- In in the first half of 2022, meaning that one in 77 people on Earth is forcibly displaced, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in Geneva. This is an increase of 13.6 million, or 15 per cent, as compared to the end of 2021, more than the entire population of Belgium, Burundi or Cuba, according to the latest report from UNHCR released Friday
- India recorded 2,208 fresh infections of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of Covid cases to 4,46,49,088.
- HSRPs shall be fitted on all vehicles carrying Odisha registration marks and numbers, registered prior to April 1, 2019, by February, 2023, said the state Transport Authority (STA).
- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday played an audio clip of an alleged BJP man purportedly luring a TRS MLA in Telangana and discussing the party’s bid to poach AAP MLAs in the national capital.
- During 2022, more than 23 lakh people in 16 districts were affected as the state faced floods in the Mahanadi, Baitarani and Subarnarekha River systems. But due to robust preparedness and coordinated efforts, nearly 2.7 lakh people were evacuated to safer places
- Sub-plot owners in Bhubaneswar will have to pay a hefty amount and land to the government for layout permission of their plots connected to less than 30 feet of the access road. Besides, they will have to pay gift deeds and compounding fees for sub-plots purchased after 2017.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday said the internet and social media platforms have turned into potent instruments in the toolkit of terrorists and militant groups for spreading propaganda, radicalisation, and conspiracy theories aimed at destabilising societies.
- A married daughter is entitled to a government job on compassionate grounds, ruled the Orissa High Court on Friday. A married daughter is to be regarded as a member of a deceased government servant’s family like unmarried ones for a job under a rehabilitation scheme on compassionate grounds, the court observed.
- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has filed a 200-page chargesheet against comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa in connection with the 2020 drug case, reported news agency ANI.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claimed that the BJP is getting 95 per cent of the total donations made through electoral bonds as donors are not providing funds to other parties out of fear.
- Arvind Kejriwal said people can dial in their choice for AAP's 'Choose your Chief Minister' campaign for the Gujarat elections.
- India, the world's biggest sugar producer, has extended restrictions for sugar export by one year through October 2023, the government said in a notification late on Friday.
- In the national Capital. Delhi , the revised fares, the meter down charge (minimum fare) for the initial 1.5 kilometre for auto-rickshaws has been increased fromRs25 to rs30, while the per kilometre charge after meter down has been hiked from rs9.50 to rs11. For taxis, the per kilometre charge after meter down has been hiked from rs14 to rs17 for non-AC vehicles and from rs16 to rs 20 for AC vehicles.
- Delhi Police on Saturday filed an FIR against news portal 'The Wire' and its editors on a complaint by BJP IT department head Amit Malviya accusing the media outlet of "cheating and forgery" and "tarnishing" his reputation.
- All parking stickers issued by AIIMS here will become invalid from April 1, 2023 and be replaced with RFID tags, while all electric shuttles will be fitted with GPS, according to a new traffic circulation plan issued by the hospital.
- In Punjab, 150 progressive farmers from across the state were honoured for not setting crop residue on fire for the last five years.
- At least 59 people were killed and 150 more were injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said.
- Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said the Delhi government will answer all questions raised by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on the "Red Light On, Gaadi Off" campaign and resubmit the file for his approval.
- The global smartphone market declined by 12 per cent (year-on-year) even as it grew by 2 per cent (on-quarter) to reach 301 million units in Q3, its lowest Q3 level since 2014
- Two-time champions India defeated Australia 5-4 in a nail-biting penalty shootout to reclaim the Sultan of Johor Cup crown, breaking their five-year-old title jinx here Saturday
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