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Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over Medigadda barrage inspection

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In one photo, Rahul Gandhi and Revanth Reddy was seen pointing out an expansion joint that was mistaken for a crack .

Updated On – 01:05 PM, Thu – 2 November 23


Rahul Gandhi faces backlash over Medigadda barrage inspection


Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faced criticism after posting pictures of his visit to the Medigadda Barrage in Jayashankar Bhupalpally on Thursday.

He was accompanied by Telangana Congress leaders, including the state unit chief Revanth Reddy.

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party shared images on social media of his inspection of the Medigadda Barrage.

In one photo, Rahul Gandhi and Revanth Reddy was seen pointing out an expansion joint that was mistaken for a crack .

Some BRS cadres and others took to social media to question Rahul Gandhi’s understanding of engineering.

 

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Russia envoy in UN calls to stop bloodshed in West Asia

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“First of all, it is necessary to stop the bloodshed and to prevent the crisis from engulfing the entire region. Otherwise, the conflict will never be stopped,” Nebenzya said.

According to TASS News Agency, he also called to “let the mediators work on a diplomatic solution, including the prompt liberation of hostages.”

“One will have to walk down this path sooner or later; the only question is how many innocent people will die in the meantime,” he noted.

The Israeli regime has been attacking Gaza in the wake of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas on October 7, which was in response to decades-long violence against Palestinians and recurrent incursions into al-Aqsa Mosque.

The death toll since the start of the Israeli regime’s carnage on October 7 has surpassed 8,700 with upwards of 22,000 Palestinians wounded.

Numerous international aid agencies confirmed they lost contact with staff in Gaza after Tel Aviv knocked out internet and communications in the occupied territory.

The UN General Assembly has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. 120 states voted for the resolution, but the Zionists rejected the call.

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India vs SL, World Cup 2023: Fantasy XI Prediction, Top Captaincy Pick

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India and Sri Lanka are set to take on each other in match No. 33 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Thursday, November 2. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. While the two teams take each other on the playing field, the fantasy cricket managers have a chance to pick their favourite players and form their teams. The performance of the players on the field will translate to points for each fantasy team picked, and the manager with the team with the most points stands a chance to win attractive prizes. (World Cup 2023 points table)

India are unbeaten in the tournament so far with six wins on the trot. After a commanding performance against Australia in their opening match, India went on to beat Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and England in the group matches, strengthening their position on top of the table. A terrific batting show from Rohit Sharma (87 off 101 balls) followed by a brilliant spell from Mohammed Shami (4/22) helped India beat England by 100 runs in their last match.

Sri Lanka are in the second half of the table currently with only two wins in four matches. Their only wins came against Netherlands and England, but a defeat to Afghanistan in their last match jeopardised their chances of reaching the semi-finals.

Sri Lanka batted first and were bowled out for 241 runs in 49.3 overs. Afghanistan chased down the 242-run target with ease powered by half-centuries from Rahmat Shah and Azmatullah Omarzai and the 1996 champions now need to win all of their matches to stand a chance.

Probable playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (c & wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka

Weather conditions and pitch report

The wicket at the Wankhede Stadium offers great assistance to the batting unit and a flat deck is expected for this clash. The ground dimensions are not very big as well, which will be a cause of trouble for the bowlers. The average score batting first at this venue is 342 and India have a decent record at this venue, winning 11 out of 20 matches.

The weather conditions will challenge the players in the afternoon, but it will settle as the day progresses. The temperatures in Mumbai are expected to range between 19 degrees to 32 degrees.

IND vs SL fantasy XI
Wicket-keepers: Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, KL Rahul

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Pathum Nissanka

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Dilshan Madushanka

Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama and KL Rahul have been among the runs regularly in this tournament among keeper-batters. While Samarawickrama is their leading run-scorer with 331 runs in six matches, Kusal Mendis has scored 268 runs at a strike-rate of 127.01. Rahul too has been among the runs, scoring 216 runs at an average of 108.00.

In the batting department, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are two of the leading run-scorers in the tournament. Rohit has scored 398 runs, while Kohli 354 runs to his credit. Among the Lankan batters, Pathum Nissanka has been in fine form scoring 289 runs at an average of 57.80.

Ravindra Jadeja is capable of contributing points with the bat and ball. Jadeja has scored 39* against New Zealand to help the team see through, while also picking eight wickets in six matches.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have been lethal in the tournament so far. Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for India with 14 wickets, while Shami has nine wickets in two matches. Among spinners Kuldeep Yadav is in good form with the ball, picking up 10 wickets. Sri Lanka’s Dilsha Madushanka gets a nod as well, who has picked 13 wickets in six matches so far.

Captain: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is India’s leading run-scorer in the tournament with 398 runs in six matches, which includes a century against Afghanistan and two half-centuries. He is also batting at a terrific strike-rate of 119.16 in the tournament. He is the best choice for captaincy in this match.

Vice-captain: Virat Kohli

Since Wankhede is expected to produce a run-fest, the better option for vice-captain would be Virat Kohli, who is right up there among the best run-scorers with 354 runs at an outstanding average of 88.50, which includes one century and three fifties.

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Al-Aqsa storm consequences to spread to all countries

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Ali Baraka, the senior Hamas official said that the Palestinian people are being massacred by modern US bombs.

“We have entered the period of Resistance and the Zionist regime is moving towards destruction,” he stated, adding that countries that have adopted a compromise approach should also reconsider their policies.

He emphasized that the Resistance defends the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the honor of the Arab Ummah.

The Hamas official saluted the Yemeni armed forces that intervened to support the Palestinian Resistance, noting “When missiles and drones are fired from Yemen, it contains the message that Yemen will never leave the Palestinian nation alone.”

He also stressed that the Zionist enemy only understands the language of force and resistance, pointing out that the Al-Aqsa Storm operation made the possibility of liberation of Palestinian land and defeat of the Zionist regime into reality.

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Hezbollah says it downed Zionist drone

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday it destroyed an Israeli drone over south Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile.

It was the second time this week that Hezbollah downed a Zionist drone with a surface-to-air missile, with cross-border clashes escalating as the Israeli regime wages a ground incursion in Gaza, Reuters reported.

Hezbollah said in a statement its fighters shot down the drone just after midnight over two villages on the Lebanese side of the frontier. “It crashed and fell instantly,” it said.

Hezbollah has regularly targeted the military positions of the Zionist regime over the past three weeks since the regime waged a brutal war against Palestinian in Gaza and West Bank following the successful Hamas operation Al-Aqsa Storm on Oct. 7.

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"The Irony Is That…": Musk After Tesla Wins Trial Involving Fatal Crash

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'The Irony Is That...': Elon Musk After Tesla Wins Autopilot Trial Involving Fatal Crash

Tesla argued that human error caused the crash.

Tesla on Tuesday was cleared by a court in the 2019 fatal Model 3 crash that took place in Los Angeles, US, involving its advanced driver-assistance system, Autopilot. The case was filed by two passengers who accused the company of knowing Autopilot was defective when it sold the car. Tesla, on the other hand, argued that human error caused the crash. The court too found that the vehicle did not have a manufacturing defect. Now, Tesla chief Elon Musk also reacted to the news and expressed his belief that if Autopilot had been activated, the driver would likely have been saved.

“The irony is that if Autopilot had been turned on here, it would almost certainly have saved the driver,” Mr Musk wrote in on X (formerly Twitter). 

Micah Lee was killed in 2019 after their Model 3 veered off a highway, hit a tree, and caught fire. While Mr Lee was killed in the incident, his two passengers were injured. The two passengers then approached the court alleging that Autopilot caused the accident and demanded over $400 million in punitive damages. This trial was the first in the United States that alleged that Tesla’s autopilot feature led to death. 

Tesla, however, denied liability alleging that Mr Lee had consumed alcohol and that it was unclear if Autopilot was engaged during the crash. The Jury in Riverside County Superior Court also voted in favour of Mr Musk’s company, saying that the vehicle did not have a manufacturing defect. 

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This is a major victory for Tesla as it faces several other similar lawsuits across the country. But the automaker continues to test and roll out its Autopilot and more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, which Mr Musk has touted as crucial to his company’s future. 

Notably, the latest verdict represents Tesla’s second big win this year. The automaker won an earlier trial in Los Angeles in April with a strategy of saying that it tells drivers that its technology requires human monitoring, despite the “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” names. The case was about an accident where a Model S swerved into the curb and injured its driver. 

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Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Potential Threat To The US | Terrorists Vs West | Christopher Wray, FBI

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FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed concern that the actions of Hamas and its allies could inspire violent extremists within the US to carry out attacks against Americans.

Published Date – 12:30 PM, Thu – 2 November 23


Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Potential Threat To The US | Terrorists Vs West | Christopher Wray, FBI


FBI Director Christopher Wray has issued a warning about the heightened potential threats of violence in the United States due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict. He expressed concern that the actions of Hamas and its allies could inspire violent extremists within the US to carry out attacks against Americans.

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Samajwadi Party Hints At Contesting On 65 Of 80 UP Lok Sabha Seats In 2024

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Samajwadi Party Hints At Contesting On 65 Of 80 UP Lok Sabha Seats In 2024

This election will decide the future of coming generations, said Akhilesh Yadav. (FILE)

Lucknow:

The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday indicated that it will contest on 65 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2024.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who attended a meeting of the party’s state executive committee in Lucknow, called upon party workers to make full preparations to remove the BJP from power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

“This election will decide the future of coming generations. It will be the last election to save democracy and the Constitution. Party workers should make full preparations to remove the BJP from power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” Mr Yadav was quoted as having told the state executive meet at the party headquarters.

The Samajwadi Party, which is the main constituent of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties, also indicated that it will contest on 65 seats leaving the remaining to its allies.

SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary, while confirming that the party president has given indications of the party contesting on 65 seats, said that he has asked for making preparations for all the 80 seats.

“Yadav has asked party workers to remain vigilant at the booth level to prevent the BJP from coming to power,” Mr Chaudhary told PTI.

Asked whether the Samajwadi Party will be a part of the INDIA bloc in the parliamentary elections amid the strained relations between it and the Congress over seat sharing for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, Mr Chaudhary said, “There is an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, that is certain.” According to party spokesman Faqrul Hasan Chand, Yadav told the party cadre that the SP is the biggest party in the state and had got 35 per cent vote share in the recent assembly elections and is also a part of the INDIA alliance. Therefore, the SP will contest on 65 of the 80 seats while leaving the rest for its allies.

During the last Lok Sabha elections, the SP, which had entered into an alliance with the BSP, also left three seats for the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). The RLD had contested the recent assembly elections with the SP and is still a part of the SP-led alliance.

Just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the SP and the BSP had cobbled together an alliance in which the BSP contested 38 seats and the SP 37.

The alliance had left two seats for the Congress — Rae Bareli and Amethi — and did not field their candidates there.

In his address, Mr Yadav cautioned the BJP government will try to influence the elections by misusing the administration.

Stressing that his party will expose the anti-people policies of the BJP, he said the Samajwadi Party is not afraid of BJP’s conspiracies and malicious actions.

“People are looking at the Samajwadi Party as an alternative. BJP is implicating Samajwadi Party workers in false cases. The public is watching everything, they will remove BJP from power in 2024,” he said.

The Samajwadi Party has been fighting for social justice for a long time and the conduct of a caste census is very important to take this fight forward, he said.

Only through this census will everyone get their rights and respect, he said, adding that the BJP was against holding a caste census.

The release said that in the state executive meeting of Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh, the political situation of the state, party organization and election strategy were discussed.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Scarves With 'Jai Shri Ram' On Them Burnt, Accused Are Minors: UP Cops

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Scarves With 'Jai Shri Ram' On Them Burnt, Accused Are Minors: UP Cops

Sonbhadra:

Police lodged a case in connection with the burning and trampling of scarfs with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Om’ printed on them on Wednesday, officials said.

A purported video of the incident has also surfaced online. Both the accused are minors, they said.

One youth was seen indulging in the act in the video, Circle Officer Amit Kumar said.

The officer said one Prasun Kumar lodged a case at the Ghorawal police station against two minors, both of whom were residents of a village in Sonbhadra. The complainant accused one of them of committing the act, and the other of making the video viral on Twitter, Kumar said.

The accused are students of class 11 and class 10, he said, adding that legal action is being taken against them as per existing norms. Police said further investigations are underway. 

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Watch: Tendulkar's Statue Unveiled At Wankhede Stadium, Where India Won WC

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Sachin Tendulkar, one name that needs no introduction for Indian sports lovers. The cricket maestro, for decades, carried the hopes of billions on the cricket field. The numerous world records, including most international runs and centuries, is only one part of the Sachin Tendulkar’s greatness. The respect that he commanded from his fellow teammates and rivals is a testament to his impact. Sachin Tendulkar got a fitting reward for his persistence when the Indian cricket team won 2011 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium, with the superstar being part of the team.

Now, Sachin Tendulkar’s life-sized statue has unveiled at the Wankhede Stadium on the eve of India’s World Cup clash against Sri Lanka.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Amol Kale, Rajya Sabha member Sharad Pawar, and Sachin’s wife Anjali Tendulkar, daughter Sara Tendulkar, and brother Ajit Tendulkar were present during the unveiling of the statue.

The statue is dedicated to 50 years of Tendulkar’s life and has been installed by the MCA near Sachin Tendulkar Stand at the stadium, and it was unveiled today.

Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, team India’s supporter and a fan of Sachin, was also present during the ceremony. He blew a conch shell and waved the Indian flag.

Sachin is considered as the greatest batter to have played the game. With 34,357 runs in 664 international appearances at an average of 48.52, Sachin is the highest run-scorer in international cricket. He has scored 100 centuries and 164 half-centuries, most in international cricket. He is the only player to have a century of centuries.

With 18,426 runs in ODIs and 15,921 runs in Tests, Sachin also has the highest runs in both formats. He is the first player to hit an ODI double hundred and to have played 200 Test matches.

He also has 201 international wickets to his name, making him a very useful part-time spin bowling option. With a total of 664 international appearances, he is the most-capped player of all time. He is part of the Indian Team which won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011.

Sachin has played six IPL seasons from 2008-2013, all for Mumbai Indians, where he has scored a total of 2334 runs in 78 matches at an average of 34.84. Sachin has 13 fifties and one hundred under his belt, hitting 29 sixes and 295 fours with a strike rate of 119.82. He won the 2013 edition of the tournament with the franchise as a player.

Sachin’s best performance came in IPL 2010. He scored 618 runs in 15 matches at an average of 47.53 at a strike rate of 132.61. He scored five fifties that season and his best individual score was 89*. He won the ‘Orange Cap’ that season. MI finished as runners-up that season.

With ANI inputs

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