The govt has extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Nagaland for six more months, till July, saying the whole state is in a 'disturbed' condition and the presence of armed forces is necessary. Under AFSPA, security forces have the power to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior notice. Nagaland has been declared a 'disturbed area' due to killings, loot and extortion in various parts of the state.

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj S Chouhan on Thursday said the state government will approach the Supreme Court against the high court order that restricts political rallies in the state in view of the coronavirus pandemic, ahead of the coming by-elections in 28 seats.
Pointing out how political rallies are being held in Bihar every day as the state prepares to go to polls, Chauhan said there can't be such contradicting legislation in one country.
The high court on Tuesday restrained district magistrates in 9 districts from giving permission for any physical public meeting, while observing &lsquo;health and life of a common man is more precious compared to the right to campaigning for a candidate'.

With Durga Puja wishes, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed people of West Bengal on the biggest festival in the state. PM Modi inaugurated the puja pandals and joined the festivities online. Getting into the poll mode ahead of Bengal assembly election next year, the PM paid tribute to eminent personalities of Bengal, who he said have guided the nation. He also announced approval of Rs 8,500 crore for Kolkata&rsquo;s East West Metro and laid out the objective of &lsquo;Sonar Bangla&rsquo; through Atmanirbhar Bharat.

India on Thursday successfully carried out the final trial of the DRDO-developed Nag anti-tank guided missile with a warhead. The test was carried out at 6:45 am at the Pokhran field firing ranges in Rajasthan. News agency ANI shared a picture of the target hit by the Nag missile during the final trial. The shoulder launched four kilometre range missile with Imaging Infra red seeker will now be inducted in Indian Army. The Nag trial comes after the DRDO tested the helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-Tank Missile (SANT) with beyond 10 km range on October 19.

The government has warned Twitter over its location settings showing Leh in China. Electronics &amp; IT Ministry Secretary, in his letter, has asked Twitter to respect sensitivities of Indian citizens. It states that any attempt by Twitter to disrespect sovereignty and integrity of India, which is also reflected by the maps, is totally unacceptable and also unlawful. Earlier, the geo-location of Leh, which is the largest town in the union territory of Ladakh, was shown on Twitter as part of China.

New Delhi, PTI: The government on Thursday decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas, except electronic, tourist and medical categories. The visas were suspended almost eight months ago following the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent imposition of a nationwide lockdown.
The Ministry of Home Affairs also announced giving permission to all Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders and all other foreign nationals to visit India for any purpose, except on a tourist visa.
The ministry said in a statement that in view of the situation arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government had taken a series of steps to curtail the inward and outward movement of international passengers since February, 2020.
The government has now decided to make a graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions for more categories of foreign nationals and Indian nationals who wish to enter or leave India.
Under this graded relaxation, the government has decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas, except electronic visa, tourist visa and medical visa, the statement said.
If the validity of such visas has expired, fresh visas of appropriate categories can be obtained from Indian mission or post concerned.
Foreign nationals intending to visit India for medical treatment can apply afresh for a medical visa, including for their medical attendants.
Therefore, this decision will enable foreign nationals to come to India for various purposes such as business, conferences, employment, studies, research, medical purposes etc.
The government has also decided to permit all OCI and PIO card holders and all other foreign nationals intending to visit India for any purpose, except on a tourist visa, to enter by air or water routes through authorised airports and seaport immigration check posts.

A group of BJP workers were brutally attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress supporters in West Bengal's Bardhaman district on Wednesday. According to reports, the clashes erupted when BJP workers, who were taking out a rally in support of newly enacted Farm laws, were attacked by TMC workers. In a video shared by news agency ANI, a group of alleged TMC workers can be seen brutally thrashing BJP workers with rods and sticks.

With less than a week to go for the first phase of polling in Bihar, the BJP on Thursday&nbsp;released its manifesto. In an answer to RJD's promise of 10 lakh jobs, the BJP has promised&nbsp;19 lakh jobs in its poll document. Speaking at the launch of the manifesto finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also also promised once a vaccine for Covid-19 is available on a mass scale, every person in Bihar will get it for free. Praising the NDA govt's performance, the FM said that GDP in Bihar has seen a sharp rise under NDA rule. "The GDP has grown from 3% to 11.3% in the state in the last 15 years of NDA government and not during the 15 years of jungle raj. It was made possible because our govt gave priority to good governance for people," Sitharaman stated.

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan took to twitter on Thursday to wish Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his 56th birthday. Calling him a &lsquo;guardian&rsquo;, Paswan wrote Shah inspires lakhs of youth like himself to do something for the country Though, Paswan is fighting separately from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Bihar election, and is against Nitish Kumar-led JDU, he has expressed his wish to form the government in the state with the BJP. In his tweets this morning, Paswan alleged the five years of Nitish Kumar rule was a scam and added that if he came to power, he would have all those responsible jailed.

New Delhi, PTI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Home Minister Amit Shah on his birthday and said the country is witnessing the dedication and excellence with which he is contributing towards India's progress.
His efforts to make the BJP stronger are also noteworthy, PM Modi added.
Shah, who turned 56 on Thursday, was the BJP president for more than five-and-a-half years from 2014, and the party grew by leaps and bounds under him, capturing power in many states and returning to the helm at the Centre in 2019 with a bigger win than 2014.
The prime minister chose him as the home minister in his cabinet after coming to power for a second term.
Modi tweeted, "Birthday wishes to Shri @AmitShah Ji. Our nation is witnessing the dedication and excellence with which he is contributing towards India's progress. His efforts to make BJP stronger are also noteworthy. May God bless him with a long and healthy life in service of India."

Delhi's air quality worsened on Thursday morning compared to&nbsp;Wednesday though it remained in the 'poor' zone. Air Quality Index was at 254 in ITO and 246 in Patparganj in the morning, both in 'poor' category, as per Delhi Pollution Control Committee data. Rising pollutants led to a cover of haze over the DND flyway &amp; Mayur Vihar area. The air quality is expected to plunge to &lsquo;very poor&rsquo; over the weekend, government agencies said. The share of stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in PM 2.5 levels rose to 15% on Wednesday, as compared to 8% the previous day.

India's coronavirus count crossed the 77 lakh mark on Thursday with a jump of 55,839 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry data released on Thursday morning. Over 702 in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to more than 1 lakh and 16 thousand. There currently over 7 lakh active cases in the country while more than 68.7 lakh people have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of over 90,000 cases a day in September. &nbsp;

Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday commissioned anti-submarine warfare ship INS Kavaratti into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. It is the last of four indigenously-built ASW&nbsp;ship&nbsp;under &lsquo;Project 28&rsquo;. The warship has been designed by the Navy&rsquo;s in-house organisation, the Directorate of Naval Design and has been built by Kolkata&rsquo;s Garden Research Shipbuilders and Engineers. It has state-of-the-art weapons and a sensor that can detect and take action against hostile submarines.

New Delhi, PTI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable Covid-19 testing device that can deliver results within an hour. The testing device has also got approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to IIT-Kharagpur officials, 'COVIRAP' is a cuboid-shaped portable testing device that can deliver results in an hour, making it an effective tool to scale up coronavirus screening in peripheral and rural areas.
"This innovation has made high-quality and accurate COVID testing affordable for the common people with a testing cost of around Rs 500 which can further be reduced through government intervention. This machine can be developed at a cost of less than Rs 10,000 with minimal infrastructural requirement making the technology affordable to common people. The testing process in this new machine is completed within one hour," Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said.
He said the device would go on impacting the lives of many in rural India as the device is portable and can be operated on a very low energy supply. Minimally trained rural youth can operate this device.
According to VK Tewari, Director, IIT-Kharagpur, "the innovation is set to replace PCR-based tests to a large extent. While the Institute can produce the testing kit up to a certain scale, patent licensing will facilitate commercialisation opportunities for medical technology companies. Any corporate or start-up can approach the institute for technology licensing and commercial scale of production".
Elaborating on the validation process of &lsquo;COVIRAP&rsquo; diagnostic test, Mamta Chawla Sarkar, an internationally acclaimed virologist who oversaw the patient trials on behalf of ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), said a detailed scrutiny of the testing results has clearly shown that this assay holds the capability of detecting extremely low levels of viral loads that any other method based on similar principles of testing, even those from the most celebrated research groups across the world, could not come up with so far.
"This means that very early stages of infection can be detected, thereby isolating the patient and arresting the uncontrolled spread of infection in the community via asymptomatic patients," she said.
According to the research team, the number of tests per one-hour batch in a single machine unit can be further increased to much higher limits, for the purpose of testing on a mass scale.

The names of two more TV channels have surfaced during the investigation of alleged fake Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, police said on Wednesday. While one is a news channel, the other one is an entertainment channel, PTI reported quoting a police official. According to the police, during the investigation, it came to light that these two channels were also involved in fixing the TRP by paying money to households for watching them. Earlier three channels, including Republic TV, were found allegedly involved in the TRP racket.
&nbsp;

In his first public appearance in three years, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung&nbsp;on Wednesday announced breaking ties with the NDA. Gurung&nbsp;said&nbsp;the&nbsp;BJP&nbsp;did no fulfil its promise of Gorkhaland.&nbsp;Gurung, who had been absconding since 2017 after he was charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, appeared at Gorkha Bhavan in Kolkata&rsquo;s Salt Lake andpledged support to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.&nbsp;.&nbsp;

The government on Wednesday announced that it has approved ₹3,737 crore&nbsp;worth&nbsp;bonus for 2019-2020. More than 30 lakh non-gazetted employees will benefit from the bonus announcement,&nbsp;Union Minister Prakash Javadekar&nbsp;said. The minister said the&nbsp;bonus will be given in a single installment, through Direct Benefit Transfer, before Vijayadashami.

After senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Eknath Khadse resigned from the party to join the NCP, Maharashtra CM Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Wednesday that BJP should think why its foundation stones are coming off even when it is reaching the pinnacle of success. &nbsp;Thackeray welcomed Khadse to the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. Thackeray, like NCP chief Shard Pawar, credited Khadse for expanding the BJP&rsquo;s base in Maharashtra. He added that there is no point in touching great heights of success of its alliances like Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal and members like Eknath Khadse are leaving the party.

Curtailing the central probe agency&rsquo;s powers to probe cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew the 'general consent' granted to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The probe agency will now have to approach the Uddhav government for permission to initiate the investigation on a case by case basis. The development comes a after the CBI registered an FIR in the TRP &lsquo;scam&rsquo; case based on a reference from the Uttar Pradesh Police. The case, which was earlier registered at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on a complaint of an advertising company promoter, was handed over to the CBI by the UP government. On October 8, the Mumbai police had claimed it had busted a 'racket' of 'fraudulent' manipulation of Television Rating Points involving three channels including Arnab Goswami&rsquo;s Republic TV.

Three Indian teenagers have been selected for the&nbsp;International Children&rsquo;s Climate Prize this year. Mumbai&rsquo;s Aaday Joshi, Ernakulam&rsquo;s Dhruv Sanjay, and Tiruvannamalai&rsquo;s Vinisha Umashankar&nbsp;are among the seven finalists selected.&nbsp;More than 70 nominations from 24 countries were received.&nbsp;
The 13-year-old Vinisha created a solar ironing cart to address coal burning issues, while 17-year-old Aaday Joshi founded &lsquo;The Right Green&rsquo; to enable communities to restore healthy ecosystems. The 13-year-old&nbsp;Dhruv Sanjay&nbsp;and his team developed a pollution-free, solar-powered stove that could phase out the outdated kitchen equipment.
Name of the two winners will be revealed on November 2 and presented with 100,000 Swedish Krona, a diploma, and a medal.
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