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Medical insurance usually comes handy in case of hospitalisation along with miscellaneous expenses. However, when someone is diagnosed with a serious illness that entails a number of visits to the hospital, the usual medical insurance policy may not suffice. So, what should one do? Well, the answer may vary from situation to situation but more often than not, it is a critical illness cover.

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Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a tight range on Wednesday as growing concerns over a spillover in the Israel-Hamas war dented risk appetite, largely offsetting positive data that showed China’s economy grew more than expected. 

Lebanon at protesters angry at a Gaza hospital being hit by an air strike, a Reuters witness reported early on Wednesday. More than 100 protesters had gathered near the U.S.

Reuters that the estimated number was around 500. Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: ‘Outraged, deeply saddened’ over Al Ahli Arab hospital blast in Gaza, says Joe Biden 2. Israeli and Palestinian authorities each pointed fingers at the other as they sought to assign blame for the incident.

Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Rocket misfired by Gaza militants hit hospital, says Israel army "Immediately upon hearing this news, I spoke with King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and have directed my national security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened," the statement quoted Biden as saying. "The United States stands unequivocally for the protection of civilian life during conflict and we mourn the patients, medical staff and other innocents killed or wounded in this tragedy," he added.

Reuters. At the conference, Trudeau also listed reports of a possible hate crime at a Jewish high school in Toronto last week, fears among some of visiting synagogues due to a possibility of being attacked, and heated online rhetoric, as examples of the rising antisemitism in Canada.

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trade on Wednesday after a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital appeared to have stymied a U.S. diplomatic effort in the Israel-Hamas war, while industry data showed that U.S. inventories shrank more than expected last week. 

Biden on Tuesday left the White House for a quick trip to Israel to show solidarity with the people of the country in the aftermath of the terrorist attack by Hamas. However, Biden had to abruptly scrap his trip to Jordan for a meeting with leaders of Jordan, Egypt and Palestine after the Palestinian Authority cancelled the summit following a huge explosion at a hospital in Gaza.

Check all the LIVE Updates here on the LIVE blogBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to visit Israel this week, Sky News reported on Tuesday without citing sources.A Downing Street spokesperson declined to confirm the report, saying Sunak's travel plans would be confirmed in the usual way.Last week, foreign minister James Cleverly travelled to Israel to show solidarity with the Israeli people following attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Reuters)The Israeli army said Tuesday a strike that hit a Gaza hospital, killing at least 200 people according to Hamas officials, was a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad Palestinian militants."The hospital was hit as a result of a failed rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization," it said in a statement.Arab governments immediately blamed Israel, 11 days into a war between Israel and Gaza-based Hamas militants who attacked southern Israel on October 7.

Reuters reported. In an official statement, the White House earlier said, “President Biden will then travel to Amman, Jordan, where he will meet with his Majesty King Abdullah, Egyptian President Sisi, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas." "He will reiterate that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination and discuss the humanitarian needs of civilians in Gaza," the statement said. Israel had declared war on Hamas earlier this month after a surprise attack killed more than 1400 people and took around 200 hostages.

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Gaza is not legal and is calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.”Trudeau was responding to unfolding reports coming out of Gaza, where the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that an Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, including people using the hospital as shelter.A spokesman for the Israeli military said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the strike did not come from them.“From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit,” the statement said. “According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.”Trudeau said in French, speaking to reporters on his way into the House of Commons, that “it’s not legal” to bomb a hospital.Trudeau has repeatedly said that wars have international rules that must be followed, and says Canada is working with allies to get a humanitarian corridor established so supplies can be brought into Gaza.Aid organizations are warning that the territory is near collapse, and Trudeau told reporters that hitting a hospital is “not acceptable.”The Health Ministry run by Hamas said at least 500 people had been killed in the hospital strike.Photos purportedly from al-Ahli Hospital shared widely on social video showed fire engulfing the building, widespread damage and bodies scattered in the wreckage.

Gaza hospital compound Tuesday killed at least 200 people, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said. «Two hundred to 300 displaced people killed in occupation (Israeli) strikes on the yard» of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza, the ministry said. «Hundreds of victims are still under the rubble,» it added. The media office of Gaza's Hamas government described the attack as a «war crime». «The hospital was housing hundreds of sick and wounded, and people forcibly displaced from their homes» because of other strikes, a statement said. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the hospital bombing when contacted by AFP. Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip since the war erupted on October 7. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, the majority gunned down by Hamas militants who crossed from Gaza and attacked border communities.

“Even wars have rules," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said last week, repeating a maxim of international law that experience has shown to be more aspirational than operational. Hamas mocked the most sacrosanct of those rules when it intentionally targeted Israeli civilians earlier this month in an operation that killed more than 1,000 Israelis and took about 200 people hostage.

₹450-500 crore through the issue. The company had received the markets regulator's nod to float the issue but did not go ahead with the launch. According to the DRHP, the IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to ₹40 crore, and an offer for sale of up to 2.6 crore equity shares by BanyanTree Growth Capital II, LLC, a Mauritius-based structured private equity.

Gurugram-based Experion Developers Pvt Ltd is currently on a land acquisition spree and prioritizes government-auctioned lands due to their regulatory advantages. While residential and commercial projects are its current focus, the company is open to exploring other possibilities also, including hospitality and student housing, in the future.

When Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, there were still many unknown implications for healthcare, industry and the country at large. So the government made a promise: after three years, it would review the law to ensure its policies worked.But by the time the three-year mark arrived, the COVID-19 pandemic had diverted attention to more pressing public health concerns and a wave of cannabis companies desperate for changes to the legislation had already cut staff, consolidated or folded.The government review was finally launched in September 2022, and an initial report was released last week that summarizes what the panel heard from industry, health care and community groups.

ANI reported. “They're caring for me, they're treating me, they're giving me medication. Everything is okay.

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AFP. On Monday, Iran's top diplomat and president, Ebrahim Raisi had said time was running out to reach a political solution and warned against the expansion of the Israel-Hamas war to other fronts. Amir-Abdollahian said Monday that "the resistance leaders" will not allow Israel "to do whatever it wants in Gaza".