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Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been «eliminated or wounded» in the Gaza war since the militant group's October 7 attacks. Gallant reaffirmed in a statement to parliament on the first nine months of the conflict that Israel was «determined» to meet its war goals of eradicating Hamas and bringing all hostages back from Gaza. The minister praised Israeli soldiers for «performing their work with dedication, sacrifice and success» and said «the achievements are many».

Indian lawyers and activists are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to put on hold three sets of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase litigation in an already overburdened justice system and give excessive powers to police. India this month replaced its criminal justice system — the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872 — with new laws. The new laws, in force since July 1, expand police powers on pre-trial detention of an accused and introduce the death penalty for gang-rape of women aged under 18, among other provisions. They also mandate judges to issue written rulings within 45 days after a trial ends and for charges to be framed within 60 days of the first court hearing in a case.

T20I in Harare, Zimbabwe spinner Wellington Masakadza said the tourists should take the home side lightly at their own risk, and added that they will exploit the home conditions to the maximum to win the five-match series. A new-look India team suffered a 13-run loss to an inexperienced yet spirited Zimbabwe side in an upset of massive proportion. India, who were recently crowned champions in the T20 World Cup albeit with a different set of players, were expected to blow away the Zimbabwean challenge when they restricted the home side to 115 for nine. But Zimbabwe wrote their own script, reducing India to 28 for four in the Powerplay and then eventually bowling them out for 102 in 19.5 overs.

The U.S. Interior Department has approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey

Turkmenistan and Iran have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship to Iraq

The open sewer runs straight for 10 kilometres. In a gorge about 8 metres deep and 50 metres wide, with sides sloping such that 20 metres of its width in the middle is flat. The 6-metre-wide sewer is in the middle of this flat stretch.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday and discussed various issues related to the state, official sources said. Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu accompanied Reddy during the meeting. This was the first meeting between Modi and Reddy after the former was sworn in as the prime minister for a third straight term last month. The sources said the Telangana chief minister discussed key pending projects of the southern state with Modi.

Mint’s requests for a comment, Lal Sweets’ managing director Prateek Athwani declined to comment on the developments. Founded by Athwani, the Bengaluru-based company has exposure across general trade, modern trade, online marketplace, exclusive airport outlets and the export market. Lal Sweets is known for its ‘signature products’ such as Mysore Pak, Besan Laddoo, Kaju Katli and Dharwad Peda, as per the company’s official website.

Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal was announced by Turkmenistan's foreign ministry, which did not state the monetary worth of the contract. The ministry's statement said Iranian companies will construct a new 125-kilometer (77-mile) pipeline to Iran to expand Turkmenistan's delivery capacity. The ministry said Turkmenistan plans to increase its gas supplies to Iran to 40 billion cubic meters a year.

cyclonic circulation is currently situated over the Westcentral Bay of Bengal off the south Andhra Pradesh coast, extending into the middle tropospheric levels, according to India Meteorological Department. Concurrently, an off-shore trough at mean sea level stretches along the south Gujarat-Kerala coasts. These weather systems are expected to cause widespread rains in many southern and western states. Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is likely over Kerala & Mahe, Lakshadweep, Coastal Karnataka, Konkan & Goa, and the Gujarat region, IMD said. Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall is expected over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Saurashtra & Kutch, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, and Interior Karnataka. Isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall is forecasted over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, and Rayalaseema.

Bengaluru: For the first National Space Day, which will fall on August 23, to commemorate the safe landing of the Vikram Lander near the southern polar region of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be organising Bharatiya Antariksh Hackathon. Following the Vikram landing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that «National Space Day» will be celebrated on August 23 every year. Announcing the hackathon on July 4, chairman of ISRO, S Somanath said 12 problem statements in the areas of geospatial domain, space science, image processing, and AI/ML areas are identified for the hackathon and declared open for undergraduate/ postgraduate/PhD students across the country.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 11.99%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 9.86%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 9.23%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 8.58%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 8.36%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 8.19%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 6.52%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.85%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.32%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 4.47%) stood among the top gainers.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Champai Soren's appointment as the state chief minister in February to replace Hemant Soren was as dramatic as his exit from the post five months later. Champai Soren, who once tilled fields with his father in a remote village in Jharkhand's Saraikela-Kharsawan district, took oath as the chief minister on February 2, days after his predecessor Hemant Soren resigned, just before he was arrested by the ED in a money laundering case. Hemant was released from jail on June 28 after the high court granted him bail, and on Wednesday, he was elected the party's legislature party leader. Champai submitted his resignation letter to the governor as chief minister to pave the way for Hemant Soren, who was sworn in as the chief minister for the third time. Sixty-seven-year-old tribal leader Champai Soren has earned the sobriquet 'Jharkhand's Tiger' for his contribution to the long fight for the creation of a separate state in the 1990s. Jharkhand was created from the southern part of Bihar in 2000.

‘Minor Detail’: A group show interprets the meaning of home She goes on to describe how Paniker’s pedagogy opened avenues for technical and creative explorations that became a hallmark of the school, contributing towards the development of the art movement in Madras (now Chennai). Though the movement was named after the city, its fabric was determined by artists coming in from the four southern states—Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka that made up the erstwhile Madras Presidency—thus bringing in different approaches and visual vocabularies.

Up to two additional offshore wind projects are being proposed for the New Jersey coast, and the developers of a third project that already has preliminary approval want to re-bid its terms

were among the top gainers.

Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people.

WASHINGTON—As President Biden continues to grapple with the fallout from his bad debate against former President Donald Trump, more Democrats are publicly and privately suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris is the only viable replacement if Biden were to bow out of the race. The president has insisted he will not step aside, arguing he is best positioned to defeat Trump in November. But Democrats are nonetheless weighing the possibilities ahead, including the prospect that the party might find itself scrambling to nominate a successor if Biden, 81, is unable to overcome the increased skepticism from donors, party strategists and some Democratic lawmakers over his political future.

UltraTech is in advanced negotiations with the promoter of Orient Cement Ltd (OCL), his uncle CK Birla, after restarting talks in recent weeks, amid intensifying consolidation efforts in the sector, said people familiar with the discussions. Kumar Birla's renewed efforts to buy Orient are seen as an attempt to trump Adani Cement and consolidate UltraTech’s position in the southern and western markets, especially Maharashtra and Telangana, after buying a 23% stake in India Cements at the end of last month. Adani Cement, which controls India's second largest cement capacity, has been engaged in talks with CK Birla since late last year but is said to have baulked at the valuation sought.

Police from across Canada will be descending upon Lethbridge this weekend as members of the Hells Angels and supporters of the motorcycle gang roll into the southern Alberta city.

Lakers selected LeBron James' oldest son Bronny James last week in the second round of the draft after one season at the University of Southern California (USC). This will be the first time in NBA history that a father-son duo will be playing at the same time let alone for a same side. James has long spoken of his desire to play in the NBA alongside his son. Also Read: COVID-19 reaches high level. Hospitalization, emergency visits, deaths go up. What have CDC data revealed?