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war mushrooming into a wider Middle East conflict rose on Sunday with the U.S. sending more military assets to the region as Israel pummelled Gaza anew and deadly clashes along its border with Lebanon intensified. Gaza's Health Ministry said 266 Palestinians, including 117 children, had been killed by Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours in the enclave, to which Israel laid «total siege» after a deadly mass infiltration into Israel by Hamas gunmen on Oct. 7. In neighbouring Syria — where Hamas's main regional backer Iran has a military presence — Israeli missiles hit Damascus and Aleppo international airports early on Sunday, putting both out of service and killing two workers, Syrian state media said. Along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, the Iran-backed Hezbollah group has clashed with Israeli forces in support of Hamas in the deadliest escalation of frontier violence since an Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006. Hezbollah said four fighters were killed in heavy exchanges of fire on Sunday and another died of wounds sustained earlier, raising to 24 the number of its members killed since Oct. 7.

Aryaman Scindia, son of Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, says the doors for his entry into politics are not closed and he may join it at some stage. In an interview to PTI, Scindia said he would like to give a «millennial touch» to the country's politics, focusing it on issues affecting youngsters, if he takes the plunge in the future. Scindia, who had earlier expressed his unwillingness to join politics, said politics with a focus on youngsters has economic dividends as well.

Mumbai has directed real estate developers and contractors of infrastructure-related works to follow pollution control measures in the backdrop of a deterioration in air quality in the country’s commercial capital over the last few days. Construction, including private and infrastructure work led by the government, is currently underway at 6,000 locations and sites in Mumbai. While the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) will issue detailed guidelines in the next few days, municipal commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal has stated that projects being undertaken by both private as well as government bodies will be stopped if these measures are not followed. Following directions from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that expressed concern over air quality index of Mumbai, Chahal interacted with state government agencies including MMRDA, MMRCL, MHADA and SRA, real estate developers’ bodies Credai and Naredco, and architects’ body PEATA on Friday. “Hardly 10 to 15 days have passed since the end of the monsoon…it is being observed that the air quality is adversely affected in the Mumbai region and also in the Mumbai metropolis,” Chahal said. The central and state governments have taken note of it and have instructed the local body to implement immediate measures, he added. “Dust is a major factor behind the increase in air pollution,” Chahal said, adding that there is a need to take measures to prevent and control dust and other factors that cause pollution. All the government agencies in Mumbai need to coordinate with each other and take urgent and mandatory measures, he said. Apart from construction, Chahal has also instructed that efforts should be made by projects related to electricity,

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Daryl Mitchell's highest score 130 (127) in ODIs and his 159 off 152 runs partnership with Rachin Ravindra 75 (87), New Zealand managed to score 273/10 in their fifty overs against India in Dharamshala on Sunday. At one stage, the Kiwis were looking in a fine position to easily score more than 300, but Mohammed Shami got 5/54 and showed his true class today as he bowled superbly in the final overs for his fifer and New Zealand lost all their wickets at 273. Earlier, Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first in the fifth consecutive match in which India would chase. India fielded poorly after making a fine start to the match, and a couple of chances went begging as Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah dropped easy catches.

Pan American Games in Chile, 23-year-old Olympic swimmer Paige Madden, hailing from Alabama, delivered a stellar performance that not only clinched a gold medal but also shattered the 400-meter freestyle record. This outstanding achievement propelled the United States to the top of the medal chart, setting the stage for an exciting competition in Santiago. Paige Madden's remarkable feat was nothing short of history in the making.

fire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two airstrikes in recent days. For days, Israel has seemed to be on the verge of launching a ground offensive in Gaza as part of its response to Hamas' deadly October 7 rampage.

Prahlad Patel on Saturday condemned the protest staged by the supporters and workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over ticket distribution in Jabalpur and called it «unfortunate». Union Minister Patel said, «The incident that occurred in Jabalpur is condemnable...It is unfortunate and shameful...» The angry protest by BJP workers started after the party on Saturday released its fifth list of 92 candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls. Prominent names in the latest list include Madhya Pradesh ministers Usha Thakur and Mahendra Singh Sisodiya and Mousam Bisen, who is the daughter of minister Gaurishankar Bisen. Former ministers Jayant Kumar Malaiya, and Antar Singh Arya have been given tickets. Siddharth Tiwari and Sachin Birla, who recently joined the BJP, after resigning from Congress, figure in the list. Party leaders Yoshodhara Raje Scindia, Gauri Shankar Bisen, and OPS Bhadoria, a Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist, are not among the party candidates. BJP has now declared the names of 228 candidates for 230 seats. The party is yet to declare candidates for Guna (Scheduled Caste) and Vidisha seats. The BJP earlier announced a total of 136 candidates in its four lists — 39 candidates each in the first and second lists, a single name in the third list, and 57 candidates in the fourth list. The second list contained the names of three Union Ministers and four MPs. Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel have been fielded from the Dimand Narsinghpur constituencies respectively.

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvil. He made the comments at the «Global Education Forum» during the 25th General Assembly of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) here which concluded on Saturday. The Secretary General also said countries like India which are expanding their tourism sector massively need to invest in tourism academies and hospitality schools.

ANI. The statement also stated, as per the dynamic model and forecasts for weather/ meteorological conditions and air quality made available by IMD/IITM, there is a likelihood of the average AQI of Delhi dipping to the 'Very Poor' category (DELHI AQI- 3O1-4OO) on October 23 and 24, 2023 owing to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions.

Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis since the war began, and tensions are soaring in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces have battled militants in refugee camps and carried out two airstrikes in recent days.

New Zealand batter Ross Taylor. India have begun their World Cup campaign in a resounding manner, winning all four of their matches so far. The hosts take on New Zealand, the only other unbeaten side in the tournament, in a marquee clash in Dharmsala on Sunday.

Steelbird Hi-tech India aims to invest over Rs 250 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, as it looks to scale up capacity to cater to rising demand, according to a top company official. The company, which has four plants each in Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) and Noida, is looking to roll out over 20,000 units from the Hosur plant in two years time. In an interaction with PTI, Steelbird MD Rajeev Kapur said the plant has been envisaged to cater to the aftermarket and demand from various OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) based in South India.

₹5.5 lakh every month for the next 25 years, dramatically changing his fortunes. Natarajan, 49, won the FAST5 Grand Prize of Emirates Draw. The win ensures he will get Dh 25,000 (5.6 lakh) a month for 25 years.

World Cup 2023: Pakistan's middle-order batsman has been in superb form in this year's ICC ODI World Cup, scoring a century and a half century in the 4 matches played so far. Rizwan is currently the highest run scorer in the tournament with 294 runs at an average of 98, a strike rate of 96.39 and a top score of 131* against Sri Lanka. Picking up where he left off at the 2019 World Cup, the Indian skipper has been in exceptional form, picking apart the opposition bowling attacks at the start of the innings.

Israel and Hamas, killing thousands of civilians. Dozens of leaders and senior officials from the Middle East, Europe, and Africa converged on Cairo, searching for ways to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a wider conflict. UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group.

Earnings season typically is the time when investors can look past macroeconomic forces and focus on company-specific news moving stocks. This quarter, however, is turning out to be anything but typical. Individual shares have, of course, reacted to earnings announcements in the week or so since Corporate America started reporting results. But conflict in the Middle East and surging Treasury yields are taking precedence, causing S&P 500 Index constituents to increasingly move in unison as global events sway markets broadly. In four of the six trading sessions since the reporting cycle kicked off on Oct. 13, at least 400 members in the S&P 500 have moved in the same direction. It’s a frequency that didn’t appear once in comparable weeks the past three earnings periods. Such concerted moves — up and down — are further complicating the lives of stock pickers in a year when they’ve had little luck, with only 37% of large-cap active managers outperforming their benchmarks as of the end of September, data compiled by Bank of America Corp. show. “Macro is dominating the narrative again,” Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist at LPL Financial, said by phone. “The situation in the Middle East obviously weighs on sentiment.”

air quality levels, AQI has increased in the national capital from ‘moderate’ to ‘poor’ category. According to the AQI scale, the air quality check of between 0 and 50 are is "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 450 "severe" As per SAFAR, AQI at Delhi airport (T3) was registered at 273, IIT Delhi recorded 228, Noida recorded AQI at 290.

London | The world’s media magnates and billionaires are circling a rare chance to buy themselves a Fleet Street trophy, with two venerable Tory titles now officially on the sales block.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith‘s push for her province to establish its own pension plan and break away from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) leaves many questions swirling for Canadians across the country.

INDIA IN OMINOUS TOUCH With four wins out of four, the hosts are playing like the favourites they have been talked up as. Moving the ball both ways at pace, Jasprit Bumrah has been magical. Ravindra Jadeja has been excellent with the ball and electric on the field.