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			Terrorists attack Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir&#39;s Baramulla district, four soldiers injured.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> ITC&#39;s Q2FY25 profit rises 1.8 per cent to Rs 5,054.43 cr, revenue from operations up 15.6 per cent at Rs 22,281.89 cr.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> Three accused in Baba Siddique murder case remanded to police custody till Nov 4 by Mumbai court.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Thursday said the government aims to set up 50 more airports in the next five years and pitched for further developing the country&#39;s airport ecosystem that will also help in boosting job creation. In the last 10 years, the number of airports has doubled to 157. Naidu said that 50 more airports are expected to be developed in the next five years and 200 more in the next 20 years.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the creation of a venture capital fund of Rs 1,000 crore for promoting space sector start ups, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said today at a press conference.&nbsp; The fund is expected to support approximately 40 startups in the sector and will accelerate private space industry&#39;s growth. It will also push advancements in space technology and strengthen India&#39;s leadership through private sector participation, the government said.</div>
		<small class="brtag">&nbsp;</small> At a marquee summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed that Reliance and Nvidia are partnering to build AI infrastructure in India.</div>
	<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtag">&nbsp;</small> Amid the chorus of charges levelled by Hindenburg Research, the parliamentary panel meeting with Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch&nbsp; was was adjourned today after Buch conveyed that she won&rsquo;t be able to attend it owing to pressing reasons. Buch was expected to appear before a Parliamentary panel today for a review of the peformance of the regulatory board.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pay a three-day visit to India beginning Thursday to hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a focus on boosting bilateral strategic ties, including in the areas of defence, trade and clean energy. Scholz travelled to India twice last year -- for a bilateral state visit in February and to attend the G20 Leaders&#39; summit in September. On October 25, the prime minister and the chancellor will co-chair the seventh Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC).</div>
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	Chancellor Scholz will be accompanied by senior ministers in his cabinet for the IGC consultations. The IGC is a whole-of-government framework under which ministers from both sides hold discussions in their respective areas of responsibility and report on the outcome of their deliberations to the prime minister and the chancellor.&nbsp;The visit comes at a delicate time for Germany, whose export-oriented economy faces a second year of contraction and worries over a trade dispute between the European Union and China.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small>
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		<small class="brtag">&nbsp;</small>Cyclone Dana is&nbsp; likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coast between Puri and Sagar Island -- close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamra - with a wind speed of 100-120 km per hour. Both the states have suspended flight and rail services.<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small><small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small></div>
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The air quality in the national capital on Thursday deteriorated to &#39;very poor&#39; category and the AQI was recorded at over 330 in most parts of the region. Delhi is likely to see a maximum and minimum temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and 19 degrees Celsius, respectively.

News updates: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Wayanad on Oct 28-29

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Cyclone Dana updates: IMD issues red alert

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	With Cyclone Dana expected to make the landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port on Friday, heavy rainfall is forecast for coastal regions. <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/cyclone-dana-updates-flight-and-train-services-hit-imd-issues-red-alert-124102400163_1.html"><strong>Read here for more details.</strong></a></div>

3 labourers dead after makeshift water tank collapses in Pune district

Three labourers killed, seven injured as makeshift water tank collapses at labour camp in Maharashtra&#39;s Pune district, says Police officials.

Terrorists target non-local labourer in J-K's Tral

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	Terrorists shot at and injured a labourer from Uttar Pradesh in the Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday morning, officials said. Shubam Kumar, a resident of Bijnore, received a gunshot injury in the arm when the terrorists fired at him at Batagund village, the officials said. They said Kumar has been rushed to a hospital for treatment.</div>

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to reach Delhi today for biannual consultation

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	Olaf Scholz is scheduled to pay an official visit to India from October 24 to 26 for the 7th Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) in New Delhi.</div>

Cyclone Dana: Officials evacuated people from low-lying areas in Puri earlier today

Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Wayanad on Oct 28-29

Terror attack on Army vehicle in J-K's Gulmarg: Porter killed, 3 soldiers among five injured, say officials

Maharashtra Elections Updates: NCP (SP) releases 1st list of 45 candidates for Maharashtra assembly polls

NCP (SP) releases 1st list of 45 candidates for Maharashtra assembly polls; Jayant Patil, Anil Deshmukh, Rajesh Tope among nominees.

Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken's hotel

Three accused in Baba Siddique murder case remanded to police custody till Nov 4 by Mumbai court

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's wife released on bail in Toshkhana corruption case

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	Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan&#39;s jailed former premier Imran Khan, was on Thursday released on bail nearly nine months after her arrest in the Toshakhana corruption case.The release came a day after the Islamabad High Court judge, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, accepted the bail plea of the 50-year-old former first lady against a surety bond of Rs 10 Lakh.</div>

JNU professor Mazhar Asif appointed Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor

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	The president on Thursday appointed Mazhar Asif as Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor, according to Union Ministry of Education officials. Asif is currently a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University&#39;s (JNU) School of Languages. Asif, a JNU alumna, was a member of the drafting committee for the new National Education Policy, 2020.</div>

Disputes and differences must be settled by dialogue and diplomacy: Jaishankar at Brics

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	External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said disputes and differences must be settled by dialogue and diplomacy, and agreements, once reached, must be &ldquo;scrupulously respected.&rdquo; He made the remarks while representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Outreach session in Kazan in Russia.</div>

SC notes discrepancy in dates over Delhi LG learning about tree felling in Delhi Ridge area

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	The top court asked Delhi LG VK Saxena and ex DDA vice-chairman to specifically disclose when they learnt about tree felling in Delhi Ridge area.</div>

News update: Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza has killed 16 people, say officials

Centre aims to develop 50 more airports in 5 years: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

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	The minister was speaking after inaugurating the Airbus India and South Asia Headquarters - Training Centre in the national capital. He also stressed the need to further develop the airport ecosystem that will help boost job creation and commercial activities.</div>

Situation in W Asia understandable concern, widespread anxiety that conflict could escalate: EAM Jaishankar

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	&quot;We meet in difficult circumstances, world must be prepared to think afresh on longstanding challenges,&quot; External Affairs Minister S Jainshankar said at a Brics session today.&nbsp;</div>

News update: Cabinet gives nod to new railway line to connect Amravati with investment of Rs 2,245 cr

News update: Cabinet approves new rail infrastructure for north Bihar, strategic connectivity for N-E states

News update: Cabinet gives nod to venture capital fund of Rs 1,000 cr to promote space sector startups

International law should be adhered to, without exception: EAM Jaishankar at Brics session

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	Agreements, once reached, must be scrupulously respected: EAM S Jaishankar at BRICS session in Russia&#39;s Kazan.</div>

'Clock' symbol case: Supreme Court issues notice to Ajit Pawar-led faction of NCP

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	The top court has issued a notice to the Ajit Pawar-led faction of NCP on Sharad Pawar faction&#39;s plea over use of &quot;clock&quot; symbol.</div>

News update: Addressing conflicts, tensions effectively is particular need of the day, says EAM S Jaishankar

Final seat-sharing of MVA can be announced by Friday morning: Nana Patole

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	The final seat-sharing formula of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance would be announced by Friday morning, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said on Thursday. The party has already asked some of its candidates who are certain to get tickets for the November 20 state assembly elections to file their nomination papers, Patole said. &quot;The final seat-sharing will be announced by today evening or tomorrow morning,&quot; he said.</div>
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Students in TN buy key chemical compounds to make methamphetamine in own 'lab,' arrested

A post graduate student in chemistry and four engineering students, with the help of two others, came together to manufacture methamphetamine and market it and they were arrested before they could succeed in their attempt, police said.

People affected by demolitions can come to court: SC refuses contempt against states

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	Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea alleging contempt of its order on demolition of properties by the authorities in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan said it was not inclined to entertain the plea filed by the petitioner who was not directly or indirectly related to the alleged act.</div>

Grenade goes off in J&K's Baramulla court evidence room, cop injured

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	A policeman was injured in an explosion in the evidence room of a court in Jammu and Kashmir&#39;s Baramulla district, an officials said. &quot;A grenade (collected as evidence in a case) exploded inside the &#39;malkhana (evidence room)&#39; of a court in Baramulla town on Thursday,&quot; he added.</p>

Bengaluru building collapse: Karnataka CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to next of kin of deceased

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	Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the next of kin of each deceased in a building collapse here, and said the government will bear the full medical expenses of those injured. The incident, which claimed eight lives, was not due to the impact of rain, but owing to shoddy construction work, he said.</p>

Day after her arrest in drugs case, Satkar Kaur expelled by Punjab BJP

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	The Punjab BJP on Thursday expelled party leader and former MLA Satkar Kaur for six years, a day after she was arrested in a drugs case. Punjab BJP general secretary Anil Sarin said in a statement issued here on Thursday that Kaur has been expelled on the directions of Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar.</div>

Will hand over next tranche of land for new Bombay HC by Dec: Maharashtra govt

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	The Maharashtra government informed the top court that&nbsp; it will hand over the next tranche of land by December for construction of the Bombay High Court&#39;s new building complex in Mumbai&#39;s Bandra region.&nbsp; The state government also informed a special bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices B R Gavai and JB Pardiwala that so far it has not received the possession of the Air India building in south Mumbai.</div>

BJP sets up stage at Chhat ghat to remind AAP of promise to clean Yamuna

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	The BJP today set up a stage at the Yamuna&#39;s Chhath Ghat here with two chairs for Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal to remind them of the AAP&#39;s promise to clean the river. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva took a dip in the Yamuna and &quot;sought forgiveness&quot; for the &quot;corruption&quot; of the Delhi government, which he alleged looted funds meant for cleaning the river, a party statement said.</div>

Jharkhand Assembly polls update: CPI(M) announces candidates on 9 seats

Zoho to deploy custom LLM for SaaS applications, invest over $10 million

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	Zoho Corporation has confirmed that it will deploy NVIDIA NeMo, a part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to build and deploy a custom large language model (LLM) for its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.</div>

News update: India will not just deliver CEOs to world, but also AI services: Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani

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	Apart from US, China, India has best digital connectivity infrastructure in world, says Mukesh Ambani at Nvidia AI Summit 2024.</div>

Update: Reliance, Nvidia are partnering to build AI infrastructure in India, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

We are at the doorsteps of the new intelligence age, says Mukesh Ambani at Nvidia Summit 2024

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	&quot;Hopefully, the intelligence age can bring more prosperity for all 8 billion people in the world and particularly for the 1.5 billion in India,&quot; Ambani said.</div>

Update: The person who uses AI to do a better job will take away the job, says Nvidia's Huang

Update: No one has contributed more to help India become deep-tech than Mukesh Ambani, says Nvidia CEO Huang

Sebi chief Madhabi Buch excuses herself from Parliamentary panel meet, cites 'pressing reasons'

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting with SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch over the regulator&rsquo;s performance&nbsp; was adjourned Thursday.

People brought under false pretences for Priyanka Gandhi's roadshow: BJP leader

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	A day after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a massive roadshow in the hill constituency, her BJP rival, Navya Haridas, on Thursday alleged that the huge turnout was ensured by bringing people from other districts, including Thrissur, under false pretences. Haridas, the BJP candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, alleged that people were brought there under the pretext of taking them for a shoot or a trip to the tourist spots in Wayanad and that is how there was a huge turnout for the roadshow.</div>

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	Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly hunting a mouse deer, a protected species, in Maharashtra&#39;s Thane district, an official said on Thursday. The forest department personnel on September 23 found the injured mouse deer, also known as chevrotain, with signs of being shot with a pellet gun in Ambernath area of the district.</div>

PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to next of kin of deceased in building collapse in Bengaluru

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	Taking to &#39;X&#39;, office of the Prime Minister of India (PMO India) posted: &quot;Anguished by the loss of lives due to the collapse of a building in Bengaluru. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover soon&quot; &quot;An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs 50,000: PM @narendramodi,&quot; it stated.</div>

Neither US nor China can ignore India today: Nirmala Sitharaman

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	India&#39;s priority is not to impose its dominance but to enhance its influence, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, asserting that no country, whether the US or China, can ignore New Delhi today. Sitharaman made the remarks on Wednesday during a panel discussion on &ldquo;Bretton Woods at 80: Priorities for the Next Decade&rdquo; organised by the Center for Global Development here.</div>

Baba Siddique case news update: Accused Amit Hisamsing Kumar sent to Mumbai Crime Branch custody till Nov 4

Cyclone 'Dana' to bring heavy rainfall in parts Jharkhand, NDRF teams deployed

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	Parts of Jharkhand could experience heavy to very heavy rainfall from Thursday night under the influence of cyclonic storm &#39;Dana&#39;, a Met Department official said. An &lsquo;orange&#39; alert has been issued in the Kolhan region (West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan and East Singhbhum districts) for Friday, he said. This category of alert indicates heavy rainfall ranging from 115 mm to 204 mm in 24 hours, the official said.</div>

Delhi AQI: Air quality deteriorates to 'very poor' category

The air quality in the national capital on Thursday deteriorated to &#39;very poor&#39; category and the AQI was recorded at over 330 in most parts of the region. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI at Anand Vihar was recorded at (392), Ashok Vihar (350), IGI airport T3 (334), ITO Delhi (324), RK Puram (359), Okhla Phase-2 (322), Ashok Vihar (350), and Dwaraka-Sector 8 (348), all falling in the very poor category.&nbsp;