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[ad_1] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.NYSEStock futures inched higher in overnight trading Sunday ahead of a busy week for corporate earnings.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.15%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.17% and 0.2%, respectively.Stocks are coming off a mixed session and week. The S&P 500 advanced 0.45% for its second consecutive positive week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.79%. The Nasdaq Composite lost about 0.2% for the week and fell 1.23% during Friday’s session, while the S&P dipped 0.5% and the Dow inched up…

[ad_1]  The body of an unidentified woman with multiple injuries in West Bengal’s Malda district not only triggered panic among the people but also sparked a political war of words between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The body, found in Harishchandrapur in Malda, had been disfigured with acid. It was seen lying in a paddy field on the roadside. Locals said that an acid bottle, a knife, and a contraceptive packet were recovered near the body.“The body was recovered and sent for post-mortem. An investigation into the incident has started,” Superintendent of Police Pradeep Kumar Yadav said.…

[ad_1] Radiation Detection Equipment will be installed in a drive-through monitoring station that monitors trucks and their cargo at the Integrated Check Posts and land ports. File picture shows the Petrapole Land Port. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE) will soon be installed at eight land crossing points along India’s borders with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to check the trafficking of radioactive materials for its possible use in making nuclear devices, officials said.The RDE will be installed at the Integrated Check Posts and land ports of Attari (Pakistan border), Petrapole, Agartala, Dawki and Sutarkandi (all on the Bangladesh border),…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As the death toll continuously rises in the Gaza Strip, health officials began storing dead bodies of Palestinians killed in the war in ice-cream trucks because the cemeteries are reportedly short of space, reported ReutersAfter the Hamas attack on Israel last weekend, October 7, Israel has unleashed a fierce bombing on the Gaza Strip leading to the death of several Palestinians. The situation in Palestine has become so bad that there are shortages of cemeteries in the country forcing them to store the body in ice-cream trucks. Talking about the shortage of resources, Dr. Yasser Ali of…

[ad_1] Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), on Saturday, recovered 6 kg of gold in the form of bars and paste worth ₹3 crore in two separate cases.According to officials, based on a tip-off, they recovered 3.2 kilos of gold bars fixed in the washroom of an Indigo flight from Malaysia.The bars were supposed to be accessed by a domestic flyer of the gold smuggling ring, but before he could board the flight, the officials had accessed the washroom and recovered the bars worth ₹1.3 crore.In another incident, the DRI officials caught two passengers who landed from Abu…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After the success of the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation has a series of exploration missions lined up before it, including those to planets like Mars and Venus.Isro chief S Somanath said that the space agency has drawn up plans to launch a series of missions, besides the maiden human spaceflight under the Gaganyaan programme.Isro will launch missions to study the climate and weather conditions of the Earth, the space agency chief said, according to PTI.Besides, Isro is also working on regular scientific missions including communication, remote sensing satellites, Somanath, who is also the…

[ad_1] Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at State Farm Stadium.Kevin Mazur | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesBox office analysts became Swifties in the lead-up to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film release, estimating blockbuster-style opening weekend numbers.And Swift delivered.While the pop singer fell short of the $100 million benchmark, domestic ticket sales still topped $95 million, according to distributor AMC Entertainment.The theater chain provided a range of $95 million to $97 million for the film’s opening weekend on Sunday, with expectations that an official figure will be provided on…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Hours after a social media post went viral purportedly showing his resignation letter from the Congress, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused the BJP of “indulging in fake works” and said he has reported the matter to the police.”I have reported this to the police … the BJP indulges in fake works. I entered Congress in 1971 and I will be with the party till my last breath,” said Singh.Later in the day, the Madhya Pradesh Congress filed a police complaint claiming that a fake letter was made viral on social media to create the…

[ad_1] When it comes to airports, biggest doesn’t always mean best.The recently released J.D. Power 2023 North America Airport Satisfaction Study examined mega airports by looking at these six factors in order of importance:Terminal facilitiesAirport arrival/departureBaggage claimSecurity checkCheck-in/baggage checkFood, beverage, and retailMega airports are defined as those with 33 million or more passengers per year. That sets them apart from large airports, which have 10 to 32.9 million passengers per year, as well as medium airports, which have 4.5 to 9.9 million passengers per year.The study is based on 27,147 completed surveys from U.S. and Canadian residents who traveled through at…

[ad_1] Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recalled watching Dasara procession as a child sitting on his father’s shoulders decades ago.Speaking at a function organised atop Chamundi Hills to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival on Sunday, Mr. Siddaramaiah said his father had brought him to Mysuru to watch the Dasara procession when he was around five to six years old.“I watched the Dasara procession sitting on my father’s shoulders,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said recalling that his father had even asked him to fold his hands when the Maharaja seated in the golden howdah atop a caparisoned elephant would pass. Even though he could not…