquired or are shutting down.

Investors overseeing $23.6 trillion of funds have kick-started a campaign to pressure 100 companies to ramp up the fight against biodiversity loss.

By Robert Harvey

After a short, sharp military campaign, Azerbaijan has claimed victory over separatists in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The territory, which was recognised as part of Azerbaijan but was controlled by Armenian separatists for decades, has been at the centre of a major geopolitical conflict for decades. Due to Azerbaijan's close ties with Pakistan, India has been strategically backing Aremnia via sales of military equipment.

Manipur Chief Minister's Office (CMO). The state government has promised “swift and decisive" action against the perpetrators behind the abduction and murder of these two students. The authorities also called for public restraint, urging citizens to let the professionals conduct the investigation.

Suncorp banking chief Clive van Horen is leaving amid a contested $4.9 billion sale of the bank arm to ANZ, but he said the move had nothing to do with the prospects of the deal proceeding.

Karnataka bandh on September 29 was made on Monday, under the banner 'Kannada Okkuta' -- led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj. This came days after the 'Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti', an umbrella outfit of farmers’ associations and other organisations led by farmer leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar gave the call for today's Bengaluru shutdown.

(Reuters) — Thomas Conway, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) union that represents 850,000 North American steel, paper, health, education and oil workers, has died at the age of 71.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) on Monday decided to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh in alliance. While the BSP will field candidates on 53 seats, the GGP will fight 37 seats in the 90-member House, a functionary of the Mayawati-led party here said. BSP Rajya Sabha MP and national coordinator Ramji Gautam and GGP national general secretary Shyam Singh Markam and other leaders of the two parties announced the alliance during a press conference, BSP state unit chief Hemant Poyam told PTI. «As per the seat-sharing pact, BSP and GGP will contest on 53 and 37 seats, respectively. The alliance will defeat the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress,» he claimed. The BSP released its first list of nine candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls last month. It had contested the 2018 Assembly elections in alliance with Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and Communist Party of India and had polled 3.87%of the total votes.

The shift in responsibility for Covid-19 shot distribution from federal agencies to the commercial market is off to a rocky start. People eager to get updated Covid-19 vaccines are having their appointments canceled or encountering confusion over insurance coverage. CVS said some appointments were rescheduled because of delivery delays.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez on Monday denied wrongdoing and vowed to stay in Congress on Monday after prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen.

Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership, but also marked his tenure by chaos

A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park has submitted a fresh petition in its campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan to save more trees

By Group Captain Praveer Purohit (retd)

Tamil Nadu, two bandhs have been called this week — in Bengaluru tomorrow, and statewide on Friday. The announcement for the Karnataka bandh on September 29 was made on Monday, under the banner 'Kannada Okkuta' — led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj, days after the 'Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samiti', an umbrella outfit of farmers' associations and other organisations led by farmer leader Kuruburu Shanthakumar gave the call for Tuesday's Bengaluru shutdown. The two bandhs reflect the divide among the farmers and pro-Kannada organisations, and has also now led to a confusion about who is supporting the bandh on which day, and whether services will be available tomorrow. While Shanthakumar has said that they will go ahead with the Bengaluru bandh on Tuesday, Vatal Nagaraj, who has called for a state bandh on Friday, made it clear that Kannada Okkuta is not supporting tomorrow's bandh. Shanthakumar said they have received support from a number of organisations for their bandh call tomorrow and will go ahead with it. «We will come in a protest to Bengaluru's Freedom Park and stage a demonstration there with our demands. The state government, the chief minister, will have to receive our memorandum.

Ukraine's air force reported downing all Russian drones overnight, but one of 12 Kalibr missiles and two P-800 Oniks cruise missiles apparently made it past air defences the day after the war in Ukraine entered its 20th month. Russia has continuously targeted port and grain storage facilities in Odesa since pulling out of a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to countries facing the threat of hunger. The attacks have destroyed silos, warehouses, oil terminals and other infrastructure critical for storage and shipping. In the south, Russian forces dropped bombs and launched six heavy artillery strikes on Kherson, destroying a school and factory and damaging residential buildings.