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Nitish Kumar inspected the rising water levels of the Ganga at key locations in Patna and Hajipur on Saturday and urged district officials to «remain alert and be prepared to tackle any situation» in light of the developments. Officials said the river is flowing above the danger mark at Digha Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, Hathidah, and Maner in Patna district and consequently several low-lying areas in Patna and Hajipur (Vaishali district) have been inundated. The rising trend is not limited to the Ganga, almost all rivers in the state are affecting low-lying localities. So far, around five people -four in Saran and one in Bhojpur — have lost their lives after water inundated their areas, they added. Accompanied by senior officials, the Chief Minister inspected Ganga's water levels near J P Setu, Kangan Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, and Krishna Ghat.

Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a Hamas command centre. The Gaza health ministry said most of those killed were women and children. The Hamas-run government media office said 13 children, including a three-month-old baby, and six women were among the dead. The military said it hit a Hamas command centre embedded in the compound that previously served as a school, repeating an accusation that Hamas uses civilian facilities for military purposes — a charge which Hamas denies.

BJP on Saturday cited a joint statement of several Sikh groups to ask Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his statement, which has allegedly created an atmosphere of fear in the country. BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa told reporters that several Sikh and gurdwara management bodies met Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai over the issue and he asserted the sacrifices of the Sikhs have made the country strong. The BJP has hit out at Gandhi for his comments during the trip to the US that the ongoing ideological fight in India include ensuring freedom for different religions such as whether the Sikhs will be allowed to wear turban or go to gurdwaras. Sirsa said the Sikh bodies have urged Gandhi to withdraw his statement as it is damaging them.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The puzzle of how thousands of pagers were sabotaged in an Israeli attack on Hezbollah this past week has sparked investigations into the supply chain behind them, leading investigators to a labyrinth of shadowy companies and individuals spanning Asia and Eastern Europe. The search for who was behind the manufacturing, sale and distribution of the pagers has pointed to some companies that were created in recent years, with little to no paper trail of their activities and run by mysterious business people with a vague online footprint and little experience in the telecommunications industry.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There used to be a time when upon joining a gym, the first thing trainers would make you do would be to stand on a BMI (body mass index) machine, enter your height and weight, and wait while it whirred and spat out a receipt with your number. While BMI is basically a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of a person, the machine would also give data on visceral fat, real age and other determinants that could either be impressive or scary or both.

Jasper will have a devastating impact on local families, Mayor Richard Ireland said.The company announced this week it aims to transfer its operations from Jasper to Hinton about 100 kilometres east in Alberta, come September 2025.A company memo sent to about 200 impacted workers on Monday says the change will improve efficiency by reducing stops between Edmonton and Blue River, B.C. on the western side of the Rocky Mountains.Ireland says CN Rail’s presence in town, which dates back over a century, is a key part of the community’s identity and he hopes the company will reconsider.“This removal will have a profound impact on local jobs and local families,” Ireland told reporters Friday at a virtual news conference.

Kamala Harris sat down with Oprah Winfrey in the key battleground state of Michigan Thursday for a “virtual rally” that saw a slate of A-list Hollywood stars join a live discussion via video chat to discuss issues in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.Winfrey hosted the Unite for America event, with activist group Win with Black Women, that aimed to register people to vote and bolster Harris in states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan, that are set to decide the Nov.

population data is crucial for policy formulation for any group or community. With this in mind, the British government initiated the census in India, which has continued even after independence. The first post-independence census was conducted in 1951, and since then, a total of seven censuses have been carried out until 2011, at intervals of every ten years. However, for the first time since independence, the 2021 census, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has yet to take place. With the approval of the Kovind Committee's report on «One Nation, One Election» by the Cabinet, hopes for conducting the census have risen, as it is crucial for the delimitation of the Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies.

S Jaishankar is likely to interact with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Touhid Hossain, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled to be held next week, in New York. With Bangladesh recently seeing violent revolt and the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government, Jaishankar is reportedly keep to emphasize India's hopes for a rapid restoration of law and order in the country, as well as the Modi government's concerns over threats to the Hindu minority in the country. The foreign minister is also expected to smooth over any tensions between the neighbours, reiterating India’s commitment to work with a democratic and peaceful Bangladesh.

IDF) announced the death of Ibrahim Aqil, the alleged head of Hezbollah's Operations Unit, in a targeted strike in Beirut. The operation also killed members of Hezbollah's Operations Staff and commanders from the Radwan Unit. The IDF reported that Aqil and the other commanders were planning a major attack called the "Conquer the Galilee" plan, aiming to infiltrate Israeli communities and target civilians. «I can now confirm that Ibrahim Aqil was eliminated together with other senior terrorists in Hezbollah's Radwan forces. Ibrahim Aqil had the blood of many innocent people on his hands. Israelis, Americans, French, Lebanese and more,» stated IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is committed to protecting Americans from any acts of transnational aggression on its soil, a community leader has said. The meeting comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to the US during which he will attend the Quad summit in Delaware and address the 'Summit of the Future' at the UN General Assembly in New York. Held inside the White House complex on Thursday, the meeting was attended by Pritpal Singh of the American Sikh Caucus Committee and representatives from the Sikh Coalition and Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF). «Yesterday we had the chance to thank senior federal government officials for saving the lives of Sikh Americans and for vigilance in protecting our community. We asked them to do more, and we will hold them to their assurances that they will,» Pritpal Singh, founder of the American Sikh Caucus Committee told PTI on Friday.

The federal government is suing some pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price of insulin soar for patients

Boeing has started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees as a week-old labor strike by 33,000 union machinists shows no signs of ending

Qualcomm has approached its rival Intel in recent days about the possibility of acquiring the slumping Silicon Valley giant, two people familiar with the matter said Friday, requesting anonymity because the talks were confidential. Qualcomm has not yet made an official offer for Intel, one of the people said, and the obstacles to a deal remain steep. Any deal would likely draw significant regulatory scrutiny, given the mammoth size and national security importance of both chip companies. It is unclear whether regulators would allow Qualcomm to buy Intel without taking on its struggling foundry business, and it remains equally unclear whether Qualcomm would want to take on that complex endeavor. A deal would also be costly. Intel, which has seen its shares fall nearly 40% over the last year, has a market capitalization of $93 billion. Qualcomm, which has seen its shares rise 55%, has a market value of $169 billion.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). In a statement on September 20, Amul clarified, “We wish to clarify that Amul has never supplied ghee to TTD.” The company further emphasized that their ghee is made from high-quality milk in ISO-certified facilities. These rumors surfaced after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu accused the previous administration under YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of using substandard ingredients, including animal fat, in making the sacred Tirupati laddoos. Naidu claimed that even the revered Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati was not exempt from these practices.

Hezbollah official Ibrahim Aqil was killed in a targeted strike in the Jamous area south of Beirut on Friday, as confirmed by both Hezbollah and the Israeli military. Aqil was a member of the group’s military council and led Hezbollah’s Operations Unit for two decades. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, stated, “Ibrahim Aqil had the blood of many innocent people on his hands — Israelis, Americans, French, Lebanese and more.” He added that Aqil and other members killed in the strike were in the process of planning additional attacks on Israel.

Pune Municipal Corporation vanished into a huge pit after a section of the road collapsed suddenly in the Budhwar Peth area of Pune. CCTV footage captured the moment when the road caved in from behind the tanker, showing its rear wheels sinking first as the ground gave way. The incident, which occurred at around 4 PM, startled residents in the densely populated area. Videos of the collapse quickly circulated on social media, showing the moment the interlocking cement block-paved ground gave way under the weight of the vehicle. Thankfully, there were no injuries in the incident. According to officials, the driver of the water tanker managed to escape as the truck did not fully submerge into the muddy water-filled pit. The footage showed the rear wheels sinking, but the front of the vehicle remained above ground. «The driver of the Pune Municipal Corporation truck was able to get out since the truck did not completely drown in the big pit filled with muddy water,» officials confirmed. The truck had been in the area for drainage cleaning work when the road collapsed.

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Mehul Choksi, are seeking to get him back to India from Belgium, where he has been spotted, said people with knowledge of the matter. One of the two prime accused in the $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, Choksi-otherwise resident in Antigua-has proven elusive and is said to have to come to the European country for medical treatment, thus providing the agencies an opportunity to get hold of him. After getting wind of his visit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought the immediate detention of Choksi, said the people cited above. With Belgium seeking a formal extradition request, the Indian authorities are working on the process so that Choksi can be held and eventually brought to India, they added.

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Kamala Harris has been on the receiving end of the rumors which are going on around in social media in recent times. Snopes reported that just some hours before the US Presidential Debate, there was post by Facebook page SpaceX Fanclub claiming Vice President Kamala Harris as the ‘worst student ever’ has been said by the professors of Kamala Harris from Howard University. According to Snopes, the SpaceX Fanclub Facebook post gained around 50,000 reactions of different kind adding on to the fact that the post was shared for 28,000 times receiving 13,000 comments at the same time. Some people actually took the post pretty seriously while individuals commented that Vice President Kamala Harris had failed her first bar exam and she is actually a pretty bad student. Also Read: Monsters Season 3: Release window, cast, and all about Ed Gein