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[00:00:09] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I'm your host Swati Ajat and these are the major news stories of Thursday, Nov 14, 2024.
[00:00:20] Accepting demands of the aspirants, Duttar Pradesh Public Service Commission postponed the review officer and assistant review officer exams and announced to hold the provincial civil services preliminary exam in the old pattern.
[00:00:33] Authorities in the Philippines ordered evacuations in northeastern towns ahead of the arrival of Super Typhoon Usagi as the storm-ravaged nation prepares for its fifth typhoon in a month and braces for a sixth later in the week.
[00:00:46] Mukesh Ambani, the Group Chairman and Managing Editor of Reliance Industries Limited, was ranked 12th on the Fortunes List of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. He is the first international to be featured on this list.
[00:01:00] Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in Beirut for a third consecutive day on Thursday, hitting locations in the capital southern suburbs early in the morning after a night of heavy bombardments.
[00:01:13] The India Meteorological Department predicted widespread rain in Kerala on Thursday. Rain is expected to continue across the state till Sunday. Let's get into the details.
[00:01:25] Accepting demands of the aspirants, Duttar Pradesh Public Service Commission on Thursday postponed the review officer and assistant review officer exams and announced to hold the provincial civil services preliminary exam in the old pattern.
[00:01:37] The commission also announced to form a committee on RO and ARO exams.
[00:01:42] A number of aspirants were protesting outside the UP PSC office to press their demand for holding the exams in one shift.
[00:01:48] The commission had declared the dates of December 7 and 8 for the PSC preliminary exam, while December 22 and 23 were declared for the RO and ARO preliminary exams.
[00:01:59] Meanwhile, police detained alleged miscreants who infiltrated the students' protest on the fourth day of the agitation.
[00:02:06] Authorities in the Philippines on Thursday ordered evacuations in Northeastern Downs ahead of the arrival of supertyphoon Usagi,
[00:02:12] as the storm-ravaged nation prepares for its fifth typhoon in a month and braces for a sixth later in the week.
[00:02:18] More than 24,000 people in the province of Kagayan have been evacuated,
[00:02:23] government data showed including those forced to flee by early typhoons that inundated the towns.
[00:02:28] Evacuation efforts are ongoing.
[00:02:31] Mukesh Ambani, the group chairman and managing editor of Reliance Industries Limited,
[00:02:36] has been ranked 12th on the fortunes list of the 100 most powerful people in business.
[00:02:41] He is the first Indian national to be featured on this list.
[00:02:44] The list also includes six other individuals of Indian origin, including Satya Nadella,
[00:02:49] Microsoft chairman and CEO, Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, Shantanu Narayan, Adobe CEO,
[00:02:55] Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist, Tarak Amin, CEO of ELF, and Nail Mohan, YouTube CEO.
[00:03:01] The list features leaders from 40 different industries ranging in age from their 30s to their 90s.
[00:03:09] Israeli forces launched air strikes on Hespela-controlled areas in Beirut for a third consecutive day on Thursday,
[00:03:15] hitting locations in the capital southern suburbs early in the morning after a night of heavy bombardments.
[00:03:21] Plumes of smoke rose over Beirut as the strikes continued,
[00:03:24] while raids also reached southern Lebanon's Binjabil,
[00:03:27] where overnight air strikes and artillery shelling inflicted heavy damage on buildings and residential complexes,
[00:03:32] according to Lebanon's national news agency.
[00:03:35] Israel launched a major air and ground offensive against the Iran-backed group Hesabullah
[00:03:39] in late September after nearly a year of cross-water conflict in parallel with Gaza war.
[00:03:46] The Indian Meteorological Department predicted widespread rain in Kerala on Thursday.
[00:03:50] Rain is expected to continue across the state till Sunday.
[00:03:53] The IMD has also started issuing a special Sabirumala bulletin
[00:03:57] to provide weather updates for pilgrimage areas including Chabirumala, Pampa and Nilakil.
[00:04:02] That brings us to the end of this episode.
[00:04:05] Thanks for listening to Daily News Dose,
[00:04:07] hosted by me, Swati Ajit,
[00:04:09] and produced by Vishnu Murulaytharan.
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