The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 40,939, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.

During the past 48 hours, the Israeli military killed 61 people and wounded 162 others, bringing the total death toll to 40,939 and injuries to 94,616 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it added.

On Saturday, eight people were killed and 15 others injured in the Israeli targeting of the Halima al-Sa'diyya school in the Jabalia area of Gaza

For India to realise the goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047, logistics sector will play a key role with providing right skill-sets while generating employment, Jayant Chaudhary, Minister of State (Independent Charge), for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said on Saturday.

The minister said the government is also creating an enabling ecosystem for the growth in this sector where skilling and education work hand in hand.

Launching ‘Swiggy Skills’ initiative during an event in the national capital, Chaudhary said that public-private partnerships can accelerate and create new avenues for the workforce in the sector.

North Delhi Strikers Women have qualified for the final of the Adani Women's Delhi Premier League T20 after a seven-wicket DLS method victory against East Delhi Riders Women in the last league stage match held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. North Delhi Strikers Women will now take on South Delhi Superstarz Women in the summit clash on Sunday.

After electing to bat first, East Delhi Riders Women posted a total of 150/2 in their 20 overs. In reply, North Delhi Strikers Women chased down the DLS-adjusted target with ease through Upasana Yadav's 65 off 44 balls.

Upasana Yadav and Mansi Sharma got the run chase off to a quick start. They were 26/0 in the fourth over. However, Sharma (10 off 10) was dismissed on the fifth ball of the same over, just before rain briefly halted play. The target was then revised to 113 in 14 overs via the DLS method.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed office-bearers of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC).

AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge approved the appointment of vice presidents, general secretaries, presidents of the district/city Congress committees and heads of various cells of the APCC.

The party named 13 vice-presidents, 37 general secretaries, 25 DCC presidents, and 10 City Congress committee presidents.

The vice presidents are Kota Sathyanarayana, Valiboyina Gurunadham, Sripathi Prakasam, K. Venugopal Reddy, M. Surya Nayak, Udatha Venakata Rao Yadav, K. Vinaya Kumar, M. Venkata Siva Prasad, K. Shivaji, S. Martin Luther, K. Srinivasu, Vegi Venkatesh and D. Rambhupal Reddy.

The rising consumption of processed and packaged food in India will likely affect health outcomes and policies may be required to regulate the nutritional content of these foods and promote healthier alternatives, a government paper has stressed.

According to the paper, titled ‘Changes in India’s Food Consumption and Policy Implications,’ by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister, across regions and consumption classes, “we observe a significant increase in the share of household expenditure on served and packaged processed food”.

This increase was universal across the classes but more pronounced for the country's top 20 per cent of households and significantly more in urban areas.

“While food processing is a growth sector and a significant creator of jobs, this rising consumption of processed and packaged food will also likely affect health outcomes,” the paper warned.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Saturday said her husband would not bow down before Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Urging the people to vote for AAP at an election meeting in Bhiwani in poll-bound Haryana, she said, “Modi-ji, I want to make it clear that my husband Arvind Kejriwal will not bow down before you.”

“If my husband is corrupt then there is no honest person on this planet. Because of Kejriwal, Haryana’s name is being glorified all over the world. God wants to do something special through Arvind because he was born on Janmashtami,” she said.

India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is proud to see the redemption of Purani Dilli 6 in the ongoing Adani Delhi Premier League (DPL) T20 being played here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Pant is presently playing in the Duleep Trophy and is confident that Purani Dilli 6 will do wonders in the semifinals.

"I wish I could be there for the semifinals, but my commitments with the Duleep Trophy have kept me away. Still, I have full faith in you all and I'm confident that you’ll continue to give your best out there," said Pant in a message to the Purani Dilli 6 team.

"Play with heart, trust yourselves, and stick together like the family we are and will be in the long run. Let’s make it count. I'll be cheering for you every step of the way. Let’s do this Purani Delhi," he added.

China's top economic planner said on Saturday that 200 million yuan (approximately $28.2 million) has been allocated from the Central budget to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in Hainan and Guangdong provinces.

According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the funds will be used to urgently repair damaged infrastructure, including roads, bridges, water conservancy facilities, schools and hospitals, and to facilitate the swift restoration of normal living and working conditions,

Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon this year, made two landfalls in China on Friday, first striking Hainan and later Guangdong.

China's Ministry of Water Resources conducted a comprehensive assessment on Saturday focusing on the safety of small and medium-sized reservoirs and the risks of potential floods in small and medium-sized rivers and mountain torrents in the affected areas.

The Ministry has dispatched four working teams to guide flood prevention efforts in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

As the unemployment rate falls in the US but hiring slows down as Federal Reserve gears up for a rate cut this month, the developments are likely to push foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) increase their investments in India, market experts said on Saturday.

Early September witnessed buying by FPIs mainly due to the resilience of the Indian market.

FPIs invested Rs 9,642 crore in equity through the exchanges and Rs 1,388 crore through the ‘primary market and others’ category till September 6.

According to Sunil Damania, Chief Investment Officer, MojoPMS, flows from FPIs are influenced by a complex interplay of factors beyond bond inclusion.

Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar converted his five-wicket haul into a seven-fer, while captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Aryan Juyal, and Rajat Patidar hit crucial 40s in leading India C to a four-wicket win over India D in a first-round match of the Duleep Trophy at the Rural Development Trust Stadium here on Saturday.

In the morning, India D resumed from an overnight score of 206/8. But they could add only 30 more runs to the total as Suthar dismissed Axar Patel for 28 and then took out Aditya Thakare to finish with excellent figures of 7-49 in 19.1 overs, including bowling seven maidens, as India C were set a target of 233 to win.

In the chase, India C were off to a flying start as Gaikwad and Sai Sudharsan hit boundaries consistently off Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh to bring up the half-century of their opening stand in just 6.3 overs. The duo eventually had a 64-run opening stand before left-handed Sudharsan was caught by Ricky Bhui against off-spinner Saransh Jain.

Four overs later, Saransh came back to have Gaikwad caught by Shreyas Iyer and dismissed him for 46. Juyal and Patidar hung around to hit ten boundaries between themselves and get India C’s chase back on track. But Saransh came back to have Patidar stumped while Juyal was caught in the deep off Arshdeep.