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Cauvery water dispute. The blockade is being held on behalf of the Cauvrey Basic Protection Coalition against the Karnataka government for refusing to provide its water to Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution urging the Union government to direct Karnataka to release Cauvery water as per the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority.

Listed telco Telstra has agreed terms to buy cloud services business Versent for $267.5 million, afterseeing off rival bidder Japan’s NTT as flagged by Street Talk on Monday.

Telstra plans to use its $267.5 million purchase of cloud computing specialist Versent to sell more services to international corporate and government customers as Australia’s biggest telco strengthens its digital services.

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Reuters reported. Peskov also cautioned that the conflict had the potential to spread to neighbouring regions. Also Read:Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Palestinians struggle for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip During talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Putin took the chance to link the considerable increase in violence to the United States' long-standing policy in the region.

Among the senior business executives and politicians hobnobbing at the AFL and NRL grand finals last week were two understated poms who were actually star guests.

The quake occurred at a shallow depth at around 05:10 am local time (00:40 GMT), with its epicentre about 29 kilometres north of the city of Herat, the United States Geological Survey said. Volunteers and rescuers have been working since Saturday in what are now last-ditch attempts to find survivors from the earlier series of earthquakes, which levelled entire villages and affected more than 12,000 people, according to UN estimates. Local and national officials have given conflicting counts of the number of dead and injured from the previous earthquakes, but the disaster ministry has said 2,053 people died. «We can't give exact numbers for dead and wounded as it is in flux,» said disaster management ministry spokesman Mullah Janan Sayeq. There were no immediate reports of new casualties after Wednesday's quake, which hit near Herat city, home to more than half a million people. The earlier earthquakes completely destroyed at least 11 villages in Herat province's Zenda Jan district, according to the UN. «Not a single house is left, not even a room where we could stay at night,» said 40-year-old Mohammad Naeem, who told AFP he lost 12 relatives, including his mother, after Saturday's earthquakes. «We can't live here anymore. You can see, our family got martyred here.

Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Palestinians struggle for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip Here are some of the major milestones in its recent history. 1948 - End of British rule As British colonial rule came to an end in Palestine in the late 1940s, violence intensified between Jews and Arabs, culminating in war between the newly created State of Israel and its Arab neighbors in May 1948. Tens of thousands of Palestinians took refuge in Gaza after fleeing or being driven from their homes.

CIEL Group is expected in the first half of 2024. The company has 'rigorously' invested in optimising the HR processes with digital intervention, said CIEL Group executive chairperson and director K Pandiarajan on Tuesday.

More Chinese banks are issuing loans in the digital yuan, the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), as e-CNY corporate financing options diversify.

Bank of England has provided a three-and-a-half-year time frame for three domestic clearing houses to work out an inspection framework amenable to UK norms, giving British banks an advantage over their European counterparts when it comes to handling investment flows to India. The European markets regulator in October 2022 de-recognised six domestic clearing houses, creating hurdles for trading and management of billions of dollars' worth of international flows for the continent's banks operating in India. British authorities, which had initially followed suit, have, however, been much quicker at resolving issues pertaining to treatment of Indian clearing houses. «Currently a non-UK CCP (central counterparty) that enters the run-off regime from the TRR (Temporary Recognition Regime) is taken to be recognised for a period of up to three and a half years, determined by the Bank of England, from the day on which the CCP ceases to be taken to be recognised under the TRR,» read a Bank of England document dated September 28. The three Indian clearing houses listed out by the UK central bank are the India International Clearing Corporation Limited, the NSE Clearing Limited, and the NSE IFSC Clearing Corporation Limited.

Despite a turbulent close to 2022, the South Korean cryptocurrency market appeared to have picked up momentum in 2023. 

Consumers looking for retirement and tax planning advice may have a hard time finding an advisory firm that offers both. And advisors might want to step up to the plate to provide that combination.

Bitcoin Ordinals marketplace Ordswap has lost control of its official domain, resulting in temporarily shutting down operations. 

Qantas chairman Richard Goyder has bowed to shareholder pressure and agreed to leave the embattled airline’s board next year, joined by two of his fellow directors.

Julia Fox has talked candidly about her brief fling with rapper Kanye West in her book 'Down The Drain'. The 336-page book is largely a chronological account of Fox’s life, but it is harrowing, achingly sad at times, and a narcotics-soaked shock to the system. By the end of the memoir, the reader is amazed that Julia Fox survived so many overdoses of heroin, brutal frights, and broken relationships to tell the tale.

The United Auto Workers want something that most Americans don’t have: traditional pension plans.

H&M: The clothing company said its local franchise partner has temporarily closed all stores in Israel. "Our stores will remain temporarily closed and return timeframes will be extended by 30 days from their reopening," a message on Zara-owner Inditex's website in Israel showed.

Investing.com — President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged support for Israel and said his administration would be urging Congress to take action to fund additional military assistance to Israel. 

Amazon has said it is looking forward to working with the Indian government and local partners to bring «affordable broadband» across the country in its first comments on entering India's nascent satcom market. «Project Kuiper (Amazon's broadband-from-space venture) will bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world, including rural and remote places in India,» an Amazon spokesperson told ET in an emailed statement. «This (the move into India) is a long-term initiative for Amazon, and we look forward to working with the Indian government and local partners to connect customers and communities across the country,» it said. The Jeff Bezos-owned US tech giant's statement comes a day after ET reported in its October 10 edition that the US major has applied to the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (In-Space) for getting required approvals to provide broadband services in the country.