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National News
1. The Uttar Pradesh Police Monday nabbed four more people in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The total number of arrests in the case has now reached 10.
2. CBSE Board Exams 2021-22 would be conducted in two terms this year onwards - in Nov-Dec and in Mar-Apr. CBSE Class 12 Term 1 Exams begin December 1 for Major Exams, ends on December 22. CBSE Class 12 Date Sheet Term 1 Exams has been released and is now available on cbse.gov.in.
3. WHO on the Covaxin approval submission said that it cannot cut corners and is expecting more information from Bharat Biotech. Bharat Biotech has been submitting data to WHO on a rolling basis.
4. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has said that MoS Home Ajay Mishra should be arrested for his role in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Meanwhile, On Monday, October 18, more than 150 trains across the country were stopped by farm law protesters demanding the dismissal of Union minister Ajay Mishra from the home ministry
5. Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder of manager Ranjit Singh nearly two decades ago. Ram Rahim will also pay a Rs 31 lakh fine.
6. operation against militants Encounter in Poonch enters Day 7; and three locals were held for questioning. These locals have been suspected to have provided logistics support to the militants who are thought to have come from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) two and a half months ago.
7. The death toll following flash floods and landslides in Kerala rose to 27 on Monday as more bodies were pulled out from under rubble and debris at Kootkal in Kottayam district and Kokkayar in the neighboring Idukki district. The central government is closely monitoring the situation.
International News:
1. China’s GDP grew by 4.9 percent in the third quarter, down from 7.9 percent in the second, confirming the slowdown of the world’s second-largest economy
2. China’s parliament will consider legislation to punish parents if their young children exhibit “very bad behavior” or commit crimes. guardians will be reprimanded and ordered to go through family education guidance programs if prosecutors find very bad or criminal behavior in children under their care.
3. Health workers in Afghanistan will begin a house-to-house polio vaccination drive next month after the new Taliban government agreed to support the campaign, the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Monday
4. Myanmar will release a total of 5,636 prisoners jailed for protesting the coup that ousted the civilian government, the head of the country’s military junta said Monday.
5. Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted to now routinely below 100, an 11-month low.
6. New Zealand is making a four-fold increase in foreign aid spending on countries most vulnerable to climate change, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.
Regional News:
1. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday condemned the targeted killing of Bihari migrant workers in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the incidents have created an “environment of fear”.
2. According to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi has received 94.6 mm of rain in October so far, the highest in 65 years
3. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday visited Bengaluru and inspected several areas which reported damages in the wake of the heavy rains that lashed the city recently. He also announced that a master plan will be prepared to solve issues plaguing the drainage system.
4. A Shiv Sena leader has moved the Supreme Court seeking judicial enquiry into affairs of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) at Mumbai and its officials in the wake of the arrest of Aryan Khan
5. With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections likely to take place in February 2022, Shiv Sena’s deputy leader and Standing Committee Chairman Yashwant Jadhav has said that the “unhappy” BJP corporators are likely to join Sena by December
6. Police in the Hubbali region of Karnataka arrested a pastor on Monday on charges of abusing a Dalit man and forcing him to convert to Christianity.
7. Over 76% of Haryana’s population has Covid-19 antibodies, the third serosurvey conducted in the state has revealed.
Business News:
1. The government is pushing to get the IPO of state-backed LIC across the line by next March and any delay won’t be due to a lack of political will, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
2. The Reserve Bank of India on Monday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.95 crore on Standard Chartered Bank - India for failing to comply with guidelines issued for customer protection, cyber security, credit card operations, and creation of a central repository for large exposures.
3. IMF on Monday said that the sale of national carrier Air India will constitute an “important milestone” in India’s privatization efforts.
4. As many as six companies, including Nykaa, Adani Wilmar, and Star Health & Allied Insurance, have received capital markets regulator SEBI’s go-ahead to launch initial share sales. Apart from these, Penna Cement Industries, Latent View Analytics, and Sigachi Industries too received Sebi's clearance to raise funds through the initial public offerings.
5. Apple has unveiled the third generation of AirPods, which are priced at 139 dollars.
Sports News:
1. India captain Virat Kohli on Monday said he will bat at number three instead of opening the innings in the ICC T20 World Cup with KL Rahul having sealed the second opener’s slot alongside Rohit Sharma.
2. Ireland fast bowler Curtis Campher etched his name in the history books on Monday when he picked four wickets in four balls against the Netherlands in their T20 World Cup opener in Abu Dhabi
3. Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka's first Test captain and a former coach and administrator, has died aged 68
4. The Indian junior men’s hockey team’s preparation for their World Cup, scheduled to begin next month, has had a setback after several players tested positive for dengue at the national camp in Bengaluru.
5. Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom will skip competing in the upcoming National Women’s Boxing Championships in Hisar.
6. Brazilian forward Neymar will miss Paris St Germain’s Champions League group game against RB Leipzig after an injury.
Entertainment News:
1. Filmmaker Onir will direct a series based on the 2019 Pulwama terror attack
2. The third single from superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Annaatthe was released on Monday. The song titled “Marudhaani” is a celebration song dedicated to the character played by Keerthy Suresh
3. Emraan Hashmi will next be seen next in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming horror film titled Dybbuk – The Curse is Real. The movie, also starring Manav Kaul and Nikita Dutta, is the Hindi remake of Malayalam horror film Ezra,
4. Actress Meghana Raj Sarja announced her return to films on Sunday, on the birth anniversary of her late husband, actor Chiranjeevi Sarja.
5. Kannada actor and founder of Kalakshetra, Shankar Rao has passed away in Bengaluru. He was 84.
6. Ronnie Tutt, a legendary drummer who spent years playing alongside Elvis Presley and also played with Johnny Cash and Stevie Nicks, has died. He was 83.
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