Twitter Elon Musk News LIVE Updates: Twitter fires majority of employees in India as part of cost-cutting measure

Air Pollution: All primary classes in Delhi will be closed till 08.11.2022 (Tuesday)

No indication of risk due to COVID-19 booster shot bubbles

Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said that an analysis of bubbles that formed in vials of BionTech-Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot revealed no indication of risk. Swissmedic said the batch in question can still be used for vaccinations and there is no risk to anyone who may have already been vaccinated.

Samsung rakes in Rs 14,400 cr in sales

Korean electronics major Samsung has had a strong festive season, raking in a turnover of Rs 14,400 crore across its mobile, wearables and tablets business, on the back of a strong upgrade cycle and 5G smartphone demand.

Eknath Shinde-led govt working for development of Gujarat as all development projects are being shifted to neighbouring state: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole

Musk says Twitter saw revenue slump

Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Friday that Twitter saw a slump in revenue after activist groups pressured advertisers.

Mohammad Nabi steps down as Afghanistan captain after team crashes out of T20 World Cup

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has got ‘Olympic gold medal in promising freebies’

Mumbai: 4 companies submit bids for design and construction of underground station at Bandra Kurla Complex for bullet train project

Indian Navy has been closely monitoring the movement of a Chinese research vessel from the instance it entered the Indian Ocean region: Defence Sources

I got to know the day before the attack that either in Wazirabad of Gujrat, they planned to kill me

– Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin

Twitter Inc temporarily closed its offices and cut workers access to internal systems after telling employees they would be informed by email later in the day about whether they were being laid off. The move follows a week of uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk.

MGL revises PNG and CNG prices; to raise auto gas by Rs 3.5/kg from midnight, to raise piped cooking gas price by Rs 1.5/scm

DU admission update

A total of 15,500 students admitted across Delhi University colleges in second round of seat allocation: Registrar Vikas Gupta

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s confrontation with the “neo-Nazi regime” in Kyiv was inevitable, reports Reuters

Twitter lays off employees in India. Layoffs in marketing, communication and some other departments: Sources (ANI)

Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan in stable condition

Khan’s protest march and rallies were peaceful until the afternoon attack on Thursday, when a gunman opened fire at his campaign truck. The shooting has raised concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence and assassinations.

‘More than 5,000’ civilians being evacuated from Kherson region each day: Russian army

Volkswagen tells brands to pause paid activities on Twitter

Volkswagen said it has recommended to its brands to pause their paid activities on Twitter until further notice.

US economy adds 261,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

US job gains topped expectations in October, as hiring rose at a solid pace, even as the unemployment rate edged up, according to the closely-watched US employment report. Employers added 261,000 workers last month, far higher than economists had forecast, while the jobless rate rose two-tenths to 3.7 percent, the Labor Department said. There were notable job gains in health care, professional and technical services, and manufacturing, the report said.

Putin says civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson should be evacuated

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region should be evacuated from the conflict zone, the Kremlin chief’s first acknowledgement of a deteriorating situation in a region he claims to have annexed.

Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot dead in Amritsar

Twitter starts laying off staff in India

Twitter has started laying off employees in India as part of a global job cut ordered by the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk to attain economies of scale and make the USD 44 billion acquisition viable. World’s richest businessman Musk began his innings at Twitter last week by firing the CEO Parag Agrawal as well as the CFO and some other top executives. This was followed by an exodus of top management. Musk has now started a massive exercise to downsize the company’s global workforce.

Delhi: AQI plunges into ‘Severe’ category with an overall AQI of 431

China may soon shorten quarantine for inbound travellers

Forex reserves post biggest weekly gain in more than a year

Foreign exchange reserves rose to $531.08 billion in the week through Oct. 28, marking their biggest weekly gain since September 2021, the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement showed. The country’s reserves were $524.52 billion at the end of the previous week that ended Oct. 21. They have decline around 16% this year so far due to the RBI’s intervention in the currency markets, as well as valuation changes owing to the dollar’s strength.

Australia beat Afghanistan by four runs to keep semifinal hopes alive in T20 World Cup (PTI)

IIT Delhi expands its campus; Abu Dhabi campus on cards

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is expanding its campus and will add five new buildings including girls hostel, boys hostel, academic block, staff and faculty housing buildings. The board of governors at IIT Delhi has given approval for construction of 5 new infrastructure projects worth Rs 680 crore. In addition, an offshore campus is being set up in Abu Dhabi, said Rangan Banerjee, director, IIT Delhi. Abu Dhabi campus is likely to come up over the next two years.

China, Germany warn Russia against any use of nuclear weapon: Scholz (AFP)

BJP will form govt in Himachal once again. Good work done by double-engine govt in last 5 yrs & we’ll go with that to people. On other hand, Congress stopped development of the state – we’ll tell people about this too

– Union Min Anurag Thakur, in Hamirpur

Education ministry has set up high-level panel for strengthening assessment, accreditation of higher educational institutions, says Official

Angadia extortion case:

Bombay High Court granted relief to Saurabh Tripathi, the suspended DCP of Mumbai Police. While hearing his anticipatory bail plea, HC ordered that he be not arrested until November 15. Tripathi has been absconding for the last 6 months.

Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot in Amritsa

Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot in Amritsar. Police present at the spot, details awaited. “Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri* has been shot. We have reached the spot and are still verifying everything. The senior officers will brief you,” Police said.

Delhi MCD polls:

The issue of notification will be on Nov 7 and will end on Nov 14. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is Nov 19. Voting for the polls will be on December 04 and the results will be announced on December 07, announced Vijay Dev, Delhi State Election Commissioner.

Delhi MCD polls: Voting for MCD elections to be held on December 04, results on December 07

Delhi State Election Commissioner said, we completed the delimitation process in Delhi. Polling stations were redrawn. Now we are prepared for 250 wards in Delhi. Municipal corporation of Delhi has jurisdiction in 68 constituencies. 42 seats reserved for SCs. Out of those 42 seats for SC, 21 seats will be for SC women. 104 seats will be reserved for women. Model code of conduct is implemented in Delhi from today itself.

NHRC asks Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi chief secretaries to appear before SC on Nov 10

NHRC has asked chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi to appear before it on November 10 to discuss rising pollution in Delhi-NCR, said Official statement

After cattle-hit incidents involving Vande Bharat trains, Railway Protection Force asks village heads in Maharashtra’s Palghar to curb stray animal menace

Reasonable to have ambition in politics, approach makes difference

– Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar says farmers backbone of rising India, credits industry with driving agriculture sector into “new trajectory”

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in Rohtan, Jubbal

Be it HP or U’khand, our borders touch China. After 1962(war)we suspected what would happen if there’s another clash with China. With a strong, nationalist leadership that thinks for nation, our jawans taught lesson to enemy in Galwan Valley. When our soldiers were attacked in Pulwama, a befitting reply in the form of a surgical strike was given under the leadership of PM Modi. Enemies were given a reply, right in their home, said Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in Rohtan, Jubbal.

North Eastern state border dispute:

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to convene all-party meet on border issues with Andhra Pradesh.

Army recovers one dead body of a terrorist along with two AK47 rifles in J&K

One dead body of a terrorist along with two AK47 rifles, several rounds of magazines, one Chinese pistol & a large number of war-like stores were recovered. Narcotic substances were also recovered from the bag recovered from them, said Rajesh Bisht, Brigade Commander, Poonch.

Rupee rises 45 paise to close at 82.43 (provisional) against US dollar

Sensex advances 113.95 points to end at 60,950.36; Nifty climbs 64.45 points to 18,117.15

Army approves Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) of 5 Make II projects

To give a further boost to ongoing projects, Army has now approved Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) of 5 Make II projects. Make II projects are essentially Industry funded projects involving design, development & innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes.

New Zealand becomes first team to qualify for semifinals of T20 World Cup T20 World Cup

IMO awards crews of INS Kochi, INS Kolkata and Greatship Ahalya certificates of commendation

Crews of INS Kochi, INS Kolkata and Greatship Ahalya were awarded certificates of commendation by Secy General of IMO (Int’l Maritime Org) Kitack Lim at annual Bravery awards ceremony of IMO held y’day in London.Award was received by Indian Naval Adviser HCI,London on behalf of Indian Navy.

HC grants RSS permission for route marches on Nov 6, in 44 out of 50 places across TN

Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan of Madras HC says he can grant permission for RSS route marches on Nov 6, in 44 out of 50 places across TN. He said that he didn’t find anything adverse in intelligence reports regarding all places & that there could be untoward incidents at 6 places only. Earlier Tamil Nadu Police had refused to permit the RSS route march at 24 out of 50 places and had said that it can be conducted indoors at 23 places, granting permission for only 3 places for the rally to be held.

Terrorist attack threat call on Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah on Nov 3

Threat call of a terrorist attack on Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah was made to the control room of Mumbai Police yesterday. Thorough checking found nothing at spot. Upon investigation, caller found to be mentally unstable.

Security forces thwarts an infiltration in Poonch on Nov 3

Security forces thwarted an infiltration bid & eliminated a terrorist in Poonch on 3rd Nov. Two AK-74 rifles with 4 mag & 43 rounds, a Chinese Pistol with 7 rounds&1 mag, a cigarette packet of Gold Cup brand made in Pakistan etc recovered, said Lt Col Devender Anand,PRO(Defence).

Gujarat fire incident: Massive fire breaks at a Packaging company in Daman

Massive fire in a company named Ganesh Packaging in Dabhel area of Daman. More than 8 fire engines on the spot, efforts on to control the fire. Further details awaited.

Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane sent to judicial custody in child rape case

Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane sent to judicial custody until the final verdict on the case by a Kathmandu District Court. He was arrested by Nepal Police on October 6 in connection with the rape of a minor.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to travel India to bolster US-India economic ties

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to India and the Group of 20 Summit in Indonesia next week to bolster US-India economic ties and to try to overcome G20 divisions prompted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Treasury said on Friday.

Kejriwal announces Isudan Gadhvi AAP’s chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat

‘We will cancel the Agnipath scheme once come in power’, says Cong GS Priyanka

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Himachal Pradesh said, If Congress come into power in Central, our party will cancel the Agnipath scheme. “What we promise, we fulfill that. In Chhattisgarh, we promised farmer’s loan waiver and it was implemented,” she said.

Isudan Gadhvi to be AAP’s CM face for Gujarat elections

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal announced the name of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections on the basis of opinions given by the people of the state, party office-bearers. On October 29, Kejriwal had urged people to contact the party through SMS, WhatsApp, voice mail and e-mail to give their views about who should be the CM candidate from the party in the state, which is currently being ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).He had said that people could submit their points of view till November 3 evening and on the basis of their opinions, the name of the party’s chief ministerial face would be announced the next day. Those in the race for the top post from the AAP were its state unit president Gopal Italia, national general secretary Isudan Gadhvi and general secretary Manoj Soratihya, party sources said.

Bhupender Yadav to lead Indian delegation to COP 27

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav will be leading Indian delegation to attend the 27th Session of Conference of Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav will be leading Indian delegation to COP 27. Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) scheduled to be held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from 6-18 November, 2022. India is fully engaged with the process and is supportive of the efforts by Government of Egypt for substantive outcomes at COP 27.

India says goal of $100 billion per year of climate finance by 2020 and every year thereafter through till 2025 is yet to be achieved: Govt

Priyanka offers prayers at Jwala Devi Temple, in Kangra

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offered prayers at Jwala Devi Temple, in Kangra. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel was also present with her.

Haryana Agri Minister JP Dalal claims that stubble burning have reduced significantly due to their efforts

“Due to our efforts, cases of stubble burning have reduced significantly. There were 2,377 incidents of stubble burning in Haryana till yesterday day, which is 28% less than last year. Punjab reported 24,146 incidents this year, an increase of 20%,” said Haryana Agri Minister JP Dalal. “We are giving machines, incentives to the farmers and making them understand. We will give MSP on Parali and a committee has been formed for this. We are also giving Rs 7,000 per acre to farmers for sowing crops other than paddy.”

Delhi environment minister chairs meet for measures to control rising pollution