Two laborers who fell into the water tank of a house under construction died on Friday night. The incident took place in Rampur village, where Nafe Singh was constructing his house and during this time he had forced two laborers to open the shuttering of the underground water tank.

Nafe Singh is getting his house constructed in Rampur village of Kharkhoda. Inside the house, he has constructed an underground tank to store water. To open the shuttering from inside, on Friday, they had put 21 year old Neeraj of Chandrapura, Begusarai, Bihar and 33 year old Kundan of Chilakundi, Khagaria, Bihar inside the hole. But because this pit had been covered for the past several days, there was gas in it.

Due to which Neeraj and Kundan, who were in a rage, got hit by it and became unconscious. When no movement was felt inside the pit, both of them were hurriedly taken out of the pit by Nafe Singh's family. After which both of them were brought to the government hospital in Kharkhoda, but the doctors declared them dead.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy -- used to shrink tumours before cancer surgery -- can significantly improve treatment outcomes and boost survival rate, said experts here on Saturday.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment where chemotherapy drugs are administered before surgical extraction of the tumour just before primary cancer treatment. It can shrink a cancerous tumour before moving on to other treatments such as surgery. It can also allow doctors to test a chemotherapy drug to gauge how the body responds to it.

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the treatment shrinks cancerous tumours which then helps surgeons to remove them easily.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy may also kill cancerous tissue that is not yet visible on imaging tests. The effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy depends on many factors, including the type and stage of cancer a person has, as well as their response to different drugs.

A case of a major incident has come to light from Amritsar. Where in Darburji village of Amritsar three miscreants entered the house in the early hours of the day and fired shots. The video of which has been captured in the CCTV camera installed in the house.

According to information, a young American citizen was shot dead at Darburji town on the Amritsar-Jalandhar GT road. It can be seen in the video that three miscreants enter the house and start shooting at the person. Meanwhile, the whole family was in the house when this incident took place and the family is also trying to rescue them.

Minor brain injuries at a young age that lead to concussion even for a short period may impact the brain later, and raise the risk of dementia, finds a study.

The study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK, aimed to learn more about the impact of concussions -- classified as traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) -- or other minor brain injuries on dementia.

Previous research has suggested that some forms of dementia could be related to some types of brain injuries.

In the paper, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the team analysed MRI scans of 617 people aged 40 to 59.

They also studied their medical histories, focusing most specifically on whether they had had brain injuries anytime during their life.

About 36.1 per cent of the participants reported having experienced at least one brain injury that was serious enough to have caused them a minor concussion.

The creative industry in India now stands at $30 billion, responsible for the employment of nearly 8 per cent of the country’s working population, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said.

Minister Puri stressed that with creative exports increasing by 20 per cent last year alone, generating over $11 billion, “the industry is expected to see remarkable growth in the coming years”.

Speaking at the launch of the ‘All India Initiative on Creative Economy (AIICE)’ initiative in the national capital, the minister congratulated the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for conceptualising a forum where creative industries could collaborate on various matters related to the sector.

According to the minister, an increasing number of Indians, especially youth, believe creative industries to be more appealing while also offering career security.

He stressed that this was an incentivising factor in boosting our creative exports, acknowledging the role of Bollywood and other local film industries in the creative economy of India.

Pagnau, a remote village in Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, was completely destroyed as heavy rains lashed the area in the early hours of Saturday.

The situation worsened significantly after heavy rainfall on Saturday night, which led to the destruction of almost all houses in the village.

The villagers, already living in fear, are now facing a full-blown crisis as debris, large boulders, and even poisonous snakes and scorpions are being carried into their homes by the ongoing landslides.

The situation became increasingly dire due to continuous landslides and cracks in the terrain that have plagued the area since August last year.

The relentless onslaught of natural disasters has forced the affected families to flee their homes in search of safer locations. The villagers have expressed deep frustration with the local administration, accusing them of inaction and neglect.

Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza as the Israeli military ordered evacuations from the area.

Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli artillery heavily shelled the outskirts of Beit Lahia and several nearby neighbourhoods, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources on Friday.

Local medical sources stated that the shelling resulted in five deaths and several injuries, with the injured taken to the hospital, reports news agency.

The Israeli forces reported that rockets were launched from the Beit Lahia area targeting Israel earlier in the day. In response, the Israeli military instructed residents of Beit Lahia and surrounding areas to evacuate immediately.

Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the Israeli forces would "act forcefully and immediately against these terrorist elements."

Torrential rains have left 11 people dead and 14 others missing in the city of Huludao, China's Liaoning Province.

The heavy rainfall caused extremely severe damage in Huludao, particularly in the city's Jianchang County and Suizhong County. Roads, power lines, communication networks, houses, and crops were heavily affected, local authorities said on Friday.

Currently, roads and communication networks are gradually being restored in affected areas and efforts are being made to search for the missing persons, news agency reported.

According to preliminary statistics, 188,757 people in Huludao have been affected, with losses amounting to 10.3 billion yuan (about $1.44 billion).

India can achieve a share of 10 per cent of all 6G patents along with one-sixth contributions to global standards in the next three years, a government-led panel has stressed.

The country has already launched various initiatives like ‘Bharat 6G Vision’ and ‘Bharat 6G Alliance’, along with the patent and IPR support framework and commissioning of testbeds.

A second meeting of stakeholders advisory committee (SAC) on telecom service providers (TSPs) in the national capital, in the presence of Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia, urged the industry to expand and shape the future of telecommunication ecosystem and foster inclusive and collaborative policy decision-making.

Minister Scindia asked the SAC members to define a critical path to achieve the targets discussed and to define roles they see for different stakeholders, including the government, in achieving the same.

He also exhorted TSPs to take all necessary measure to ensure that citizens get good quality of telecom services.

At least three people have been killed and several others injured in a knife attack in Germany's Solingen city, local media reported.

The attack took place on Friday night as a festival was underway to mark the 650th anniversary of the city's founding, news agency reported, citing German media.

At present, rescue workers are working on those injured.

Some 80,000 people were reportedly present for the celebration. At about 10 p.m. local time, a man with a knife attacked people attending the event.

Police then issued a major alert and a shooting alert. The celebration was immediately cancelled, and visitors were asked to leave.