Highlights: After firing British finance minister, PM Liz Truss pledges to press on with economic reforms

A 31-year-old labourer died on Friday after falling from the second floor of a factory in north Delhi's Narela industrial area, PTI reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday India and China supported "peaceful dialogue" in Ukraine, a month after their Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping appeared to differ with him over the conflict at a summit in Uzbekistan last month, reported news agency Reuters.

Britain will retain plans to increase corporation tax, Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Friday.

Britain's finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that he had resigned after Prime Minister Liz Truss asked him to stand aside.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorm with lightning and moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Hingoli, Latur, Nasik, Aurangabad during next 3-4 hours.

India on Friday successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from INS Arihant.

The Varanasi court on Friday rejected the demand for carbon dating of a "Shivling", claimed to be found on the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

The fifth Vande Bharat train will begin operations from November 10 between Chennai- Bengaluru- Mysore.

Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that electoral bond is an absolutely transparent mode of political funding in wake of a series of petitions filed against it. The next hearing is on December 6 when the apex court will hear the case in detail.

The CJI on Friday quashed a request for urgent hearing before it on a plea against “freebies” promised by political parties during poll campaigns. The advocate said that as poll schedule for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will soon be announced, parties have already begun making such promises. But the CJI asked the advocate to send the files to his chamber.

Annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eases to 10.7 per cent for September 2022 against 12.41 per cent recorded in August 2022, government said on Friday.

Centre upgrades Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's security cover from Z-category in the north-eastern region to Z+ on an all-India basis. Read more.

Bombay high court on Friday acquitted former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba in alleged Maoist links case. It allowed his appeal against conviction and life sentence. The Nagpur bench of the high court heard his case. Read more.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is scheduled to hold a press meet at 3pm today, where it will announce the schedule of assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

The BSF personnel on Friday shot down a drone that entered the Indian territory near the Ramsas village in Amritsar, Punjab. Following the incident, which happened at around 4pm, the personnel found a rope attached to the drone. The area is being searched by a heavy BSF and Punjab Police forces under the DIG's investigation. Read more.

India on Friday logged as many as 2,678 new Covid-19 cases, a marginal dip from 2,786 the day before, the health ministry's morning bulletin revealed. The active case count now stands at 26,583, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the cumulative tally of 44,623,997.

Delhi Police on Friday said that a call about a bomb on a flight coming to the capital from Moscow was received last night. They added that the flight landed in Delhi at around 3.20am, after which all passengers and crew members were deboarded safely and now the aircraft is being checked and a probe into the matter is underway, ANI reported. Read more.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 happened today at around 5.28 am 65km WNW of Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh, the National Center for Seismology said. “The depth of the earthquake was 10km below the ground,” it added.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is under a federal investigation by United States authorities over his $44 billion buyout deal of social media giant Twitter, the company said in a court filing made public on Thursday. Twitter said it had requested Musk's advocates for months to produce their communications with federal authorities, but they had not complied, and so they asked a Delaware judge to order the attorneys to provide the documents. Read more.