BREAKING highlights | 'Deeply concerned': India calls for immediate halt to hostilities in Ukraine as war toll rises

A Chinese firm tested out an electric flying taxi in Dubai on Monday, offering a glimpse of futuristic technology that could one day whisk people through cities high above any traffic.

The Election Commission on Monday disallowed any symbols with religious overtones in its order the Shiv Sena dispute.

On the occasion of World Mental Health Day on Monday, the government launched ‘Tele MANAS’ - an on-call mental health assistance facility and networking system across states.

German prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

Delhi University on Monday extended the date for admission registration to undergraduate programmes till October 12 and announced that the first seat allocation list will be released on October 18. 

The Indian embassy in Kyiv issued an advisory for all Indian nationals living in war-torn Ukraine in the wake of Russia's intensified strikes on its east-European neighbour in the latest round of strikes killing at least and injuring over 60.

Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare centre in which 36 people including 24 children died last week.

Amazon said it will invest close to $1 billion over the next five years in electric vans, trucks and low-emission package hubs across Europe, accelerating its drive to achieve net-zero carbon, reported Reuters.

India has urged immediate cessation of hostilities and urgent return to path of diplomacy and dialogue after fresh attacks on Ukraine, MEA said on Monday.

Thousands of British holidaymakers cancelled trips to India owing to last minute tourist visa rule change, The Times UK reported. The sudden change in the rule required Britons to present themselves in person at visa centres in the UK and apply for tourist visas.

Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday moved Delhi high court against EC's order freezing Shiv Sena's name, election symbol. 

India has received the fourth set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and organisations as part of an annual automatic information exchange under which Switzerland has shared particulars of nearly 34 lakh financial accounts with 101 countries.

NASA will host a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 11, to discuss the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and its intentional collision with its target asteroid, Dimorphos. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Modi Shaikshanik Sankul in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Monday.

Nobel prize for economics this year was awarded to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday. 

Power cuts were reported in several Ukraine regions after Russia's fresh attacks on Monday, reported AFP citing officials. Read more.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November. The elections come nine months before Parliament's term expires, following calls for early polls from Ismail's United Malays National Organisation.

An FIR has been filed against the organisers of an event in the national capital where some speakers allegedly had made some hate speeches, Delhi Police said on Monday. Read more.

When I became Gujarat CM, I did not have much experience in administration. But it is our privilege that CM Bhupendra Patel has an experience of around 25 years ranging from panchayat to Assembly: PM Modi at Anand, Gujarat

Former PM Manmohan Singh writes to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav after demise of veteran politician and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. "He was a leader of high esteem who was respected by everybody. May god give all of you strength to bear this loss with courage & fortitude," he wrote.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday declared a three-day state mourning over the death of Samajwadi Party patriarch, Mulayam Singh Yadav. "Full state honours will be accorded to his final rites," said Yogi.

ED moves Supreme Court against the grant of bail to NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case.