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Here are top 10 updates on Israel-Hamas war, 1) Hamas released a short video on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages whom the Islamist group seized during its October 7 rampage. Israel denounced it as a “criminal, terrorist video", Reuters reported.

Covid cases are on the rise again. Singapore has issued a health advisory as new cases climbed to some 56,000 in the December 3-9 week, up from some 32,000 the week earlier. Experts say there is no cause for worry.

NEW DELHI : Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting has acquired personal care brands Jo, Doy, and Bacter Shield from VVF (India) Ltd, marking the company’s 15th acquisition till date and the third in the last twelve months. The acquisition signals further expansion for Wipro Consumer Care in the personal wash segment, where it already sells brands such as Santoor and Chandrika.

SEPC Ltd, formerly known as Shriram EPC Ltd, on Monday said it has bagged a contract worth Rs 427.9 crore from the government of Jharkhand. The project has been awarded by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department of the Jharkhand government.

COVID-19 pandemic, when disturbing images started pouring in from Wuhan. Gradually, the world got to know about the dangers of the coronavirus, which wreaked havoc across nations by killing thousands. Once again, the rising cases of respiratory illness in China have made people worried.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry

Two recent developments with respect to India’s labour market warrant our attention. First, the United Nations estimated India to have surpassed China as the world’s most populous country, with our share of working age population to increase for another 13 years. Second, Professor Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on female participation in the workforce.

₹800), exceeding its market value by over tenfold. Often Nusr-Et has been under critics' radar after frequent complaints for excessive pricing. Critics also condemned his restaurant for their excessive emphasis on presentation rather than food quality.

Gaza Strip on Saturday, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to shut down critical humanitarian aid deliveries because it was unable to coordinate its convoys. Meantime, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to a doctor at the hospital where the bodies were taken. Early in the war, the Israeli military told civilians to flee northern Gaza, the target of its ground offensive, but also kept up its bombardment in the southern evacuation zone where Khan Younis is located. Israel has signalled plans to expand its offensive south while continuing operations in the north, including Gaza City, where troops were still searching the territory's biggest hospital, Shifa, for traces of a Hamas command centre that Israel alleges was located under the building — a claim Hamas and the hospital staff deny. In Khan Younis, the attack early Saturday hit Hamad City, a middle-class housing development built in recent years with funding from Qatar. In addition to the 26 people killed, another 20 were wounded, said Dr.

Sarbananda Sonowal said that more than 12 crores Adivasi Indians benefitted from the multiple schemes launched by BJP led government. Sonowal joined the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ celebrations with a visit to a tribal village of Barbakra at Urang Basti near Rani today. The Union Minister paid floral tributes to Birsa Munda, the tribal icon whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, at the village.

Read all our coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas Most of those displaced are sheltering in UN facilities, hospitals and other public buildings—all of them bursting at the seams. At a vocational-training centre in Khan Younis, the most crowded UN shelter, each resident has less than two square metres of personal space and each toilet is shared by at least 600 people. Before the war the average person in Gaza received 80 litres of water a day.

₹3.52 trillion by the end of FY23, according to the Bharat Microfinance Report 2023. The report released by industry body Sa-Dhan on the inaugural day of the National Conference on Inclusive Growth attributed the growth to a favourable economic environment and the revised regulatory framework issued by the RBI and quickly adopted by all MFIs. The report compiled data from 213 microfinance institutions (MFIs) representing more than 99% MFI activities in the country.

Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to acquire the iconic Air India building at Nariman Point in Mumbai for Rs 1,601 crore. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet in Mumbai. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, also decided to waive off around Rs 250 crore unrealised income and interest on the property, an official said.

₹100 crore in 2021-22, showed an analysis of annual reports by impact consulting firm Sattva Consulting. Contrast this with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending of India's largest companies: 34 exceeded a budget of ₹100 crore in the same year, and the combined incomes of the top 100 NGOs was 30% less than the combined CSR budget of the top 100 spenders. The study, whose data was exclusively shared with Mint, analysed the incomes of 176 of the largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Hamas militants infiltrated the Israeli territory, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping at least 240 others, including children. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza has said that the Israeli strikes have so far killed over 8,000 civilians including more than 3,500 children.

Gaza Strip has become a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it feared the prospect of more dying of dehydration. Israel has heavily bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping at least 240 others, according to Israeli officials.

Bill Gates has often opened up about some of the weird and peculiar activities he’s engaged in throughout his life. In one such candid posts on LinkedIn some time ago, the Microsoft co-founder revealed that he’s ventured into some unconventional territory, including drinking water from fecal sludge and sharing the stage with a jar of human feces.

₹2.77 trillion, with the central government's share being ₹76,760 crore for five years till FY26. The mission is aimed at making Indian cities ‘water secure’.

firepower. Israeli warplanes are striking targets across Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive in the besieged Hamas-ruled territory. Fears of a widening war have grown as Israel struck targets in the occupied West Bank, Syria and Lebanon and traded fire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group.

Communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste

Days after a devastating earthquake killed over a thousand in Afghanistan, the beleaguered country experienced another seismic event of 6.3 magnitude. On top of current challenges such as food shortages, unemployment, and infrastructure deficiencies, this new disaster further complicates matters. Here's a dive into Afghanistan's troubles.