At least four people were killed and three others were injured when the boundary wall of a government transport office collapsed and fell on some huts after heavy rain at Karsingsa on the outskirts of the capital city on Wednesday, officials said.

A Police official said that the boundary wall of the central workshop of the Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Services (APSTS) collapsed early on Wednesday after heavy incessant rainfall for many hours.

The boundary wall of the APSTS collapsed and fell on some huts when the victims were sleeping leading to the fatalities.

Four people, identified as Urmila Biswas, Vikash Biswas, Mukibur Rahman and Pal Biswas., died on the spot, and three others were injured.

Integrating global value chains (GVCs) into India at scale will help boost the Indo-US electronics trade to $100 billion within the next decade, the government said on Wednesday.

The Indo-US Task Force for Electronics, established by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) last year aims to integrate the capabilities of Indian and American companies to foster innovation, drive trade and create substantial employment opportunities.

In a second Roundtable of the Indo-US Task Force for Electronics in the national capital, more than 40 industry leaders from Indian and US companies, along with key government officials, discussed the future roadmap.

S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, said that electronics is poised to become the largest single manufacturing sector globally, and India must claim a substantial share.

To strengthen security at international borders, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday cleared the project of flood protection in border areas to protect border outposts along the India-Pakistan boundary fencing at a cost Rs 176.29 crore.

Chairing a meeting of the state flood control board here, the Chief Minister said the government has been repeatedly getting requests from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Army to protect border outposts.

He said the sites are affected by flood waters of the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Ujh rivers, adding in the past limited state funds had to be diverted to protect defence installations of national importance.

However, Mann said given the national security aspect of these works, the government has conceived a project costing Rs 176.29 crore for 28 sites in the state.

A total of 712 climbers have received permission by Wednesday to climb 29 mountains in Nepal during the fall climbing season.

The climbers are from 62 countries and regions, and 163 of them are females, according to the Department of Tourism.

"We're expecting a surge in the number in the coming days," Rakesh Gurung, director at the agency,news agency reported

An Israeli airstrike hit the Syrian city of Quneitra on Wednesday, killing one police officer and wounding another.

The strike occurred amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Syria. It is the latest in a series of cross-border hostilities. Israel has regularly targeted what it considers as Iranian and Hezbollah positions inside Syria,

Syria has repeatedly condemned the attacks, calling them violations of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. In contrast, Israel rarely acknowledged individual strikes, saying that its actions were aimed at preventing the entrenchment of Iranian forces near its borders.

Kenya's Ministry of Health has said that the country is on high alert following notification of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda amid fears of cross-border transmissions.

Cabinet Secretary for Health Deborah Barasa said that Kenya shares strong air and road connections with Rwanda, with daily flights and frequent road travel and trade routes, news agency reported.

"In view of the foregoing, the ministry is instituting urgent measures to forestall importation of cases and subsequent transmission across the country," Barasa said in a statement released in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Tuesday evening.

MVD is an acute, severe viral hemorrhagic fever that is highly transmissible and cases can spread rapidly within a short time.

Turkey blocked access to the messaging platform Discord on Wednesday following a court ruling amid concerns over platform safety and crimes involving minors.

The Information Technologies and Communication Authority, the country's infotech regulator, published the decision to impose the ban on its website.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said an Ankara court had found sufficient grounds for suspicion of "child sexual abuse and obscenity" to justify the move,news agency reported.

Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Jharkhand advanced to the final with contrasting victories in their respective semifinal matches on the ninth day of the 14th Hockey India Junior Women's National Championship 2024 here on Wednesday.

Hockey Madhya Pradesh confirmed their spot in the final after a 1-1 (5-4 Shoot Out) win against the Hockey Association of Odisha.

Surekha Bahala (18’) scored to give the Hockey Association of Odisha the lead but Sneha Patel (59’) equalised for Hockey Madhya Pradesh in the penultimate minute of the match and forced a penalty shootout.

With both teams scoring two goals each in the shootout, the match advanced to sudden death. Khushi Katariya, Kajal, and Huda Khan scored for Hockey Madhya Pradesh while their goalkeeper Krisha Parihar saved the third penalty to secure the win.

Long working hours, strict deadlines, high-performance expectations, and job insecurity are some of the major issues at the workplace that have recently claimed several ‘young’ lives in India. The need is to develop a healthy workplace that can address these and also help boost productivity, said experts on Wednesday a day ahead of World Mental Health Day.

World Mental Health Day is observed every year on October 10 to raise awareness and fight stigma related to mental health issues. The theme this year is ‘Mental Health at Work’.

India has recently seen a spate of deaths due to overwhelming pressure and harassment by toxic bosses at the workplace. The latest case involves Bajaj Finance manager who died by suicide, due to workplace harassment.

In his suicide note, the 42-year-old Tarun Saxena from Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi said he “did not sleep for 45 days and is under a lot of stress”.

On July 21, Anna Sebastian, a 26-year-old CA at audit firm Ernst and Young succumbed to death in Pune due to severe work pressure. Her mother in a heart-wrenching letter to Chairman Rajiv Memani noted that Anna lost her life due to a “backbreaking workload” and “work stress”, in just four months of joining the firm.

The list is endless.

Ahead of India’s another must-win game against Sri Lanka in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the right-handed batter Jemimah Rodrigues motivated the team by saying they have the power to do whatever it takes to get what they want.

India's 58-run defeat to New Zealand in their tournament opener at Dubai saw their Net Run Rate taking a severe blow. Despite beating Pakistan by six wickets, it didn’t offer them much respite in terms of Net Run Rate, which is now at -1.217.

India needs to win heavily against Sri Lanka, who are yet to register a win in their two games, to have a slim chance of entering the semifinals. “Amol sir started the campaign off by saying, ‘Dedicate this tournament to someone special’. You know whom I am dedicating this tournament to? All of you here.”