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  • Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said Schools in the National Capital have been asked to remain closed until November 10. With worsening AQI, the odd-even car rationing system will be in force between Nov 13 and 20.  
  • The first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh will commence on Tuesday with polling in 20 constituencies. A 3-layered security cover will be there for over 600 polling booths in the naxal-prone Bastar region. 
  • Nepal experienced another earthquake of magnitude 5.2, with strong tremors felt up to Delhi-NCR. Friday’s quake of magnitude 6.4 had killed 150 people. 
  • ED has arrested Aam Aadmi Party’s Amargarh MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra in connection with a ₹40.92-crore bank fraud case. Booked under the Money Laundering Act PMLA, the AAP leader had ignored four ED summons in the past. 
  • The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to medium rainfall across Kerala over the next five days. The rains are due to the Northeast monsoon in Tamil Nadu. 
  • The Kalamassery blasts have claimed one more life, adding the death toll to 4. Molly Joy, who was undergoing treatment at an Ernakulam hospital, succumbed to burn injuries on Monday. 
  • Despite declining Air Quality in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has allowed the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali day for three hours between 7 and 10 p.m.