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6:54 PM

Govt appoints 10 advocates and judicial officers as Additional judges of Punjab and Haryana HC

The government of India has appointed 10 advocates and judicial officers as Additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

 

6:20 PM

T20 World Cup: England beats New Zealand, displaces Australia from second position in Group 1

England rode on fifties from Jos Buttler and Alex Hales, and a superb bowling effort by Sam Curran to register a 20-run win over New Zealand in their Super 12 encounter of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup

6:11 PM

PM Modi meets families of victims who lost their lives in Morbi bridge collapse

6:09 PM

PM Modi meets those involved in rescue, relief operations at Gujarat's Morbi

4:12 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi approaches the bridge collapse site in Morbi, Gujarat

4:00 PM

We built bypass roads in Karsog, provided tap water to households in upper reaches: Amit Shah in Himachal

2:02 PM

Global gold demand rises 28 pc to 1,181.5 tonnes in September quarter: WGC

Retail investment demand for gold bars and coins as well as central bank purchases pushed the global gold demand by 28 per cent to 1,181.5 tonnes in the September quarter, according to the World Gold Council report.

 

The total global demand stood at 921.9 tonnes during the July-September quarter of 2021, the World Gold Council's 'Gold Demand Trends Q3 2022' showed on Tuesday.

1:39 PM

Morbi bridge collapse: SC to hear plea on Nov 14 for judicial probe

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on November 14 a PIL seeking direction to appoint a judicial commission under the supervision of the retired top court judge to initiate a probe on the Morbi Bridge collapse incident.

A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi posted the matter for hearing on November 14 after the advocate who filed the petition mentioned it for urgent hearing.

"You are very quick. What are your prayers," the CJI asked. To this Advocate Vishal Tiwari who filed the plea replied, "I am seeking a judicial enquiry commission".

1:35 PM

Hiring in India IT sector slows down 18% in Oct: Report

Hiring in the Indian IT sector slowed down by 18 per cent in the month of October compared to last year, a report showed on Tuesday.

With the IT sector showing a decline, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune showed a decline in hiring activity, according to the Naukri JobSpeak index.

Apart from IT, other sectors that recorded a notable decline in hiring sentiments included telecom and healthcare.

1:16 PM

40% of Indians defrauded while shopping online during festive season

Around 40 per cent of Indians surveyed have been defrauded when shopping online during festive season, finds a study.

The study was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Norton, a global leader in Cyber safety, which released the Indian findings that explored attitudes toward cyber security and online shopping during the festive season.

According to the findings, two-third of Indian adults surveyed were concerned about their personal details being compromised (78 per cent), being defrauded by a third-party retailer (77 per cent), buying or receiving a refurbished device as a gift (72 per cent), and a device they receive as a gift being hacked (69 per cent).

1:09 PM

SC's no to PIL for replacing party symbols on EVMs with age, educational qualification of candidates

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission to remove party symbols from ballots and electronic voting machines (EVMs) and put age, educational qualification and photograph of candidates instead.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi said that a representation may be made by petitioner lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay to the poll panel or other authorities which may, in turn, consider it.

Besides seeking removal of party symbols from ballots and the EVMs, the plea said such a move will help electors vote and support intelligent, diligent and honest candidates and "control the dictatorship of political party bosses in ticket distribution".

1:05 PM

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit China on Tuesday; to greet President Xi Jinping

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a two-day official visit to China on Tuesday during which he will meet the top Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping, for a series of meetings aimed at boosting business and strategic all-weather ties.

 

Sharif is visiting China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.

 

Radio Pakistan reported that he will be accompanied by a high-level delegation and meet President Xi and hold delegation-level talks with Premier Li.

12:42 PM

Delhi's air quality in severe category; farm fires rage in Punjab

The layer of smog lingering over Delhi thickened on Tuesday, lowering visibility and smudging landmarks from view, as the air quality turned 'severe' amid calmer winds and raging farm fires in Punjab.

NASA's satellite images showed a dense cluster of red dots denoting farm fires in Punjab and parts of Haryana, and a layer of smoke blanketing huge swathes of the Indo-Gangetic plains from east Pakistan to east Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi's air quality index (AQI) stood at 429 at 10 am on Tuesday, worsening from 352 at 4 pm on Monday. An AQI above 400 is considered "severe" and can affect healthy people and seriously impact those with existing illnesses.

12:17 PM

Rajasthan: PM Modi declares Mangarh Dham national monument, pays tributes to tribals killed by British

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to the tribals who were massacred by the British army in 1913 in Mangarh in Rajasthan.

 

Modi, who will address a gathering of Bhil adivasis and members of other tribes at the Mangarh Dham in Banswara district, has also declared the memorial a national monument.

 

At the event, the prime minister shared the dais with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bhupendra Patel.

12:15 PM

Twitter bans over 52,000 accounts for promoting child sexual exploitation, allied content

Twitter banned 52,141 accounts in India for promoting child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and allied content between August 26 and September 25.

The micro-blogging platform, now owned by Elon Musk, also took down 1,982 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.

Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 157 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms, and took action on 129 of those URLS.

10:59 AM

India reports 1,046 new coronavirus cases, 53 fatalities in 24 hours

With 1,046 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 44,654,638, while the active cases declined to 17,618, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 529,077 with 53 fatalities which includes 46 deaths reconciled by Goa and three by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.78 per cent, according to the ministry

10:42 AM

Morbi bridge collapse: Death toll mounts to 135; rescue operations underway

With one more injured succumbing at the District hospital on Tuesday morning, the death toll stands at 135, said the Morbi District Collector.

 

Indian Coast Guard, Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) along with local administration and other agencies are carrying out search and rescue operations at the spot of the Morbi bridge collapse.

10:36 AM

Congress to launch ''Parivartan Sankalp Yatra in poll-bound Gujarat

The Congress will take out the 'Gujarat Parivartan Sankalp Yatra' in five zones of the poll-bound state from Tuesday, during which 145 public meetings and 95 rallies will be held along the route covering more than 5,400 km.

 

It will be launched from Vadgam, Bhuj, Somnath, Vadgam, Fagvel and Jambusar, party leaders said.

10:24 AM

Reserve Bank of India commences its pilot digital currency programme, allows 9 banks to use it

India’s central bank started a pilot program of its digital currency Tuesday, allowing nine banks to use it for settling secondary-market transactions in government securities.
 

The e-rupee is set to be test launched within a month for retail use in select locations and users, the Reserve Bank of India had said in a statement Monday.

10:23 AM

Delhi's air quality improves, now in 'poor' category, min temp 15.2 deg C

Delhi's air quality improved on Tuesday morning, as the AQI stood in the 'poor' category, even as the minimum temperature settled at 15.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.

 

The city's air quality index (AQI) stood at 266 around 9:15 AM, data from the Central Pollution Control Board showed.

10:13 AM

Netflix acquires game developer 'Spry Fox' to expand in-house games studio

Netflix has acquired cozy game developer 'Spry Fox' to expand its in-house games studio.

 

Spry Fox has joined the streaming platform to become its sixth in-house games studio, Netflix said in a blogpost. "Our goal is to create a place where creative people could make original games in a supportive environment that brought happiness to the people who played them," said Daniel Cook, co-founder of Spry Fox.

9:56 AM

Morbi bridge collapse: Congress' Digvijaya Singh demands Gujarat CM's resignation

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy.

 

A Congress delegation led by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Gujarat party president Jagdish Thakor and former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh visited Morbi on Monday, a day after the suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed.

Rajkot Range Inspector General Ashok Yadav told PTI on Monday that 134 people were killed after the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening.

9:51 AM

Instagram fixes outage that tells users their account is suspended

Instagram has announced that an outage which told users that their account is suspended is now fixed by the company.

 

Thousands of Instagram users from all over the world reported issues of the outage, which locked them out and informed many that "we suspended your account".

9:42 AM

Himachal CM Jairam Thakur ridicules Congress' 300 units of free electricity promise

Senior BJP leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jairam Thakur has ridiculed the Congress promise of providing 300 units of free electricity ahead of the upcoming state polls. Thakur stated that BJP is not charging any penny till 125 units of electricity, then what we will do with their 300-unit free electricity card? Referring to the congress promise he further asked if the congress government is providing free electricity in the two states they are governing in the country.

 

On October 30 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur expressed confidence in the BJP's victory in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. "BJP will definitely form the government in the state after the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections," CM Thakur said while attending 'Vijay Sankalp Abhiyan' in Churah.

9:36 AM

Thane records 43 new Covid-19 cases in a single day, active tally at 300

As many as 43 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the tally of infections to 7,46,733, a health official said on Tuesday.

 

With the addition of the latest cases on Monday, the district currently has 300 active COVID-19 cases, he said.

9:24 AM

Morbi bridge tragedy: Digvijaya Singh demands Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's resignation

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy.

 

A Congress delegation led by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Gujarat party president Jagdish Thakor and former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh visited Morbi on Monday, a day after the suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsed.

9:23 AM

Harvey Weinstein accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1991 and 2008

A woman testified Monday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a hotel room during the Toronto Film Festival in 1991, then did it again when she went to confront him in the same hotel during the same festival 17 years later.

 

Kelly Sipherd told a Los Angeles jury that she was a 24-year-old aspiring actor at the 1991 festival and didn't know who Weinstein was before she met him at a party. She said her friends there were abuzz about the man whose company Miramax had surged to the forefront of independent film and was making its mark at the Oscars.

9:12 AM

Afghan women stage protests in Kabul over concerns on female employment: Report

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August last year, restrictions on the basic rights of women have become a global concern as a result of which a group of women staged a protest in Kabul to express their concerns about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th grade and on female employment, TOLONews reported.

8:57 AM

Google pauses in-house billing system in India on antitrust directive

Alphabet Inc's Google is pausing its policy that requires app developers to use its Google Play billing system for buying digital goods and services in India, following a ruling by the country's antitrust body.

 

Google had previously set an extended deadline of Oct. 31 for developers in India to comply with its payments policy. The search engine giant should not restrict app developers from using third-party billing or payment processing services in India, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said last week, also fining Google $113 million

8:45 AM

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to join Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other party leaders and workers resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra from here on Tuesday and is expected to cover about 24 km during the day.

 

"Day 55 of Bharat Jodo Yatra is special. Rahul Gandhi will hoist the national flag from Charminar where on 19.10.1990, Rajiv Gandhi started Sadbhavna Yatra," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.