A minimum of 15 eliminated as bus reverses in India's Uttarakhand state

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• A minimum of 15 eliminated as bus reverses in India's Uttarakhand state

  A minimum of 15 people died and 20 were injured after a bus fell under a deep canyon in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand on Monday, an authorities informed Reuters. The bus was coming from Garhwal in the north and was headed to Ramnagar, with at least 42 travelers on board, Devendra Pincha, a local law enforcement officer told Reuters by phone. The death toll is likely to increase as the condition of a couple of of the survivors is critical, he said. Visuals from ANI news agency, in which Reuters has actually a. minority stake, revealed a reversed bus lying next to a river at. the base of a hill. State Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said rescue. authorities were working quickly to evacuate the hurt.

• Malaysia's Petronas to halt local NGV fuel supply next year on decreasing demand

  Malaysia state energy company Petronas will halt the domestic retail supply and sale of natural gas for lorries by July next year due to decreasing need and to guarantee safety of roadway users, the transportation minister said on Monday. Transportation Minister Anthony Loke said only 0.2% of registered motor vehicles in Malaysia were fuelled by NGV, with many considered in aging condition and extra parts not available. These issues will ultimately pose a security danger, injury, or death to all users or owners of the vehicles included, Loke informed an interview. NGV is mainly utilized as a fuel for taxis in Malaysia. Loke likewise stated NGV-powered lorries will no longer be permitted to register for road usage in Malaysia from July 1, 2025. Petronas has actually taken steps to help owners of NGV-powered lorries, consisting of cabby, to shift to other fuels, Loke stated.

• Serbia opens probe into railway structure catastrophe that eliminated 14

  Serbia ended up a. rescue operation and opened an examination on Saturday into a. roof collapse that eliminated 14 and hurt 3 at a train. station in the northern city of Novi Sad. The disaster occurred on Friday when a length of roofing. along the entryway to the station collapsed on a sunny day. Rescuers worked into the night, using heavy building. machinery, to free the dead and wounded from under the debris. The station in the city about 70 km (40 miles) northwest of. Belgrade had been undergoing restoration work. Transport Minister Goran Vesic stated the inquiry, opened by. authorities in Novi Sad, would include the state Traffic. Institute, state railway company and the Chinese consortium that. has been undertaking the renovation work. The examination will figure out ... who made decisions and. put seals and signatures, who was in charge of controlling the. ( quality of) works, Vesic said in a TV broadcast. Vesic, state Serbian Railways company, the state Traffic. Institute and the Chinese consortium - China Train. International Co. Ltd and China Communications Construction. Business (CRIC-CCCC), that was renovating the building, all stated. that the part of the building that collapsed was not a part of. the works. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic stated 20 individuals would be. spoken with by authorities on Saturday in connection with the. catastrophe, consisting of individuals from the ministry in charge and the. state railways operator. The documentation about the building will (also) be. obtained ... about who made the decisions, Dacic included. Authorities declared Saturday a national day of mourning. On Saturday morning, people brought flowers and lit candle lights. near the site. Employees were removing the last of the. debris. Serbia's opposition, which accuses authorities faithful to. President Aleksandar Vucic of rampant corruption, nepotism and. extreme red tape, called for a protest in downtown Novi Sad. later on in the day. Vucic, a populist, and his allies deny such claims. In. a televised address late on Friday the president promised. justice and demanded extreme penalty for those responsible. As he spoke, numerous individuals lit candles at a vigil outside. the municipal government to honour the victims of the catastrophe. Sorrow was. gradually developing into anger. We demand to understand who is accountable for this due to the fact that. somebody is, stated 27-year old homeowner Mila Jovic, who attended. the vigil.

• Russian-held town in eastern Ukraine equips buses with drone jammers

  Authorities in the Russiancontrolled eastern Ukrainian town of Horlivka have set up jamming gadgets on some of the local buses to protect them from drone strikes, officials told Reuters. At least one bus driving around the town, situated near the Russian-held city of Donetsk, was attacked by a Ukrainian drone this month, Russian-installed authorities say, and 3 individuals were injured in the occurrence. Jammers work by disrupting a drone's interactions with its operator, making it less harmful, although crashing drones have also caused damage in a variety of incidents in the Russia-Ukraine war. We can not safeguard bus drivers and travelers ourselves, so we asked for assistance and they provided us four jamming gadgets, said Vladimir Mironov, owner and manager of a bus depot in Horlivka. We do not know how effective they will be, however it's the most we can do for the sake of security at the moment. Horlivka lies near to the cutting edge and local authorities routinely report shelling and drone attacks. Donetsk has actually been under Russian control since 2014, but Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold positions on its outskirts and the city routinely comes under artillery fire. Donetsk is among 4 areas of eastern and southern Ukraine that Russia partly inhabits and declared as its own in 2022 in a move condemned as unlawful by many countries at the United Nations General Assembly.

• Activists rally in Belgrade to object railway station disaster

  Hundreds of opposition activists rallied in Belgrade on Sunday to oppose over a fatal mishap at a railway station in Serbia's north, for which they blame negligence and corruption by the authorities. The disaster on Friday in the city of Novi Sad, about 70 km ( 40 miles) northwest of Belgrade, took place when roofing along the entryway to the station all of a sudden collapsed, killing 14 people and seriously hurting three. Protesters bring banners checking out The blood is on your hands, and Corruption kills, and chanting Arrest (President. Aleksandar) Vucic, marched by federal government buildings in the. center of the Serbian capital. We are all shaken and furious ... the state is directly. responsible for this, said Djordje Dimitrijevic, a protester. Serbia's opposition politicians, activists and rights groups. accuse authorities devoted to Vucic and his Serbian Progressive. Party of rampant corruption, ties with organised crime, nepotism. and excessive bureaucracy. Vucic and his allies reject such allegations. Serbia's Prime Minister Milos Vucevic stated on Sunday. authorities were investigating who is accountable for the. disaster. Prosecution and cops are working to establish bad guy. duty ... (and) there is no avoidance of political. responsibility, Vucevic said in a television broadcast. The station in Novi Sad was refurbished in 2021 and 2022. Other minor works continued till July this year. The district attorney's office in the city stated on Sunday its. investigators had interviewed 26 individuals in connection with the. mishap, including Transport Minister Goran Vesic, and had. protected files of significance. Another 14 individuals have actually been. summoned for questioning, it included.

• Serbia opens probe into train structure disaster that killed 14

  Serbia ended up a. rescue operation and opened an examination on Saturday into a. roofing collapse that killed 14 people and injured three at a. railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad. At least 2 children were among those eliminated in the. disaster, which happened on Friday when a length of roofing. along the entryway to the station collapsed on a warm day. Rescuers infiltrated the night, using heavy building. machinery, to release the dead and wounded from under the debris. The station in the city about 70 km (40 miles) northwest of. Belgrade went through restorations in 2021 and 2022. Other small. works continued up until July this year when the Transportation Ministry. stated a total of 16 million euros ($ 17.33 million) had actually been. bought the renovation. Transport Minister Goran Vesic stated on Saturday the inquiry,. opened by district attorneys in Novi Sad, would include the state. Traffic Institute, state railway company and the Chinese. consortium that undertook the remodelling work. The investigation will determine ... who made choices and. put seals and signatures, who was in charge of controlling the. ( quality of) works, Vesic said in a TV broadcast. Vesic, state Serbian Railways company, the state Traffic. Institute and the Chinese consortium - China Railway. International Co. Ltd and China Communications Building. Business (CRIC-CCCC), that remodelled the building, all said on. Friday that the part of the structure that collapsed was not a. part of the works. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic stated 20 individuals would be. spoken with by authorities on Saturday in connection with the. disaster, including people from the ministry in charge and the. state railways operator. The documents about the structure will (likewise) be. obtained ... about who made the decisions, Dacic included. Authorities declared Saturday a nationwide day of grieving. The University Medical Center (UKC) in Novi Sad stated in a. declaration that the three injured people remained in intensive. care. On Saturday early morning, individuals brought flowers and toys, and. lit candles near the website. Workers were removing the last. of the debris. I am sorry about individuals and we must make sure for. something like this never to occur once again, stated Hair Gostovic,. 75, a pensioner from Novi Sad. Serbia's opposition, which accuses authorities faithful to. President Aleksandar Vucic of rampant corruption, nepotism and. extreme bureaucracy, required a protest in downtown Novi Sad. later in the day. Vucic, a populist, and his allies reject such accusations. In. a televised address late on Friday the president assured. justice and demanded severe penalty for those responsible.

• Eight eliminated in Serbian railway station roof collapse

  Eight people were killed and 2 hospitalised on Friday when the roofing of a railway station in the Serbian town of Novi Sad collapsed, interior minister Ivica Dacic stated in a telecasted declaration. Local television stations revealed emergency services at the scene, including medical staff who were preparing stretchers close by. Two big diggers for eliminating debris were likewise stationed in front of the station. It is a very challenging rescue operation that will last for several more hours. We have around 80 rescuers from numerous towns working and heavy machinery, Dacic stated, adding that 2 more individuals were still under the rubble but were alive. Regional media said possibly lots of individuals were hurt. The mayor's workplace in the city acknowledged the incident but did not say the number of were injured. N1 news channel said that train departures were stopped from the station about 70 kilometres

• UK's HS2 rail line must run to central London, finance minister Reeves states

  British financing minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday the southern leg of the HS2 train line should go to main London, and that the government would devote moneying to begin the tunnelling needed. The multi billion-pound project was downsized by the previous government last year. Providing the very first budget of the brand-new Labour government, Reeves said the high-speed rail task - which will link the capital city to Birmingham in central England - must reach Euston station. Without brand-new personal cash the railway was set to terminate at Old Oak Common in the outskirts of the capital under former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who likewise cancelled the northern leg of the task between Birmingham and Manchester over cost overruns. We are dedicating the financing required to start tunnelling work to London Euston station, catalysing private financial investment into the city, Reeves said. The project, proposed by the last Labour federal government in 2010, was developed to add capacity to Britain's railway network and help the country's infrastructure catch up with other European nations which have comprehensive faster modern tracks, however its expenses have actually spiralled to over 100 billion pounds.

• Cable car crashes into store in central Oslo, injuring four individuals

  A tram crashed into a shop in central Oslo on Tuesday, injuring the chauffeur and a minimum of 3 other individuals, Norwegian cops stated. There were around 20 guests onboard the cable car at the time of the collision, according to authorities. Images from the scene showed a blue tram that had actually permeated a computer system shop on the ground flooring of a four-story structure in the centre of the Norwegian capital. We are working to get a summary of the scope, but there is a great deal of damage to the store, authorities said in a statement. The crash activated a massive reaction by rescue services, cordoning off the area. The building was evacuated, and will be looked for structural damage, police said.

• Major Gulf markets combined ahead of United States election

  Major stock exchange in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Tuesday as investors took a cautious method ahead of the U.S. presidential election, while Saudi Aramco reported a drop in quarterly incomes. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both anticipated victory as they campaigned throughout Pennsylvania and other battlefield states on Monday in the final, frantic day of an incredibly close U.S. presidential election. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index dropped 0.8%, weighed down by a 1% fall in aluminium items producer Al Taiseer Group and a 0.5% reduction in Al Rajhi Bank. Oil behemoth Saudi Aramco was down 0.6%, after reporting a 15.4% drop in third-quarter profit due to lower crude costs and weaker refining margins. It, nevertheless, kept its dividend at $31.1 billion for the quarter. On the other hand, the kingdom posted a deficit spending of 30 billion riyals ($ 8 billion) in the 3rd quarter, a financing ministry statement revealed on Monday, as lower oil prices weighed on income. Dubai's main share index relieved 0.2%, with toll operator Salik Company losing 1.2%, while Sharia-compliant lender Dubai Islamic Bank fell 0.2%,. ahead of its revenues statement. In Abu Dhabi, the index was flat. Oil costs - a catalyst for the Gulf's financial markets -. sold a narrow range ahead of what is anticipated to be an. incredibly close U.S. presidential election, after increasing. more than 2% in the previous session as OPEC+ delayed strategies to. walking production in December. The Qatari standard index included 0.1%, assisted by a. 0.4% rise in Qatar Islamic Bank.

• Southwest names air travel veteran Gangwal as board chairperson

  Southwest Airlines on Monday named aviation industry veteran Rakesh Gangwal as the independent chair to its board, days after the spending plan carrier settled its fight with activist investor Elliott. The airline company generated the co-founder of India's biggest provider Indigo to its board in July in spite of criticism from Elliott Investment Management at the time. Gangwal, an American, has actually spent numerous years in senior functions at United Airlines and U.S. Airways. He resigned from the board of Indigo's parent InterGlobe Aviation in 2022. Gangwal purchased Southwest shares worth more than $100 million last month before the airline settled its boardroom feud with Elliott in an offer that allowed CEO Bob Jordan to maintain his job by making larger board-level concessions. Elliott had actually been pushing for months to refresh the board and remove Kelly and Jordan, blaming them for the airline company's bad performance. As part of the offer, the Dallas-based airline company was set to add five Elliott candidates to its board, making it the most seats the hedge fund has ever got in a settlement with a U.S. business. The agreement with Elliott likewise speeded up the retirement of Executive Chairman Gary Kelly, which entered into impact on Nov. 1. The budget plan carrier also selected chairs to its board committees on Friday, including the visit of Elliott nominee Gregg Saretsky as the chair of its finance committee.

• EBRD plans to invest 1.25 bln euros in Kazakhstan for China-Europe cargo route

  The European Bank for Restoration and Development plans to invest 1.25 billion euros ($ 1.36 billion) in 2 Kazakh projects to increase the capacity of a ChinaEurope cargo transport route bypassing Russia, the head of the EBRD said on Friday. The route, called the Trans-Caspian or Middle Corridor, is shorter than a northern route through Russia and is becoming significantly crucial for East-West trade offered Western sanctions on Moscow due to its invasion of Ukraine. The land and sea transportation corridor for products would be an economic advantage for nations whose territories it crosses, including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Trans-Caspian job, I imply, the development of the connection as an option to the Russia trade pattern is very essential, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso told Reuters. She stated EBRD had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kazakh state train business for a potential 750 million euro investment. The other project, worth 500 million euros, is to rehabilitate the Aktobe-Ulgaisyn roadway in Kazakhstan's Western Aktobe region, she said in an interview. The bank is likewise purchasing green energy projects in Kazakhstan and the Main Asian area as an entire, Renaud-Basso said, pointing out a battery energy storage job for renewable manufacturers in Uzbekistan as an example. EBRD likewise prepares a 270 million euro deal with Kazakh state electrical grid operator KEGOC to connect more renewable energy producers to the grid. She stated the bank, which this year purchased a 5% stake in Kazakh flagship carrier Air Astana throughout its preliminary public offering, was keen to participate in more privatisation offers. The EBRD anticipates Kazakhstan's economy to grow 5.5% next year compared to this year's 4% growth, partially due to the expansion of the huge Tengiz oilfield.