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New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5.15 pm.

NATION DEL45 UKD-LD TUNNEL **** Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Heavy drilling equipment airlifted to aid rescue efforts on day 4, workers safe Uttarkashi (U'khand): A heavy drilling machine was airlifted from Delhi Wednesday to replace the 'failed' equipment which was being used earlier to create a passage for 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel that collapsed three days back, officials said. **** DEL30 NAVY-CHINESE-SHIPS **** Indian Navy monitoring movement of Chinese warships participating in exercise with Pakistan New Delhi: The Indian Navy has been keeping a close watch on the movement of a Chinese submarine and warships that are participating in a naval exercise with Pakistan, government sources said on Wednesday. **** DEL27 JK-2NDLD ACCIDENT **** 36 killed, 19 hurt as bus falls into gorge in J&K's Doda: Officials Doda (J&K), Nov 15 (PTI) At least 36 people were killed and 19 injured when a bus carrying passengers skidded off the road and rolled down into a 300-foot gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Wednesday, officials said. **** CAL22 JH-PM-KISAN **** Modi releases Rs 18,000-crore PM-Kisan installment, Congress questions timing Khunti/ New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released Rs 18,000 crore as the 15th installment of the PM-Kisan scheme to more than 8 crore farmers across the country. **** BOM11 ELECTIONS-CG-SHAH **** Shah says Baghel insulted Lord Mahadev; attacks CM over ‘love jihad’ Bemetara: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh has become a centre of “love jihad” and that no one would dare do such an act if the BJP is voted to power in the state. **** BOM14 ELECTIONS-CG-RAHUL **** Once OBCs, Dalits and tribals learn about their actual population, country will change: Rahul Bemetara: Reiterating his party's demand for a caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the day the Other Backward Classes, Dalits and tribals learn about their actual population, the 'country will change forever'. **** DEL37 VP-INDO-PACIFIC **** You cannot enforce peace from position of weakness: Dhankhar New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said one cannot enforce and negotiate peace from a position of weakness and asserted that ideals such as ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ get meaning in physical terms only when they are elucidated from a position of strength. **** DEL52 DL-AAP-EC **** AAP says it will file complaint with EC on BJP's 'derogatory' social media campaign against Kejriwal New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday accused the BJP of running a 'derogatory and misleading' campaign on social media against its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said it will submit a complaint to the Election Commission. **** DEL19 MEA-GLOBAL-SOUTH-SUMMIT **** 2nd Voice of Global South summit to discuss challenges posed by global developments New Delhi: The second edition of the Voice of Global South summit to be hosted by India on Friday will focus on challenges posed by various global developments and ways to ensure a more inclusive world order, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said. **** DEL32 CONG-PILOT-INDIA BLOC **** Congress will win assembly elections in at least four states: Sachin Pilot Indore: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said his party will form government in at least four states in the upcoming assembly polls and that would be a clear indication as to which way the wind is blowing for the 2024 general elections. By Asim Kamal **** MDS15 KA-2NDLD NARAYANA MURTHY **** India should spend USD 1 billion annually to train school teachers, says software icon Narayana Murthy Bengaluru: Software icon N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending USD one billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India in STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). **** LEGAL LGD4 SC-SAHARA-CASE **** Subrata Roy personally appeared in SC in 2014, taken into custody in SEBI-Sahara case New Delhi: It was March 4, 2014 when Sahara chief Subrata Roy came to the Supreme Court in his trademark white shirt and black half-waist coat in a white Bolero police vehicle to appear in pursuance to a non-bailable warrant against him for failing to deposit Rs 25,700 crore in the SEBI-Sahara case for returning investors' money. **** BUSINESS DEL56 BIZ-2NDLD TRADE **** Exports rise 6.21 pc to USD 33.57 bn in Oct; trade deficit widens to USD 31.36 bn New Delhi: India's merchandise exports rose 6.21 per cent to USD 33.57 billion in October this year, even as the trade deficit touched a record high of USD 31.46 billion during the month, government data showed on Wednesday. **** DEL48 BIZ-TAX-ELECTION **** Cash seizures by tax officials rise ahead of elections in five states: CBDT New Delhi: In the run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the income tax department has seized more unexplained cash as compared to elections held in those states earlier, CBDT chairman Nitin Gupta said on Wednesday. **** FOREIGN FGN34 UK-MIGRATION-COURT-2NDLD RWANDA **** UK government policy to deport refugees to Rwanda ruled unlawful London: The UK government on Wednesday lost a crucial legal challenge after the Supreme Court in London ruled that its policy to deport refugees to Rwanda while their application for asylum is processed is unlawful. **** FGN22: UZBEKISTAN-INDIAN-STUDENTS-UKRAINE **** Evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, over 1000 Indian MBBS students resume studies in medical university in Uzbekistan Samarkand (Uzbekistan): Evacuated from war-hit Ukraine in 2021, hundreds of Indian MBBS students, who thought their academic journey was over, have resumed their studies and started new lives in a leading medical university in Uzbekistan. **** FGN11: US-NY-DIWALI-SCHOOL-HOLIDAY **** NY State Governor Hochul signs legislation making Diwali a holiday in NYC public schools New York: In a historic move, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation making Diwali a holiday for public schools in the major American city. **** FGN9: UN-INDIA **** UN apparatus, especially Security Council, is crumbling under weight of 21st century geopolitical realities: India United Nations: The UN apparatus, especially the Security Council, is crumbling under the weight of 21st-century geopolitical realities, India has said, underlining that the General Assembly should take the lead in restoring the centrality of the United Nations to resolve transnational issues through multilateralism. **** PTI IJT IJT