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Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday constituted inter-ministerial team to assess damage caused by rains, floods in Gujarat, officials said. The ministry is also in touch with officers of flood-affected states and it said that it would depute central teams to assess damages. It further added that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Central government was fully committed to providing all possible help to flood-affected states.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday slammed the Election Commission for postponing the Haryana Assembly polls and accused the poll body of working for the BJP. «Not only ED and CBI but now Election Commission has also started to work for the BJP. It's very unfortunate that the Election Commission, for a political party's demand, has pushed the date back and it shows that the BJP is afraid of the defeat in Haryana,» Tagore told ANI. «The unpopular government in Haryana which is led by BJP will be defeated with a huge margin in each constituency and the Congress Government will be formed in Haryana with a clear verdict from the people,» he added.

Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan, has stirred discussions in the cricketing world, especially regarding India's potential participation. Despite being chosen as hosts, Pakistan faces challenges due to the ongoing political tension between the two nations, which has hindered any bilateral cricketing series since 2013.

Indian Railways has announced the operation of numerous special trains. The move aims to accommodate the rush during Diwali, Durga Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam, and Chhath Puja.

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Cultural Encyclopedia of the Dard Tribe: Journey through Gurez and Ladakh (2024). “The inhabitants of Dawar are transforming their ancestral, cultivable land into hotels, cafés and restaurants without taking sustainability into consideration." A little further from the villages, is the 330 MW Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project, which was started in 2018. Ironically, electricity supply to the valley is patchy and unreliable.

Labor Day 2024 in USA is on Monday, September 2 as Americans are busy in travelling to favourite spots. Labor Day is recognized as federal holiday. Labor day date changes from year to year as last year the occasion fell on September 4. Next year, Labor Day is on September 1. Labor Day celebrations began in September 1882 in New York after unions organized parade. On Labor Day 2024, people in the USA can send each other wishes, message, greetings over SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. Here are a few online messages that one can send.

Bihar, is clinging to a single, wobbly pillar. “Even if we walk on it, the bridge shakes,” says Pratima Devi, Bharti’s wife, calling it a bridge to hell. “Hamara bank, bazaar sab udhar na hai, kiya kore (Our bank, market are all on that side, what can we do)?” she asks. Then, a buffalo herder comes with his animals. He warily releases them in ones and twos across the bridge, wondering if it might collapse under their hoofs. About 320 km southeast of Siwan, Ajay Yadav recalls witnessing a huge bridge collapsing not once, but thrice, in Sultanganj. Pointing towards the bridge that is under construction, he says, “I don’t know if this bridge will ever be completed, but even if it does, I’ll wait for months before I dare to use it.”

Ashish Kacholia, who is known for spotting many multibagger stocks, recently took to social media after missing a flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai due to an error in Google Maps. Kacholia said that the mapping application significantly underestimated the travel time from his location in Bengaluru to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). Kacholia was traveling from HSR Layout, a residential area in Bengaluru, to KIA, a distance of about 55 km. Google Maps, the ace investor said, initially estimated the journey would take around 1 hour and 45 minutes. However, due to Bengaluru’s infamous traffic congestion and unexpected rainfall, the trip extended to three hours, causing Kacholia to miss his flight. A social media user suggested that the ace investor should have asked him to drop him to the airport on his bike. Ashish Kacholia said in jest: «Next time.»

Cambodia is eyeing to increase Indian tourists' footfalls by 3-4 times in the current year as a robust growth in India's tourism sector presents huge potential for the Southeast Asian nation, a Cambodian tourism ministry official said. «We have launched Cambodia-India Tourism year for the first time this year to tap the Indian market which has potential, as the country's tourism is booming. We are witnessing a positive momentum and expect that there will be a lot more tourists from India. We expect to increase, maybe, 3-4 times in terms of the number at the moment that we have,» Cambodia's Minister of Tourism Hul Seila told PTI over phone on the sidelines of Business, Leisure, Travel and MICE Tourism Exhibition 2024 (BLTM). In 2023, Cambodia hosted 68,836 India travellers. The figure was over 91 per cent of the pre-Covid (2019) levels, he said. In 2019 Cambodia received 75,286 visitors from India. This year, in the first six months (January-June 2024) the number of tourists coming from India to Cambodia was around 32,000-33,000, around 17 per cent more compared to the figure of the same time a year ago, he said.

State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a new design for its FASTag which aims to reduce the travel time for commuters. According to a press release dated August 30, 2024, «The bank has introduced a new design for SBI FASTag in the Vehicle Class (VC-04) category. The advanced FASTag design enhances vehicle identification and toll collection efficiency aimed at reducing travel time for millions of commuters in India.»

Nifty 50 Index ended the week on a very strong note. Witnessing a strong momentum on the upside, the markets expanded their trading range as well. The Nifty traded in a range of 393.65 points during the week and closed near its high point forming a fresh lifetime as well as a fresh closing high for itself. The volatility dropped a bit lower; the India Vix declined marginally by 1.18% to 13.39 on a weekly basis. While the markets rose in almost an unabated manner, the headline index posted a net weekly gain of 412.75 points (+1.66%). The month ended as well; Nifty posted a monthly gain of 284.75 points (+1.14%) The markets are in a strong uptrend; however, once again it has created a situation wherein they have sharply deviated from their mean. This warrants a very careful approach towards the markets. The nearest 20-week MA is placed at 23.659 which is 1576 below the current close. The 50-week MA which is placed at 22104 is 3131 points below the current level. All these things point at the markets deviating from their mean once again; this leaves them prone to volatile profit-taking bouts once again at higher levels.

Ottoman rule. He died there, in Missolonghi, of a fever on April 19th 1824, aged 36. The Greeks, who adored him, kept his lungs and larynx in an urn; the rest of Byron was returned to England, against his wishes.

One of the biggest challenges of international travel is the additional cost of foreign exchange (forex) markups. Whether you swipe a debit or credit card, you pay an extra 1.5-4% charge on every transaction.

pork can cause serious parasitic infections in humans, according to a doctor who shared a chilling CT scan of a patient's body. Dr. Sam Ghali explains that humans become infected with Taenia solium by consuming cysts found in undercooked pork. These cysts typically evolve within 5-12 weeks in the gastrointestinal tract into mature adult tapeworms, a condition known as Intestinal Taeniasis. These adult tapeworms shed eggs, which are excreted in human feces. It’s crucial to understand that the clinical syndrome known as Cysticercosis develops only when these eggs are ingested through fecal-oral transmission.

Mumbai local train commuters faced inconvenience in morning rush hours on Saturday as an overhead equipment snag on the Harbour line caused disruptions. The snag happened between Vashi and Mankhurd railway stations, said an official told PTI. The services on the route remained completely shut for at least two hours after overhead equipment on the Vashi-bound line broke at 7:30 am and was fixed only by 9:30 am, a Central Railway spokesperson said.

Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti advanced to the men's doubles third round of the US Open with a hard-fought win over 15th seeds Austin Krajicek and Jean-Julien Roger here. The Indo-French pair defeated the USA-Dutch team 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the second round that lasted two hours and five minutes on Friday. This is only the second time that Bhambri has reached the third round at a Grand Slam, having reached the same stage at the Australian Open back in 2014. Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden also moved to third round with a 6-2 6-4 win over Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena and Federico Coria from Argentina.

Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh):: Five workers, including three women, were admitted to a hospital on Saturday after a chemical powder bag broke while it was being loaded from a container to the godown in Sravan Shipping Services Pvt Ltd. Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner Shanka Brata Bagchi stated, «Four out of the five workers are now in stable conditions and one worker has been admitted to the ICU in Simhagiri Hospital, Gajuwaka.» Earlier, on Tuesday, five people died in a road accident after a container truck collided with a car travelling from Kadapa to Guvvalacheruvu, officials said on Tuesday.

Mint. Earlier, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), a regulatory body established under the Act, had helped facilitate refunds totalling ₹1,453 crore on air tickets booked via travel aggregators such as Yatra, MakeMyTrip, ClearTrip, EaseMyTrip, Ixigo and Thomas Cook, as Mint reported on 10 March.

Lauren Sanchez opened up about her life with Jeff Bezos, sharing that their home life is much more low-key than what people might expect. While the couple is often seen on luxurious yachts, their time at home is quite different. Sanchez emphasized that her favorite moments are when the house is calm and they are deciding what show to watch together, as per the reports of Page Six. Sanchez expressed that when she and Bezos have time to relax at home, they like to catch up on TV shows. She highlighted that these quiet moments are her favorite, as they both enjoy spending time together in a peaceful setting. The former news anchor, now 54, mentioned that they take their time choosing what to binge-watch, as their tastes can vary.

Passengers who bought cabins for a 3 1/2-year round-the-world cruise have been waiting months for the vessel to depart