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Adani Energy Solutions on Friday said it has successfully commissioned the Karur Transmission project, which will facilitate electricity evacuation from Karur/Tiruppur Wind Energy Zone. The project includes the establishment of the 400/230 kV, 1000 MVA Karur Pooling Station and an associated transmission line spanning 8.51 circuit kilometers (CKM) in Tamil Nadu, a company statement said. With a transformation capacity of 1,000 MVA, this project will facilitate the evacuation of power from renewable sources in the Karur/Tiruppur Wind Energy Zone, the statement said.

UN warned Friday that «many more will die» in Gaza from catastrophic shortages after nearly three weeks of bombardment by Israel in response to Hamas staging the deadliest attack in its history. As the conflict raged into its 21st day, the Israeli army said its soldiers backed by fighter jets and drones mounted a land incursion into the Gaza Strip, as it prepares for a ground offensive. Concern is growing about regional fallout from the conflict, with the United States warning Iran against escalation while striking facilities in Syria it says were used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and others. Israel has heavily bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, kidnapping more than 220 others, according to Israeli officials. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip says the strikes have killed more than 7,000 people, mainly civilians and many of them children, leading to growing calls for protection of innocents caught up in the conflict. «People in Gaza are dying, they are not only dying from bombs and strikes, soon many more will die from the consequences of (the) siege imposed on the Gaza Strip,» Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), told reporters in Jerusalem. Israel has cut supplies of food, water and power to Gaza, notably blocking all deliveries of fuel saying it would be exploited by Hamas to manufacture weapons and explosives. «Basic services are crumbling, medicine is running out, food and water are running out, the streets of Gaza have started overflowing with sewage,» he said of the devastated territory where around 45 percent of all housing has been damaged or destroyed,

BEIJING (Reuters) — China Southern Airlines reported a net profit of 4.2 billion yuan for the third quarter, its first profit in nearly four years.

Also Read: Israel releases 'never-before-seen' video of IDF soldiers killing Hamas militants and saving hostages | Watch 5. A rocket launched in the Israel-Hamas conflict struck an Egyptian town on the border with Israel on Thursday, resulting in five people sustaining injuries, as reported AFP citing local media. 6.

Hamas's armed wing said Thursday that «almost 50» Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks have been killed in Israeli bombing raids on the Palestinian territory. "(Ezzedine) Al-Qassam Brigades estimates that the number of Zionist prisoners who were killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Zionist strikes and massacres has reached almost 50," the group said in a statement issued on its Telegram channel. Israel launched a massive air and artillery bombardment of Gaza after Hamas carried out the brutal attacks on southern Israel. Earlier, the Israeli army said 224 people were abducted by militants during the attack that left 1,400 people, mostly civilians, dead. «We have informed the families of 224 hostages.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexican soldiers and rescue workers on Thursday scrambled to clear up the chaos and devastation wrought by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco as the government worked to bring relief to the battered southern beach resort.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said it is the public who suffer if they don't chose a good party that works for the development of the state. Speaking at an election rally here, Rao, also known as KCR said BJP chief ministers who are not able to provide adequate drinking water and power facilities in their own states, will descend here for the poll campaign and «preach» to the voters. «Personally we don't lose anything ( if not voted to power).

Antony Catalano and his billionaire backer, Alex Waislitz, are attempting to stop ARN Media’s purchase of Southern Cross Austereo, hoping instead to merge the television and radio group with their own publishing operations.

A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to beaches on the southern New Jersey shore is coming down Thursday morning

Norfolk Southern's costs related to the East Palestine derailment have grown to reach $966 million

onion touched Rs 50/kg in Delhi on Wednesday as well as in some markets of Maharashtra. Onion prices are expected to continue to rise till December, when the new kharif crop is expected to hit the markets after a delay of nearly two months. «The average price of onions in Ahmednagar market has increased from about Rs 35/kg about around 10 days ago to Rs 45/kg now,» said Nandkumar Shirke, chairman, Association of Onion Traders of Ahmednagar District.

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Corporate Travel Management is evacuating people from Israel under a contract with the UK government and private sector clients.

Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday morning after “rapidly intensifying” in strength in a matter of hours.

National Hurricane Center, the hurricane Otis, made landfall near Acapulco on Wednesday morning as a Category 5 hurricane, «explosively intensified» by nearly 115 mph in just 24 hours, creating a «nightmare scenario» for southern Mexico. According to the NOAA Hurricane Database, there had never been a Category 5 landfall in the East Pacific prior to Otis.

Sikko Industries(up 4.37%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 2.12%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 2.06%), G S F C(up 1.71%), Coromandel International(up 0.69%), Madras Fertlizers(up 0.60%) and Krishana Phoschem(up 0.21%) stood among the top gainers. Aries Agro(down 3.76%), National Fertilizer(down 2.58%), ZUARIAGRO(down 1.79%), Agro Phos(down 1.55%), Rama Phosphates(down 1.45%), Paradeep Phosphates(down 1.43%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.38%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 1.21%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 0.75%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 0.67%) were among the top losers of the day.

Coinbase's submission of a "final petition" to the court in its ongoing legal battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) argues tokens don't necessarily represent the definition of an investment contract and that the SEC has overstepped its regulatory bounds.

Israeli jets hit sites across Gaza, according to a report published by the news agency PTI. The Israeli military announced that it had targeted military facilities within Syria in retaliation for prior missile launches directed at Israel. Gaza's 2.3 million people have been running out of food, water, and medicine since Israel sealed off the territory following the devastating Oct 7 attack by Hamas on towns in southern Israel.

The Jerusalem Post reported. As per the report, IDF Chief-of-Staff, Lt.-Gen.

Activist investor Nick Bolton will attempt to thwart a tie-up between radio giants Southern Cross Austereo and ARN over claims the latter inadvertently breached the Corporations Act when it bought a stake in its rival.

This storm is anticipated to disrupt travel significantly in at least six states, according to AccuWeather. As of midday Tuesday, roughly 2.5 million residents are living in areas under some form of winter weather alert due to the storm, according to the National Weather Service. States affected include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Winter storm warnings and watches have been issued for sections of the Cascades and northern Rockies as the storm approaches. Meanwhile, tropical Storm Otis strengthened early Tuesday as it approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and was forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall near the resort of Acapulco late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center said that Otis was about 155 miles (250 kilometers) south-southeast of Acapulco on Tuesday morning with winds of 70 mph (110 kph). It was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy has made landfall on the Caribbean's Barbuda as Category 1 hurricane.