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Himachal Pradesh will be carried out by a third party and vertical drilling machines will be stationed near tunnels to be used in case an Uttarakhand-like situation arises, according to an NHAI official. National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Regional Officer Abdul Basit on Friday said the safety audit will analyse all factors from rock stability to material used in the constructions and remedial steps would be taken as per suggestions in view of the Uttarkashi Silkyara tunnel incident in which 41 workers have been trapped for the past 13 days. A total of 68 tunnels measuring 85 km, which would reduce the road distance by about 130 km, would come up in the state, he told PTI on Friday.

Call of Duty (CoD) series is anticipated for a fall 2024 release, with a probable launch in October or November, based on the historical pattern of the franchise's release schedule. Despite Microsoft's recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard, assurances have been made by Phil Spencer that Call of Duty games will continue to be available on PlayStation consoles, with a deal also in place for future titles on Nintendo hardware. The uncertainty around the franchise's future on PlayStation has been overshadowed by the completion of the acquisition, granting Xbox more control over its destiny. The game is expected to release on the standard platforms, including Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, with the possibility of an extension to Nintendo consoles due to a potential long-term agreement. As for the game's setting and timeframe, while leaks have suggested a focus on the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, conflicting reports indicate diverse possibilities. Some sources suggest a return to the Black Ops series, specifically a title named Black Ops Gulf War, set in the early 90s with a more traditional, boots-on-the-ground style of gameplay. Contrarily, industry insider Tom Henderson hinted at a semi-futuristic approach in Treyarch's next game. Other rumors speculate on the Iraq War in the early 2000s. The lack of consensus makes predicting the game's specifics challenging at this stage.

forces withdrew from Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa on Friday, the Hamas-run health ministry said, on the first day of a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian militants. The Israeli military raided Al-Shifa last week, targeting what it said was a Hamas command centre in a tunnel complex beneath the medical facility.

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday came out with a proposal to provide flexibility in adopting trading plans by persons, who are perpetually in possession of unpublished price sensitive information. Under the rule, 'Trading Plans' (TP) enable persons like senior management or Key Managerial Personnel (KMP), who are perpetually in possession of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (UPSI), to trade in securities in a compliant manner. «Since the introduction of trading plans in 2015, data and market feedback suggest that the current regulatory requirements in respect of trading plans are onerous and consequently, trading plans are not very popular,» Sebi said in its consultation paper.

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Honor 100 series has officially been launched in China. The line-up spawns two models, to no one’s surprise. There’s the Honor 100 Pro and a more affordable Honor 100. Both smartphones feature a flashy exterior and support up to 100W fast wired charging. For some curious reason, they’re stuck with Android 13 at launch, but at least the hardware is potent. An interesting bit about these phones is that Honor has outfitted them with a custom C1 RF-chip and so, in theory, they’ll be able to latch on to networks, both cellular and Wi-Fi, more seamlessly and efficiently to ensure that users have stable connectivity regardless of where they are, even inside a high-speed train.

NDRF on Friday demonstrated the movement of wheeled stretchers within the pipeline to facilitate the rescue of 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara Tunnel, with plans to deploy the stretchers once the horizontal pipe reaches the opposite side. As reported by ANI, the 25-ton platform supporting the Heavy American Auger machine, crucial for drilling through debris, has undergone reinforcement using a concrete accelerating agent for quick concrete hardening.

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Rescue teams intend to offer board games and playing cards to the 41 workers stuck inside the Silkyara tunnel for 12 days, as the ongoing evacuation efforts face numerous setbacks and delays. As reported by PTI, Dr Rohit Gondwal, one of the psychiatrists at the rescue site, said, “We are planning to provide ludo and chess boards and playing cards to help them (trapped labourers) relieve stress.

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Meanwhile, the market capitalization of a cryptocurrency called Pepe — a meme coin based on a cartoon frog — doubled in just a few weeks. And even the price of the FTT token, which was created by the FTX exchange and currently has no real utility, has tripled in the past month on hopes that Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange will return from the dead. Everywhere you look, there are signs that the wacky excesses of the crypto market — and fear of missing out on them — are making an unlikely comeback. As expectations of an imminent approval of a spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded fund pushes the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency ever higher, the hype has also lifted other boats — even those considered among the least seaworthy. This latest rise of digital junk follows a nearly two-year long crypto winter that saw the value of thousands of dubious projects slide — some to nearly zero — to the delight of critics and even some industry insiders. Aggressive actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission marked some crypto coins as illegal and chased some promoters away from crypto. Now it appears that the cleansing was only been temporary.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse, 1) Speaking to ANI, Managing Director and CEO of Squadron Infra and Mining Pvt Limited, Cyriac Joseph said, “We are here to support the team and we are working effortlessly. Our priority is the safety of the trapped labourers so that's why we have got a drone so that we can monitor their situation." 2) “The drones are of the latest technology that can go inside the tunnels. It goes autonomous in accessible areas and then you can access it there at any convergence.

cofounders of ecommerce platform Dealshare, have left the firm which has seen multiple rounds of job cuts and a business restructuring this year, people in the know told ET. While Rao “stepped down” from his role of chief executive in July and was supposed to work with the board for hiring a new CEO, he has now left Dealshare even as the company has yet to name his successor, several people aware of the matter said. Bora, who was chief operating officer, has also moved on from the company which is now shifting its non-tech functions to Gurgaon.

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Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that although plans were underway to expel Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, it would eventually help her before the elections — ending her silence over Moitra and making her party's stand clear following the recent 'cash for query' controversy. «She will benefit from the process. Now, she speaks inside Parliament.

Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will come up with standard operating procedures (SOP) on tunnel rescue after discussing it with other stakeholders, officials said. The apex disaster management body is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Lt General (retired) Syed Ata Hasnain, a senior member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), warned the people against putting pressure on the rescue teams with their expectations. The NDMA official, addressing a press conference, said that the trapped workers and the rescuers are at equal risk and expecting the rescue operation to be completed in the “next two hours" exerts pressure on the latter. "This is challenging work.

Uttarkashi Tunnel LIVE Updates In his recent post on X, formerly Twitter, the 68-year-old business tycoon expressed his confidence in the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, and called them “heroes". “Our collective, national prayers for their rescue. The @NDRFHQ are heroes & I know they will bring them out as soon as possible," wrote Mahindra on X.

consumer credit pools of non banking finance companies (NBFCs) is expected to slow down in the current year, given that the Reserve Bank of India has increased the weightage of such loans by 25% across categories, said rating agency ICRA in a note issued today. Sell down is the act through which the NBFCs that hold these unsecured assets on their books sell them to banks or securitise them in return for liquidity. This helps them liquidate their assets on time and free up cash for further lending.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra, party chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that plans were in the works to expel her from Parliament but any such action would help the lawmaker from Krishnanagar ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Last week, Moitra, who is facing recommendations for expulsion from Lok Sabha, was tasked with strengthening the party's organisation in Nadia district, in a clear message of support from the TMC.

Rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel resumed on Thursday morning after an overnight hurdle delayed the drilling by several hours. Former advisor to the prime minister's office Bhaskar Khulbe, who was at the site, said an iron mesh which had come in the path of the drilling machine that is creating an escape path for the workers was removed in the morning. This held up the drilling through the 57-metre stretch of the rubble of the collapsed section of the tunnel by six hours, dampening somewhat the previous evening's enthusiasm over an imminent rescue.