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00:00The UAE has lifted the ban on imports of fruits and vegetables from the Indian state of Kerala
00:15that has declared itself free of the recent Nipah virus attack.
00:20The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announced lifting the ban through its social
00:24media channels yesterday.
00:27Divers in Thailand are deciding on the right strategy to rescue 12 boys and their football
00:32coach from a flooded cave complex.
00:35The strategy gained importance as the country's north prays for more monsoon rains that could
00:41imperil the operation.
00:43The boys are around 4 km from the cave's entrance, according to the Thai Navy.
00:48Many have questioned how the children can be brought out if it took even expert divers
00:53nine days to reach them.
00:55The 10-km Tham Luang complex in Chiang Rai is relatively unexplored and includes narrow,
01:02dark passages where the boys will have to dive at least once.
01:06Bollywood actress Shonali Bendre Behl, who yesterday revealed that she is fighting cancer,
01:12has found support and encouragement from her peers and friends.
01:17Celebrities such as Karan Johar, Sonam Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh took to social media to
01:23wish the actor a speedy recovery.
01:26Ileana Di Cruz also extended strength and love to the actor, while Rajkumar Rao wishing
01:32the actress a speedy recovery.
01:35Actor Vivek Oberoi called Bendre one of the strongest women he knew.
01:40Bendre said she was fighting a high-grade cancer and was in the US for treatment and
01:45raring to take it head-on.
01:48And finally, the weather.
01:49Today's high across the UAE will be 45 degrees Celsius, dropping to 35 degrees at night.