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1.Two new world records were set at this year's Deepotsav in Ayodhya: 26.17 lakh diyas lit at the same place as 2,128 people performed 'aarti' together for the grand celebrations in the temple town.
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2.The Supreme Court has modified the standard operating procedure (SOP) for payment of bail amount of poor undertrial prisoners by state governments through district legal services authority (DLSA).
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3.Bollywood veteran Govardhan Asrani, known by his stage name, Asrani, has passed away at the age of 84.
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4.Noted Odia NRI Dr. Arun Kumar Praharaj, residing in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Odisha Sevaratna Award – 2025’ by the Bright Odisha Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of Odisha.
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5.The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Monday announced its list of 143 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls..
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6.US President Donald Trump said India will continue to pay “massive tariffs” if it keeps buying oil from Russia.
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7.China's economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July- September, growing 4.8 per cent,
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8.19 candidates filed nomination papers for the November 11 bypoll to Nuapada assembly constituency.
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9.Delhi's air quality deteriorated on Diwali, with 34 out of 38 monitoring stations recording pollution levels in the 'red zone' on Monday.
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10.Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM has announced that it would not contest the assembly elections in Bihar.
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11.The number of stubble burning incidents in Punjab has reached 308.
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12.A low-pressure area has formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal early on Tuesday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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13.US President Donald Trump once again claimed to have resolved the war between India and Pakistan, saying that seven planes were shot down in the firing between the two countries without specifying to which nation they belonged.
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14.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday put out a video of him trying his hand at making 'imarti' and 'besan laddoo' at the famous Ghantewala sweet shop in old Delhi, as he greeted people on Diwali.
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15.Heavy rain (7-11 cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over Nicobar Islands. Thunderstorms likely to occur at one or two places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands on October 21, 22 and 23," an official said.