- PM Modi visited the Morbi bridge collapse site on Tuesday and held a high-level review meeting. So far, 135 people have died, and as per officials, two more persons are still missing.
- The Regional Meteorological Centre at Chennai said there would be “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in eight districts (Chennai, Tiruvalluvar, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, and Tiruvannamalai) of Tamil Nadu, in the next 24 hours.
- The Madras HC has ruled that the collection of capitation fees by trust-run educational institutions is illegal and punishable. And such institutions could lose their charitable status.
- Engineering student Faiz Rasheed (23) of Bengaluru has been sentenced to five years of jail for cheering the Pulwama suicide bombings in 2019 on his Facebook page.
- Indian ace cricketer Virat Kohli expressed privacy concerns after a Tik Tok video of his room in Perth, Australia, during the ongoing T20 World Cup started.
- Padma Vibhushan Dr. Jamshed J Irani, proudly called the steelman of India, breathed his last on Monday at Tata Main Hospital Hospital in Jamshedpur.
- Exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir at the Semthan, Bijbhera area of Anantnag district in the Union Territory.
- The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 27) in Egypt between November 6 and 18 will see around 90 heads of state and nations and over 30,000 registered delegates participating in the global summit.
- In a future update, WhatsApp is said to launch the ‘Message yourself’ option with a dedicated caption that will let users see their numbers in the WA contact list.
- In another strongly worded remark on asylum seekers, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman sparked a controversy by calling asylum-seekers crossing the English Channel to get into the country an “invasion.”
Image: Rain water logging on G.P. Road in Chennai on Friday Photo Credit K.V. Srinivasan