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Talking to the media on Thursday on the launch of the web series trailer, the actress shared that she has a long list of the films, genres and roles that she wants to take up.Sushmitatold the media, “Abhi toh bas shuruaat hui hai. The second inning always is and has to be surprising for any artiste. I want to do a profound and mature love story, I want to play the most dangerous antagonist and I want to do intense action. The list is too long. This is just the beginning and I want to do everything”.In the third season…

Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in the US House of Representatives, had won the nomination in a 113-99 vote over Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.A win of only 14 votes by Scalise indicated the deep divisions among House Republicans, Xinhua news agency reported.The Louisiana Republican’s latest decision on Thursday will throw the party into more chaos, as it struggles to find someone who would reach the required simple majority threshold in the chamber to elect a speaker, as Republicans hold a slim 221-212 majority.–IANSint/sha

More than 338,000 people are now displaced, an increase of 30 per cent since Wednesday. More than 218,000 displaced people are sheltering in schools run by the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.More than 2,500 housing units have been destroyed or severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable while nearly 23,000 units have sustained moderate to minor damage, said the office.At least 88 education facilities have been struck, including 18 UNRWA schools, two of which were used as emergency shelters for the displaced. This…

While two persons, Nazibul Sheikh, 35, Abu Hurayayra, 30, were arrested for helping illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar enter India, one Adil Ur Rehman, 22, was held for illegally entering India.The ATS said that the two used to prepare Indian passports for the migrants based on fake and forged documents.Passports made on fake Indian documents, PAN cards, Aadhaar cards and foreign SIM cards were also recovered from their possession.The ATS said that Nazibul and Abu were staying in Uttar Pradesh on forged documents and used to facilitate illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar to India by taking huge sums…

Further strengthening military cooperation was discussed by the two sides and a law ratifying the agreement on the creation of a Joint Regional Air Defence System was signed on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the president’s press service, the agreement will ensure more reliable protection of the airspace of both countries, enhance security and protect national interests.A five-hectare plot of land near Kant Air Base will be provided by Kyrgyzstan for the creation of the joint air defence system, it said. Kant Air Base is located near Bishkek and became operational in accordance with a bilateral agreement between Russia…

Patil belongs to the Shetkari Kamgar Paksha Party and is a former Chairman of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd.The financial probe agency said that it attached the immovable properties of Patil and others in the form of a pool of vast land, bungalow, and residential complex among others in connection with a money laundering case linked to the bank fraud case.The ED case is based on the FIR registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW)of the Mumbai Police in 2019.The alleged fraud came to light after an audit was done at the instance of the Reserve Bank in 2019-20, which…

“With a score of 28.7 in the 2023 Global Hunger Index, India has a level of hunger that is serious,” said the global report released on Thursday by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, Non-Government Organisations from Ireland and Germany respectively.In 2022, India ranked 107 out of the 125 countries.The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, in a statement, refuted the claims and said that the index “continues to be a flawed measure of ‘Hunger’ and does not reflect India’s true position”.The GHI report ranked Pakistan at 102, Bangladesh at 81, Nepal at 69 and Sri Lanka at 60.…

During the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections, Shekhawat said on Thursday in Ajmer that the people had made up their mind to overthrow the Ashok Gehlot government.During this visit, while talking to mediapersons, he added that the Congress government in Rajasthan came to power by making false announcements during the 2018 state Assembly elections but instead cheated the farmers of the state whose loans were not waived off.”Unemployment allowance was not given to the youth. This government had failed to protect women. After the formation of the Congress government, the game of ‘Kissa Kursi'( for the post of Chief Minister) continued…

The report comes against the backdrop of rising tensions with China over Taiwan and worsening frictions with Russia over its “invasion” of Ukraine.The Strategic Posture Commission released its long-awaited report on US nuclear policy and strategic stability.The 12-member commission was hand-picked by Congress in 2022 to conduct a threat assessment, consider alterations to US force posture, and provide recommendations.In contrast to the Biden administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, the Strategic Posture Commission report is a full-throated embrace of a US nuclear build-up.It includes recommendations for the US to prepare to increase its number of deployed warheads, as well as increase its…

This impressive growth represents an annual increase of 29.10 per cent and a noteworthy monthly growth rate of 18.26 per cent.According to data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), during September, a total of 246 passenger related complaints were received by the scheduled domestic airlines.”The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of September 2023 has been around 0.20. The major reasons for complaints are flight problems. Airlines have received a total of 246 complaints, out of which 242 (approx. 98 per cent) have been addressed,” the data claimed.Notably, from January to September this…