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Palestinians, including children, receive hot meals distributed by charity organizations as people struggle to access food due to an Israeli food blockade in Gaza City, Gaza, on Aug. 23. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images In late February of 2024, Jordanian cargo planes flew over northern Gaza, dropping large pallets of food attached to giant parachutes down to crowds of scrambling Palestinians. The area had been without consistent aid for weeks. The Israeli military was focusing much of its operations there, cutting off available delivery routes for international organizations. Out of desperation,…

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list on September 3 the hearing on the bail plea of advocate Surendra Gadling, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Elgar Parishad case: SC to hear bail plea of Surendra Gadling on September 3 A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and justices NV Anjaria and Alok Aradhe was apprised that on August 26 Justice M M Sundresh recused himself from hearing the bail plea. “The bail plea would come up for hearing on Wednesday,” the CJI said. Earlier, a bench comprising justices Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh was…

Heavy rains wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand early on Friday (August 29, 2025), triggering landslides that damaged houses and buried several people under mounds of rubble in various districts, including Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Tehri. A house and a cowshed were buried under landslip debris in Mopata village of Chamoli district, trapping a couple and leaving another injured, Chamoli’s District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said. Follow India rain LIVE updates on August 29The missing couple was identified as Tara Singh and his wife, while the injured couple was identified as Vikram Singh and his wife, Mr. Tiwari said.Incessant rain and landslips in Basukedaar…

Delhi recorded the highest number of road crash fatalities in 2023, with 1,457 deaths from 5,834 road accidents, making it the worst-affected city for two years in a row, according to the latest annual country-wide road accident data published by the Union ministry of road transport and highways. The top 10 cities together accounted for 41.1% of road accident deaths in all 50 million-plus cities in 2023. (File HT photo) Bengaluru saw 915 fatalities, which also made it the second-worst-affected city in the country for successive years, and saw a spike in road crash deaths of 19.5% from 772 such…

Updated on: Aug 29, 2025 11:44 am IST In Tokyo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi boasts India’s political and economic stability, positioning it to become the world’s third-largest economy soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that India has political stability, economic stability, transparency in policy, predictability and is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed upon his arrival in Tokyo, Japan.(PMO) PM Narendra Modi’s statement comes two days after the United States doubled its tariffs on Indian goods to as high as 50 per cent, citing New Delhi’s buying of Russian…

Big Tech’s AI spending spree has kept investors optimistic through all the other economic turmoil this summer. Can it last? MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Chip company NVIDIA made more than $26 billion in the last three months, slightly beating expectations. Investors are still disappointed. Shares closed down less than 1% today. Well, that market reaction may tell a larger story about the ongoing AI frenzy. NPR financial correspondent Maria Aspan is here to explain. Hi, Maria. Nice to see you.MARIA ASPAN, BYLINE: Hey. Nice to see you.KELLY: So NVIDIA’s business is wildly successful. Twenty-six billion in the last three months…

Janhvi Kapoor also became a victim of online trolling for her Malayalam accent in the film. The actor did clarified her character from Param Sundari and shared that it is ‘half-Tamilian and half-Malayali’. She also mentioned that neither her, nor her late mother Sridevi come from Kerala. “Finally, here was a story that had all of that, but also gave me the chance to go towards my roots. Of course, I’m not a Malayali, and neither was my mother, but my character is actually half-Tamilian and half-Malayali. I’ve always been very interested in that terrain and that culture, and I’m…

A major disruption crippled Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line on Friday morning, forcing trains to crawl and turning routine commutes into hour-long ordeals. Delhi metro’s yellow line faced major disruptions on Friday due to the heavy rain in Delhi-NCR. An X user shared the situation from the Hauz Khas metro station with operates both yellow and magenta lines. (X/@avinashiitd) Packed coaches and overflowing platforms added to the chaos, with commuters saying even short trips were taking nearly an hour. Also Read | Orange alert for rain in Delhi-NCR today; IndiGo issues travel advisory The disruption occurred on the stretch between Vishwavidyalaya…

Reigning men’s champion Jannik Sinner charged into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday (August 28, 2025) as Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek battled to keep their title bids intact.Sinner swatted Australia’s Alexei Popyrin aside 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to stretch his Grand Slam winning streak on hard courts to 23 matches. The Italian top seed has made a convincing start in his bid to become the first man to repeat as US Open champion since Roger Federer won five in a row from 2004-2008. “I’m very happy that I managed these matches as good as I could,” said Sinner, who…

Meta and the White House did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the report [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg had visited U.S. President Donald Trump last week to discuss the threat of digital service taxes, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the private meeting.Days after the meeting, Trump threatened countries that have digital taxes with “subsequent additional tariffs” on their goods if those nations do not remove such legislation.Meta and the White House did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the report.Trump’s administration is considering imposing…