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US election 2024 in November, ask the people of Clallam County. The 78,000 folks who live in this strip of mountains, forests and rain-dashed coast in the far northwest of the continental United States haven't been wrong about their presidential pick in almost half a century. as per an AFP report. «Our county is a bellwether county,» explained Rod Fleck, city planner in Forks, a small city in Washington state built on a once-enormous timber industry. «We are the last county that how it votes in November has been an indicator of how the presidential election turns out,» Fleck was quoted as saying by AFP.

Prashant Vihar area after the blast happened near a CRPF school. «It wasn't like a firecracker, the sound was incredibly loud. And for 15-20 minutes, there was just smoke everywhere,» said Kiran Sachdeva, a resident of the locality. Sachdeva, in her 60s, described the blast as an «earthquake-like» shock, and said her house was about 200-250 meters away from the site.

Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties. Both countries on Monday ordered out six diplomats in tit-for-tat moves over Ottawa's allegations that New Delhi was targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil. Trudeau specifically tied the six to the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in British Columbia. Sanjay Kumar Verma, India's envoy to Canada, told CTV that Trudeau had been relying on intelligence rather than evidence.

retail distributors has asked the antitrust authority to investigate three quick commerce companies — Zomato's Blinkit, Swiggy and Zepto — for alleged predatory pricing, a letter showed on Sunday. Quick commerce is a new shopping rage in India, with companies promising deliveries of anything from groceries to electronics within 10 minutes, reshaping how Indians shop and challenging ecommerce giants such as Amazon. In a letter dated Oct. 18, All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF), which represents 400,000 retail distributors of major companies including Nestle and Hindustan Unilever, told the antitrust body quick commerce firms were practising predatory pricing — or offering deep discounts and selling below cost to lure customers.

Reliance Infrastructure on Sunday said its shareholders have approved the company's plan to raise Rs 6,000 crore through the preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route. Both proposals have received shareholders' approval, with over 98% voting in favor of the resolutions via postal ballot, the company said in a regulatory filing. Reliance Infrastructure's board, on September 19, had approved a Rs 6,000-crore fundraising plan.

Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho Corporation, has expressed his belief that Kerala has the potential to achieve economic prosperity comparable to that of Taiwan. His comments were made in response to a tweet by Thomas Isaac, a member of the Central Committee of Communist Party of India, who highlighted the recent electoral success of the Student Federation of India (SFI) in college union elections across the state. “I say all this as a person who loves Kerala. Kerala could be as rich as Taiwan,” Vembu remarked on X, raising concerns about the significant outflow of talented youth from the state. He pointed out that many graduates are leaving Kerala to pursue job opportunities in other states or abroad after completing their education.

Daredevil: Born Again, marking the return of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock in a solo series. The highly anticipated show is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on March 4, 2025. This announcement comes as part of Marvel's broader plans to integrate the beloved character into the current Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) storyline, following the successful adaptation of The Defenders saga into the MCU's canon. The news was revealed at the 2024 New York Comic Con, where Marvel Studios unveiled a new preview for Daredevil: Born Again to eager fans. This announcement serves as a major highlight for Marvel's future TV plans, as it continues to build anticipation for the reimagined journey of Matt Murdock, also known as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen. The series, which will consist of nine episodes in its first season, has already been renewed for a second season.

Reliance Infrastructure have approved the company's plan to raise Rs 6,000 crore through preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route. Both proposals have received shareholders' approval, with over 98 per cent voting in favour of the resolutions via postal ballot, the company informed in a stock exchange disclosure. Reliance Infrastructure's board, on September 19, had approved a Rs 6,000-crore fundraise plan. Of this, Rs 3,014 crore was to be raised through preferential allotment of shares or convertible warrants, while Rs 3,000 crore will be raised by QIP. In the first phase, Reliance Infrastructure is launching the Rs 3,014 crore preferential placement by issuing 12.56 crore equity shares or convertible warrants at an issue price of Rs 240 per share.

Elon Musk has recently launched a provocative initiative, offering voters the chance to win up to $1 million for signing a petition that supports constitutional rights. As the Tesla CEO intensifies his support for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, this effort has raised questions among election law experts about its legality. Musk’s super PAC, Elon's America PAC, is promoting this campaign primarily in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, leading to discussions about whether these financial incentives may violate federal election laws.

real estate developer Prestige Group is targeting Rs 10,000 crore in annual revenue from the National Capital Region from as early as next financial year as part of its aggressive expansion plans in the region, chairman and managing director Irfan Razack said. The company, which currently generates no revenue from the NCR, is expected to launch a mid-segment project in Ghaziabad, an uber-luxury project along Kasturba Gandhi Marg in Lutyens’ Delhi and has an under-construction hotel and office project at Aerocity near the capital’s airport. “I believe that the NCR market, if we approach it correctly, and with the type of projects we have along with properly growing the pipeline, has the potential to generate Rs 10,000 crore in sales annually,” Razack told ET.

NBFC Indel Money on Sunday announced the fifth public issue of secured NCDs of the face value of Rs 1,000 each. The issue opens on October 21, 2024, and closes on November 04, 2024 (with an option of early closure in case of early over-subscription). The issue includes a base issue size for an amount of up to Rs 75 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 75 crore aggregating up to Rs 150 crore. The coupon yields up to 13.44% per annum with tenure ranging from 366 days to 66 months. The minimum application size is Rs 10,000 across all series of NCDs. The NCDs are proposed to be listed on BSE Limited

West Bengal Junior Doctor's Front (WBJDF), the umbrella organization of junior doctors spearheading the RG Kar movement, decided to go to the meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on Monday without any preconditions and decided not to withdraw the hunger strike before meeting Banerjee. Meanwhile, uncertainties prevail over the meeting as the state government has set conditions, saying the doctors must withdraw the hunger strike and come for the meeting with the CM. «We will reach Nabanna tomorrow for the meeting without any preconditions. We will go to the meeting with the Chief Minister but will not withdraw the hunger strike before that. If the resolution is not met tomorrow, the junior doctors will go for further cease work from Tuesday,» Debasish Halder, a junior doctor, who is one the leading face of the movement, said after a general body meeting held on Sunday afternoon. «We have continued the fast unto death. After continuing the hunger strike for 17-days, our co-fighters felt hurt by the telephonic conversation of the Chief Minister. However, we will rthe each Nabanna with our delegation and we don't want to follow any precondition for that. We have made it clear in our email reply to Chief Secretary,» Halder said.

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu called on people in southern states to have more children, citing concerns about an ageing population. He said the state govt is planning to implement "population management", including considering new legislation to incentivise families with more kids, as per a TOI report. «The state govt is thinking of bringing a law that would make only those with more than two children eligible to contest local body elections,» Naidu said. He also mentioned that the state had earlier passed legislation barring people with more than two children from contesting local polls. «We have repealed that law, and we are now considering reversing it...Govt may provide more benefits to families with more children,» he said.

RJ Sankara Eye Hospital in his Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Reciting the Sanskrit couplet «Tamaso ma jyotirgamay (lead me from darkness to light)», Modi also said that he was feeling «blessed» to be back in Varanasi again. «For a long time, Kashi's identity has been that of a centre of religion and spirituality but now, it is also set to emerge as a big centre of healthcare with various top-of-the-line health treatment facilities now available in Varanasi,» the prime minister said.

Dhananjay Chandrachud said on Saturday that he sat before God (in his home) and asked him to find a solution to the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid dispute when the case came up before a bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi in which Chandrachud was one of the justices. The other members of the bench were Justices S A Bobde, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer. Speaking in an event where he was felicitated by villagers of his native village Kanesar in Pune, Chandrachud said, “I became the Chief justice… Many times it happens that we get cases and what is the way out of it, we don’t get a solution. In Ayodhya (Ramjanmabhoomi- Babri Masjid case) when it came before me, for three months, we were thinking about the Ayodhya case, meaning for hundreds of years for which there was no solution. At that time in my regular life, I have been worshipping God in my home and at that time I sat before God and I told him that he should find a solution for this and you will believe this if you have faith then God will always find a way for us”said Chandrachud who is set to retire on November 10.

Yazidi woman, Fawzia Sido, has made shocking revelations of her horrific captivity under ISIS. She and other prisoners were forced to each baby meat. Sido was taken from her home when she was just 11 years old during the Islamic State’s attack on her hometown of Sinjar, Iraq in 2014. While speaking to The Sun, Sido said that they were given a meal consisting rice and meat after days of starvation. The fighters did not inform them that the meat was from babies until they ate. “We were so hungry, we just ate,” she said, recalling the horrifying moment they realised the truth.

technological advancements, geopolitical conflicts, legal challenges, economic fluctuations, emerging business models, natural disasters, social & cultural shifts and demographics changes are forcing businesses to rethink their risk mitigation and business continuity strategies, according to the Horizon Watch Emerging Risk Report. The report, jointly produced by TATA AIG General Insurance and Dun & Bradstreet India, is based on a survey of 300 business leaders across 25 sectors. It reveals that 83% of businesses cite technological advancements as the top driver of new risks, with growing concerns around data privacy, security vulnerabilities, and regulatory compliance. About 69% of businesses identify legal challenges as significant contributors to emerging risks. As regulatory landscapes become increasingly complex, companies are more apprehensive about the potential impact of legal disputes on their operations and long-term strategies, according to the report.

Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has stayed the appointment of Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, to any post in the party in Jalna district. Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, Pangarkar joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday in the presence of party leader and former state minister Arjun Khotkar. Khotkar earlier said that Pangarkar, a former Shiv Sainik, has returned to the party and has been nominated as the chief of the Jalna assembly poll campaign. A statement from the Shiv Sena on Sunday said that if Pangarkar has been given any party post in Jalna district, the decision has been stayed.

heavy rainfall as an upper air cyclonic circulation over the central Andaman Sea has moved to the North Andaman Sea on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported. This circulation is expected to lead to the formation of a Low-Pressure Area over the East Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Andaman Sea in the next 24 hours. According to the IMD, «It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and into a cyclonic storm by October 23, over East Central Bay of Bengal.»

Nikhil Kamath, the co-founder of Zerodha, has long been an advocate for renting over buying a home. Known for his outspoken views on real estate, Kamath surprised many when he recently announced that he has purchased his first house. This unexpected move has sparked a flurry of reactions on social media, with critics accusing him of hypocrisy and double standards. In a recent episode of his podcast, 'WTF is with Nikhil Kamath,' the 37-year-old entrepreneur explained the reasons behind his change of heart. «The thing with renting, of all the advantages of renting, there is one disadvantage: you don’t have foresight as to when you can move out of the house,» he noted. This lack of stability, he argued, led him to reconsider the benefits of homeownership. During the episode, Kamath shared his experience of having to move out of his previous rental home, a situation he described as frustrating. «I had to move out of this house, whereas I might have liked to stay longer in this house,» he added, reflecting on the emotional challenges that accompany frequent relocations.

agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid soaring food prices. Floods brought by heavy monsoon rains and torrential upstream runoff struck the country in two major waves in August and October, claiming at least 75 lives and affecting millions, particularly in the eastern and northern regions where crop damage has been the most severe. The agriculture ministry said this year's flooding has resulted in a substantial loss of rice production. In response, the government is moving quickly to import 500,000 tons of rice and is expected to permit private sector imports soon, a food ministry official said.