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Delhi school closure extended amid ‘severe’ air pollution

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As the air pollution levels in the national capital continue to remain high, education minister Atishi Marlena on Sunday said that primary schools in Delhi will stay closed till November 10.

The minister shared the information on X, formerly Twitter.

She further added that for grade 6-12, schools are being given the option of shifting to online classes.

Earlier on Friday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal declared a holiday for all government and private primary schools in the national capital after the pollution levels plunged into the ‘Severe’ category.

Unfavorable meteorological conditions, combined with emissions from vehicles, paddy straw burning, firecrackers, and other local pollution sources, contribute to hazardous air quality levels in Delhi-NCR during the winter every year.

(Excerpts : TOI)

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Gaza truce extended

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Hamas and Israel have announced the extension of a truce deal minutes before it was due to expire.

The Israeli military says the six-day truce in Gaza will continue in light of mediators’ efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages.

The ceasefire was extended for a day after Hamas gave Israel a list of women and children hostages to be released on Thursday.

Sixteen Israeli and foreign captives freed from Gaza on Wednesday and 30 Palestinian female and child prisoners were released from Israeli jails early on Thursday morning.

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Fmr. US Secretary of State – Kissinger, no more

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Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died aged 100 at his home in Connecticut.

His consulting firm Kissinger Associates announced his death in a statement on Wednesday evening, but did not disclose a cause.

It said he would be interred at a private family service, to be followed at a later date by a public memorial service in New York City.

Kissinger served as America’s top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations and energetically pursued the policy of détente which thawed relations with the Soviet Union and China

Kissinger was both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and roundly condemned as a war criminal as well.

Kissinger had been active past his centenary, attending meetings in the White House, publishing a book on leadership styles, and testifying before a Senate committee about the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. In July 2023 he made a surprise visit to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

(Agencies)

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World’s biggest iceberg on the move

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The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor.

The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island.

At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it’s more than twice the size of Greater London.

The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters.

A23a is a true colossus, and it’s not just its width that impresses.

This slab of ice is some 400m (1,312 ft) thick. For comparison, the London Shard, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, is a mere 310m tall.

A23a was part of a mass outbreak of bergs from the White Continent’s Filchner Ice Shelf.

At the time, it was hosting a Soviet research station, which just illustrates how long ago its calving occurred.

Moscow despatched an expedition to remove equipment from the Druzhnaya 1 base, fearing it would be lost. But the tabular berg didn’t move far from the coast before its deep keel anchored it rigidly to the Weddell’s bottom-muds.

(BBC News)

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