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Israel seeks a 'governing alternative' to Hamas in Gaza. It's been tried and failed beforeIn the call with Gantz, Blinken "emphasized that Hamas should take the deal without delay," the department said in a statement.In a separate statement, the State Department said that in the call with Gallant, Blinken "commended Israel’s readiness to conclude a deal" and "underscored that the proposal would advance Israel’s long-term security interests, including by enabling the possibility of further integration in the region." Biden, whose initial lockstep support for Israel's offensive has given way to open censure of the operation's high civilian death toll, on Friday aired what he described as a three-phase plan submitted by the Netanyahu government to end the war.The first phase entails a truce and the return of some hostages held by Hamas, after which the sides would negotiate on an open-ended cessation of hostilities for a second phase in which remaining live captives would go free, Biden said.

Bengaluru, by June 14.Rainfall is anticipated to commence in the state during the first week of June. "Southwest monsoon rainfall is advancing with gusty winds over Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West-central Bay of Bengal and Sikkim and will continue at Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission which aims to retrieve rocks and soil from the lunar surface, China's space agency said.

Egypt will host Israeli and US officials on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the Rafah crossing, a vital conduit for aid into Gaza, a state-linked news outlet reported.

militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday, hours after Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded several others.

exit polls, the BJP-led NDA is making inroads in the southern states. The extensive campaign led by PM Narendra Modi and the new alliances are working in favour of the party, As per the exit polls, BJP is winning big in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and marking an entry in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Exit polls for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections indicate that Narendra Modi is set to secure a historic third term as Prime Minister. The BJP-led NDA is predicted to win over 350 seats, ensuring a dominant position in the next parliamentary session. This victory will make Modi the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to achieve three consecutive terms.

India TV, News 24-Today's Chanakya and India Today — on Saturday predicted a 400-plus seat win for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.

Exit Poll 2024: As the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended on Saturday, the exit polls are out, which might give us some idea about what is going to happen after official counting in June 4. The Exit Poll 2024 numbers from various organisation predict that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is penetrating in the South India, where they have historically done poor.

militant group Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions Saturday after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before.

Prashant Kishor is sticking to his Lok Sabha election result predictions, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get the same or slightly better numbers. After the final voting phase ends today, all news channels will air the exit polls from 6.30 pm on Saturday. “According to my assessment, BJP is going to come back with the same or slightly better numbers.

geomagnetic storms in 20 years affecting the telecommunication lines on the Earth and spreading the Northern Lights as far as the Southern US, the Sun regions are back. They are back with a vengeance, as they are facing Earth, putting the planet in the line of fire once again. According to the 'Fox Weather', Sunspot regions 3663 and 3664 are staring at the Earth once again, though with changed names. They have emerged on the other side of the Sun and have been given new names. The old region 3663 has been named 3691, while the old region 3664 is now called 3697.

Manipur over two lakh people are affected by in floods triggered by cyclone. Floods have affected 348 villages and urban localities in eight districts of Manipur. Officials said that besides important installations including medical colleges and government offices, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s private residence, and various hotels were inundated in knee- to waist-deep water. Water also surged into the Raj Bhavan complex, leaving the Governor's Office and Secretariat, staff quarters, and the security personnel's barracks under flood water, with only the vintage building, which is the official residence of the Governor, unaffected.

southwest monsoon reached sub-Himalayan West Bengal on Friday, covering most parts of the region, nearly a week ahead of schedule, the Met Department said. The southwest monsoon normally reaches northern West Bengal on June 5 and the southern part of the state around June 9. The faster movement of the southwest monsoon into the region could have been caused by the combined effect of cyclone Remal, bringing the southwesterly wind to the coasts from the Bay of Bengal, and thereafter the monsoon's movement was attracted by a trough existing over northern West Bengal, weather officials said. The weather office forecast widespread rain in the sub-Himalayan districts of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Kalimpong and Darjeeling, with the possibility of heavy downpours in one or two places, over the next five days.

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southwest monsoon had advanced into the remaining parts of the Bay of Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim. The monsoon has set in over Kerala in southern India today.“Conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon to advance further into some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, the remaining parts of the south Arabian Sea, the Lakshadweep area, Kerala, some parts of Karnataka, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, and the Southwest Bay of Bengal during the three days," the weather office said.This year, the southwest monsoon marked an early entry Thursday, two days ahead of schedule.

inorganic expansions. According to rating agency ICRA, while organic growth is expected to continue in the medium term, cement companies are also preferring the inorganic route (either through acquisitions or through mergers) leading to consolidation in the industry. The market shares of the top five cement companies increased to 54 per cent as of December 2023 from 45 per cent as of March 2015 and is expected to further grow to 55 per cent as of March 2025.

Prashant Kishor is sticking to his poll forecast with about 24 hours left for the exit polls. The weeks long voting process for the Lok Sabha elections gets over tomorrow. The final phase of the seven phase Lok Sabha election will be finished tomorrow with polling in 57 parliamentary seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh. After the final phase of voting ends all eyes will be on exit polls. The news channels are allowed to air exit polls from 6:30 pm tomorrow. Speaking with Vir Sanghvi at The Print, Prashant Kishor said that he expects Modi-led BJP to get same number of seats it bagged in 2019 elections or may perform even better. «To my mind, BJP is going to come back with similar or slightly better majority. In my assessment, in west and northern India, I don't see BJP taking a material hit in terms of seat,» he said. BJP had bagged 303 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, with bulk of seats from northern and western India. Prashant Kishor said the he does not foresee BJP losing that many seats from north and west India and the BJP has got «adequate cover from east and southern India.'

water level of the country's 150 main reservoirs has dropped to 23 per cent and is also 77 per cent less than last year's levels at this time, according to Central Water Commission (CWC) data. Last week, the live storage of these reservoirs was at 24 per cent. The present storage is merely 77 per cent of last year's levels and 94 per cent of the normal storage, CWC data stated. In its latest weekly bulletin, released on Friday, the commission said that «the total live storage available is 41.705 billion cubic metres (BCM), equating to 23 per cent of the total capacity».

battery materials producer Altmin is in talks with the Australian government to secure lithium supplies, the company's managing director said, as part of its expansion plans to meet rising demand for the critical mineral. «We are talking to the Australian High Commission and the critical minerals office,» Anjani Sri Mourya Sunkavalli told Reuters. Altmin, India's only cathode active materials producer, currently sources lithium carbonate from Brazil and Bolivia.

Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus of the nearly eight-month war. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city on Gaza's border with Egypt. A strike that sparked a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp at the weekend drew a wave of fresh condemnation.