- Government slashes basic duty on crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil from 2.5 per cent to nil; Rationalises import duties on various edible oils to control prices.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says, country witnesses highest sales in a decade worth 1.25 lakh crore rupees during festive season; Lauds Vocal for Local initiative for bringing joy to small artisans.
- Over 108 crore 18 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive so far; Recovery rate stands at 98.23 per cent, highest since March, 2020.
- TMC State Gen Secy, Kunal Ghosh said on BJP questioning opposition-ruled states for not reducing excise on fuel prices that the non-BJP states don’t even get their original dues.
- Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh remanded to 14-day judicial custody in connection with alleged money laundering case.
- Kolkata Police seized over 208 kg of banned explosives and arrested 210 people for bursting firecrackers from different parts of city on Diwali night.
- Ten patients die in major fire in Ahmednagar Civil Hospital in Maharashtra; President, Vice President and Prime Minister express grief.
- Met Department predicts cyclonic movement towards North Tamil Nadu during next 48 hours; Fishermen advised not to venture into sea till 13th November.
- In Afghanistan, four women, including a women’s rights activist killed in northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
- Over 91 dead in massive oil tanker explosion in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown.
- Air quality in the national capital is in the ‘severe’ category, with PM10 at 412 and PM2.5 at 286. Everyone will suffer from air pollution. People are complaining of headaches, breathing problems.
