Highlights: Supreme Court to deliver verdict on Karnataka hijab ban tomorrow

The Supreme Court will on Thursday rule on a series of petitions challenging the ban on the hijab, the headscarf worn by some Muslim women, in educational institutions in Karnataka.

An organization called Hindu Sena moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against the makers and actors of Adipurush.

The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Delhi government to pay ₹900 million as environmental compensation for the improper management of urban solid waste, “citizens are unable to face the emergency situation due to lack of governance.”

Germany’s economy ministry cut its growth forecast on Tuesday, predicting the country’s economy will enter recession and inflation will rise as energy prices rise amid falling gas supplies with Russia.

Firecrackers will be allowed only for two hours on Diwali night from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM and for one hour from 4:00 AM to 5:00 AM and for one hour from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM on November 8 on the occasion of Sri Guru Nanak Dev’s Prakash Purab Day Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer Punjab the minister was quoted as saying by ANI. He also said that they will have a 35-minute leave on Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

82-year-old Dennis Tito, the world’s first space tourist, has signed up for a trip to the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. It will be Tito’s second trip as he made a trip to the International Space Station 21 years ago, becoming the first person to pay his own way into space.

Moscow believes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will “officially” offer to broker negotiations with Ukraine during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.

The Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday issued a statement saying that a fake tweet and YouTube video are circulating on social media regarding a leak of a UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 (joint cycles) history paper.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur for 3 years for the presence/use of a banned substance (Stanozolol) with effect from 29 March 2022.

Section 144 will be imposed in parts of Ekbalpur area for 4 more days, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal told news agency ANI regarding the Mominpur incident where clashes broke out between two groups on Sunday evening.

Retail inflation accelerated in September to a five-month year-on-year high of 7.41%, driven by rising food prices, raising fears of a rate hike at the central bank’s next policy review meeting in December.

BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, whose father Kuldeep Bishnoi joined the ruling party in August, on Wednesday filed her nomination papers for next month’s Adampur Vidhan Sabha elections in Haryana.

Wipro Ltd on Wednesday reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter profit on higher employee-related expenses.

Russian strikes on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded eight others at a market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, near the frontline, a regional governor said.

The Union Cabinet has approved payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days to railway employees for the financial year 2021-22.

The Union cabinet has approved a one-time subsidy ₹22,000 crore to three state-owned fuel dealers to cover their losses for selling domestic cooking gas below the LPG cost in the last two years.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will look into the decision-making process behind the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation exercise in 2016.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers, dropping his follower count below 10,000.

US President Joe Biden has said the US is ready to respond if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog says that Ukraine’s nuclear power plant, controlled and surrounded by Russian troops, has lost external power.

Ukraine says it has recaptured five settlements in the southern Kherson region, AFP reports. Kiev continues to counterattack despite a massive Russian missile attack in recent days.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday quashed the criminal cases registered by the Punjab police against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and poet Kumar Vish.

MiG 29K jet crashes into sea off Goa coast due to technical glitch, pilot ejects safely: Indian Navy

The Supreme Court gives two weeks to the Center to respond to numerous petitions challenging the validity of the Place of Worship Act, 1991. The law blocks the identity and nature of religious places on August 15, 1947. The date of the next hearing will be set for November 14.

Cough syrup row: Haryana drug regulator issues show cause notice to Maiden Pharmaceuticals for violating quality tests, Reuters reports.

Myanmar impeached leader Suu Kyi on two other corruption charges and extended her prison term to 26 years, the AP reported.

With 2,139 new Covid cases, India’s active cases stand at 26,292.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday discussed various issues including bilateral relations, global situation and India’s G-20 presidency.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi rejoins ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Chitradurga Challakere village in Karnataka. The Yatra, which started from Kanniyakumari on September 7, has covered a distance of 905 km so far. It will pass through a total of 12 states, ending in J&K.

NASA said it succeeded in deflecting an asteroid in a historic test of humanity’s ability to destroy life on Earth by an incoming cosmic object. Read more here