New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL11 KL-RAINS SHAH Centre will provide all help to Kerala; continuously monitoring floods situation: Shah New Delhi: The Centre will provide all possible assistance to the people of Kerala who have been affected by heavy rains and resulting floods, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. MDS6 KL-RAINS-LD TOLL Kerala landslide toll touches 18 as rescuers dig deeper Kottayam/Idukki: The toll from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of two central Kerala districts rose to 18 as rescue workers recovered more bodies from the rubbles on Sunday. FGN20 ISRAEL-LD JAISHANKAR Jaishankar in Israel for high-level talks for further enriching strategic ties Tel Aviv: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday on a five-day visit during which he will hold talks with Israel’s top leadership to mutually prepare a roadmap for further enriching the strategic ties besides exploring new areas of bilateral collaboration. By Harinder Mishra DEL27 COVID-TASK-FORCE-CHIEF Govt will decide on COVID vaccination of children, adolescents on "scientific rationale", supply situation: V K Paul New Delhi: The government will take a final decision on vaccinating children and adolescents against coronavirus on the basis of overall scientific rationale as well as the supply situation of vaccines available for those below 18 years old, COVID Task Force chief V K Paul said on Sunday. By Bijay Kumar Singh FGN14 US-SITHARAMAN-INDIA-LD OPPORTUNITIES Opportunities galore in India for investors and industry stakeholders: Sitharaman to CEOs of major US giants New York: Opportunities are galore in India for all investors and industry stakeholders with the current reset in the global supply chain and clear-headed and committed leadership in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told CEOs of top American companies. By Yoshita Singh DEL6 VIRUS-LD CASES India logs 14,146 fresh Covid cases, 144 more deaths in a day New Delhi: India recorded 14,146 fresh COVID-19 infections in a day, the lowest daily rise in 229 days, while active cases dropped to 1,95,846, the lowest in 220 days, according to the Union Health Ministry"s data on Sunday. DEL28 PB-SIDHU-2NDLD SONIA Sidhu seeks to meet Sonia Gandhi on his 13-point agenda, says "Punjab"s last resurrection chance" Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has sought a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi, flagging in his letter issues which the government "must deliver upon" and saying it is the poll-bound state"s "last chance for resurrection and redemption". DEL21 JK-LG-TERRORISTS We will hunt down terrorists and their sympathisers: JK LG on civilian killings Srinagar: Amid a spate of civilian killings, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday vowed to avenge every drop of their blood by hunting down terrorists and their sympathisers. DEL18 DL-LD POLLUTION Pollution increasing in Delhi due to stubble burning in neighbouring states: Kejriwal New Delhi: As Delhi"s air quality plunged into the "very poor" category on Sunday morning, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that increase in pollution was due to stubble burning in neighbouring states as governments were "doing nothing" to help farmers to stop it. DEL13 JK-ENCOUNTER-OPERATION J-K encounter: 3 detained for questioning as search ops enter day 7 in Poonch-Rajouri forests Jammu: Three persons, including a mother-son duo, were detained for questioning during an ongoing search operation in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir"s Poonch and Rajouri border districts where nine soldiers were killed in two separate gunfights with terrorists over the past week, officials said on Sunday. LEGAL LGD3 SC-RTI SC directs Delhi HC to decide if intelligence, security organisations exempt under RTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Delhi High Court to decide the applicability of the Right to Information (RTI) Act to intelligence and security organisations of the government while setting aside its order directing a department to furnish information to an employee on seniority and promotions. LGD2 SC-TRANSPLANT Accused wishes to donate kidney for ailing father, be taken to hospital for tests: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed an accused in a drugs case, who has expressed his wish to donate his kidney for his ailing father, to be taken to hospital from jail for necessary medical tests as and when required. FOREIGN FGN15 BANGLA-COMMUNAL-UNREST Bangla Durga Puja violence: Vandalism continues; minorities call for countrywide hunger strike Dhaka: A Hindu temple has been valdalised in Bangladesh in a fresh case of communal unrest amidst days of violence unleashed by unidentified Muslim bigots who attacked the minority community’s places of worship during the Durga Puja celebrations over alleged blasphemy, prompting a minority group to announce a countrywide hunger strike, media reports said on Sunday. FGN16 UK-MP-STABBING-SUSPECT Somali-origin suspect in British MP’s murder held under Terrorism Act London: The suspect arrested in England’s Essex following the killing of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali, a 25-year-old man of Somali heritage, now being held under the stringent Terrorism Act. By Aditi Khanna. PTI RHL