Highlights: WHO issues alert on 4 India-made cough syrups over deaths in Gambia

“WHO issued a medical product alert on 4 cough and cold syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals, potentially linking it to acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in Gambia, conducting further investigation with the company &regulatory authorities,” reports Reuters quoting WHO.

“Those whom we gave everything have betrayed us and those who were not given anything, are all together. This Sena is not of one or two but of all of you. As long as you are with me, I will be the leader of the party,” says Uddhav Thackeray at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.

Bal Thackeray's son Jaidev Thackeray shares stage with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde at Dussehra rally at Mumbai's BKC ground.

“Eknath (Shinde) is my favourite. Maharashtra needs a dashing leader like him. I have come here for him.” Jaidev, who is also the brother of Uddhav Thackeray, said at the rally.

A major accident was averted during Ravan Dahan in Yamunanagar where the effigy of Ravana fell on the people gathered. Some people were injured, reports ANI. 

Further details awaited.

Of total 50 people onboard the bus Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, 32 have died and 18 people were injured. Rescue work has been completed, says SDRF, as quoted by ANI.

Ravan Dahan being performed across states on the final day of Navratri celebrations on the occasion of Dussehra.

India's renowned fact-checkers and founders of alternate media platform Alt News Mohammad Zubair and Pratik Sinha are reportedly among the contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022. Read full story

A blast occurred at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, near the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said Abdul Nafai Takor, a spokesman for the MoI, adding that an investigation is underway, reports TOLO News.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”

An Indian Army chopper crashed on Wednesday near Tamang in Arunachal Pradesh. A pilot aboard the chopper ‘Cheetah’ was killed in the accident while another was injured. Read more

Apple has asked its suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time, Reuters reported. The development takes places days after the Cupertino-based technology giant began its iPhone 14 production in India. Read more

Putin signs laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, in defiance of international law, reports AP. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday inaugurated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bilaspur constructed at cost of about ₹1,470 crore in a bid to strengthen health services. Read more

A total of 13 people were injured in the Bandra Worli Sea Link road accident after a speeding car rammed into an accident site. Five people have died and eight are undergoing treatment, news agency ANI reported quoting Mumbai Police.

With 2,468 fresh Covid infections in last 24 hours, India's daily tally goes up by 25% in a day.

Delhi set to withdraw ₹500 fine for not wearing masks in public as Covid cases drop, ANI reports.

At least twenty-five people have died after a bus – with more than 40 aboard – fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand.

Hours after it was revealed that billionaire Elon Musk has proposed to go ahead with his original Twitter buyout offer, in his first public remarks, he said that buying the social media platform would be an “accelerant to creating X, the everything app”. Read more

One person is reported to be dead after a bus – with more than 40 aboard – fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand. Over 40 people – including children – were reportedly on the bus which fell into a 500-meter gorge on the Rikhnikhal-Birokhal road in Pauri Garhwal district on Tuesday. Twenty-one people have been rescued so far in the operations. Read more