Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. UAE residents step up efforts to help Kerala flood victims. Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal. China’s Sun Peiyuan won first gold medal at the Games. Priyanka Chopra has made relationship with Nick Jonas official.
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Sunday, August 19.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09UAE residents and Indian expatriates have stepped up their efforts to help flood victims
00:14in Kerala.
00:16The UAE rulers' call to support Kerala has attracted heartfelt expressions of gratitude
00:21on social media.
00:23Indian expatriates said it has strengthened their resolve to support their compatriots
00:28in crisis.
00:29Almost all of more than a million expatriates from Kerala along with fellow Indians are
00:34actively working with community organizations across the UAE to help the flood victims.
00:40The death toll has risen to 357 so far.
00:44The damages have been put at 10.28 billion dirhams.
00:49Indian shooters Apoorvi Chandula and Ravi Kumar bagged the bronze medal in the 10-meter
00:54air rifle mixed team event at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta today.
00:59The Indian pair scored 429.9 in the final round to finish on the podium.
01:05Chinese Taipei won the gold with a score of 494.1 while China took silver with 492.5.
01:13China's Sun Peiwen meanwhile won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games,
01:20winning Wushu's Chang Kwan discipline ahead of local hope Edgar Marvella.
01:24After months of speculation, global star Priyanka Chopra finally made her relationship official
01:30with singer Nick Jonas, as the couple got engaged in an intimate ceremony in Mumbai.
01:36Following a traditional Hindu roka or engagement ceremony at Priyanka's home on Saturday, the
01:41couple partied the night away with their celebrity friends Alia Bhatt, Parineeti Chopra and the
01:47industrialist family the Ambani's.
01:50Priyanka announced her engagement to the world in an Instagram post with an image with Jonas.
01:55She wrote,
01:56Taken with all my heart and soul.
01:58The couple hasn't announced their official wedding date yet.
02:01And finally, the weather.
02:03Today's highs across the UAE would be 41 degrees Celsius, dropping to 30 degrees at night.
02:08That's all for now.
02:09Thanks for watching.
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