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₹8,000 crore due to the natural calamity. After explaining the gravity of the situation, the Chief Minister asked for immediate relief from the Union Government. He presented his demand of the issuance of the pending ₹315 crore of the 2022-23 disaster fund from the Union Government.  Also Read: Himachal floods: Govt to provide ₹5 crore relief amount to victims in Kullu district  "The central team has visited the state.

Debutant Mukesh Kumar took his first wicket in international cricket against the West Indies on Saturday. Kumar dismissed fellow debutant from the West Indies Kirk McKenzie on a score of 32 while tackling a ball outside the off stump.  Senior Indian batter Virat Kohli was the first person to congratulate Mukesh Kumar on this remarkable feat giving him a hug along with a pat on the head. The duo were joined by Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan and other Indian players.  The Delhi Capitals players had replaced Shardul Thakur in India's test side for the second test match.

Also Read: Himachal Pradesh landslide: NH-5 shut due to landslide in Kinnaur; IMD issues heavy rainfall warning "Till now, 1,700 families have been affected by the floods. Most of the families were provided with ₹five crores of relief amount", said Ashutosh Garg, DCP, Kullu.  He further added that the employees of the revenue department are working on ground to distribute the relief amounts.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 24 different development projects worth Rs 28.63 crore in Kashipur on Saturday. The Chief Minister symbolically handed over the keys of houses to five beneficiaries by inaugurating beneficiary-based 335 newly constructed houses of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban. The Chief Minister handed over the first instalment amount and house allotment letters to five people, under the amount given as the first instalment to 1061 beneficiaries under this scheme.

Satellite companies such as Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, Bharti Group-backed OneWeb, Elon Musk’s Starlink, Canada’s Telesat and US-based Hughes want allotment via the administrative route as is the global practice. But Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea say airwaves should be auctioned to ensure a competitive landscape.

₹2.3 billion for the purchase of new luxury vehicles. According to the notification issued on July 20, the assistant commissioner of each tehsil will be provided with a new double cabin 4x4 Revo-G M/T, additional deputy commissioners (general) of each district will be provided new Yaris ATIV 1.3L while additional commissioners of each division will be provided Corolla 1.6 Altis CVT.

In a landmark agreement announced on July 11, 2023, KPMG and Microsoft have pledged to reshape the landscape of professional services by placing Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the forefront of their operations. This significant expansion of their global relationship aims to modernize the workforce, ensure safe and secure development, and broaden the use of AI solutions across industries and society.

Pokemon Go players are in for a treat with the Blaze New Trails event as it features the much-anticipated Legendary Zygarde and the introduction of Routes. The event, running from July 21 to 24, 2023, offers exciting wild spawns, including Blitzle, Growlithe, Doduo and more. Doduo, the Normal/Flying-type Pokemon from Generation 1, has been part of Pokemon Go since its launch in 2016. However, finding this two-headed bird has become increasingly uncommon. Let's explore how to encounter Doduo and discover if its elusive shiny form is obtainable.

Black Sea dangerous for shipping. Even the US said ships are at risk of being targeted. There is still interest from ship owners in carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea — if they can mitigate the risk, according to a major shipping group. And that's a big if. Despite the warnings and port attacks, which have levelled grain infrastructure, “shipping has always been very, very resilient in the face of these sorts of risks,” said John Stawpert, senior manager of environment and trade for the International Chamber of Shipping, which represents 80 per cent of the world's commercial fleet. This week's strikes came after Russia pulled out of a wartime accord that the UN and Turkey brokered last year to provide safeguards for shipping companies in a bid to end a global food crisis. Ukraine — which, along with Russia, is a major supplier of wheat, barley and vegetable oil to developing nations — shipped 32.9 million metric tons of grain to the world and supplied 80 per cent of the World Food Program's wheat for humanitarian aid so far this year.

brain-eating amoeba. The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) and a heart-wrenching Facebook post from the child's mother confirmed this devastating news. The DPBH disclosed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) verified Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, as the culprit behind the boy's severe illness and subsequent demise.

Committee on Tribal Unity Sadar Hills (CoTU) decided to launch intense agitations from July 24 over the recent horrific viral video incident. CoTU had earlier served a 48-hour ultimatum to the government to book all the culprits involved in the parading women naked and repeatedly molested before committing the heinous crime of gang-raped on May 4.

ALSO READ: Use Indian languages to teach, CBSE tells schools as NCERT prioritizes making textbooks available The board emphasized the need for schools to collaborate and pool available resources to effectively implement multilingual education. The CBSE acknowledged the efforts made by higher education authorities to provide education in multiple languages and conduct exams in different languages.

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For the better half of the first half, the natural gas market felt like the same market though it got progressively better for longs in the game even if the weather didn’t at first.

(Reuters) -A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded on Saturday in what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from politicians.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.

Manipur police said altogether six persons including five main accused and one juvenile have been arrested/apprehended in the case so far with regard viral video. The State Police is making an all-out effort to arrest the remaining culprits by conducting raids at many suspected hideouts.

The approximately 650 immigration judges carry a backlog of more than 2.4 million cases, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), an organization at Syracuse University. «We're facing a truly daunting volume,» said David L. Neal, director of the US Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review, during a colloquium.

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) on Saturday announced offering up to 50 per cent discount on hotel room rent, days after the state government evacuated more than 70,000 stranded tourists following landslides and flash floods due to heavy rains. The discount on room rent in HPTDC-run hotels will be in force till September 15, a spokesperson of the corporation said in a statement.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched ICICI Prudential Nifty 200 Quality 30 ETF. The offering aims to provide returns that correspond to the returns provided by Nifty 200 Quality 30 Index, subject to tracking errors.

HDFC Life Insurance chairman Deepak S Parekh on Friday said the company can continue to deliver “sustained growth and profitability” even after the new tax rules introduced by the government as the insurer has product innovation capability and diversified distribution franchise.