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flood in the city of Orsk that forced several thousand people to evacuate after a dam burst has created a «critical» situation, Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov said on Sunday. «A critical situation has developed in the city of Orsk» in the southern Urals close to the border with Kazakhstan, he said from the city of 200,000 people.

total solar eclipse, Sarah Rugheimer is all in.The 40-year-old astronomy professor at York University will be hosting a viewing party at the Royal Hotel in Picton, Ont., a small town in the province’s Prince Edward County region that finds itself in the eclipse’s path of totality.However, at the moment, Monday’s forecast is uncertain, and Rugheimer doesn’t have a back-up plan.“I’m stuck at the Royal Hotel because that’s where I’ve committed to be,” she told Global News on Friday.“I couldn’t fall asleep last night because I was thinking about the cloud coverage. This is my first total solar eclipse.

China -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she and Chinese Vice Premier Hi Lifeng agreed to launch exchanges on balanced growth in domestic and global economies, an effort she said partly aimed at addressing U.S. concerns about China's excess manufacturing capacity. After two days of economic talks in China's southern export hub of Guangzhou, Yellen said she and He also agreed to start a forum to cooperate on anti-money laundering efforts in their respective financial systems.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the CPI (M) manifesto pledges to repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, whereas the Congress manifesto, lacking a commitment, remains notably silent on the issue. He also said that the BJP is not even going to win one seat in Kerala in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. CM Vijayan said that the Congress failed to raise protests when the Centre abrogated Article 370 and alleged that Congress is willing to compromise its values for votes.

₹3,911 crore through a preferential allotment from a group of investors, including Embassy Group, global asset manager Blackstone Real Estate Fund and UK-based investment firm Baillie Gifford & Co. Quant Active Fund, Poonawalla Finance, Yash Shares & Stock, Capri Global, Maybank, Micro Labs and Aalidhra are some of the other investors. While Bengaluru-based developer Embassy Group will invest ₹10 crore in equity shares and an additional ₹1,150 crore in warrants, Blackstone Real Estate Fund will infuse ₹1,235 crore — ₹375 crore in equity shares and ₹860 crore in warrants.

Mint Explainer: What the controversy over Katchatheevu Island is about Stalin has expressed confidence that DMK will achieve a landslide victory in Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. He also asserted that the INDIA bloc would come to power after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. "This time it will be 40 to 40 (seats).

Zimbabwe has launched a new currency to replace its previous one that in recent months has been battered by depreciation, and in some instances rejection by the population

₹10-15 per bag. In North India, the prices of 50 kg bags will see a hike of ₹10-15, while the Western region may witness an increase of ₹20 per bag. The central and eastern regions are expected to face a more substantial rise, with prices potentially rising by ₹30-40 per bag.

drone attack overnight damaged equipment at energy facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, the national grid company Ukrenergo said on Friday via the Telegram messaging app. Separately, the Ukrainian military said its air defence had shot down four drones used overnight in attacks targeting the region's energy infrastructure. Ukraine's air force said it also shot down nine Russian drones overnight targeting the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Russia also used two S-300/S-400 missiles and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles in its attack, it said.

Ukraine fired dozens of drones at Russia's southern Rostov region, home to its army headquarters for the military offensive, in the early hours of Friday, Russian officials said. Russia's defence ministry said it downed 53 Ukrainian drones overnight — 44 over the Rostov region — while the governor said a power station was damaged in the attack. Rostov-on-Don, the capital of the region that sits just across the border from Ukraine, is the command headquarters for Russia's military campaign and home to a swathe of Russian military sites.

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CRISIL Market Intelligence and Analytics, said. “In the near term, owing to a prediction of high temperatures over an extended period, summer crop sowing which largely comprises cereals like bajra and maize, pulses like moong, and vegetables like cucurbits and melons are expected to be negatively impacted following lower reservoir levels across key states like UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, AP, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu," Sharma added.

₹15,000 crore. The state was unable to pay salary and arrears among other payments. Subsequently, Kerala dragged the union government to the Supreme Court for limiting its borrowing powers.

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.88%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 4.02%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 3.95%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.25%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.15%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.39%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 1.02%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 0.96%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 0.38%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.26%) stood among the top gainers.

Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented

West Bengal with projections indicating 23 seats for the ruling TMC. Odisha will see a similarly two-pronged battle with the opinion poll giving a slight edge to the Biju Janata Dal. The ABP News-CVoter survey predicted 10 seats for the NDA, 1 seat for the INDIA bloc (if any) and 11 seats for the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD.

Bengaluru is in the spotlight for another reason: higher than usual temperatures. Netizens have taken to social media to comment on Bengaluru's weather. Recently an user Diwakar Kaushik shared on X that Gurugram is cooler than Bengaluru. A check of India Meteorological Department website showed that in the past 24 hours, the maximum recorded temperature in Bengaluru was 37.2 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees Celsius higher than normal. On the other hand, the maximum recorded temperature in Gurugram was 33.2 degrees Celsius. And going by IMD's forecast for next week, there is not much respite for Bengaluru's residents from heat. The weather department has forecast that Bengaluru is expected to have a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius over the next seven days and minimum of 22 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, Gurugram could have a maximum temperature of 32-36 degrees Celsius over next one week while minimum of 16-18 degrees Celsius.

earthquake off the coast Taiwan with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked the entire island on Wednesday morning, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.Taiwan television stations showed footage of some collapsed buildings in the lightly populated eastern city of Hualien, near the quake’s epicentre, and media reported some people were trapped. A five-story building appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle.In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes.

Read the full story here.)Sensex Today Live : Indian stock markets were likely to open on a negative note, tracking falls in global peers as markets digested the risk of a longer wait for rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.The Gift Nifty futures, at 22,455, at 7:56 am, were below Tuesday's Nifty 50 close of 22,453.30, indicating a slow start for Indian benchmarks.Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower on Wednesday as U.S. yields held near four-month highs, while a powerful earthquake in the region raised concerns about possible disruptions to the vital chip-making industry.Markets are also pondering the risk of slower rate cuts ahead of U.S.

The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station

Attorneys say two Mississippi catfish farms have settled a lawsuit over using immigrant workers and paying them more than they paid local Black farmworkers