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Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the second T20I match against New Zealand due to a strain. The team management has added uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra as a replacement in the squad. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may finally get an opportunity to play after being on the sidelines for nine matches. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak emphasized the need for patience regarding Sooryavanshi's exposure to international cricket.

Iyer, who took over as India's T20I captain from Suryakumar Yadav in June, has scored 632 runs in 22 matches as skipper this year.

“There is a possibility of mistakes when doing any work for the first time. Out of 14,81,310 entries in the voter list, there are a total of 158 entries in which the names of the voters or their relatives appear strange. The strangeness of these names is due to such a mistake,” says statement released by Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh

Jordan's government described the attackers as unknown assailants and said investigations were moving ahead at full speed. It did not immediately confirm whether any suspects had been arrested or killed. Footage aired by Jordanian state television showed two men appearing to carry pistols approaching the church and firing shots. A third man, apparently carrying a semi-automatic rifle, then approached and opened fire before all three ran towards the building.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Alaska on Thursday, argues that the state must protect the integrity of federal elections. It asks the court to block the certification of a Peltola victory if Daniel Sullivan, a candidate from the small fishing community of Petersburg, remains on the ballot. “The United States accordingly brings this lawsuit to protect the integrity of the 2026 Senate election in Alaska,” the lawsuit says.

In a post on X, the IDF said, "In response to the shooting attack in which 2 IDF soldiers fell, and several others were wounded, the IDF along with other security forces launched a targeted & limited counterterrorism operation in the Hebron area, from which the terrorists had emerged." The military said residents in areas where its forces are operating would be allowed to leave through three designated exit points.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen donated funds to provide 750,000 meals through Feeding Tampa Bay, supporting children, families and senior citizens in need. The contribution came shortly after the couple moved to Florida, where Brady began his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after 20 seasons with the New England Patriots. Their donation helped address food insecurity and supported local families facing financial hardship, highlighting their commitment to their new community.

"These people were targeted because of their skin colour or perceived religion, and for no other reason," Macron said after meeting officials and residents in Trappes. "There is no place for this in France." Macron also said the suspect's statements indicated that the attack had been planned in advance. Police arrested the suspect less than 20 minutes after the shooting began.

Organised by the Disha Students’ Organisation and Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra (BSJAY), the demonstration also called for the repeal of the 2023 law governing the appointment of Election Commissioners

The White House said the changes would remove tariffs on certain products, including "plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment". However, the administration will also introduce tariffs on other goods, including carpets, certain valves and waste products. The new measures will take effect on October 30. The United States and Canada have closely connected economies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the award at the concluding ceremony of the singer's year-long birth centenary celebrations at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on November 29, says CM Sarma

Trump and Rubio have both adopted a hard line towards Cuba's communist government. In May, the two renewed the possibility of US military intervention, with the threat gaining further significance after the Trump administration announced criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro. Trump had floated a similar idea earlier this year but had not raised it publicly in recent months.

Kostiantyn Vlasenko, 49, had been stranded in a boiler room with severe injuries after a Russian drone strike. With no way to escape and little hope of being rescued, he made a desperate decision to amputate his remaining foot to survive. On October 4, a large drone lifted him into the air using a harness and carried him 15km to safety.

RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra’s comments also suggest Tata Sons is in breach of RBI rules. The consequences of continued noncompliance remain unclear. The governor declined to be drawn into the question of Noel Tata’s proposal to merge two Tata Sons subsidiaries with the holding company, a move that could help it sidestep a stock market listing.

PHP advised users on Oct 23 to temporarily disable its session upload progress feature until the next regular bugfix release. The warning followed an earlier advisory on Oct 21 about a related vulnerability. The latest issue affects applications only when specific session settings are changed while running and the upload progress feature remains enabled. Users who have already disabled the feature do not need to take further action.

Ties between the two countries had been held back by geopolitical reasons for a while, mainly Azerbaijan’s ties with Pakistan — as evident from its support for Islamabad after Op Sindoor last year — and India’s defence ties with Armenia. While Bayramov spoke about taking the relationship to a higher level, setting aside past differences, Jaishankar underlined the significance of trade and energy cooperation. Terrorism was also discussed.

Coming ahead of India’s peak pollution season, the paper, titled ‘Air quality in flux: The baffling ENSO transition in India’, published in Atmospheric Pollution Research journal Thursday, found that La Niña/El Niño conditions altered atmospheric circulation, PM2.5 transport pathways and weather conditions that determine whether pollution disperses or gets trapped.

Explaining the rationale behind the reluctance to take any action, a confidential note on the file shared by the Cabinet secretariat with transparency activist, Commodore Lokesh K Batra (Retd), as part of its 21-page RTI reply, stated that EC being a Constitutional body is insulated from the Executive's interference by design.

The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday did not go into the specifics of the latest face-off, choosing to refer the issue to the defence ministry, but said Chinese divergence from established patrolling patterns created disturbances at the border from time to time. The official said both sides continued to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC.