1. Odisha: Three killed in blast at stone quarry
Three persons, including two women, were reportedly killed while six others sustained critical injuries in an explosion at a stone quarry in Gunpur area of Rayagada district on Friday.
2. CBI searches 6 firms targeting computer users through tech support scam, Rs 190-cr assets seized
The CBI has seized assets worth Rs 190 crore during its searches against six companies booked for a technical support scam targeting Microsoft customers, an investigation which has received praise from United States' Department of Justice, officials said Friday.
3. Kashmir conflict: Pakistan's ex-Army officer admits country's role
"On October 26 (1947), the Pakistani forces captured Baramula where only 3,000 survived out of 14,000. The troops were now only 35 miles from Srinagar when the MaharajaHari Singh sent his papers of accession to Delhi asking for help": these are the excerpts from a recently published book, Raiders in Kashmir, penned by Major General (retired) Akbar Khan of Pakistan.
4. Centre should now work to re-establish trust with states: Chidambaram on GST row
After the Union government agreed to borrow Rs 1.10 lakh crore on behalf of states to meet the GST shortfall, Congress leader P Chidambaram said Friday that the Centre has taken the "correct first step" and it should now work to re-establish trust with them.
5. Agro, food tech will increase farmers' income: Minister
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Processing Industries, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj today virtually inaugurated India - International Food & Agri Week being organised from 16th to 22nd October 2020.
6. Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive for Covid-19
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has tested positive for COVID-19 and has quarantined himself at home.
7. Second batch of Rafale jets to join IAF in November
Amid the ongoing China border conflict, Indian Air Force's (IAF) offensive capabilities will get a boost as 3-4 Rafale fighter jets would be arriving at the Ambala airbase in Haryana by the first week of November.
8. Shaurya Chakra awardee shot dead in Punjab
Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Tarn Taran district on Friday, police said.
9. WHO: Study finds 4 drugs have little to no effect on COVID-19
The UN health agency says the world's largest randomized trial of COVID-19 treatments found "conclusive evidence" that remdesivir, a drug used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump when he fell ill, has little or no effect on severe cases.
10. Deepika Padukone resumes shoot in Goa after NCB episode
Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone has resumed shooting for her forthcoming film in Goa. The actor had to desist the shoot after she had to depose before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) last month in a drugs related case after her alleged chats came to the fore.
