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Ahead of the DDMA meeting scheduled to take place after festive season to discuss phase-wise reopening of schools for junior classes, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Monday asked Delhi’s lieutenant governor Anil Baijal to allow in-person classes for students from nursery to Class 8 at least twice a week. Read more

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 hit southern Indian state, Karnataka at 9.54pm on Monday in Gulbarga, ANI reported citing the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Odisha law minister Pratap Jena on Monday announced that the state cabinet has given its nod to a proposal to hike remuneration of all contractual employees under the state government by 50 per cent. “Earlier, such employees weren't getting any additional benefits, now they'll get reimbursement towards medical treatment,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

Jharkhand's reportedly first woman idol maker, Madhvi Pal, continues her journey and carries forward her late husband's idol-making business, ANI reported. “I started this in 2012 after my husband died. It was his business. I'll continue doing this as long as I am alive,” she was quoted as saying.

Islamist militant group Taliban will meet officials of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday (October 12), AFP reported citing the group's acting foreign minister. Notably, Taliban recaptured Afghanistan after 20 years on August 15.

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi said that her non-inclusion in the BJP national executive panel does not “reduce (her) stature,” according to PTI.

The Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh on Monday said that two operations were launched in Shopian this evening “on a credible input.” “Encounter started at Tulran Shopian. Three to four terrorists trapped. At Kheripora Shopian, another operation launched and a contact [is] expected soon,” he told ANI, saying that this is the third encounter in last 24 hours.

DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Monday told PTI that the central government has issued the letter of intent to Tata group for the sale of Air India for ₹18,000 crore.

The Delhi High Court will deliver its judgment on a plea, challenging the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police, on October 12.

On surge in fuel prices, Union MoS (Petroleum & Natural Gas) Rameswar Teli recently said in Assam that the prices aren't high but include the levied tax. “You must've taken a free vaccine, where will the money come from? You haven't paid the money, this is how it was collected,” he told reporters, according to ANI.

Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced that the country will reopen for tourists, who have are vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to AFP.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have recommended the booster shot against Covid-19 for the immunocompromised people, AFP reported.

During an ongoing operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, Sepoy Saraj Singh and Vaisakh H also lost their lives, ANI reported quoting White Knight Corps, Indian Army.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 28th foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on October 12 at 11am.

Adani Ports and Logistics on Monday announced that it along with SEZ will not handle EXIM containerised cargo originating from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan at all its terminals from November 15 onwards, according to ANI.

The chief medical officer (CMO) of Gwalior, Dr Manish Sharma, said on Monday that so far, as many as 500 dengue cases have been reported in the district. “Health teams constituted for all wards of the city; nursing staff will be mobilised to conduct door to door survey,” he told ANI, adding that outdoor fogging will be intensified.

Police has got a three-day remand of Ashish Mishra Monu, the son of union MoS Ajay Mishra, in Lakhimpur violence case where eight people, including four farmers were killed in the Uttar Pradesh district. The will start 10am from tomorrow onwards.

Delhi witnessed a single-day rise of 23 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Covid-19 health bulletin data. The overall tally of the national capital currently stands at 14,39,218. The active caseload stands at 369, the bulletin data revealed.

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to with “one half to David Card and the other half jointly to Joshua D Angrist and Guido W Imbens,” the Nobel committee announced on Monday.

Encounter is underway between Indian Army soldiers and terrorists in the Poonch area, around 2km from the site where a JCO and four jawans of the Army were injured in anti-terrorist operations and later lost their lives. An army personnel has been injured in the current encounter, ANI reported citing people familiar with the development.

The Centre has released a revenue deficit grant of ₹9,871 crore released to 17 states, and a total revenue deficit grant of ₹69,097 crore has been released to states in the current financial year.

India has received the third set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals, and companies under automatic information exchange pact with Switzerland, news agency PTI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the upcoming virtual G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit on Afghanistan on October 12 At the invitation of the Italian Presidency of the G-20, PM Narendra Modi will on 12 October, ANI reported quoting Ministry of external affairs.

DK Boora has taken charge of IG, BSF Jammu frontier, succeeding NS Jamwal.

Rajasthan govt releases revised Covid-19 guidelines; allows religious programmes with an attendance of maximum 200 people, night curfew to be in place from 11pm to 5am.