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Russia's powerful Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev was in Tehran on Wednesday for consultations with Iranian officials on security matters, the TASS news agency reported.

"In Tehran, Patrushev will hold scheduled Russian-Iranian security consultations with the participation of Security Council experts and representatives from both countries' ministries and agencies," TASS cited the Russian Security Council's press service as saying.

CM Arvind Kejriwal has made plan to remove mountains of garbage (landfills) and trash from Delhi: Manish Sisodia at Ghazipur landfill site.

The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday morning with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 329, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

On Tuesday morning, the overall AQI of the city stood at 321.

Justice DY Chandrachud takes oath as 50th Chief Justice of India.

A day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Russia, the US State Department said it is important for Russia to hear the message for dialogue and diplomacy amid the ongoing Ukraine war, “especially from countries like India”.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would be a “positive thing” if one can be arranged on the sidelines of one of the leaders' summits to be held in Southeast Asia this month.

India sees marginal rise in daily Covid tally with 811 new infections in 24 hours; Active caseload over 13k

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Uttarkhand's Pithoragarh in the wee hours of Wednesday.

This comes after Nepal was struck with an earthquake of 6.3-magnitude at 1.57 am early Wednesday. The tremors were also felt across parts of Delhi-NCR.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his forces would not yield "a single centimetre" in battles for control of eastern Donetsk region while Russian-installed officials described Ukrainian forces moving into one southern town with tanks.

China reported 8,335 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 8, of which 1,346 were symptomatic and 6,989 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

That is compared with 7,691 new cases a day earlier – 890 symptomatic and 6,801 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast.

Fuel leaks have kept the rocket grounded since August. Then Hurricane Ian forced the rocket back to the hangar at Kennedy Space Center at the end of September.

The rocket was moved back to the launch pad last week, and NASA was aiming for a launch attempt early Monday.

The U.N. General Assembly scheduled a vote for Monday on a resolution that would call for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law by invading Ukraine, including by paying reparations.