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Live News Updates: 13 dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur

Fighting to complete the operation before nightfall, rescue workers struggled to pull out survivors and bodies from the debris near Chaura village in Nigulsari area of Nichar tehsil.
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08:28 AM

China's Tesla rival Li Auto makes HK debut after $1.5 bn IPO

Regarded as a mainland rival to US titan Tesla, the listing makes it the latest mainland firm already traded on Wall Street to seek exposure in Hong Kong as a hedge against regulatory risks amid China-US tensions.
08:08 AM

Rescue operations underway

08:06 AM

Landslide: PM announces ex-gratia to next of kin

07:56 AM

SHO of Delhi police suspended for lack of duty compliance

According to police, SHO Adarsh Nagar briefed the Delhi Commissioner of Police that a person, who sustained gunshot injury on the intervening night of August 6 to August 7, inflicted self gunshot injury but probe revealed that the injury was born out of crossfire and it came to light that even the SHO had opened one round fire.
07:23 AM

Kinnar landslide tally

The number of deceased recovered from the landslide site of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh rises to 13 after the retrieval of another body: ITBP
07:22 AM

Landslide in Kinnaur

06:57 AM

Helicopter with 16 on board crashes in Russian far east

A helicopter with 16 people on board, most of them tourists, crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east on Thursday, the local government said, with seven of them unaccounted for. The Mi-8 helicopter came down in Lake Kuril in the Kronotsky nature reserve, it said in a statement.
06:57 AM

Maha: Salons, Gyms to open with 50% capacity

"All types of shops will be open till 10 pm every day. With a maximum of 200 people allowed in weddings and other events. Government offices to open with full capacity with employees being vaccinated with both doses. Private offices can open for 24 hours with employees being fully vaccinated," stated the Maharashtra government.
06:56 AM

Pakistani terror outfits trying to carry out major attack in J-K: DGP

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said that there are reports that Pakistani terror outfits are trying to carry out a major terror attack in the union territory.
06:56 AM

California requires vaccines, tests for teachers and staff

California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, as schools return from summer break amid growing concerns about the highly contagious delta variant, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
06:55 AM

Polish MPs approve controversial media law

Polish MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of a new law that critics say will curb media freedom and hit ties with the United States, but the ruling coalition also lost several key votes, putting its long-term future in doubt. The media law would prevent companies from outside the European Economic Area from holding a controlling stake in Polish media companies.
06:55 AM

New Zealand to let in vaccinated travellers from next year

New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early next year as part of a phased reopening of its borders that were shut last year due to the pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.
06:54 AM

Israel to approve West Bank settlement, Palestinian building

Israel's new government is set to grant its first major approval of West Bank settlement construction, but will also include a rare authorization of construction for Palestinian areas as well in the upcoming announcement, according to an Israeli security official. The mixed messages appear to be aimed at bolstering the Palestinian Authority while also trying to blunt international opposition to Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands.
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