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"The bridge was given to Oreva company for operation and maintenance for 15 years. In March this year, it was closed for the public for renovation. It reopened after renovation on the Gujarati New Year day celebrated on October 26," said chief officer of Morbi Municipality Sandeepsinh Zala.

Defending champions Spain won the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with a 1-0 victory over first-time finalists Colombia whose campaign ended in a heartbreak after an own goal in the summit clash on Sunday.

Evangelical Christians make up 30 percent of the population and are a crucial voting bloc for President Jair Bolsonaro. World Evangelical Movement, Elections

Sam Santhosh, the brain behind the project, is a US-based Malayali entrepreneur from Thrissur. Since 2016, his team has collected and planted 678 of the 742 plant species (of which three are repetitions) mentioned in the book. The search for the remaining 61 plants might take another two years, he said.

Sam Santhosh, the brain behind the project, is a US-based Malayali entrepreneur from Thrissur. Since 2016, his team has collected and planted 678 of the 742 plant species (of which three are repetitions) mentioned in the book. The search for the remaining 61 plants might take another two years, he said.

At least 59 people were killed and 150 more were injured aThe number of deaths reported from a stampede in a central district of the South Korean capital Seoul has risen to 120, a fire official said. The incident took place at about 10:20 p.m. (1320 GMT) as a large number of people fell down in a narrow alley during the Halloween events.fter being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul.

Sherlyn Chopra recently spoke to the media about #MeToo accused and Bigg Boss 16 contestant Sajid Khan and called him a habitual sexual offender and molester. She had also gone to the Juhu police station on October 19 to file a complaint against him.

Officials in Seoul said that dozens of people were dead and many others injured after a stampede in the capital city’s popular Itaewon district, where crowds had gathered to celebrate Halloween. World Halloween, Deaths (Fatalities), Police

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a notification amending the IT Rules. In the notification, the ministry said a three-member Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) will be set up by the Centre.

The way forward for Twitter is uncertain. But that means Mr. Musk can innovate and change the platform for the better, his supporters say. Technology Social Media, Corporate Social Responsibility, Computers and the Internet, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Virtual Currency, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Innovation, Mobile Applications

The government on Friday notified rules under which it will set up appellate panels to redress grievances that users may have against decisions of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook on hosting contentious content.

The first 16 C-295s will be delivered in a flyaway condition by Airbus Defence and Space (Spain) between September 2023 to August 2025 under the Rs 21,935 crore deal inked for 56 such medium-transport aircraft last year.

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Tata Chemicals on Thursday reported a nearly three-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 628 crore for the September 2022 quarter on higher income.

"The increase in carbon dioxide levels from 2020 to 2021 was larger than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. Measurements from WMO’s Global Atmosphere Watch network stations show that these levels continue to rise in 2022 over the whole globe," said the WMO, referring to its latest GHG Bulletin.

To fight a growing insurgency, the Israeli Army has closed off several entrances to a major Palestinian city, harming its economy and stirring more protest. World Palestinians, Israeli Settlements, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, the state’s Democratic nominee for Senate, was widely considered the least verbally agile among three candidates during an April primary debate. U.S. Midterm Elections (2022), Debates (Political), Stroke, Elections, Senate

A new push by the Kremlin frames the war as a counterterrorism operation and seeks to rally Russians to support the fight, officials and researchers say. U.S. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Rumors and Misinformation, Propaganda, Dirty Bombs and Radiological Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Politics and Government

Niall Jones’s “Compression” at Performance Space New York asks that you adjust to the absence of the expected and tune into a different wavelength. Arts Dancing

The race between Representative Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, and Max Rose, a Democrat, is a rare look at how national political campaign themes are playing in New York. New York Midterm Elections (2022), United States Politics and Government, Elections, House of Representatives, Abortion, Bail

On one level, Xi has made it clear where he wants to take China. At the opening of the Communist Party congress last week, he repeated a goal to make China a modern socialist power by 2035, boosting per capita income to middle-income levels and modernizing the armed forces.

The government on Wednesday said that it has asked global messaging app WhatsApp for a report on the long outage of its services on Tuesday. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the company has been asked to submit a report over the next 4-5 days, giving out reasons behind the blackout which is being seen as one of the longest outage of the popular platform.

The 25,000-square-foot space will allow for more rehearsal space and an amphitheater for public performances. Groundbreaking will be in the spring. Arts Colleges and Universities, Architecture

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Despite recent problems, it’s a great asset for New Yorkers, and America. Opinion International Trade and World Market, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), internal-sub-only-nl, Subways

An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus targeted a new Palestinian militia known as the Lions’ Den. A leader of the group was among those killed. World Palestinians, Defense and Military Forces

Apple on Tuesday exhorted its global supply chain to decarbonise by 2030, as the tech giant said it will evaluate the work of its major manufacturing partners to decarbonise their Apple-related operations, and track annual progress.

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The playwright, whose Pulitzer-winning “Cost of Living” is now on Broadway, talks about “the precarity of life” and our inherent need to be taken care of. Theater Theater, Writing and Writers, Theater (Broadway)

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma heaped praise on her husband and India's top batter Virat Kohli after he led his squad to a sensational win against India's arch-rival Pakistan at the T20 World Cup on Sunday in Melbourne.

The brother of a convicted Mafia boss, he became a Democratic Party leader and a city councilman, and helped build thousands of units of housing. Obituaries Deaths (Obituaries), Priests, Area Planning and Renewal, Organized Crime

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) made its maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on-board the space agency's heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle LVM3-M2. The LVM3 or Launch Vehicle Mark-3 took off with the 36 OneWeb satellites from the second launch pad in Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 12.07am. Stay with TOI for the latest updates on news across India and world.

As the Super 12 stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup progresses in Australia, the real test begins for the bowlers since they will be in the firing line in front of marauding top class batters of the world. TimesofIndia.com here brings you a list of bowlers who performed exceedingly well in the shortest format of the game in the year 2022 till date. Incidentally the list includes four pacers and a spinner.

The eighth edition of the T20 World Cup which is currently underway in Australia has entered the Super 12 stage. And we have already seen one big upset of sorts, with hosts and defending champions Australia being beaten by a huge margin of 89 runs by New Zealand, who are eyeing their first T20 World Cup title. The top teams from around the world have been preparing for the marquee competition for a while and with all their plans and strategies in order, it is now time for them to execute their plans on the field.

Stuffed shells, schnitzel, breakfast burritos: Make the meals you can’t stop thinking about. Food Cooking and Cookbooks, Content Type: Service

While the former president has suggested he might testify live before the committee, it was far more likely that the demand would lead to a protracted legal battle over whether he could be compelled to cooperate. U.S. Subpoenas, Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021), Presidential Election of 2020, United States Politics and Government

Sophia Anne Caruso, 21, and Sofia Wylie, 18, are both making their feature film lead debuts in the new Netflix adaptation of Soman Chainani’s young adult fantasy series. Movies Movies

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The fire broke out about 5:11 a.m. on Friday in an apartment building in the village of Hartland, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. U.S. Fires and Firefighters, Deaths (Fatalities), Police

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which underpins everything from mortgages to credit cards, was on course to rise for a twelfth consecutive week, matching the longest streak since 1984. Business Stocks and Bonds, Government Bonds, Banking and Financial Institutions, Interest Rates, Inflation (Economics), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), United States Economy

Loss-making telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Friday said it has received board nod to settle Rs 1,600 crore dues to equipment vendor ATC Telecom Infrastructure Ltd by converting the due amount into equity if unpaid in 18 months.

Nearly 18 months after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) set up its branch in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu government has finally passed an order (GO) according the status of police station to the office.

Facebook-parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a video in which an engineer who helped develop this tech spoke Hokkien and it was translated to English for Zuckerberg's as well as audience's understanding. It is a two-way translation tool wherein English is converted to Hokkien and Hokkien gets translated to English.

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Teenagers share tributes to the educators who have made a difference in their lives. The Learning Network

World leaders buffeted by economic challenges are watching the turmoil in Britain with anything but relish, hoping that Liz Truss’s woes won’t be a harbinger for other countries. World Politics and Government, Government Bonds

The slick new event by Art Basel drew more A-list international collectors than FIAC, France’s former flagship fair — though perhaps at the expense of Parisian charm. Arts Art Basel (Festival), Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows

This documentary recounts the salvaging of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America, and tracks down their progeny. Movies Documentary Films and Programs, Shipwrecks (Historic), Slavery (Historical)

Adani Group, GMR, L&T and IntelliSmart — a joint venture of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and power ministry’s energy saving company EESL — are in race for the largest smart meter tender worth Rs 23,000 crore floated by UP. The tender is for installing about 2.8 crore smart meters as well as setting up meter data management, cloud computing, billing and communication systems for the state’s four distribution companies.

Realme has announced a new campaign -- Realme UI widget co-creation -- for its customers. With the new widget campaign, Realme is expecting to derive the widget design for the Realme UI based on users’ ideas. Here’s everything you need to know about the new campaign.

Moscow withdrew a key air defense system and some troops to bolster its war in Ukraine, officials said, potentially altering Israel’s calculations about striking Syria or arming Ukraine. World Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Defense and Military Forces

Fifty years ago this week, the United States and the Soviet Union narrowly averted catastrophe over the presence of nuclear missiles in Soviet-backed Cuba. World Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

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A slideshow of New York Times front pages during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Learning Network

The choreographer Fouad Boussouf presents his mystical “Näss” at the Joyce Theater as part of the Crossing the Line Festival. Arts Dancing

From finding components for seats that are no longer being manufactured to making “Christmas Tree” Air India aircraft long cannibalised for spares fly again, the Tata Group has embarked on unarguably the most challenging aviation turnaround of contemporary times.

A sunfish found near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean weighed as much as an S.U.V. Scientists say it’s a sign that the sea’s largest creatures can live if we let them. Science Fish and Other Marine Life, Maritime Accidents and Safety, Research, your-feed-science, your-feed-animals

India is likely to produce 34.4 million bales of cotton in the 2022-23 season that started on October 1, up 12% from a year ago after farmers expanded the crop area, a trade body said on Tuesday.

The U-23 World Wrestling Championships has always been a happy hunting ground for Indian grapplers. But this time, the country's top wrestlers will miss the tournament as the Embassy of Spain here denied them visas for the October 17-23 tournament being held in Pontevedra.

Ken Armstrong, Air Purification Scientist at Dyson, shares his insight on the key pollutants that can occur during home renovation – and reveals how to maintain a cleaner space this Diwali.

They are competing for a Senate seat in Ohio, a state that former President Donald J. Trump comfortably won twice, but the race is competitive. Here’s how to watch. U.S. Midterm Elections (2022), Debates (Political), Elections, Senate

The fight against inflation will be dogged and prolonged, given the long and variable lags with which monetary policy operates, an RBI article said. Retail inflation spiked to 7.41 per cent in September, remaining above RBI's upper tolerance level of 6 per cent for the ninth month in a row.

Four-time major-winner Brooks Koepka secured the biggest payday of his career with a $4 million play-off win over close friend Peter Uihlein on the Saudi-funded LIV Golf breakaway tour on Sunday.

A terrorist shot dead 43-year-old Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat outside his home in Choudharygund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning, triggering protests in Jammu against the latest targeted attack on the community. DIG Sujit Kumar said Kashmir Freedom Fighter (KFF), the proxy name of a terrorist outfit, claimed responsibility for the attack on Bhat.

Mumbai City FC notched up a 2-0 win over Odisha FC in a tightly contested affair in the Indian Super League here on Saturday. A Shubam Sarangi own goal and a 94th-minute Bipin Singh strike were enough to secure all three points for the Islanders.

Take a look at the top 5 safest cars and SUVs currently available in the Indian market, as rated by Global NCAP.

India on Friday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from its solitary nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant, and promptly declared that having an `assured retaliatory capability’ was in tune with the country’s `credible minimum deterrence’ against the first-use of nuclear weapons by an adversary.

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter series, passed away at the age of 72.

In a rambling, 14-page restatement of false claims and conspiracy theories, the former president did not indicate whether he would testify before the House panel investigating the Capitol riot. U.S. Letters, Subpoenas, Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021), United States Politics and Government

The writer, celebrated for his short stories, discusses his 2017 debut novel, and the journalist Patrick Radden Keefe talks about “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.” Books Books and Literature

The recent turmoil in Britain’s government, with its rapid turnover of finance ministers, is highly unusual. World

Even without his testimony, the Jan. 6 committee has revealed what we need to know about the former president. Opinion Presidential Election of 2020, Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021)

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) on Friday said its shareholders have approved the proposal to merge with the rival Culver Max Entertainment Pvt Ltd, formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI).

In a video released by Chennai Super Kings on their Twitter account on Thursday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni confessed that Sachin Tendulkar was his cricketing idol and he wanted to play like the Master Blaster while growing up.

Huawei is gearing up for the launch of another P-series smartphone- Huawei P60 in China. The smartphone is said to succeed the Huawei P50 series launched earlier in 2021.

Simple Energy today announced that it will start the deliveries of the Simple One electric scooter in the first half of 2023. The manufacturer states that the delay in deliveries is due to the recent battery safety guidelines issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Customers can pre-book the Simple One electric scooter at an initial amount of Rs 1,947 on the official website.

A master fabricator, he was a wizard at handling the new materials and technologies used by California artists in the 1960s. But to the public, he remained a hidden gem. Arts Deaths (Obituaries), Art, Sculpture, Metals and Minerals

Amid rising geopolitical pressures and uncertainty surrounding the world, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said that the Indian economy will make a mark on the world for years to come. India is headed to lead the G20 countries from the position of "strength" and will leave a mark on the world for years to come during its next year's presidency, managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday.

The US online holiday sales will hit $209.7 billion from Nov 1 to Dec 31, representing 2.5% growth year-over-year (YoY), Adobe has predicted in a new report.

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die. Science your-feed-science, Birds, Penguins, Endangered and Extinct Species, Animal Behavior, Research