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Express train rams into stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu, several feared injured: Railway police

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Noel Tata's appointment brings clarity to the future leadership of one of India's largest charitable organisations

Noel N Tata

Noel is the half-brother of the late Ratan Tata, and was already a key trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust

Noel Tata

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health.
The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from many states, including New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts.
At the heart of each lawsuit is the TikTok algorithm, which powers what users see on the platform by populating the app's main For You feed with content tailored to people's interests. The lawsuits note TikTok design features that they say addict children to the platform, such as the ability to scroll endlessly through content, push notifications that come with built-in buzzes and face filters that create unattainable appearances for users.
They've chosen profit over the health and safety, well-being and future of our

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Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 36 people have been killed, and 150 others wounded as a result of Israeli attacks on Lebanon

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Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida's Gulf Coast  still reeling from Hurricane Helene  are now revving up for Hurricane Milton.
The system, which is shaping up to be one of the most powerful to hit the region in years, is projected to make landfall a bit south of the Tampa area late Wednesday. Long-term care facilities in counties where mandatory evacuations have been issued are taking their patients elsewhere, while hospitals are largely on guard, preparing to stay open through the storm.
According to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' website, 10 hospitals have reported evacuations as of Tuesday afternoon. Three hundred health care facilities have evacuated as of this morning, the most many of the staff working there could remember, said Florida Agency for Health Care Administration deputy secretary Kim Smoak. That count included 63 nursing homes and 169 assisted living facilities.
Steve McCoy, chief of the Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical ...

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Delhi CM Atishi asked to vacate Civil Lines bungalow by PWD, sparking a fresh controversy. AAP claims formalities were followed, but PWD says the official handover is still pending

Atishi Marlena, Atishi

While the September inflation print may see a significant pick-up as base effects turn adverse and food prices register an upturn, food inflation, the RBI said, is expected to ease by Q4:2024-25

Shaktikanta Das, Shaktikanta, RBI Governor

The policy remains open-ended on the future possibility of rate cut, which sounds reasonable given that the future course of inflation is hard to gauge

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The festival of Dussehra is a celebration of good over evil, which was achieved by Lord Rama defeating Ravana and Goddess Durga defeating Mahishasura. This year, it will be celebrated on Oct 12, 2024

Navratri

A food delivery man was killed after an Audi car driven by an allegedly drunk senior executive of a private firm hit his two-wheeler in Pune in the early hours of Friday, police said.  The luxury car's driver Ayush Tayal (34) fled from the spot after the accident near Tadigutta in the city's Mundhwa area and was arrested later with the help off CCTV footage, an official said.
"The incident took place at Koregaon Park, Mumdhwa road near Poonawala Fincorp around 1.30 am on Friday. Tayal's car first hit a couple of two wheelers, causing minor injuries to riders, just 100 metres away from the spot where food delivery person Rauf Akbar Shaikh's motorcycle was hit and he sustained injuries," said Manoj Patil, Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region).  Shaikh later succumbed to his injuries, the official added.  The accused fled the scene but was later held from his home after CCTV footage was checked to identify the car. He was tracked down with the help of the vehicle's details," .

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The rating agency's arm said that India's recent consumer price inflation at around 5 per cent was without clear evidence of a trend towards slowing price pressures

Most GCCs in India support critical business goals by using AI, data analytics, robotic process automation, and cloud services

India ranked third globally in terms of funding raised by fintech companies, behind the US and China, the report said

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