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Three pedestrians, two of them senior citizens, were mugged in separate incidents at Khar-Bandra early on Saturday by three men on a motorbike. It appeared that the men were looking for targets at isolated stretches so that they could escape easily. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mD4Z8w

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks. from UK News Headlines, Latest UK News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35RytZB

Fifteen women, all freedom fighters, became members of the Constituent Assembly and contributed to the framing of the Constitution of India. They helped pilot through a patriarchal legislature many protective legislations for women. The female... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/2HIPLQJ

Words can be misunderstood and technology, exhausting! Are you too missing real engagement during the pandemic? The one thing I am missing during the forced isolation of the pandemic is meaningful engagements and conversations. Remember... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/323l5jQ

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Weeks before the usual onset of winter, Delhiites have been feeling the chill. Here’s why. Night temperatures over Delhi this October were the coldest recorded during the month in 58 years. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jN2Q8k

Friday recorded the season’s highest daily number of harvest remains burning in the neighbouring states. According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the forecasting body under the Union ministry of earth sciences, there were 3,471 instances of stubble burning on the day, putting into shade the 2,912 fires recorded on Wednesday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oSLTxl

An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in a shooting outside a church in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, with the country still reeling from a deadly church attack days before. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3811PHM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35RytZB

Calling Joe Biden his "brother,'' Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first Black president to energize Black voters in battleground Michigan on the final weekend of the 2020 campaign. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kPkIRA

Calling Joe Biden his "brother,'' Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first Black president to energize Black voters in battleground Michigan on the final weekend of the 2020 campaign. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/38037m4

Elections are a high-stake game in democracies like India and, thus, it is natural that all of us obsess over who will win how many seats. Everyone has their favourite technique of making predictions: some... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/2Jp1ww6

Although sometimes difficult to define, there is an important distinction between a cartoon and political caricature. The former is, ideally, aimed at making the reader chuckle while the political caricature demonises an adversary, making him... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/3239Zvr

I stand with French President Emmanuel Macron in declaring that free speech includes the right to offend. Those offended are welcome to protest peacefully, but not to gag or kill the offenders. In France, a... from Times of India Opinion https://ift.tt/2TENOXB

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India now plans to fast-track its ongoing rebalance of military forces and fire power to the northern borders with China and the critical Indian Ocean Region (IOR), in a decisive shift away from the decades-long focus on the western front with Pakistan and combating militancy. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TJtW5T

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Harris comes into the November 3 election already a repeat trailblazer as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37X3IVV

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Hugo Chávez's former nurse has been charged with money laundering in a Miami federal court, accused of taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela's national treasurer. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mBMy47

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Harris comes into the November 3 election already a repeat trailblazer as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3eelIME

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November is considered the ‘defining’ month for air pollution in the region and generally logs the most number of days when the air quality is in the ‘severe’ category. This year, Delhi steps into the month without a pollution monitoring body like Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, which earlier oversaw the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan and issued additional instructions to control any spike in pollution. With the newly formed Commission for Air Quality Management likely to take some time to be constituted, the state pollution boards and involved agencies are confused about how GRAP measures will be enforced. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/31WdOSQ

Breaking all previous records, Covid-19 cases again reached a single-day highest at 5,891. On Thursday, the city had reported 5,739 cases while 5,673 cases had been reported the previous day — both single-day peaks. For the last eight days, the daily number of Covid cases has been consistently rising, except on Monday, when only 2,832 cases were reported due to fewer number of tests conducted. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/37XaDhO

Covid-19 bed occupancy and ventilator requirement in Delhi government and private hospitals have witnessed a sharp rise in the past fortnight. With the number of daily new cases rising due to multiple factors, including season change, high pollution and reckless behaviour by citizens, nearly 40% of the Covid beds and 60% of the ventilators are currently in use. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jQcSWA

Parts of south, east and northeast Delhi, which are in the catchment areas of the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar water treatment plants, faced a shortage of water on Friday. A spike in the ammonia levels in the Yamuna water coming from Haryana and stoppage of water in the Upper Ganga canal, which is undergoing annual maintenance, led to a crisis in the city. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/31Y71Z6

At 374, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in the capital on Friday was in the “very poor” category, stated Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) daily bulletin. However, 12 monitoring stations touched “severe” range on Friday noon. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Jo6sBm

Considering the drop in active cases in the Mumbai region, several local bodies have begun to shut down Covid centres, which incur daily expenditures running into lakhs of rupees. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/34FFhKp

Acting on BMC’s complaint, Dahisar police on Friday filed an FIR against a slum-dweller for refusing to stay in public quarantine and visiting his workplace despite being identified as a “high-risk contact”. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jLtoa9

Observing that the task of police officers during the Covid-19 pandemic was difficult and the city police, considered one of the best in the world after Scotland Yard, were overburdened, the Bombay high court on Thursday directed a Navi Mumbai woman to cooperate with the cyber police in an investigation over her alleged offensive posts on the chief minister. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/34Jaixi

A bus conductor with Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) undertaking has been arrested for making sex videos and selling these on a porn site for money. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3edoGkg

The state reported a slight increase in new Covid-19 cases and a decline in fatalities on Friday. A total of 6,190 cases and 127 deaths were reported, taking the tally since the outbreak to 16,72,858 and the toll to 43,837. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/31VVA4c

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India is looking at Bhutan to help alleviate shortage of potatoes. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Friday issued an order allowing unhindered import of this key kitchen item from the tiny Himalayan nation without any licence till January 31, 2021. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2HPmiEF

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A weekend migrant shipwreck off Senegal has left at least 140 people dead, making it the deadliest so far this year, the International Organization for Migration confirmed Thursday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31Vb74i

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After a succession of committees and court directions failed to halt deterioration in the capital’s air quality, the Centre has decided to set up a new commission armed with powers of enforcement and mitigation that promises to take another stab, hopefully with better results, in cleaning the air. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oCeTJn

Delhi recorded its coldest night in the month of October in 26 years on Thursday when the minimum temperature dropped to 12.5°C, three notches below normal. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jGBGQL

Air quality in the capital entered the ‘severe’ range for the first time this winter season, with an AQI of 401 in the early hours of Thursday before returning to the ‘very poor’ category in the evening. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/34FtPyD

The surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi continued on Thursday with another single-day peak being recorded at 5,739 cases, a day after 5,673 cases had been reported. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mzIGAx

Delhiites need to be extra cautious this season as early dip in temperatures may also lead to spurt in dengue cases, public health experts from municipal corporations have warned. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/31TQa9R

In what seems to be unprecedented, over 95% of the 64,000 third year BCom students of Mumbai University cleared the exams held this month amid the pandemic, reports Yogita Rao. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/34Daa20

After spending almost a year in jail on charges of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl he had met on a Mumbai-Pune bus, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act court on Wednesday acquitted a 24-year-old medical representative after the woman told the court she had never met the accused. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TOYvat

Faced with the state's request to throw open local train services for all Mumbaikars, railways has lobbed the ball back into the government's court, seeking solutions for crowd control at stations and compliance with Covid-19 protocols. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mwDP3d

The state government on Thursday extended the coronavirus-induced lockdown till November 30. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/35JssOw

After a succession of committees and court directions failed to halt deterioration in the capital’s air quality, the Centre has decided to set up a new commission armed with powers of enforcement and mitigation that promises to take another stab, hopefully with better results, in cleaning the air. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jF7GEE

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India remains engaged with the US for increasing predictability in the visa regime and to minimise the inconvenience being faced by those in the US or those who need to travel to the country for bona fide reasons, said the government days after the third Indo-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TCfX1O

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