- Unveiling a proposal on how a $50 billion investment plan can vaccinate people around the world against COVID-19 by the middle of next year, the IMF on Friday said India's decision to ban the export of vaccines was affecting developing countries.
- Rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghurama Krishnam Raju, arrested on sedition charges last week, was granted bail by the Supreme Court today. The court observed that he may have been ill-treated in police custody.
- A 'Corona Devi' temple has come up on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. An idol, named 'Corona Devi' made of black stone has also been placed in the temple.
- The Union Health Ministry on Friday said license has been given to five more manufactures for production of Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment of black fungus, and they will start producing 1,11,000 vials of the drug per month from July.
- Delhi's COVID-19 positivity rate has fallen below 5 per cent in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest since April 4.
- Sunderlal Bahuguna, one of India's best-known environmentalist and a pioneer of the Chipko Movement against the cutting of trees, today died of COVID-19 in Rishikesh. He was 94 years old.
- BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet alleging a "Congress toolkit" to discredit the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Covid handling has been marked as "manipulated media" by Twitter.
- The Calcutta High Court on Friday denied interim bail for all four Bengal politicians - including two ministers - in jail after being arrested by the CBI earlier this week in connection with the Narada case.All four will now be placed under house arrest, the court ruled.
- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going to contest by-poll from the Bhawanipore seat after TMC MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from the post won in the constituency. It is important that Mamata Banerjee becomes a member of the legislative assembly for her to be able to retain her position as Chief Minister of the state.
- The Samajwadi Party and Congress have condemned the demolition of mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki and demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
- The Supreme Court today said that the Allahabad High Court's "Ram bharose" comment on UP's medical system must be treated as advice.
- Tech-based solutions and contributions of several individuals saw Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC), a think-tank of the Delhi government, deliver over 2,300 oxygen concentrators to several government hospitals here, a statement said. The Dialogue and Development Commission has been coordinating with donors wanting to support the Delhi government's COVID-19 response amid the second wave of the pandemic
- Nearly four months after the violence at Red Fort on the Republic Day, Delhi Police has filed a voluminous chargesheet against actor-activist Deep Sidhu and 15 others in connection with the case.
- Ten years' worth of customer data including credit cards, passports and phone numbers has been leaked in a massive breach at Air India, the airline has announced.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and US envoy Daniel B Smith on Friday discussed the ways in which Delhi and America can work together to address the COVID pandemic.
- The Delhi High Court Friday held as "unconstitutional", the imposition of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) by the Centre on import of oxygen concentrators by individuals for personal use.
- The Supreme Court on Friday asked the various High Courts to avoid passing orders impossible to implement when it comes to Covid-related matters.
- The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) reported an 80.15 per cent jump in its standalone profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 6,451 crore in the three months to March 2021, aided by higher interest income and lower provisioning for bad loans.
- The Reserve Bank of India approved paying a higher-than-expected Rs 99,122 crore to the government as a dividend, providing cushion to the state at a time when a crippling second wave of the novel coronavirus may strain public finances.
- Nepal's President Vidya Devi Bhandari has announced a mid-term election, dissolving the parliament. There will be mid-term elections in Nepal on 12 and 19 November.
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