IGI पर संदिग्ध बैग मिलने से हड़कंप, अंदर RDX?

दिल्ली के इंदिरा गांधी इंटरनैशनल एयरपोर्ट पर शुक्रवार सुबह एक संदिग्ध बैग मिला। टर्मिनल 3 पर इसके मिलने से अफरा-तफरी मच गई। मौके पर तत्काल पुलिस को बुलाया गया।

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महाराष्ट्र: किसको मिलेगी कुर्सी? कांग्रेस भी सक्रिय

महाराष्ट्र में बीजेपी-शिवसेना के बीच चल रही खींचतान में पल-पल नया ट्विस्ट आता जा रहा है। जहां एक ओर शिवसेना के नेता संजय राउत ने एनसीपी चीफ शरद पवार से मुलाकात की है, वहीं दूसरी ओर महाराष्ट्र कांग्रेस भी सक्रिय हो गई है। पार्टी के नेता आज दिल्ली में सोनिया गांधी से मुलाकात करने वाले हैं।

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अनुष्का पर चाय वाले कॉमेंट के लिए मांगी माफी

टीम इंडिया के मौजूदा सिलेक्टर्स पर अटैक करते हुए पूर्व विकेटकीपर बल्लेबाज फारुख इंजिनियर ने अनुष्का शर्मा पर किए अपने कॉमेंट के लिए माफी मांग ली है। फारुख ने कहा, 'उन्होंने टीम इंडिया के चयनकर्ताओं पर व्यंग्य किया था और अनुष्का के नाम पर वेबजह इस मुद्दे को तूल दी जा रही है।'

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छठ स्पेशल ट्रेनों की पूरी लिस्ट, टाइम टेबल देखिए

छठ पूजा पर हर किसी को अपने घर जाने की जल्दी है और इससे रेलवे पर भारी दबाव पड़ा है। ऐसे में रेलवे ने लोगों के लिए करीब 6 दर्जन स्पेशल और सुविधा ट्रेनें चलाई हैं। ये विशेष ट्रेनें दिल्ली, गुजरात, पंजाब, उत्तर प्रदेश, बिहार, मुंबई, मध्य प्रदेश के प्रमुख शहरों को आपस में जोड़ेंगी।

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मर्केल का स्वागत, राष्ट्रगान में बैठने की छूट मिली

राष्ट्रपति भवन में जर्मनी की चांसलर ऐंगेला मर्केल का आज स्वागत किया गया। राष्ट्रगान के दौरान मर्केल को विशेष छूट देते हुए कुर्सी पर बैठे रहने की अनुमति दी गई थी। मर्केल ने भारतीय प्रतिनिधियों से भी मुलाकात की।

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BJP-शिवसेना से बोला किसान, मुझे बना दो CM

राज्‍यपाल को लिखे गए पत्र में किसान श्रीकांत वी गदले ने कहा है, 'जब तक सीएम पद के मामले का कोई हल नहीं निकल जाता है, तब तक मुझे महाराष्‍ट्र का मुख्‍यमंत्री बनाया जाना चाहिए। राज्‍य में जल्‍द से जल्‍द एक सरकार की आवश्‍यकता है।'

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Former Russia and Europe adviser to US confirms military aid to Ukraine was held up by Donald Trump to demand probe into Joe Biden

Washington: A former top White House official confirmed Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, but testified there's nothing illegal, in his view, about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry.

Tim Morrison, who stepped down from the National Security Council the day before testifying, was the first White House political appointee to appear and spent more than eight hours behind closed doors with House investigators.

"I want to be clear, I was not concerned that anything illegal was discussed," Morrison said about a pivotal phone call between Trump and the Ukraine president, according to prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press.

But he confirmed what diplomat William Taylor told investigators in earlier testimony — that Morrison had a "sinking feeling" when he learned that Trump was asking the Ukrainians to publicly announce an investigation of Biden and the Democrats, even as the president denied it was a quid pro quo.

"I can confirm," Morrison wrote, that the substance of the diplomat's testimony "is accurate."

Morrison told investigators that he and Taylor did not realize the money was being withheld for the investigation of Burisma, the gas company connected to Biden, until a conversation with European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland in September.

File image of US President Donald Trump. AP

"Taylor and I had no reason to believe that the release of the security sector assistance might be conditioned on a public statement reopening the Burisma investigation until my Sept. 1, 2019, conversation with Ambassador Sondland," Morrison testified.

A defence hawk, Morrison was the National Security Council's top adviser for Russian and European affairs until he stepped down Wednesday. He was brought into the White House by John Bolton, the former national security adviser who was critical of Trump's Ukraine policy and the back-channel diplomacy being run by the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

Morrison testified that he was told by his predecessor, Fiona Hill, who also testified in the impeachment inquiry, that Giuliani and Sondland were trying to get Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "to reopen investigations into Burisma," he wrote.

Bolton resigned in September, and Morrison had similarly been expected to leave for some time. "I do not want anyone to think there is a connection between my testimony today and my pending departure," he wrote.

As a national security adviser, Morrison was among those listening to Trump's July 25 call with the Ukrainian leader that sparked a whistleblower's complaint and the impeachment inquiry.

He said he asked NSC lawyers to review the call because he had three concerns if word of the discussion leaked: how it would play out in polarized Washington, how it would affect bipartisan support in Congress for Ukraine and how it would affect U.S.-Ukraine relations.

Republican lawmakers portrayed the opening remarks of the longtime GOP policy operative as shifting the debate favourably toward Trump. They said Morrison's opening statement contradicted other witnesses but did not provide details.

"It's a very compelling witness today that is giving testimony that contradicts some of the testimony we heard," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC.

Another Republican, Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, said, "When you all see what he had to say, it will be interesting."

Democrats, though, have said the witnesses are largely corroborating the central argument of the impeachment inquiry — that aid to Ukraine was being withheld as the Trump administration pushed the young democracy for the political investigation.

It is against the law to seek or receive the assistance of value from a foreign entity in a U.S. election. Trump says he did nothing wrong.

Morrison had been featured prominently in previous testimony from Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine who testified before House investigators last week.

It was Morrison who first alerted Taylor to concerns over Trump's phone call with the Ukraine president.

In fact, Morrison's name appeared more than a dozen times in testimony by Taylor, who told impeachment investigators that Trump was withholding military aid unless Zelenskiy went public with a promise to investigate Biden and Burisma, where Biden's son served on the board.

Taylor's testimony contradicted Trump's repeated denials that there was any quid pro quo.

Morrison testified Thursday that he initially knew so little about Burisma when he took over for Hill in July that he had to do a Google search, but quickly understood the Biden connection.

He did clarify one difference from Taylor's recollection of events: He said it was his understanding that "it could be sufficient" if the new Ukraine prosecutor general, rather than Zelenskiy himself, committed "to pursue the Burisma investigation."

As the security funds for Ukraine were being withheld, Morrison told the diplomat, "President doesn't want to provide any assistance at all."

Their concerns deepened when Morrison relayed on 7 September the conversation he had with Sondland that gave him that "sinking feeling."

In it, Sondland explained that Trump said he was not asking for a quid pro quo but insisted that Zelenskiy "go to a microphone and say he is opening investigations of Biden and 2016 election interference," Taylor testified last week.

Morrison told Bolton and the NSC lawyers of this call between Trump and Sondland, according to Taylor's testimony.

The testimony came as the House took its first formal vote on the impeachment inquiry Thursday, approving the process ahead for public hearings and possible drafting of articles of impeachment.

The 232-196 tally split along partisan lines, with all but two voting Democrats supporting the package and all voting Republicans opposed. One Republican-turned-independent joined Democrats in approving the package.

Democrats said they will largely follow rules used during the impeachment proceedings of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Trump and Republicans dismiss the process as a sham, and the president has directed his staff not to testify in the House inquiry.

"This is a very solemn day in the history of the country when the president's misconduct has compelled us to move forward with an impeachment inquiry," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the Intelligence Committee leading the probe.

The spotlight has been on Morrison since August, when a government whistleblower said multiple US officials had said Trump was "using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 US. election."

Morrison, formerly a longtime Republican staffer at the House Armed Services Committee, has been bouncing around Washington in GOP positions for two decades.

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राष्ट्रगान के दौरान ऐंगेला मर्केल खड़ी नहीं होंगी

जर्मनी की चांसलर आंगेला मर्केल आज राष्ट्रगान के दौरान अपने स्थान पर खड़ी नहीं होंगी। मर्केल को स्वास्थ्य कारणों के आधार पर यह छूट दी गई है। जर्मन चांसलर को बिना सहायता के खड़े होने में परेशानी होती है।

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नगा शांति समझौता: NSCN राजी, पिक्चर बाकी

इस गतिरोध का अंत पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा तीन महीने पहले निर्धारित शांति वार्ता को पूरा करने की समय सीमा की समाप्ति के साथ ही हुआ है।

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कश्मीर: अमेरिकी सांसद ने की मोदी की तारीफ

31 अक्टूबर से जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख दो अलग-अलग केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों के रूप में अस्तित्व में आ गया, जिसकी घोषणा 5 अगस्त को की गई थी

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मिड-डे मील में अंडे से नरभक्षी होंगे बच्चे: BJP नेता

कांग्रेस सरकार ने ऐलान किया है कि आंगनबाड़ियों में जल्द ही बच्चों और गर्भवती महिलाओं को अंडे दिए जाएंगे। इसे लेकर कांग्रेस और बीजेपी के बीच जुबानी जंग शुरू हो गई है। बीजेपी ने इसे धार्मिक भावनाओं से खिलवाड़ बताया है।

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जानें, जूलर की मंथली स्कीम कहीं स्कैम तो नहीं!

अगर कोई मंथली स्कीम में अवास्तविक डिस्काउंट देने का वादा कर रहा है, तो चेत जाएं। जानकारों का कहना है कि अब भी मंथली स्कीम का नाम बदलकर उसे नए कलेवर में बाजार कुछ अवांछित लोग चला रहे हैं। ऐसे में जानें कि कहीं आपके साथ धोखा तो नहीं हो रहा।

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AQI 400 पार, शरीर में 18 सिगरेट जितना धुआं

दिल्ली-एनसीआर में पिछले 3-4 दिन से एयर क्वॉलिटी इंडेक्स 400 से ज्यादा है। यानी हर आदमी के शरीर में 18 सिगरेट जितना धुआं जा रहा है। एक आम परिवार के सदस्यों पर इस स्तर के प्रदूषण का क्या-क्या असर होता है, जब वह घर में रहते हैं या फिर जब घर से बाहर काम पर निकलते हैं।

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दिल्ली-NCR की हवा में जानलेवा हो गया जहर

दिल्ली-एनसीआर की हवा जहरीली होती जा रही है। शुक्रवार को एयर क्वॉलिटी इंडेक्स में पीएम 2.5 का स्तर 500 के पार पहुंच गया। इसका मतलब स्थिति बेहद गंभीर और आपातकाल वाली है। इस प्रदूषण से हमारी जिंदगी के 10 साल तक कम हो रहे हैं।

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गाजियाबाद की हवा में क्यों घुल गया इतना जहर?

ग्रेडेड रिस्पॉन्स ऐक्शन प्लान के रफ्तार पकड़ते ही विभिन्न एजेंसियों और विभागों को पानी का छिड़काव करने को कहा गया है। गाजियाबाद नगर निगम अपने 90 किलोमीटर के दायरे में पानी का छिड़काव करने के लिए जिम्मेदार है

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करतारपुर पर पाक ने दी बस 1 दिन की राहत

9 नवंबर को करतारपुर कॉरिडोर का उद्घाटन किया जाएगा। पाकिस्‍तान ने इसके लिए कांग्रेस नेता सिद्धू को भी निमंत्रण भेजा है, जिसे उन्‍होंने स्‍वीकार कर लिया है।

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समलैंगिकता और अडल्ट्री सेना के लिए अपराध

समलैंगिकता और अडल्ट्री को अपराध की श्रेणी से बाहर निकालने के सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के बाद भी सेना इसे स्वीकार नहीं करेगी। इसके लिए भारतीय सेना की ओर से रक्षा मंत्रालय के सामने प्रस्ताव रखा गया है।

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Pegasus spyware infected 45 countries between 2016 and 2018, targeted eight Indian telcos, shows Citizen Lab report

Citizen Lab, the University of Toronto's 'interdisciplinary laboratory' that helped uncover the fact that Indian academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists were being spied upon, had last year released findings about the reach and scope of Pegasus. This is the very same spyware that was used to carry out surveillance on at least 19 (see list here) Indians earlier this year.

"Between August 2016 and August 2018, we scanned the Internet for servers associated with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. We found 1,091 IP addresses that matched our fingerprint and 1,014 domain names that pointed to them," reads Citizen Lab's blog post dated 18 September 2018. The NSO Group is an Israeli technology vendor that, according to its website, "creates technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to save thousands of lives around the globe".

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One such bit of technology is the mobile phone spyware suite called Pegasus. Essentially, the way this bit of spyware works is to penetrate the security features of the target's mobile phone and instal itself on the system. Pegasus will then "send back the target's private data, including passwords, contact lists, calendar events, text messages, and live voice calls from popular mobile messaging apps. The operator can even turn on the phone’s camera and microphone to capture activity in the phone’s vicinity," says the Citizen Lab post. All of this is triggered once the target clicks on a malicious hyperlink — ostensibly sent to the target by whoever is seeking to monitor her/his activities.

Over the course of two years, Citizen Lab found Pegasus infections were reported in 45 countries, including Brazil, Canada, France, Israel, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and India. A total of 36 government operators — as NSO Group only sells its technology products to governments, a government operator is put in charge of operations — of Pegasus were found across the world.

In Asia, an operator code-named Ganges was found to be running operations in Bangladesh, Brazil, Hong Kong, India and Pakistan from June 2017 onwards. The Citizen Lab post mentions that Ganges' operations included 'political themes'. According to the post, "We coded the domain names [of the malicious hyperlinks] to generate a Suspected Country Focus and assessed whether there were Political Themes in the domains, which might suggest politically motivated targeting."

The following telecom operators, including eight in India, were believed to have been targeted by Pegasus:

BHARTI Airtel Ltd.	India
Bharti Airtel Ltd., Telemedia Services	India
Atria Convergence Technologies pvt ltd	India
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited	India
National Internet Backbone	India
Hathway IP Over Cable Internet	India
Star Broadband Services	India
Telemar Norte Leste S.A.	Brazil
Pakistan Telecom Company Limited	Pakistan
Bharti Airtel Ltd. AS for GPRS Service	India
StarHub Internet Exchange	Singapore
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), Nationwide	Bangladesh

The post notes that the domain name 'signpetition[.]co' was used with these malicious hyperlinks and that it's possible that this "may indicate political themes in the targeting".

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राशिफल: महीने के पहले दिन ग्रहण योग, देखें

आज आपकी धार्मिक प्रवृत्ति बढ़ेगी। समाज में मान-प्रतिष्ठा बढ़ेगी। विरोधी परास्त होंगे। यात्रा लाभकारी रहेगी। व्यापार में आज तेजी रहेगी, लाभ बढ़ेगा। आज आरंभ किया गया काम सफल होगा। पारिवारिक जीवन सुखद रहेगा।

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वॉट्सऐप से जासूसी: किसे, कैसे और किसने बनाया निशाना?

वॉट्सऐप ने जानकारी दी कि भारत सहित दुनिया भर में 1400 लोगों को साइबर हमलावरों ने निशाना बनाया। इजरायली स्पाइवेयर 'पेगासस' की निगरानी तकनीक इतनी प्रभावी थी जो मेसेज की पूरी सामग्री को पढ़ और प्रसारित कर सकती है।

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वॉट्सऐप से जासूसी: कौन-कैसे शिकार? सरकार ने मांगा जवाब

केंद्र सरकार ने वॉट्सऐप से जासूसी पर 4 नवंबर तक अपना जवाब देने को कहा है। आईटी मिनिस्टर रविशंकर प्रसाद ने बताया कि वॉट्सऐप से पूछा गया है कि वह करोड़ों भारतीय नागरिकों की निजता की रक्षा के लिए क्या कर रहा है।

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भारत दौरे पर एंजेला मर्केल, ऐसा है पूरा कार्यक्रम

जर्मनी की चांसलर एंजेला मर्केल का सुबह राष्ट्रपति भवन में रस्मी स्वागत किया जाएगा और बाद में वह राजघाट पर महात्मा गांधी को श्रद्धांजलि देंगी। मर्केल 5वें आईजीसी की प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के साथ सह-अध्यक्षता करेंगी।

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पानी से भरी बाल्टी में डूबी 13 माह की पीहू, मौत

​​13 माह की पीहू की देखभाल के लिए कारोबारी ने नौकरानी कलावती को रखा है। दोपहर करीब 12:30 बजे अमित चिनहट स्थित दुकान पर थे। मासूम पीहू खेलते-खेलते पानी से भरी बाल्टी के पास पहुंच गई।

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Fire breaks out at Japan's historic Shuri Castle, cause of blaze at World Heritage Site unknown yet

Tokyo: A fire ripped through a historic Japanese castle on the southern island of Okinawa early on Thursday morning, spreading throughout the World Heritage site's complex, local authorities said.

Shuri Castle is a key part of a complex dating back to the Ryukyu Kingdom and is believed to have been in use from around the 1400s.

Smoke and flames rise from burning Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan. AP

The blaze started before 3.00 am on Thursday morning, with the cause unknown as yet.

"The cause of the fire has not been determined yet but a security company alarm went off at around 2.30 in the morning," Ryo Kochi, a spokesman with the Okinawa prefectural police told AFP.

"It started at the main temple and looks to be spreading fast to all the main structures... Firefighters are still battling the fire," he added.

Television footage showed large orange flames engulfing the castle. Local media said there were no initial reports of injuries.

Kochi said a tourist event was being held at the castle from the 27th, and some work linked to the event continued until 1.00 am but it is not clear whether that was linked to the fire.

Nearly a dozen fire engines were dispatched to the scene, Kyodo news agency said, with unconfirmed reports suggesting other buildings in the complex may also have caught fire.

The castle itself was largely destroyed during World War II, but it was extensively restored and reopened as a national park in 1992.

Thanks to the faithful nature of the reconstruction, it was registered along with the surrounding complex and other Ryukyu sites in the region as a World Heritage Site in 2000.

"Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments," the entry on the UNESCO website explains.

"The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age."

The reconstructed main hall of the Shuri castle, in particular, is praised as "a great monument symbolising the pride of the Ryukyu people."

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पाकिस्तान में बर्निंग ट्रेन, 16 मुसाफिर जिंदा जले

पाकिस्तान की एक ट्रेन में आग लगने से कई लोगों की मौत हो गई है। शुरुआती रिपोर्टों में 16 मृतकों की पुष्टि की गई है।

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कौन है शाकिब से संपर्क करने वाला बुकी अग्रवाल

शाकिब अल हसन बांग्लादेशी क्रिकेट का एक बड़ा नाम है। दुनिया के चोटी के इस ऑलराउंडर से एक बुकी ने संपर्क किया और शाकिब ने इसकी जानकारी आईसीसी की एंटी-करप्शन यूनिट को नहीं दी। इसके बाद उन पर दो साल का बैन लगा दिया गया। अब आईसीसी ने दीपक अग्रवाल के साथ शाकिब की हुई बातचीत का पूरा ब्योरा जारी किया है।

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जियो यूजर्स पर अटैक की प्लानिंग कर रहे हैकर?

साइबर सिक्यॉरिटी फर्म Symantec ने एक मैलवेयर सोर्स कोड का पता लगाया है। आशंका जताई गई है कि हैकर्स इसे Reliance Jio के यूजर्स पर साइबर अटैक करने के लिए तैयार कर रहे हैं।

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दिल्ली पलूशन: बचने के लिए क्या करें, क्या नहीं

दिल्ली-एनसीआर में प्रदूषण की गंभीर स्थिति की वजह से पिछले कुछ दिनों में सरकारी अस्पतालों में अस्थमा और सांस से संबंधित बीमारियों के मरीजों की संख्या 20 प्रतिशत तक बढ़ गई है। प्रदूषण से बचने के लिए इन जरूरी बातों का रखें ध्यान।

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नहाय खाय से छठ की शुरुआत, जानें नियम

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Southern Philippines struck by 6.5-magnitude earthquake; no tsunami warning issued after second quake this week

Manila: A powerful quake struck in the southern Philippines on Thursday sending people fleeing from homes, schools and malls, with initial reports of damage to some buildings.

The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Mindanao, the US Geological Survey said, in the same area where a strong tremor killed at least six people on Tuesday.Frightened residents ran to safety as the strong shaking hit just as businesses and classes opened for the day.

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"Everyone rushed outside," said Reuel Limbungan, mayor of the Tulunan town, which was once again near the epicentre. "It was as strong as the previous one."

USGS initially said the quake had a magnitude of 6.8, and added there was no threat of a tsunami.

The Philippines suffers regular tremors as part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

This is the third quake to strike in the same area of Mindanao island, which makes up the southern third of the Philippines, since mid-October.

In the quake earlier this week, a teenage boy was crushed by a falling wall as he tried to escape his school in Magsaysay, the town spokesman told AFP. Though other students were injured in a "stampede" to escape the building, they survived.

Rock and landslides unleashed by the violent shaking killed four others, while a collapsed wall crushed a man, authorities said.

At least 50 people were hurt by falling debris, including some seven pupils and teachers hurt escaping their collapsed elementary school.

The area was still suffering the effects of a 6.4-magnitude quake that hit less than two weeks ago, killing at least five people and damaging dozens of buildings.

Residents fled homes across the Mindanao region and a mall caught fire in the city of General Santos shortly after the quake struck on October 16.

Hundreds of people were still displaced two weeks after that quake when the new one struck earlier this week, forcing hundreds more from their homes.

One of the deadliest quakes to hit the Philippines recently was in April, when 16 people were killed as a building near the capital Manila collapsed and the secondary Clark airport was shut down due to damage to the passenger terminal.

High-rise structures in the capital swayed after the April quake, leaving some with large cracks in their walls.

ALSO READ: Philippines's Mindanao Island rocked by 6.6-magnitude earthquake; injuries and damage yet to be confirmed

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SBI खाते में 1 लाख से कम? मिलेगा कम ब्याज

एसबीआई ने एक लाख रुपये से कम बैलेंस वाले सेविंग अकाउंट पर ब्याज दर कम कर दी है। एक नवंबर से 1 लाख रुपये से कम बैलेंस वाले सेविंग अकाउंट पर एसबीआई 3.25 पर्सेंट ब्याज देगा, अब तक यह दर 3.50 पर्सेंट की है।

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स्टैचू ऑफ यूनिटी पहुंच PM मोदी ने सरदार पटेल को दी श्रद्धांजलि

सरदार पटेल की जयंती पर गुजरात में कई कार्यक्रम आयोजित किए जा रहे हैं। पीएम मोदी एकता दिवस परेड में भी हिस्सा लेंगे और फिर सुबह 10 बजे टेक्नॉलजी डेमन्स्ट्रेशन साइट का उद्घाटन करेंगे।

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क्यों दिल्ली में इतना सस्ता हो गया है सेब?

ट्रक ड्राइवरों की हो रही हत्या की वजह से दूसरे राज्य के ड्राइवर वहां पहुंचने में डर रहे हैं। इसलिए, ज्यादातर लोकल कश्मीरी ड्राइवर ही सेब के ट्रक लेकर दिल्ली की मंडियों में पहुंच रहे हैं। पिछले दो सप्ताह में चार ट्रक ड्राइवर की हत्या हो चुकी है।

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Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's health improves after platelet count stabilises, say doctors in Lahore's Services Hospital

Lahore: Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's health on Wednesday showed signs of improvement as his platelet count stabilised and blood pressure reported normal, according to a medical board.

Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital on Monday night from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critically low level of 2,000.

A court on Tuesday suspended his sentence for eight weeks in a corruption case, paving way for his release on bail as his condition deteriorated after the drastic drop in his blood platelet count.

"The condition of Nawaz Sharif improved today (Wednesday). His platelet count stabilised. It increased from 28,000 to 35,000," Services Hospital Principal Dr Mahmood Ayaz, who is heading the 10-member medical board, told reporters.

File image of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif. AP

"Sharif's blood pressure is under control and he had a dental treatment today and he also walked. We are positive that his condition will improve with the passage of time," he said, adding the doctors are treating complications related to the patient's heart, kidney, low platelet among others.

Sharif was shifted to the hospital from the anti-graft body's custody some 10 days ago after his personal physician Dr Adnan Khan raised an alarm that former premier's condition was serious as his platelet count dropped to a critically low level.

Initially, Sharif was reluctant to go to the hospital. However, he agreed to get treated at the Services Hospital when his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif persuaded him.

During his treatment, the medical board treating Sharif said the patient has lost some eight kgs of weight during his week-long treatment.

Earlier, Dr Adnan said Sharif's condition was "very serious" and he was fighting the battle for his health and life.

"(Doctors) are in a paradoxical catch-22 situation regarding establishing a definitive diagnosis. Subsequent management poses considerable risk to his fragile and unstable health.

"Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and NSTEMI (heart attack) is further complicated by deteriorating kidney functions. Poor blood sugar and blood pressure control are taking their toll," Dr Khan said.

After Tuesday's bail, Nawaz Sharif is now a free man as he had already secured bail in the money laundering case of Chaudhry Sugar Mills from the Lahore High Court.

Regarding shifting him to London for better treatment, PML-N secretary general Ahsan Iqbal told PTI that the first and foremost effort of doctors is to stabilise his condition and "once his condition is stabilised, the question of his going abroad will arise and be decided".

Another PML-N leader and former foreign minister Khwaja Asif said Sharif will decide on his own whether he wants to be treated abroad or not.

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Kashmir issue was not discussed by Narendra Modi and Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia, claim reports

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia understands India's position on Kashmir and believes what New Delhi is doing is for the betterment of its own population, an Indian source said in Riyadh on Wednesday.

The source made the remarks a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.

"There is a greater political understanding (in Saudi Arabia) of India's position on Kashmir," said the source privy to meeting between the top leaders of the two countries.

He said there was no discussion on Kashmir during the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Modi and the top Saudi leadership on Tuesday. He, however, said Pakistan did come up during talks between the two sides.

File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ANI

"Saudi considers Kashmir as an internal issue" of India, the source said, indicating that the Saudi side does not support Pakistan on the issue.

"They (Saudi leaders) say what India is doing is for the betterment of its own population and as a country they do not like to interfere in other's internal matters," he said, referring to the abrogation of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan's effort to seek support from its key allies, including Saudi Arabia, on the issue.

"Saudi Arabia sees India as one composite entity," the source said, adding that Pakistan or any country trying to seek support in the name of religion would not work.

A joint statement issued after the delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Modi and Crown Prince Mohammed on Tuesday reiterated "their categorical rejection of all forms of interference in the internal affairs of countries."

The statement also asked the international community to "fulfil its responsibilities towards preventing any attacks on the sovereignty of State", without naming any country.

The tension between India and Pakistan escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status on 5 August.

Pakistan has downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.

Saudi Arabia, known to be a key ally of Pakistan, has been siding with India in its campaign to rid the region of terrorism and pledged to extend all cooperation to effectively deal with the challenge.

The joint statement condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and agreed to step up bilateral security cooperation.

"The two sides stressed that extremism and terrorism threaten all nations and societies. They rejected any attempt to link this universal phenomenon to any particular race, religion or culture," it said.

It said that both sides expressed their rejection of all terrorist acts and stressed the need to prevent access to weapons including missiles and drones to commit terrorist acts against other countries.

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NSA John Bolton summoned to testify in Donald Trump's impeachment probe; first official House vote to take place today

Washington: House investigators are asking former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in their impeachment inquiry, deepening their reach into the White House as the probe accelerates toward a potential vote to remove the president.

Democratic lawmakers want to hear next week from Bolton, the hawkish former adviser who openly sparred over the administration's approach to Ukraine — in particular, President Donald Trump's reliance on his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for a back-channel operation. Bolton once derided Giuliani's work as a "drug deal" and said he wanted no part of it, according to previous testimony.

File image of US national security advisor John Bolton. AP

Bolton's attorney, Charles Cooper, said Wednesday evening that his client would not appear without a subpoena.

The Democrats are also calling John Eisenberg, the lawyer for the NSC who fielded an Army officer's concerns over Trump's phone call with the Ukraine president, and Michael Ellis, another security council official, according to a person familiar with the invitation and granted anonymity to discuss it.

The rush of possible new witnesses comes as the House prepares to take its first official vote Thursday on the process ahead. That includes public hearings in a matter of weeks and the possibility of drafting articles of impeachment against the president.

The White House has urged officials not to testify in the impeachment proceedings, and it's not guaranteed that those called will appear for depositions, even if they receive subpoenas as previous witnesses have.

Bolton's former deputy, Charles Kupperman, has filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to resolve the question of whether he can be forced to testify since he was a close and frequent adviser to the president. Any ruling, in that case, could presumably have an impact on whether Bolton will testify. A status conference, in that case, was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill say the entire impeachment inquiry is illegitimate and are unpersuaded by the House resolution formally setting out next steps.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the format for the impeachment probe denies Trump the "most basic rights of due process."

Now in its second month, the investigation is focused on Trump's July phone call with Ukraine when he asked President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democrats and a potential 2020 political rival, Joe Biden, as the White House was withholding military aid Ukraine relies on for its defences. Democrats contend Trump was proposing a quid-pro-quo arrangement.

On Thursday, the investigators are to hear from Tim Morrison, a former top GOP aide on Capitol Hill, who served at Trump's National Security Council and was among those likely monitoring the president's call with Ukraine.

Late Wednesday, it was disclosed that Morrison was resigning his White House position. He has been a central figure in other testimony about Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Earlier in the day, the Democratic and Republican House lawmakers heard fresh testimony about the Trump administration's unusual back channels to Ukraine.

Two State Department Ukraine experts offered new accounts of Trump's reliance on Giuliani rather than career diplomats to engage with the East European ally, a struggling democracy facing aggression from Russia.

Foreign Service officer Christopher Anderson testified that Bolton cautioned him that Giuliani "was a key voice with the president on Ukraine" and could complicate U.S. goals for the country.

Another Foreign Service officer, Catherine Croft, said that during her time at Trump's National Security Council, she received "multiple" phone calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston -- a former top Republican lawmaker once in line to become House speaker — telling her the US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, should be fired.

"It was not clear to me at the time — or now — at whose direction or at whose expense Mr Livingston was seeking the removal of Ambassador Yovanovitch," she said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press.

Livingston characterized Yovanovitch as an "'Obama holdover' and associated with George Soros," she said, referring to the American financier who is often the subject of conservative criticism in the US and Europe.

Most Democrats are expected to support the formal impeachment investigation resolution Thursday, even if they don't back impeachment itself, saying they are in favor of opening the process with more formal procedures.

Public hearings are expected to begin in mid-November, a matter of weeks. Democrats are eager to hear from some top witnesses who have already provided compelling testimony behind closed doors, including diplomat William Taylor, a top ambassador in Ukraine, and Alexander Vindman, the Army officer who testified Tuesday that he twice reported to superiors, including Eisenberg, his concerns about Trump's actions toward Ukraine.

Vindman is willing to testify publicly, according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity Wednesday to discuss it.

At Trump's hotel in Washington, during a fundraiser for House Republicans and lengthy dinner afterward with GOP leaders, the president indicated he was prepared for the fight ahead, said those familiar with the private gatherings Tuesday night.

"He's a tough guy," said Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the GOP whip.

Both career diplomats testifying Wednesday had served as top aides to the former US special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, who was the first to testify in the impeachment inquiry and whose cache of text messages provided key insight into Trump's demands on the new Ukraine president.

Croft, who testified for nearly five hours, described being told at an administration meeting that security funds for Ukraine were being put on hold "at the direction of the president," corroborating other accounts that have been provided to investigators.

In his opening statement, Anderson traced his unease with developments that he felt threatened to set back relations between the US and Ukraine.

He told investigators that senior White House officials blocked an effort by the State Department to release a November 2018 statement condemning Russia's attack on Ukrainian military vessels.

Both witnesses were instructed by the administration to not testify but appeared in response to subpoenas from the House, according to a statement from their attorney Mark MacDougall.

The lawyer told lawmakers that neither of his clients is the whistleblower whose complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry and that he would object to any questions aimed at identifying that person.

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Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's replacement could surface within weeks, claims top US official

Washington: The Islamic State group's leadership has a "deep bench" and a replacement for deceased chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could surface within weeks, the US government's top counter-terrorism expert said on Wednesday.

Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Russ Travers did not predict which IS figure would take over after Baghdadi, cornered in a weekend US military raid, killed himself in a Syria.

But he said the group has a number of people who could take the helm, with the ability to command some 14,000 fighters who have dispersed across Syria and Iraq.

"There's no question that the losses over the weekend were significant to ISIS," Travers told the House Homeland Security Committee, referring to Baghdadi's death as well to the killing of IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir.

A a video grab of Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. AP

"At the same time, it's a deep bench," he said.

"The United States and the coalition overall has had tremendous success in eliminating leadership over the years in both Al-Qaeda and ISIS. And yet the bench tends to rise to the top."

"My guess is that... somewhere between a couple of days and a couple of weeks, we will see a new leader of the (caliphate) announced." He suggested a new leader might be able to build relations with Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the rival extremist group Al-Qaeda.

"There will be eulogies. Those eulogies will come even from Al-Qaeda," he predicted.

"I suspect al-Zawahiri will play elder statesman and issue his own." "We will see calls for attacks against Western interests. And then we will see requests for the branches and affiliates to swear allegiance to the new leader."

In the near term, Travers did not see IS being able to muster any significant attacks.

But any planning underway for a major operation will continue, barely interrupted by the death of Baghdadi, the group's intensely secretive leader and spiritual guide.

Travers said that, aside from the IS fighters in Syria and Iraq, the group has some 20 branches and affiliates around the world, and who number from the hundreds to the thousands in its Afghanistan arm, Islamic State-Khorasan.

"This tells us that the insurgency has a lot of options," Travers said.

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जरा संभलकर! प्रदूषण आज और भी खतरनाक

सफर के मुताबिक, आज सुबह 8 बजे दिल्ली में एयर क्वॉलिटी इंडेक्स 427 दर्ज किया गया जोकि गंभीर स्तर है। नोएडा में यह 523 था। गुरुग्राम में 388 दर्ज किया गया जोकि बहुत खराब की श्रेणी में आता है।

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जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख में आज नई सुबह, बने अलग UT

अब तक एक प्रदेश का हिस्सा रहे जम्मू-कश्मीर और लद्दाख केंद्र शासित प्रदेश बन गए। देश के पहले गृह मंत्री सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल की जयंती को सरकार ने इस बदलाव के लिए चुना था। बता दें कि 5 अगस्त को सरकार ने संसद में जम्मू-कश्मीर से आर्टिकल 370 और 35A हटाने का फैसला लिया था।

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राशिफल: वृश्चिक चंद्रमा में, कैसा होगा दिन

आज पूरा दिन मन अशांत रहेगा। मानसिक उलझनों के कारण किसी कार्य में मन नहीं लगेगा। वाहन सावधानीपूर्वक चलाएं। स्वास्थ्य के प्रति भी विशेष सावधानी बरतें। दांपत्‍य जीवन में किसी बात को लेकर अनबन हो सकती है।

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Twitter to ban all political advertising starting 22 November ahead of 2020 US election; move piles pressure on Facebook

San Francisco: Twitter, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spread on social media, is banning all political advertising from its service. Its move strikes a sharp contrast with Facebook, which continues to defend running paid political ads, even false ones, as a free speech priority.

"While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Wednesday in a series of tweets announcing the new policy.

We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…

— jack (@jack) October 30, 2019

Facebook has taken fire since it reiterated in September that it will not fact-check ads by politicians or their campaigns, which could allow them to lie freely. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in October that politicians have the right to free speech on Facebook.

Zuckerberg wasted no time responding to Twitter's move. During Facebook's conference call for earnings, which began less than an hour after Dorsey's tweet, the Facebook chief offered an impassioned monologue about what he called his company's deep belief "that political speech is important."

Representational image. Reuters

Zuckerberg stood by the company's decision to run unchecked political ads and denied that the choice is financially motivated, saying such ads make up less than half of a percent of Facebook revenue.

Facebook's recent five billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations was more than 10 times what it makes from political ads, he said.

"This is complex stuff. Anyone who says the answer is simple hasn't thought about the nuances and downstream challenges," he said. "I don't think anyone can say that we are not doing what we believe or we haven't thought hard about these issues."

Google did not have an immediate comment on Twitter's policy change.

Trump's campaign manager called Twitter's change a "very dumb decision" in a statement Wednesday.

"This is yet another attempt to silence conservatives since Twitter knows President Donald Trump has the most sophisticated online program ever," campaign manager Brad Parscale said.

The presidential campaign for former Vice President Joe Biden said it was "unfortunate" that companies would think the only option was to completely ban political ads.

"When faced with a choice between ad dollars and the integrity of our democracy, it is encouraging that, for once, revenue did not win out," Bill Russo, the deputy communications director for Biden's campaign said in a statement.

Political advertising makes up a small sliver of Twitter's overall revenue. The company does not break out specific figures each quarter but said political ad spending for the 2018 midterm election was less than three million dollars. It reported $824 million in third-quarter revenue.

Candidates spend significantly more purchasing ads on Facebook than on Twitter, company records show.

The issue suddenly arose in September when Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald Trump's campaign that targeted Biden.

In response, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, another presidential hopeful, ran her own ad on Facebook taking aim at Zuckerberg. The ad falsely claimed that Zuckerberg endorsed President Donald Trump for re-election, acknowledging the deliberate falsehood as necessary to make a point.

Critics have called on Facebook to ban all political ads. These include CNN chief Jeff Zucker, who recently called the company's policy of allowing lies "absolutely ludicrous" and advised the social media giant to sit out the 2020 election until it can figure out something better.

Misleading political ads on social media played a major role in Russian disinformation efforts during the 2016 presidential election.

Dorsey said the company is recognizing that advertising on social media offers an unfair level of targeting compared to other mediums. It is not about free expression, he asserted.

"This is about paying for reach. And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle," he tweeted. "It's worth stepping back in order to address."

Twitter currently only allows certified campaigns and organizations to run political ads for candidates and issues. The latter tend to advocate on broader issues such as climate change, abortion rights and immigration.

Internet political ads present entirely new challenges to civic discourse: machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, unchecked misleading information, and deep fakes. All at increasing velocity, sophistication, and overwhelming scale.

— jack (@jack) October 30, 2019

The company said it will make some exceptions, such as allowing ads that encourage voter turnout. It will describe those in a detailed policy it plans to release on Nov. 15.

It will also still allow politicians to freely tweet their thoughts and opinions, which can then be shared and spread. Trump's Twitter feed in particular is known for his often bombastic and controversial tweets that are shared widely.

Matt Shupe, a Republican political strategist whose public relations firm has won awards for its use of ads on Facebook, called Twitter's decision "incredibly dumb." He said there's no reason to eliminate all political advertising just to stop the relatively small number of bogus or misleading ads.

"You can't abolish television advertising because cigarette makers bought ads once," he said.

The decision will hurt political challengers the most, Shupe said, as they don't have the name recognition or wide reach of incumbents and need ads to get their message out.

"If you're a challenger, advertising allows you to make up that difference," he said. "It's very hard to organically grow an audience for a state assemblyman campaign."

Ethan Porter, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, echoed the concerns and called Twitter's decision disappointing. He said it will deprive voters of one way to learn about those standing for election.

"That loss of information about candidates in an election — I don't think that should be taken lightly," he said. "Voters should know who the candidates in an election are and twitter is an important platform."

In addition, we need more forward-looking political ad regulation (very difficult to do). Ad transparency requirements are progress, but not enough. The internet provides entirely new capabilities, and regulators need to think past the present day to ensure a level playing field.

— jack (@jack) October 30, 2019

Twitter said in June that political figures and world leaders who tweet abusive or threatening messages might get slapped with a warning label, but the tweets would remain on the site. Twitter has not yet used this warning label.

Federal campaigns are expected to spend the majority of advertising dollars on broadcast and cable channels during the 2020 election, according to advertising research firm Kantar, and about 20 percent of the total six billion in spending on digital ads.

Twitter's policy will start on 22 November.

A final note. This isn’t about free expression. This is about paying for reach. And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today’s democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. It’s worth stepping back in order to address.

— jack (@jack) October 30, 2019

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मोदी ने आर्टिकल 370 और 35ए हटाकर देश को जोड़ा: शाह

देश के उप-प्रधानमंत्री सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल की जयंती पर पूरा देश उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि दे रहा है। इस मौके पर दिल्ली के मेजर ध्यानचंद नैशनल स्टेडियम में 'रन फॉर यूनिटी' दौड़ को गृह मंत्री अमित शाह ने झंडी दिखाकर रवाना किया

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Donald Trump tweets faked photo of heroic dog from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid receiving a medal

President Donald Trump on Wednesday shared an altered photograph of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State’s leader.

The image, which bears a watermark for a social media account for the conservative news site The Daily Wire, appeared to be an altered version of a 2017 Associated Press photograph. In the original, Trump is seen awarding a Medal of Honour to James C McCloughan, a retired Army medic who is credited with saving the lives of 10 men during the war in Vietnam.

Trump has spoken of the dog, whose name Newsweek reported is Conan, in glowing terms in the days since the raid, which culminated with al-Baghdadi detonating a suicide bomb, killing himself and several children and injuring the dog.

“Our ‘K-9,’ as they call it, I call it a dog,” Trump said on Sunday. “A beautiful dog — a talented dog — was injured and brought back.”

McCloughan was awarded the Medal of Honour, the highest honour for valour in combat, in July 2017. He is credited with saving the lives of company members during a battle on Nui Yon Hill in 1969 near the city of Tam Kỳ, Vietnam. He was struck by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire, but repeatedly ran onto the battlefield to rescue his comrades.

(left) The original Associated Press photograph from 2017; (right) the faked image tweeted by Donald Trump

In a phone interview Wednesday, McCloughan, 73, who had not seen the image before a reporter sent it to him, said that he interpreted it as Trump recognising the dog’s heroism. He certainly was not offended and laughed when he compared the two images.

After all, he said, Medal of Honour recipients accept on behalf of their entire teams, especially those that did not return from battle. And canines have long been part of war efforts.

“This recognises the dog is part of that team of brave people,” he said.

McCloughan, who taught high school and coached youth sports after his military service, added that he had worked with a dog in Vietnam who helped detect enemy activity during missions.

“They are very courageous,” he said of military canines.

He was also concerned about the condition of the dog, after the president tweeted that the dog was injured when the terror leader detonated a suicide vest.

“Once a medic, always a medic,” McCloughan said.

Trump on Wednesday also awarded the Medal of Honour to Matthew O Williams, an Army master sergeant, who is credited with helping to save the lives of four critically wounded soldiers in 2008 in Afghanistan.

The image Trump shared on Wednesday was one of several altered photographs featuring the dog and posted in recent days on social media by The Daily Wire.

The Trump White House is fluent in and speaks often in the language of internet memes.

In April, Trump shared a spoof video of a video by Joe Biden. As Biden sits cross-legged on a sofa and speaks, what looks like a cardboard cutout of Biden pops up behind him, seeming to mock his remarks.

In August, he tweeted a fake image of a gleaming Trump Tower on Greenland, a country that he had reportedly talked about buying. He has also tweeted a doctored GIF of him hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball and another of him wrestling CNN to the ground.

Niraj Chokshi and Karen Zraick c.2019 The New York Times Company

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बगदादी के ठिकानों पर रेड का विडियो अमेरिकी सेना ने किया जारी

विडियो फुटेज में कुछ सैनिक आईएस आतंकवादी बगदादी के ठिकाने पर रेड करने की तैयारी करते नजर आ रहे हैं। उत्तरी सीरिया में बगदादी के ठिकानों पर रेड के दौरान के ब्लैक ऐंड वाइट हवाई फुटेज दिखाए गए हैं।

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US में हिंदी सर्वाधिक बोलने वाली भारतीय भाषा

अमेरिकन कम्युनिटी सर्वे (एसीएस) ने जारी किए आंकड़े, प्रतिशत के मामले में देखें तो तेलुगु भाषी व्यक्तियों की संख्या अमेरिका में अन्य भारतीय भाषाओं के बोलने वालों से बहुत अधिक बढ़े जो 2010 से 2018 के बीच 79.5% की बढ़ोतरी हुई।

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पाक के पूर्व पीएम नवाज की सेहत में सुधार

सर्विसेज अस्पताल के मुख्य डॉक्टर महमूद अयाज ने कहा कि पाकिस्तान के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री नवाज शरीफ की स्थिति में सुधार हुआ है। नवाज शरीफ की प्लेटलेट संख्या स्थिर है और यह 28,000 से बढ़कर 35,000 हो गई।

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होम लोन का प्रीपेमेंट या नया निवेश, क्या चुनें?

होम लोन बकाया हो और नए निवेश करने की क्षमता भी हो तो सवाल यह उठता है कि निर्धारित अवधि से पहले होम लोन का भुगतान करना बेहतर होगा या किसी इक्विटी म्यूचुअल फंड स्कीम में निवेश करना, आइए जानें एक्सपर्ट से।

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अयोध्‍या: फैसले से पहले UP पुलिस हाई अलर्ट

यूपी पुलिस ने सोशल मीडिया पर संदेशों की बारीकी से निगरानी करने, विभिन्न मस्जिदों / मंदिरों के मौलवियों और पुजारियों (पुजारियों) के साथ नियमित संपर्क बनाए रखने के लिए विशेष कदम उठाए हैं।

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कुछ को है ज्यादा बोलने की आजादी: भावी CJI

जस्टिस बोबडे ने कहा कि कुछ लोगों को अभिव्यक्ति की काफी आजादी है। ऐसा दौर कभी नहीं रहा, जब कुछ लोगों की अभिव्यक्ति की आजादी का कोई दायरा तय रहा हो। उन्होंने कहा कि दूसरी तरफ कुछ लोगों को बिना कहे ही समस्याओं का सामना करना पड़ता है।

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हजारों फोन में नया वायरस, नहीं हो रहा डिलीट

यूजर्स का कहना है कि Xhelper मैलवेयर डिलीट करने के बाद दोबारा फोन में इंस्टॉल हो जा रहा है। इतना ही नहीं, स्मार्टफोन को फैक्ट्री रिसेट करने के बाद भी यह वापस फोन में आ जा रहा है।

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परदादा, दादा, पिता और अब खुद भी क्रिकेटर

वेलिंग्टन फायरबर्ड्स ने माइकल स्नेडन को अपने अंतिम एकादश में शामिल किया। मंगलवार को उन्हें केंटरबरी के खिलाफ मैच में मौका दिया गया। वह अपने परिवार की चौथी पीढ़ी के क्रिकेटर हैं।

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Amid tensions with Turkey, US Congress recognises Armenian genocide in historic vote; Ankara rejects ‘meaningless political step’

Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday officially recognising the "Armenian genocide," a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington.

Cheers and applause erupted when the chamber voted 405 to 11 in support of the measure "affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide", a first for the US Congress, where similar measures with such direct language have been introduced for decades but never passed.

File image of US president Donald Trump. AP

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was honored to join her colleagues "in solemn remembrance of one of the great atrocities of the 20th century: the systematic murder of more than 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children by the Ottoman Empire."

The Armenians say the mass killings of their people from 1915 to 1917 amounted to genocide, a claim recognised by some 30 countries.

Turkey strongly denies the accusation of genocide and says that both Armenians and Turks died as a result of the First World War. It puts the death toll in the hundreds of thousands.

Ankara reacted swiftly, rejecting the House's recognition as a "meaningless political step" and warning it risks harming ties "at an extremely fragile time" for international and regional security.

"We believe that American friends of Turkey who support the continuation of the alliance and friendly relations will question this grave mistake and those who are responsible will be judged by the conscience of the American people," Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.

In 2017, newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump criticised the early 20th century killings as "one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century," but in keeping with longstanding US practice, he stopped short of using the word genocide.

'Never again'

Before being elected in 2008, Trump's predecessor Barack Obama had pledged to recognise the genocide, but ultimately did not do so during his two terms in office.

But Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, delivered bold remarks to the House on Tuesday, saying the truth of the "staggering crime" has been denied too often. "Today, let us clearly state the facts on the floor of this House to be etched forever into the Congressional Record: the barbarism committed against the Armenian people was a genocide."

The House measure, which passed on Turkey's national day, came three weeks after Turkey invaded northeastern Syria and launched a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas that was made possible by the withdrawal of US troops.

Angry US lawmakers launched a two-punch rebuke, with the genocide measure passing alongside a bill that slaps sanctions on Turkey for its incursion.

That bipartisan measure imposes sanctions on senior Turkish officials involved in the decision to launch the invasion and a Turkish bank with ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and requires the Trump administration to penalise Turkey's procurement of a Russian-made missile-defense system.

A similar sanctions bill was introduced in the Senate, but no vote has been taken.

In the face of pressure, the Trump administration itself announced more modest punitive measures on Turkey for the invasion, before lifting them when it negotiated a ceasefire with Ankara.

Former vice president Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic White House hopeful, praised the Armenia vote, tweeting that "by acknowledging this genocide we honor the memory of its victims and vow: never again."

It was also welcomed outside the political realm. US television reality star Kim Kardashian, who has Armenian ancestry, tweeted about the vote to her 62 million followers. "This is personal for me, and millions of Armenians who descended from genocide survivors," she said.

According to estimates, there are between 500,000 and 1.5 million Americans of Armenian origin.

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Happy Birthday Ananya Panday: 5 Social Media Posts that Prove Her Style Game is on Point

On her 21st birthday, let’s take a look at some of Ananya Panday's best looks on Instagram.

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इनकम टैक्स पर नहीं आ रही है कोई खुशखबरी!

टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया को सूत्रों के हवाले से खबर मिली है कि सरकार पर फिस्कल डेफिसिट का बहुत बड़ा बोझ है। इसके अलावा ग्रोथ रेट लगातार घट रहा है और निवेशकों से जितनी उम्मीद की जा रही है कि उतना निवेश अभी तक नहीं हो पाया है।

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EU सांसदों को कश्मीर लाने वाली मिस्ट्री विमिन कौन

यूरोपीय सांसदों को ईमेल करके मादी शर्मा नाम की महिला ने ही भारत दौरे और खासतौर से कश्मीर ले जाने का न्योता दिया था। वह पहले भी ऐसा ही प्रतिनिधिमंडल मालदीव ले जा चुकी हैं।

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शुक्रवार तक CM की शपथ ले सकते हैं फडणवीस

बीजेपी के नेताओं को उम्‍मीद है कि जल्‍द ही शिवसेना मंत्रीपद के बंटवारे और बारी-बारी से मुख्‍यमंत्री बनने की अपनी जिद छोड़ देगी और बीजेपी की अगुआई में बनने वाली सरकार में शामिल हो जाएगी।

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शाकिब पर बैन, जानें पूरी कहानी और अंजाम

शाकिब अल हसन पर आईसीसी ने दो साल का बैन लगा दिया है। इसमें एक साल का बैन सस्पेंडेड है। अगर वह नियमों के अनुसार चलते हैं तो वह 29 अक्टूबर 2020 से अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट में वापसी कर सकते हैं।

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Activist Greta Thunberg rejects environmental prize, says 'climate movement needs people in power to listen to science, not awards'

Stockholm: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start "listening" to science and not awards.

The young climate activist, who has rallied millions to her "Fridays for Future" movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation.

File image of Greta Thunberg. Facebook/gretathunbergsweden

Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's annual environment prize.

But after it was announced, a representative for her told the audience that she would not accept the award or the prize sum of 350,000 Danish kroner (about $52,000 or 46,800 euro), the TT news agency reported.

She addressed the decision in a post on Instagram from the United States.

"The climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power start to listen to the current, best available science," she wrote.

While thanking the Nordic Council for the "huge honour," she also criticised Nordic countries for not living up to their "great reputation" on climate issues.

"There is no lack of bragging about this. There is no lack of beautiful words. But when it comes to our actual emissions and our ecological footprints per capita... then it's a whole other story," Thunberg said.

Still only 16 years old, Thunberg rose to prominence after she started spending her Fridays outside Sweden's parliament in August 2018, holding a sign reading "School strike for climate".



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तमिलनाडु में भारी बारिश, स्‍कूल-कॉलेज बंद

तमिलनाडु के कई जिलों में लगातार बारिश जारी है। इसकी वजह से संबंधित जिलों के स्कूल और कॉलेजों को बंद रखने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। इसके साथ ही प्रशासन को भी अलर्ट कर दिया गया है।

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अब OTP के जरिए ई-टिकट पर होगा रिफंड

आईआरसीटीसी ओटीपी आधारित रिफंड प्रणाली लेकर आया है, जो उपभोक्ताओं के लाभ के लिए व्यवस्था में ज्यादा पारदर्शिता सुनिश्चित करेगी। बुकिंग के समय यात्री ने एजेंट को जो मोबाइल नंबर दिया है, कैंसलेशन पर उसी नंबर पर OTP आएगा। यात्री जब उसे बताएगा, तभी रिफंड प्रॉसेस होगा।

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Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri quits amid anti-government protests; move plunges Beirut into deeper turmoil

Beirut: Lebanon's prime minister resigned on Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main protest camp in Beirut, torching tents, smashing plastic chairs and chasing away protesters.

The demonstrators later returned to the camp in time to hear the news that Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he was stepping down after hitting a "dead end" in trying to resolve the crisis, which has paralyzed the country for nearly two weeks. The protesters erupted in cheers at the news.

The resignation plunges Lebanon deeper into turmoil and uncertainty as it grapples with a severe economic and financial crisis that has led to a scarcity of hard currency and the local currency losing value for the first time in more than two decades. Lebanon is facing a deep-running fiscal crisis as it staggers under one of the highest debt ratios in the world — $86 billion, or more than 150% of the country's gross domestic product.

Hezbollah supporters clash with Lebanese riot policemen during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

The rampage by supporters of Hezbollah and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's Shiite Amal movement marked a violent turning point in the protests, which have called for the resignation of the government and the overthrow of the political class that has dominated the country since the 1975-1990 civil war and is blamed for the current economic crisis. The government is dominated by factions allied with Hezbollah, the most powerful armed group in the country.

Hariri had reluctantly worked with those factions as part of a national unity government that had failed to address an increasingly severe economic and fiscal crisis.

"I tried all this time to find an exit and listen to the voice of the people and protect the country from the security and economic dangers," Hariri said. "Today, to be honest with you, I have hit a dead-end, and it is time for a big shock to confront the crisis."

Hariri's resignation fulfils a key demand of the protesters but plunges the country into even greater uncertainty, with no clear path toward the fundamental political change they are demanding. The economy, which was in the grip of a major fiscal crisis even before the protests began, is now at risk of collapsing, with banks, schools and many businesses having been closed for two weeks.

A proposed tax on the WhatsApp messenger service ignited protests on 17 October, sending hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in the largest demonstrations in more than a decade. The protests soon widened into calls for the overthrow of the political elites who have ruled the country since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Similar demonstrations erupted in Iraq this month, calling for the overthrow of the political class that became entrenched after the 2003 US-led invasion. The protests there have been much more violent, with security forces firing tear gas and live fire. At least 240 people have been killed.

Lebanon's protests were largely peaceful, with only occasional minor scuffles with security forces, but that changed early Tuesday, when groups of men began confronting protesters who were blocking roads.

The men initially presented themselves as disgruntled residents frustrated by the country's paralysis, but they later could be heard chanting, "At your service, Hussein," a Shiite religious slogan, and "God, Nasrallah, and the whole Dahiyeh," referring to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

They launched their attack about midday on the main protest camp in Beirut where demonstrators have been staying for nearly two weeks. The rallies swell at night, but there were only a few dozen protesters in the square when the Hezbollah supporters arrived.

Soldiers and riot police initially moved in to separate the groups but were unable to prevent the Hezbollah supporters from storming Martyrs' Square in central Beirut, the main protest site. Hezbollah supporters lashed out at reporters covering the melee, kicking some of them and reaching for their cameras.

It was unclear how many people were wounded. Fights broke out in places and security forces could be seen beating some people with batons.

The protesters armed themselves with wooden batons and metal poles as the Hezbollah supporters approached but fled when the counterdemonstrators arrived in larger numbers. Security forces later fired tear gas to disperse them, but only after they had destroyed and set fire to several tents.

Nasrallah had criticized the protests last week, accusing unspecified foreign powers of exploiting them to undermine his group and saying they threatened to drag the country into civil war.

Hezbollah was the only armed group in Lebanon to maintain its weapons after the civil war, saying they were needed to defend the country from Israel, which occupied parts of southern Lebanon from 1982 until 2000. Hezbollah later fought Israel to a stalemate during a ferocious monthlong war in 2006.

Hezbollah is widely seen as being more militarily powerful than even the Lebanese armed forces.

It was not clear if Hezbollah directly ordered Tuesday's attack, but the group has not disavowed the behaviour of its supporters. It was an ominous sign, raising the possibility that one or more of Lebanon's many sectarian factions could resort to violence as the crisis deepens.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all sides to avoid violence and for security forces to show restraint, saying he hoped for a political solution that would "preserve stability and peace," his spokesman said.

"We're fully opposed and strongly opposed to all attacks that impede the peaceful protests that are underway," said the spokesman, Farhan Haq.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on "Lebanon's political leaders to urgently facilitate the formation of a new government that can build a stable, prosperous, and secure Lebanon that is responsive to the needs of its citizens."

"The peaceful demonstrations and expressions of national unity over the last 13 days have sent a clear message. The Lebanese people want an efficient and effective government, economic reform, and an end to endemic corruption," Pompeo said in a statement.

Groups of protesters eventually returned to the main squares and began repairing their tents, while others went back to blocking the roads. They could be heard chanting one of the main slogans of the protests, "All means all," which is seen as referring to all of Lebanon's political factions, including Hezbollah and its allies.

The protesters welcomed Hariri's resignation, but it's unclear what comes next. He could stay in office as a caretaker prime minister, with the pro-Iran factions strengthened.

Lebanon has gone through long periods of paralysis before. A complex power-sharing arrangement distributes power and high offices among Shiites, Sunnis and Christians. That has prevented the country from sliding back into civil war but has spawned networks of patronage and nepotism, and has made it virtually impossible for the government to take major decisions or even provide reliable public services.

The protesters have called for sweeping change to the political system that would produce non-sectarian governments capable of addressing the country's many challenges.

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In a win for Boris Johnson, UK set for General Election on 12 December as British MPs clear Parliament 'stasis'

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 12 December election plan has cleared the House of Commons after MPs backed the date in a vote by a 438 to 20 margin.

It will mark the first December-poll since 1923 once the House of Lords passes the legislation and it becomes law by the end of the week. Once that happens, there will be a five-week campaign up to the polling day.

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The development marks a win for Johnson's bid for a pre-Christmas poll to try and win a public mandate in favour of his Brexit plan.

The UK prime minister can only hold an early election with the support of MPs, who have previously blocked it three times. Efforts by Opposition MPs to lower the voting age to 16 and also allow EU nationals to take part had earlier failed as the changes were not selected for debate by the Deputy Speaker.

But with MPs overall backing a December poll, a pre-Christmas election was certain. One proposed change to the early election motion that was considered was a call by the Labour party, backed by the other Opposition parties, to hold the poll three days earlier, on 9 December.

This, they argued, would ensure that university students are more likely to be able to take part in the polling because it would still be in term time.

The prospect of an election became more and more likely after the European Union (EU) had agreed on a three-month extension to the 31 October Brexit deadline. This meant Johnson's "do or die" pledge to leave the economic bloc by Halloween was effectively dead and he was determined to push through an early poll to try and change his current minority figures in Parliament.

Johnson said the public must be "given a choice" over the future of Brexit and the country.

The Labour Party had so far refused to back an early poll until the threat of a no-deal crash out by end of October had been taken off the table, a condition which was met with the new Brexit deadline now being 31 January, 2020.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would "now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change that our country has ever seen".

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कश्मीर: प्रवासी मजदूरों को लाइन में खड़ा कर दागीं गोलियां

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UK में 12 दिसंबर को चुनाव, सदी में पहली बार

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विडियो देखने की लत? खतरे में आपका डेटा

मीडिया ग्रुप AT&T, स्ट्रीमिंग डिवाइस सेलर Roku, दिग्गज एडवर्टाइजिंग कंपनी Publicis ने स्ट्रीमिंग सर्विसेज के बैकग्राउंड में ऑपरेट होने वाले सर्वेलिएंस इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर को काफी बढ़ाया है।

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Philippines's Mindanao Island rocked by 6.6-magnitude earthquake; injuries and damage yet to be confirmed

Manila, Philippines: A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines on Tuesday, geologists said, causing injuries and damaging buildings in a region still reeling from a previous deadly tremor.

Terrified locals fled into the streets after the shallow quake, which hit the island of Mindanao as schools and offices opened for the day.

"Our municipal hall has been destroyed," said Reuel Limbungan, mayor of Tulunan, a town near the epicentre.

"We are receiving lots of reports of injuries, but we have to confirm them," he told AFP.

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Rescue teams have begun fanning out to assess the damage to the region, where electricity and phone services were knocked out by the power of the quake.

"It is possible to have other aftershocks which could add to the damage. People should stay outside for now," said Renato Solidum, head of the Philippines' seismology institute.

The US Geological Survey said the initial quake was followed by a number of smaller shakes, including one of 5.8 magnitude.

The continuing tremors were causing anxiety on the ground, with people refusing to go back inside buildings for fear of being caught in any resulting collapse.

Schools across the area have been shuttered as a precaution.

The area is still suffering the effects of a 6.4-magnitude quake that hit less than two weeks ago, killing at least five people and damaging dozens of buildings.

Residents fled homes across the Mindanao region and a mall caught fire in the city of General Santos shortly after the quake struck on 16 October.

The Philippines is part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

One of the deadliest quakes to hit the Philippines recently was in April, provoking the collapse of a building near the capital Manila.

At least 16 people were killed when the building pancaked in the worst-hit Pampanga province.

High-rise structures in the capital swayed after the April quake, leaving some with large cracks in their walls.

Thousands of travellers were stranded after aviation authorities shut down the secondary Clark Airport, which is located on the site of the former US military installation that lies about an hour's drive north of the capital.

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शिवसेना से मोलभाव करने मुंबई जाएंगे शाह!

शिवसेना के शीर्ष नेतृत्व के साथ मोलभाव के निपटारे के लिए शाह बुधवार को मुंबई जा सकते हैं। राज्य की 288 सदस्यीय विधानसभा के लिए गत 21 अक्टूबर को हुए विधानसभा चुनाव में किसी भी पार्टी या गठबंधन को बहुमत नहीं मिला है।

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दिवाली रही साफ, अब 3 वजहों से घुटेगा दम?

दिल्ली में 2015 के बाद से प्रदूषण का स्तर (दिवाली के अगले दिन) सबसे कम रहा। लेकिन आनेवाले कुछ दिनों तक दिल्ली की हवा अच्छी नहीं होनेवाली है। इसके पीछे तीन वजहें हैं। इसमें पराली जलना, हवाओं की दिशा और उसकी धीमी रफ्तार शामिल है।

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Bhai Dooj 2019: Wishes, SMS, Quotes to Celebrate the Brother-Sister Bond

Here are some greetings to wish your brothers this Bhai Dooj.

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जानें, US ने बगदादी के शव का क्या किया

​​​अमेरिकी सेना के जॉइंट चीफ ऑफ स्टाफ के चेयरमैन ने मार्क मिली ने बताया, 'बगदादी के शव को डीएनए टेस्टिंग के लिए सुरक्षित स्थान पर ले जाया गया। इसके बाद उसके शव का निपटारा किया गया। इस काम को पूरी तरह नियमों के तहत अंजाम दिया गया।'

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आखिर क्यों मुश्किल था सुजीत को बचाना

शनिवार को सुजीत को बचाने के लिए बोरवेल के समानांतर एक दूसरा गड्ढा खोदने की कोशिशें की गईं लेकिन चट्टान और पत्‍थरों की वजह से ऐसा करना संभव नहीं हो पाया।

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शाओमी ला रही 108MP वाला पहला फोन

कंपनी ने अपने ऑफिशल ट्विटर अकाउंट पर फोन का टीजर पोस्ट किया। इस टीजर से न सिर्फ यह कंफर्म होता है कि कंपनी Mi Note 10 लॉन्च करने वाली है बल्कि यह भी पता चलता है कि फोन में दुनिया का पहला 108MP का पेंटा कैमरा सेटअप दिया जाएगा।

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इन फनी फोटोज में है हंसी का पूरा डोज

कुछ तस्वीरें ऐसी होती हैं, जिन्हें देखकर हमारे चेहरे पर मुस्कान आ ही जाती है। यहां पर कुछ ऐसी मजेदार तस्वीरें हैं, जिनको देखकर आप अपनी हंसी रोक नहीं पाएंगे। (तस्वीरेंः इंटरनेट)

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हेल्थ ऐप्स करते हैं बीमारी की गलत पहचान!

इन दिनों हेल्थ ऐप्स की संख्या तेजी से बढ़ रही है जो आपकी सेहत पर नजर रखकर आपको हेल्दी जीवन जीने में मदद करने का दावा करते हैं। लेकिन क्या इन ऐप्स द्वारा आपकी सेहत का जो आंकलन किया जा रहा है, वह पूरी तरह से सही है, शायद नहीं।

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दिल्ली: महिलाओं का फ्री सफर शुरू, देखें पास

राजधानी में दिल्ली ट्रांसपोर्ट कॉर्पोरेशन (डीटीसी) की बसों में महिलाओं का फ्री सफर शुरू। यह फ्री सफर डीटीसी (एसी-नॉन एसी) के साथ-साथ कलस्टर बसों में भी है।

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D/N टेस्ट से पहले बोर्ड के सामने बड़ा सवाल

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इस युवती के नाम पर था बगदादी का ऑपरेशन

अबू बकर-अल बगदादी को अमेरिकी सैनिकों ने उसके गुप्त ठिकाने में ही ढेर कर दिया। खास बात यह है कि अमेरिकी सेना ने इस ऑपरेशन का नाम अपने ही देश की नागरिक रही और बगदादी की हवस का शिकार हुई युवती कायला मुलर के नाम पर रखा था।

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टॉप न्यूज: कश्मीर में विदेशी दल समेत ये खबरें

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Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi buried at sea by US military with religious rites

Washington, United States: US officials said on Monday that the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.

Syrian Kurds claimed to be a key source of the intelligence that led Americans to Baghdadi after years of tracking the brutal jihadist leader behind a five-year reign of terror across much of Iraq and Syria.

And an unnamed US military dog became an unlikely hero of the raid, incurring injuries as it chased Baghdadi down a dead-end tunnel underneath his northwestern Syria hideout before he blew himself and three children up with a suicide vest.

File photo of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a US raid in Syria. AP

The US military basked in success on Monday after the eliminating the founder and spiritual guide of the Islamic State (IS) group, capping a years-long campaign to crush the Sunni Muslim extremist organization that had at one point created a "caliphate" straddling the Euphrates River that rivalled the size of England.

"His death marks a devastating blow to the remnants of (IS)," said Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

Raid undertaken 'brilliantly'
He praised the nearly hundred-strong force that helicoptered to the rural compound in the Idlib region of Syria in a complex mission that required coordination with Russians, Kurds, Turks and President Bashar al-Assad regime to prevent US aircraft from being fired upon.

"They executed the raid in all of its facets brilliantly," Esper said.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said no one was injured in the operation, despite the US team taking fire when they arrived.

They took two men prisoner, and Baghdadi's remains were removed after he killed himself.

"Baghdadi's remains were then transported to a secure facility to confirm his identity with forensic DNA testing," Milley said.

"The disposal of his remains has been done, is complete and was handled appropriately," he added, saying it was handled "in accordance with the law of armed conflict."

Another Pentagon official confirmed that Baghdadi's body was dumped into the sea at an unnamed location, similar to the 2011 sea burial of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after he was killed in a US special forces raid in Pakistan.

Baghdadi's underwear
A Kurdish official said an inside source they oversaw was responsible for leading US forces to Baghdadi's hideout, helping to map out the interior of the compound, its staffing, as well as making it possible for them to identify Baghdadi.

"Since 15 May, we have been working together with the CIA to track al-Baghdadi and monitor him closely," said Polat Can, a senior adviser to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

The group had an informant who was able to infiltrate Baghdadi's house.

"Al-Baghdadi changed his places of residence very often," he said on Twitter.

"Our intelligence source was involved in sending coordinates, directing the airdrop, participating in and making the operation a success until the last minute," Polat Can said.

The source also "brought al-Baghdadi's underwear to conduct a DNA test and make sure (100%) that the person in question was al-Baghdadi himself," he said.

'Beautiful' military dog
Attention focused as well on the unnamed dog — likely a Belgian Malinois, a breed favoured by the military, which chased Baghdadi into a tunnel under the complex and cornered him before he detonated his suicide vest.

President Donald Trump praised the dog on Sunday as "beautiful," but military officials said any information about it, including its name, was secret.

"It's classified, we're protecting the dog's identity," said Milley.

The dog had been "slightly wounded and is fully recovering," he said.

"The dog is still in the theater, returned to duty, with its handler."

US will not police Syria
US officials said Baghdadi's death would not end the conflict in Syria, but warned Washington could not be relied on to bring peace to the region.

"Baghdadi's death will not rid the world of terrorism or end the ongoing conflict in Syria," said Esper.

"The security situation in Syria remains complex," he said, adding, "Acting as a police force out to solve every dispute is not our mission."

But he said the death of Baghdadi "will certainly send a message to those who would question America's resolve and provide a warning to terrorists who think they can hide."

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सऊदी अरब में PM मोदी, होंगे ये समझौते

सऊदी अरब में 26 लाख से अधिक भारतीय रहते हैं, जो प्रत्येक वर्ष 11 अरब डॉलर से अधिक भारत भेजते हैं। मोदी के दौरे से डिफेंस पार्टनरशिप को भी मजबूती मिलेगी। भारत और सऊदी अरब डिफेंस इंडस्ट्री में आपसी सहयोग बढ़ाना चाहते हैं।

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राशिफल: जानें, कितना मंगलकारी होगा दिन

चंद्रमा का संचार आज देर रात तक शुक्र की राशि तुला में होगा। इस राशि से जाते हुए चंद्रमा अक्टूबर के अंतिम मंगलवार को कई राशियों के लिए मंगलकारी बना रहा है। आज आपका दिन कैसा रहने वाला है देखिए...

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'टीपू का अध्याय हटाएं' मंत्री ने मांगी रिपोर्ट

बीजेपी और दक्षिणपंथी संगठन टीपू सुल्तान का विरोध करते हैं और इसे मैसूर के भूतपूर्व बादशाह को ‘धार्मिक कट्टर’ बताते हैं। सत्ता में आने के फौरन बाद बीजेपी सरकार ने जुलाई में टीपू सुल्तान की जयंती के कार्यक्रम को रद्द कर दिया।

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DTC बसों में आज से महिलाओं का सफर फ्री

फ्री सफर के लिए सिंगल जर्नी फ्री ट्रैवल पास जारी किया जाएगा। शुरुआत में 1.5 करोड़ पास प्रिंट करवाए जा रहे हैं। दिल्ली में हर रोज डीटीसी की बसों में औसतन 31 लाख और क्लस्टर बसों में 12 लाख लोग सफर करते हैं

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370 के बाद पहली बार कश्मीर में आज EU सांसद

जम्मू-कश्‍मीर को विशेष दर्जा देने वाले अनुच्‍छेद 370 के प्रावधानों को हटाए जाने के बाद यह किसी विदेशी प्रतिनिधिमंडल की इस राज्य में यह पहली यात्रा है। इस दौरे को लेकर हालांकि कांग्रेस ने बीजेपी सरकार पर सवाल उठाए हैं।

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दुआ-मेहनत नहीं आई काम, सुजीत का शव मिला

पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी, कांग्रेस नेता राहुल गांधी समेत कई बड़ी हस्तियों ने 2 साल के इस बच्चे सुजीत विल्सन की सलामती के लिए दुआएं की थीं लेकिन बोरवेल से उसे सुरक्षित बाहर निकालने में अधिकारियों को कामयाबी हासिल नहीं हो सकी।

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DL रीन्‍यू नहीं कराया? देना होगा लर्नर टेस्ट

अगर आपने अपना ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस एक साल में रीन्‍यू नहीं कराया तो आपको फिर से लर्निंग लाइसेंस के लिए आवेदन करना होगा। नए मोटर वीइकल ऐक्‍ट के तहत यह व्‍यवस्‍था की गई है।

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पाक ने नहीं दिया PM को रास्ता, घसीटेगा भारत

भारत ने इंटरनैशनल सिविल एविएशन ऑर्गनाइजेशन से पाकिस्तान की इस हरकत की शिकायत की है। सूत्रों के मुताबिक किसी भी देश के ऊपर से उड़ान भरने के लिए उससे मंजूरी मांगनी होती है और वह नियमों के मुताबिक क्लियरेंस देता है।

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CM पद के लिए गवर्नर दरबार में BJP-शिवसेना

बीजेपी की ओर से मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस और शिवसेना की ओर से पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेता और सरकार में परिवहन मंत्री दिवाकर राउते सोमवार को गवर्नर से मुलाकात करेंगे।

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बगदादी के बाद यह आतंकी बना IS का सरगना

इसी साल अगस्त में एक हवाई हमले में बगदादी घायल हो गया था। इसके बाद से ही उसने आतंकी संगठन की कमान अब्दुल्लाह कार्दश को सौंप दी थी। आतंकी सरगना बगदादी डायबिटीज और हाई ब्लड प्रेशर की बीमारी से भी पीड़ित था।

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दिवाली पर विराट और अनुष्का ने शेयर कीं प्यारी तस्वीरें

विराट कोहली और अनुष्का शर्मा ने दिवाली पर प्यारी सी तस्वीरें साझा की हैं। यह कपल इन तस्वीरों में बहुत प्यारा लग रहा है।

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Statewide emergency declared in Northern California as wildfires continue to blaze; millions of residents remain without power

Santa Rosa, California: With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California's governor declared a statewide emergency on Sunday. Meanwhile, millions of residents remained without power after the state's largest utility cut electricity as a precaution to prevent more areas from igniting.

Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement that officials were deploying "every resource available" to respond to the wildfires, including a large blaze in Northern California's wine country powered by gusts that reached more than 102 mph (164 kph). California Fire officials said on Sunday that the fire had grown to burn over 85 square miles, and officials reported containment had dropped to 5%.

At least 94 structures have been destroyed.

A firefighter battles a wildfire called the Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, California. AP

In the San Francisco Bay Area, two grass fires briefly halted traffic on an Interstate bridge. The flames came dangerously close to homes in Vallejo. Another grass fire closed a stretch of interstate that cuts through the state capital as smoke obstructed drivers.

In the south, a wildfire in the Santa Clarita area near Los Angeles destroyed 18 structures. As of Sunday, the Tick Fire was 65% contained.

The biggest evacuation was in Northern California's Sonoma County where 180,000 people were told to pack up and leave, many in the middle of the night.

To prevent its power lines from sparking in the high winds and setting off more blazes, Pacific Gas & Electric said Sunday that preventative shut-offs impacted 965,000 customers and another 100,000 lost electricity because of strong gusts, bringing the number of residents impacted by blackouts to nearly 2.7 million people.

PG&E officials say they are expecting strong winds to whip up again Tuesday and that they have notified 500,000 customers — or more than 1 million people — that they are likely to have their power turned off for the third time in a week.

Some of those people might not have their power restored from the current outage before the next major shutdown, which would leave them without electricity for five days or longer, said Mark Quinlan, PG&E's emergency preparedness and response director.

The fear that the winds could blow embers and spread fire across a major highway prompted authorities to expand evacuation orders that covered parts of Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 that was devastated by a wildfire two years ago.

"This is the largest evacuation that any of us ... can remember," the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office tweeted Sunday. "Take care of each other."

Hundreds of people arrived at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa by Sunday. Some came from senior care facilities. More than 300 people slept inside an auditorium filled with cots and wheeled beds. Scores of others stayed in a separate building with their pets.

Among them was Maribel Cruz, 19, who packed up her dog, four cats and fish as soon as she was told to flee her trailer in the town of Windsor, about 60 miles (97 kilometres) north of San Francisco. She also grabbed a neighbour's cat.

"I'm just nervous since I grew up in Windsor," she said. "I'm hoping the wind cooperates."

Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick urged residents in the evacuation zone that stretched from the wine country to Bodega Bay on the coast to get out immediately, citing the 24 lives lost when fire swept through the region in October 2017.

"Although I've heard people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, I think those concerns are not valid at this point," Essick said at a news conference Sunday, noting that the winds pushed the fire toward the towns of Healdsburg and Windsor overnight.

A historic attraction outside Healdsburg was lost Sunday when embers carried by wind sparked a blaze that engulfed the Soda Rock Winery. Buildings included a general store and post office founded in 1869.

In central California, a tree toppled in strong wind Sunday killed a woman and injured a man who was taken to a hospital, officials said.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, gusts knocked over a 30-foot (9-meter) tree at a farmers' market in Martinez, injuring nine people, including a toddler. Six people left with injuries that were not life-threatening were taken to a hospital, police said.

During the 2017 fires, winds up to 90 mph (144 kph) lasted for about 12 hours. This time, the gusts were stronger and expected to last more than 36 hours, ending Monday night, said Matt Mehle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Monterey office.

Wind-blown embers could spark fires up to a mile away. Fire officials said they feared that if the Kincade Fire crosses US 101, it could ignite an area that hasn't burned in 80 years.

"The fuel in that area is extremely dense, they're extremely old and dry," said Steve Volmer, a fire behaviour analyst with Cal Fire.

The parched vegetation from the unseasonably hot weather and low humidity was already igniting spots elsewhere, and firefighters scrambled to keep up.

Two grass fires shut down a 6-mile (10-kilometre) stretch of Interstate 80, including a bridge between the cities of Crockett and Vallejo, and forced the evacuation of 200 people from California State University Maritime Academy. An ember from one fire possibly sparked the other.

Smoke from another grass fire Sunday forced the closure of a stretch of Interstate 80 running through Sacramento's downtown. Meanwhile, fire officials spotted downed power lines in the area of a small fire that destroyed a building at a tennis club and three other structures in Lafayette, a leafy suburb in the east San Francisco Bay Area.

The city of Vallejo said the blackout shut off its pumping station needed to access its well water, prompting an emergency. The city barred residents from watering yards and asked people to limit bathing and flushing toilets, according to The Vallejo Reporter.

Many residents said they feel exasperated.

"It has brought a lot of anxiety," said Cody Rodriguez, 20, who lived for a week at a Santa Rosa shelter during the 2017 fires and checked into a Napa County shelter on Sunday. "I was like, 'I don't want to go through this again.'"

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