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[ad_1] The Jan De Nul Group’s Voltaire in waters off China in Dec. 2022. As wind turbines get bigger, the vessels that install them are having to change, too.VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesA project to build a facility described as “the world’s largest offshore wind farm” took a big step forward this month by producing its first power.Located in the North Sea, over 130 kilometers off England’s northeast coast, the Dogger Bank Wind Farm still has some way to go before it’s fully operational, but the installation and powering up of its first turbine is a major…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday shared satellite images showing how Israel looked before and after the unprecedented terror attacks by the Islamist militant group Hamas on October 7.While posting the satellite images on X, showing the widespread destruction caused by the surprise attack, the IDF said, “The lengths Hamas is willing to go in order to commit war crimes are visible even from outer space.”Meanwhile, Israel has activated a plan to evacuate residents of 28 villages within 2 km (1 mile) of the Lebanese border, the military said on Monday following hostilities with Hezbollah in…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court on Monday acquitted the two prime accused in the Nithari murder case. The court found accused Surender Koli innocent in the 12 cases against him, while co-accused Moninder Singh Pandher was found innocent in two cases against him.Sixteen cases were lodged against Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli for serial killings in 2005 and 2006.The Nithari murders were committed between 2005 and 2006 and had come to light in December 2006 when skeletons were found in a drain near a house in Nithari, Noida. Moninder Pandher was the owner of the house…

[ad_1] LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Oct. 11, 2023: Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer applauds a speaker the final day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on October 11, 2023.Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty ImagesLONDON — The U.K.’s main opposition Labour Party last week set out the economic platform it hopes will propel it to power at next year’s general election, and the transatlantic parallels were clear.Labour leader Keir Starmer promised to go “speed ahead” with investment in the clean energy transition that he said would create half a million jobs and power economic…

[ad_1] Commuters can travel between Challaghatta and Whitefield, a distance of 43.49 km with 37 stations in-between, in 76 minutes at an end-to-end fare of ₹60. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K It’s been a week that Namma Metro’s Purple Line commenced operations connecting the eastern and western parts of Bengaluru. While this has brought relief to passengers, six-coach trains are overcrowded now, leading to long queues and inconvenience to passengers.Metro commuters, who had patiently waited for months, were delighted to finally travel hassle-free between Challaghatta and Whitefield, a distance of 43.49 km with 37 stations in-between, in 76 minutes…

[ad_1] In this photo taken on October 10, 2023, a man looks at a forest fire as it approaches houses in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra.Al Zulkifli | Afp | Getty ImagesWith El Nino in full force, officials are bracing for the worst transboundary haze in southern Southeast Asia since before the pandemic in 2019.At a time when climate change is presenting an existential threat to human beings, the fear is that these seasonal haze situations will worsen as intensifying global warming renders the peatlands and forests even more combustible in the dry season.Southeast Asia is home to about 40% of…

[ad_1] Leaders of the Samajwadi Party have demanded that guidelines for the proposed caste census be formulated based on the views of representatives from all political parties in the State.In a statement released on Sunday (October 15), the Samajwadi Party’s State president Pasam Venkateswarlu said the government should call an all-party meeting to elicit views of all sides before formulating guidelines for a caste census.He said the survey should collect socioeconomic data to capture facts related to the caste population and their economic status, similar to the Bihar model. Based on the data acquired through the survey, backward classes should…

[ad_1] MARRAKECH: Chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran does not see an immediate economic impact of the war in West Asia but suggests that there is a need to watch how things play out in the coming days.”Market participants are unsure that is why you see the volatility. It is a bit early for us to talk about the impact on the Indian economy with great deal of specificity.At the moment, we do not see it as something that is causing an immediate and significant economic impact, but we will need to watch it closely,” he said.The government’s chief economist…

[ad_1] An employee works on the assembly line of LED lighting products in China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets are set for a lower start to the week as investors look ahead to key economic data from China and Japan this week.Most notably, China will release its third-quarter gross domestic product numbers on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters expect a 4.4% year-on-year expansion, down from 6.3% in the previous quarter.Japan’s September inflation data is expected on Friday, which will come ahead of the country’s central bank’s monetary policy meeting on Oct. 30 and 31.South Korea’s central bank…

[ad_1] FEROZEPUR : An Indian Army general court martial has recommended a five-year jail term and cashiering from service as punishment to a Major who was found guilty on charges of sexual harassment involving an 11-year-old girl.The general court martial found the allegations levelled by the mother of the survivor to be correct and awarded a five-year jail term along with cashiering from service to the Major who was posted in the Delhi Cantonment at the time of the incident, sources said.The survivor is the daughter of the house help who was living in the servant quarters of the officer’s…