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stood among the top gainers. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 4.81%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.58%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.00%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 2.97%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 2.96%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.63%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.46%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 2.30%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.15%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.12%) were among the top losers of the day.

₹132 crore from its Hindi version, at last count. According to media consulting firm Ormax, Tamil films have maintained their share of overall box office, from 16% in 2022 to 17% in 2023.

The dead included nine children, an official told Reuters.

Canada’s personal tax rates are too high, as many of us realize. There are numerous data sources that consistently put this country’s personal tax rates amongst the highest on Earth. Yes, there are countries with higher marginal personal rates, but there are many more that are lower. Most Canadians, however, are more often concerned about our largest and most important neighbour — the United States.

Career enablers such as flexi-timing and remote working play a crucial role in women’s workforce participation, a study by leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) solutions company Avtar group has said. However, workplace enablers extended by employees alone cannot ensure women’s sustained employment; it requires significant investment from the city and state, as per the second edition of ‘Top Cities for Women in India (TCWI)’ index. The index ranks Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, and Hyderabad as the top five cities for women in India. The scores are based on three parameters – social inclusion, industrial/workplace inclusion, and citizen experience (safety, etc).

By Andrew Hayley and Jeslyn Lerh

Donald Trump urged the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to toss out a ruling by Colorado's highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state. The Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump last month from appearing on the Republican primary ballot in the state because of his role in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters.

mourners broke into sobs as they huddled around defiant family members of slain Hamas deputy Saleh al-Aruri in his village in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, a day after his death in Lebanon. Aruri, exiled from his village Arura since he was released from an Israeli jail in 2010, was killed in a drone strike on a southern Beirut suburb that Lebanese officials said was carried out by Israel.

Russian regional governor said on Wednesday he had ordered the rebuilding of nine houses in a village that was accidentally bombed by one of Russia's own warplanes. The incident took place on Tuesday, when the state news agency RIA quoted the defence ministry as reporting an «abnormal discharge of aircraft ammunition» over the village of Petropavlovka in the southern region of Voronezh. Governor Alexander Gusev said the nine houses would be rebuilt as soon as possible, and there had also been damage to a small local school, an arts centre and an administrative building. No one had been killed but four people were treated for minor injuries and residents had access to psychological support, he said. Five cars and a tractor had also been damaged, and the owners would get compensation. «Not a single resident will be left without help, we will support everyone as much as possible,» Gusev said. Authorities did not say what caused the incident. While the damage was limited, it was embarrassing for Russia's military and came at a time of high alert in its southern regions close to the border with Ukraine. Over the New Year period, Russia staged some of its heaviest missile and drone strikes on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

China on Wednesday announced «routine» military patrols in the South China Sea, following recent clashes between countries in the disputed waterway. The People's Liberation Army's Southern Theater Command said it had «organised naval and air forces to conduct routine patrols» in the sea from January 3 to 4. The statement did not mention where exactly the patrols would take place or give specific details of their aims. Beijing claims almost the entire South China Sea and has ignored an international tribunal ruling that its assertions have no legal basis.

Israeli strike killed the deputy leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas. The day after loud blasts ripped through the district from the drone attack that killed Saleh al-Aruri, armed men of Hezbollah were standing guard in the mainly Shiite Muslim area that is their stronghold. Local residents said they were surprised to learn that their busy street housed the secretive Hamas bureau in a non-descript three-storey building nestled next to a pharmacy and a sweets shop. Israel has not claimed the deadly attack but Hamas, the group behind the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war, and Lebanese officials have no doubt it was Israel who killed Aruri and six Hamas operatives. Beirut's southern suburbs have long been a stronghold of the Iran-backed Hezbollah armed group, but it is also an overcrowded residential area packed with civilians, shops and restaurants. «No one knew that there was a Hamas office here,» said Ahmed, 40, who works in the nearby sweets shop.

BEIRUT : Israel was on high alert for an escalation with Hezbollah on Wednesday after one of the top leaders of the Palestinian Hamas was killed in a strike in Beirut that was widely blamed on Israel and heightened the risk of a broader Middle East conflict. The killing of Saleh Arouri, the most senior Hamas member slain since the war in Gaza erupted nearly three months ago, provided a morale boost for Israelis still reeling from Hamas' Oct. 7 attack as the militants put up stiff resistance in Gaza and continue to hold scores of hostages.

Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday said he would call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on January 4 to invite him to the Khelo India Youth Games to be held this month in Tamil Nadu. For the first time, Khelo India Youth Games would be held in the state and it is slated to be conducted from January 19 to 31, Udhayanidhi told reporters, adding he would be inviting Modi for the event.

Itamar Ben Gvir, dismissed the US State Department's condemnation of his statement for urging Palestinians in Gaza to be resettled outside the strip on Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported. «I really admire the United States of America but with all due respect, we are not another star in the American flag,» Ben Gvir, who heads the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, said in a statement.

The U.S. military says its forces opened fire on and killed several Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea

AFP. A high-level security official told the agency that the leader was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel, which vowed to destroy Hamas after the movement's unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel. Israel has previously announced the killing in Gaza of Hamas commanders and officials during the war, but Aruri is the most high-profile figure to be killed, and his death came in the first strike on the Lebanese capital since hostilities began.

The word “crisis" is overused, but it accurately describes what Ukraine faces as 2024 begins. According to a recent report in the Washington Post, troops on the front line are running out of ammunition. Artillery shells are being rationed, forcing the Ukrainians to cancel planned assaults and making it hard to hold defensive positions against Russian attacks.

By Jonathan Stempel

Henk hitting it. A wind warning has been issued by the Met Office that disruption to travel, damage to roofs, and probable electricity cuts in the Midlands, southern England, Wales, and East Anglia till 20:00 GMT could take place.

Fighter, scheduled for release, as far as the first quarter goes. Top stars like Shah Rukh and Salman Khan will not see a film arriving in cinemas in 2024 but theatre owners and trade experts are pinning hopes on a slate of mid-scale films starring the likes of Shahid Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Vicky Kaushal.

Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid down foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 19,850 related to rail, road, airports, oil, gas and shipping at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. He also reached out to the youth in the state on the first day of his two day tour of the state along with Lakshadweep. The prime minister lauded the contribution of Tamil Nadu to the Make in India program, saying the state is a front-runner.