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Tamil Nadu district, the Southern Railways has issued a list of several train services that have been fully cancelled, partially suspended or diverted. The Railways said that changes made in the pattern of train services due to water logging in Tirunelveli Yard. It also said that the traffic has been suspended in the Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur section, between Srivaikuntam and Seydunganallur, as 'the ballast' has been washed away and the track is 'hanging' and water is flowing over the railway tracks.

Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 6.59%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 4.78%), Sikko Industries(up 3.41%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 2.44%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 1.81%), Aries Agro(up 1.56%), National Fertilizer(up 1.38%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 1.08%), Agro Phos(up 1.07%) and Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 0.83%) were among the top gainers. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 0.86%), G S F C(down 0.67%), Madras Fertlizers(down 0.60%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.54%), Paradeep Phosphates(down 0.28%) and ZUARIAGRO(down 0.11%) were among the top losers.

Panama Canal, which has been strained by drought for months, will increase the number of ships it accepts each day starting in January, thanks to better-than-expected November rains. As many as 24 vessels will be permitted to pass through the system daily, up from 22 currently, the canal authority said in a statement Friday. A powerful El Nino has reduced rainfall in the region, sapping the canal’s water levels.

we win, you know what's gonna happen. People are gonna flood out of the country. They're gonna flood out before we even do anything," Trump said.

biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground passage formed part of a wider branching network that stretched for over four kilometres (2.5 miles) and came within 400 metres (1,300 feet) of the Erez border crossing, the army said in a statement. It cost millions of dollars and took years to construct, Israeli forces said, with the project lead by Mohamed Yahya, brother of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is believed to have masterminded the October 7 attacks. The honeycomb of passageways features a drainage systems, electricity, ventilation, sewage and a communication network as well as rails. The floor is compacted earth while its walls are reinforced concrete and its entrance is a metal cylinder with 1.5 centimetre (half-inch) thick walls.

Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said India would reach the end of the demographic dividend by 2047 (Amrit Kaal) and still be classified as a lower middle-income country if the growth rate remains at 6% annually without any population growth. Speaking at an event in Hyderabad, the former RBI governor said that if the nation does not grow fast economically, it will grow older demographically before it gets richer.

TOKYO—When Keiko Takemiya made her manga debut in 1968, her publisher told her that her original drawings for the comic books could be thrown out. She insisted on getting them back, stamping “Please return this to me" on each page. More than half a century later, she has a collection of 26,000 drawings from the 180 manga titles she has published, including pioneering works in the genre of manga for girls.

Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir even as it ordered Assembly elections there by September end next year and restoration of statehood "at the earliest". The top court also upheld the reorganisation of Ladakh as a Union Territory. Mohan Yadav took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

Israel-Gaza war, Israeli military officials stated on Saturday that three Israeli hostages, mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, were killed despite waving a white flag and being shirtless, as reported by AP. It is to be further noted that this marks Israel's first acknowledgement of causing harm to hostages in its conflict with Hamas. Here are the top ten updates about the Israel-Gaza war: 1.

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Raghuram Rajan said India will still remain a lower middle country if the growth rate remains at 6 per cent annually without any rise in population by 2047 (Amrit Kaal) and will be reaching the end of the demographic dividend by then. Speaking at a programme organised by Manthan here, the economist said if the country does not grow faster, it will grow older (demographically) before it gets richer, which means there is the burden of an aging population to deal with also at that point.

Dozens of migrants have crossed into Finland hours before the reclosure of two southern crossing points on the border with Russia as the Nordic country experiences an influx of asylum-seekers

Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day

A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy has gone up in smoke in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis

The U.S. military says an American warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday

prime minister is taking heat for what’s been termed inaction on securing a new prisoner exchange deal, weeks after a brief cease-fire ended. The Israel Defense Forces revealed Saturday that the hostages emerged shirtless from a building in the Shejaiya neighborhood of northern Gaza during fighting, holding a makeshift white flag to signify surrender, and that one shouted “help" in Hebrew. Yet they were shot, contrary to the rules of engagement, as soldiers suspected a Hamas threat.

Alex Batty, an 11-year-old boy who was reported missing during a trip to Spain in 2017, has been found in France and will return home to the U.K. in the coming days, authorities said.

gang violence, much of it related to its previously porous border. Migrant-hating populists have surged there, as they also have in Germany. If one thing unites politicians in the EU, it is the certainty that a botched policy on migration will cost them their jobs.

central Jerusalem on Friday, AFP journalists reported. Staff saw two explosions and heard three blasts, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in the city for the first time since October 30, according to the Israeli military. Paramedics rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised in Jerusalem and nearby Beit Shemesh, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said. «No reports of injured as of now,» it added. The Israeli military told AFP there were «six launches toward Jerusalem» and three of them were intercepted. The other three were not above populated areas, it said. Israel's assault on Gaza raged on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint. The war began after Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials. The Israeli army launched a massive retaliatory offensive that has left much of the besieged territory in ruins.

The starter pistol has sounded for college internship applications—for the summer of 2025. Companies in finance and accounting are now recruiting for interns nearly 18 months before college students would be expected to start. The investment bank Guggenheim Securities and the Royal Bank of Canada, in addition to accounting stalwarts Grant Thornton and PricewaterhouseCoopers among others, started advertising for 2025 summer internships this fall.

As the U.S. tries to restore a key forest ecosystem in the Southeast, landowners must light more fires on private property