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Riyadh, Oct 10 (IANS) The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) submitted a letter of intent (LOI) on Monday and signed a declaration to FIFA to bid for the 2034 World Cup. Saudi Arabia first announced its intention to bid for the 2034 edition of the football tournament last Wednesday, and the letter of intent – signed by SAFF President Yasser Al Misehal – officially confirms the Kingdom’s commitment to embark on the bid process set out by FIFA, the Saudi Press Agency reported.The SAFF said that Saudi Arabia’s intention to bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup is a historic…

Out of this total, some 6.5 million children lost access to school due to increased violence and insecurity in their region, with at least 10,400 schools shuttered in conflict-affected areas, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.Meanwhile, over 5.5 million children who reside in areas less impacted by war are waiting for local authorities to confirm whether classrooms can be reopened, they added.Sudan has 23 million children, accounting for nearly half of the country’s total population.Even before the conflict erupted on April 15, nearly 7 million children were already out of school. If the war continues, no child in…

The forest and wildlife department said the survey was conducted in 76 wetlands across 26 districts of the state.The officials are enthusiastic about more migratory birds to arrive from Siberia and eastern European countries in the wetlands of Bihar in the fresh winter session starting from now till March.Releasing the data on Monday, Tej Pratap Yadav, the environment, forest and climate change minister said, “We have conducted the survey from January 30 to February 12 in the 76 wetlands of Bihar and 69,935 migrant pelicans were registered in the state. 200 officials were involved in the counting. It has been…

“We have been alerted to the circulation of an unauthorised video from our show, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. This video misleadingly overlays a fabricated voice-over of our host and presents distorted content,” the Sony TV said in a statement.The makers said upholding the show’s integrity and viewers’ trust is paramount.“We are actively addressing this matter with the cybercrime cell. We strongly condemn such misinformation,” read the statement issued by Sony TV.The makers also urged the audience to be vigilant, and refrain themselves from sharing unverified content.In the “misleading” video, the KBC host Amitabh Bachchan can be seen asking the contestant which…

Covering 4,000 unionised workers, the tentative agreement differs based on location and job, reports Xinhua news agency. For many Mack employees, it included about a 19 per cent wage increase, $3,500 ratification bonus and an increased 401(k) contribution. It reduced the length of time to the top wage by one year to five years.But the tentative agreement doesn’t include reinstating pensions, a cost-of-living adjustment or a shorter workweek.The United Auto Workers (UAW) representing Mack workers in the three .S states reached this tentative agreement with Mack Trucks on October 1.In a letter to Volvo Trucks, the parent company of Mack…

“Because you’re going to lose half your audience. Even within my own family, especially the last few years since Trump and Biden, all that, it’s like we can’t even go to a family dinner any more.”“Especially if people are drinking – they get in a damn fight at the table,” Dolly told ‘The Guardian’ newspaper when asked why she’s avoided politics for so many years.Parton is alarmed by the divisive nature of US politics, reports aceshowbiz.com.However, she says she doesn’t want to “insult” any of her fans.She said: “Don’t get so trapped where if you’re a Republican, you got to…

In the incident that occurred at Union Bank ATM in Anksapur village of Velpur mandal on Monday night, the miscreants first tried extracting cash by breaking the machine.After failing in their attempt, they uprooted the entire machine to take it away.While they were shifting the machine to a tractor belonging to the gram panchayat, some locals saw them and raised an alarm, forcing the thieves to leave the machine and tractor and flee.Police rushed to the scene on receiving information about the attempted robbery.A dog squad was pressed into service to gather clues.This is the latest in a series of…

An average of 100 workers per day face potential unemployment by 2035, a new report from Global Energy Monitor said on Tuesday.Data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker provide a first-of-its-kind look into employment at 4,300 active and proposed coal mines and projects around the world that are cumulatively responsible for more than 90 per cent of global coal production.To estimate potential job losses, the Global Coal Mine Tracker records an operation’s reported “life of mine” — that is, how long coal companies intend to extract coal at the site under existing leases, permits, available reserves, and other economic considerations.This…

Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Pawan Sehrawat emerged as the most expensive buy on Day 1 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 10 Player Auction, here. Meanwhile, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh emerged as the most expensive foreign player at the Pro Kabaddi League Player Auction, being bought for a whopping INR 2.35 crore by Puneri Paltan.This Player Auction also witnessed a jump in the 1 crore club from four players in the last Player Auction to five players. Pawan Sehrawat, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali, and Siddharth Desai were part of the 1 crore club in today’s Player Auction.A…

The two-day exercise, which began on Monday in international waters southeast of the southern resort island of Jeju along with anti-piracy drills, came after the three countries’ defence chiefs agreed to resume the trilateral exercises during their meeting in Singapore in June, reports Yonhap News Agency.The three sides last staged a maritime interdiction exercise, which focuses on intercepting suspected smuggling vessels, in 2016 and an anti-piracy exercise in 2017.The latest drills mobilized the South’s ROKS Yulgok Yi I Aegis-equipped destroyer, the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, the Aegis-equipped USS Shoup destroyer, and Japan’s JS Hyuga helicopter destroyer among other warships,…