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Hundreds Flee Gaza Hospital, Israel Army Says No Evacuation Order Given

Hundreds of people fled on foot Saturday after the director of Gaza's main hospital said Israel's army ordered an evacuation of the facility where more than 2,000 patients, medics and displaced people were trapped by the war between Israel and Hamas.

Columns of sick and injured -- some of them amputees -- displaced people, doctors and nurses, were seen making their way out of Al-Shifa hospital towards the seafront without ambulances as loud explosions were heard around the facility.

On the way, an AFP journalist saw at least 15 bodies, some in advanced stages of decomposition, along a road lined by badly damaged shops and overturned vehicles as Israeli drones buzzed overhead.

The Hamas-run health ministry said 120 wounded, along with an unspecified number of premature babies, were still at Shifa hospital that has become the focus of the seven-week war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel.

Israel has been pressing military operations inside the hospital, searching for the Hamas operations centre it says lies under the sprawling complex -- a charge Hamas denies.

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in response to the October 7 attacks which Israeli officials say killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians in southern Israel, and saw about 240 people taken hostage.

The army's relentless air and ground campaign has since killed 12,000 people, including 5,000 children, according to the Hamas government which has ruled Gaza since 2007.

In Gaza City on Saturday morning, Israeli troops had ordered over loudspeakers the evacuation of Al-Shifa hospital "in the next hour", an AFP journalist at the scene reported.

They called the hospital's director, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, telling him to ensure "the evacuation of patients, wounded, the displaced and medical staff, and that they should move on foot towards the seafront", he said.

Israel's army denied ordering the evacuation, saying it had "acceded to the request of the director of the Shifa Hospital to enable additional Gazans who were in the hospital and would like to evacuate, to do so".

The United Nations estimated 2,300 patients, staff and displaced Palestinians were sheltering at Al-Shifa before Israeli troops entered the facility on Wednesday.

'They are all dead'

Israel has told Palestinians to move from the north of Gaza for their safety, but deadly air strikes continue to hit central and southern areas of the narrow coastal territory.

"They said the south was safer, so we moved," Azhar al-Rifi told AFP. 

Her family was caught in a strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp on Friday, killing seven of her relatives including her five-year-old nephew. The same blast caught up Nada Abu Hiya, aged eight -- her third bombing of the war.

"There are bombings everywhere," she said. "My grandmother is dead, my mother is dead, my grandfather is dead, my uncle is dead, they destroyed our house. Our neighbours' house is also destroyed and they are all dead." 

Israel has imposed a siege on Gaza, allowing just a trickle of aid in from Egypt but barring most shipments of fuel over concerns Hamas could divert supplies for military purposes.

A first consignment of fuel entered Gaza after Israel's war cabinet bowed to pressure from its ally the United States and agreed to allow two diesel tankers a day into the Palestinian territory.

"We took that decision to prevent the spread of epidemics," Israel's national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said.

Raw sewage

A two-day blackout caused by fuel shortages ended after a first delivery arrived from Egypt late Friday, but UN officials continued to plead for a ceasefire, warning no part of Gaza is safe.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said 70 percent of residents have no access to clean water in south Gaza, where raw sewage has begun to flow on the streets.

UNRWA said Israel has agreed to allow in 60,000 litres (16,000 gallons) of fuel daily from Egypt starting Saturday, but warned it was little more than a third of what is needed to keep hospitals, water and sanitation facilities running.

Humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the UN General Assembly that fuel supplies to the agency so far were "a fraction of what is needed to meet the minimum of our humanitarian responsibilities", which the UN says have been hampered by a communications blackout.

The Hamas health ministry said 24 patients had died in 48 hours due to the lack of fuel for generators.

In Gaza, more than 1.6 million people have been internally displaced, and Israel's blockade has left civilians facing the "immediate possibility of starvation", according to World Food Programme head Cindy McCain.

More than half of Gaza's hospitals are no longer functional due to combat, damage or shortages, and people are waiting four to six hours for half the normal portion of bread.

In the latest bloodshed, a strike on a residential building in the southern city of Hamad killed 26 people, the director of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said.

"I was asleep and we were surprised by the strike. At least 20 bombs were dropped," Imed al-Mubasher, 45, told AFP.

His wife Sabrin Mussa said: "All of a sudden, the house caught fire. I found myself with gravel in my mouth and I immediately looked for my husband and daughters.

"I saw human remains everywhere," and screamed for help, she said.

The Israeli military has yet to respond to a request for comment.

Starvation risk

Israel has come under scrutiny for targeting hospitals in northern Gaza, but says the facilities are being used by Hamas -- a claim rejected by the group and medical staff.

The military says it has found rifles, ammunition, explosives and the entrance to a tunnel shaft at the hospital complex, claims that cannot be independently verified.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, without providing details, that there were "strong indications" hostages may have been held at the Shifa facility.

Israel has not recovered hostages at the hospital but said it found the bodies of two kidnapped women including a woman soldier not far away.

Those held hostage range from infants to octogenarians, and there has been little information on their fate despite ongoing negotiations mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure releases.

Waving Israeli flags and placards depicting the hostages, thousands of people approached Jerusalem Saturday on the fifth and final day of a march calling for their release.

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जहरीली शराब प्रकरण: व्हील चेयर पर कड़ी सुरक्षा के बीच कोर्ट में पेश किया गया गैंगस्टर मोनू राणा

गैंगस्टर मोनू राणा को व्हील चेयर पर कड़ी सुरक्षा के बीच कोर्ट में पेश किया गया। जहरीली शराब प्रकरण में दो दिन के प्रोडक्शन वारंट पर पूछताछ की जाएगी।

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"My 'Hindu' Faith Led Me To This Presidential Campaign": Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy opened up about his 'Hindu' faith, emphasizing that it provides him with freedom and has motivated him to undertake this presidential campaign as a moral obligation.

Speaking at 'The Family Leader' forum organized by The Daily Signal platform on Saturday, the Indian-American entrepreneur drew parallels between the teachings of Hinduism and Christianity, expressing his intention to promote shared values for the benefit of the next generation.

Mr Ramaswamy said, "My faith is what gives me my freedom. My faith is what led me to this presidential campaign...I am a Hindu. I believe there is one true God. I believe god put each of us here for a purpose. My faith teaches us that we have a duty, a moral duty to realise that purpose. Those are God's instruments that work through us in different ways, but we are still equal because God resides in each of us. That's the core of my faith".

Speaking about his upbringing, he said that he was instilled with values surrounding family, marriage, and respect for parents.

"I grew up in a traditional household. My parents taught me family is the foundation. Respect your parents. Marriage is sacred. Abstinence before marriage is the way to go. Adultery is wrong. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Divorce is not just some preference you opt for...you get married before God and you make an oath to God and your family," Mr Ramaswamy said.

The Ohio-based bio-tech entrepreneur also drew parallels between Hindu and Christian faiths and said that these are the 'shared values' of God, and he will stand for those shared values.

"I went to Christian High School. What do we learn? We learned the 10 commandments. We read the Bible. Scriptures class. God is real. There is one true God. Don't take his name in vain. Respect your parents. Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't commit adultery. What I learned at that time, is that these values are familiar to me. They don't belong to Hindus. But, they don't belong to Christians either. They belong to God actually. And I think these are the values that undergird this country," Mr Ramaswamy said.

He added, "Can I be a President who can promote Christianity across the country? I can't...I don't think that's what we should want a US President to do either...but will I stand for those shared values? Will I promote them in the examples that we set for the next generations? You are damn right, I will! Because that's my duty".

The Republican leader further said that as a president it will be his responsibility to make faith, family, hard work, patriotism, and faith "cool" again in the US.

"One of the teachings is that we don't choose who God chooses to work through. That's not our choice, that belongs to God...so yes are founded on Judai-Christian values and these are values that I deeply share....as a president, it is my duty to make faith and family and hard work and patriotism, but faith includes, cool again in this country for the next generation.

Notably, 38-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy is a native of southwest Ohio. His mother was a geriatric psychiatrist and his father worked as an engineer at General Electric. His parents migrated to the US from Kerala.

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has gained attention, and he has risen in GOP primary polls, although he still trails behind Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in support.

The next US presidential election is scheduled for November 5, 2024.

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Video: Madhya Pradesh Candidate Seeks 'Slipper Blessings' From Fakir

Voting for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls may have concluded but elements tied to it continue to amuse citizens, particularly those on social media.

A video of the Congress candidate from Ratlam, Paras Saklecha, gladly taking slipper slaps doled out by a fakir is being widely shared on the internet.

Mr Saklecha, who lost the elections in 2013 and 2018, visited the fakir on Thursday with a pair of new slippers to seek his blessings.

Mr Saklecha could not be reached despite multiple attempts.

The video shows the fakir, who lives at a dargah on Mhow Road, hitting the former legislator on the head and then the cheeks.

In the Video, @INCIndia MLC Candidate from MP, Paras saklecha is seen handing slippers to an elderly Kamal Raza (fakir baba) asking to be beaten (blessing).

Irony will be that this Congress leader will go and call others Andhbhakt! pic.twitter.com/wevoNyUMfF

— Amit Rakksshit 🇮🇳 (@amitrakshitbjp) November 18, 2023

As the elderly ascetic, affectionately called 'Abba' by locals, continues hitting Mr Saklecha, the Congress leader requests him to stop saying "bas, bas, ho gaya (that is enough)", as per the video.

Many people visit the fakir, who smacks them with footwear, with the belief that it would bring them good luck. While they offer him lungis and footwear, the ascetic accepts them from a few and throws away the rest.

After receiving blows, Mr Saklecha was heard saying, "The fakir baba has warded off evil shadows, if any, upon me." The Congress nominee has been pitted against BJP's Chetan Kashyap.

Mr Saklecha won the Ratlam assembly constituency as an independent candidate in 2008, defeating the then home minister Himmat Kothari. However, he lost to Mr Kashyap in the 2013 and 2018 polls.

While attempts to contact Mr Saklecha and Mr Kashyap did not succeed, their acquaintances said they might be resting after a hectic campaigning schedule.

Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on Friday with a voter turnout of 76.22 per cent, the highest in the state's history. Votes will be counted on December 3.

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How Long Will Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere Sustain On Earth? Study Says...

Oxygen, the invisible elixir of life, is omnipresent on Earth, shaping the very essence of our existence. This life-sustaining gas, constituting about 21 per cent of the Earth's atmosphere, plays a pivotal role in the survival of countless species. But this was not always the case. When the planet was formed around 4.5 billion years ago, the conditions were vastly different. Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour were dominant in Earth's atmosphere. And scientists have predicted that in future, Earth's atmosphere will revert to one that's low in oxygen.

A study, published in Nature in 2021, describes the scenario when it will happen. That time is still a billion years away, but when the change come, it is going to happen fairly rapidly.

The shift will take Earth back to something like the state it was in before what's known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) around 2.4 billion years ago, said the study.

The research is again in news as scientists are searching for habitable planets outside the Solar System. It say that atmospheric oxygen is unlikely to be a permanent feature of habitable worlds in general.

"The drop in oxygen is very, very extreme. We're talking around a million times less oxygen than there is today," Chris Reinhard, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, told New Scientist.

Scientists who predicted the doomsday scenario have said in the research, "The model projects that a deoxygenation of the atmosphere, with atmospheric O2 dropping sharply to levels reminiscent of the Archaean Earth, will most probably be triggered before the inception of moist greenhouse conditions in Earth's climate system and before the extensive loss of surface water from the atmosphere."

Researchers created detailed models of Earth's atmosphere, analysing changes in the brightness of the Sun and the corresponding drop in carbon dioxide levels. Less carbon dioxide means fewer photosynthesizing organisms such as plants, which would result in less oxygen.

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"Will Go To Supreme Court": Haryana Deputy Chief Minister On Quota Order

Hours after the Haryana law mandating 75 per cent reservation for residents of the state in private-sector jobs was struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala told NDTV that the government will approach the Supreme Court.

"We are waiting for the order to be put online. We will take the legal remedy and move to Supreme Court to put a stay on this order," Mr Chautala, whose JJP (Jannayak Janta Party) is a junior partner in the BJP-led alliance, told NDTV in a telephonic interview.

The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, which was passed by the Haryana Assembly in November 2020 and had received the governor's assent in March 2021, was seen as the brainchild of the Jannayak Janata Party.

Providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for state domiciled candidate was a key poll promise of the Jannayak Janta Party at the time of 2019 assembly polls.

The Deputy Chief Minister drew attention to the fact that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the Act in February 2022 but the order had been set aside by the Supreme Court days later following an appeal by the state government.

"We wanted to generate employment at the local level. It would have benefited the industry on two levels. First, they would not have had to pay transportation and accommodation cost, and second, local skilled labor would have been available. We have seen how industries are ruined when skilled workers go back to their cities," said Mr Chautala, underscoring the need for such a law.

Mr Chautala added that the industry was consulted, and their views were incorporated.

"Technical jobs were dropped. The Act was for non-technical jobs," he said adding workers were to be paid a monthly salary or wages of less than Rs 30,000.

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