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• 1. India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday
  2. Physical classes for Class VIII and XI will begin start after the Dussehra vacations. This was informed by the School and Mass Education department. The physical classes of both these categories were discontinued for several months in view of Covid-19 pandemic. 
  3. Congress leader and former MLA of Dhenkanal Nabin Nanda resigned from the party today.
  4. The Puri Srimandir will remain closed on Dussehra this year. The ‘Sunabesha’ of the Trinity will be performed on the day.Moreover, the devotees will be allowed for darshan of the Trinity till Saturday 12 noon.
  5. BJP leader Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday accused Union Minister Ajay Mishra of being behind the Lakhimpur violence and sought his sacking from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  6. Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been designated Undertrial Number N956 after being shifted to the barracks at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail where he has been kept since his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case earlier this month.
  7. The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Jisnu Basu and Pradeep Joshi in a case of alleged assault on a woman and criminal intimidation.
  8. Over 30 countries have agreed on mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccine certificates with India, official sources said on Thursday.
  9. The sacred portals of Kedarnath and Yamunotri temples in Uttarakhand will be closed for winter this year on November 6 while those of Gangotri will be shut on November 5.
  10. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today permitted all places of worship to open on all days of the week.
  11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a video address at an event organised by the Defence Ministry to dedicate seven new defence companies to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami on Friday
  12. Dr Gangakhedkar, who is based in Pune, retired as the head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the ICMR in June last year.
  13. India has slipped to the 101st position among 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 from its 2020 ranking (94), to be placed behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
  14. India accepts Russia's invite for talks with Taliban next week.
  15. Active cases declined to 2.06 lakh (2,06,586), comprising 0.61 per cent of the total infections. Meanwhile the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.07 per cent, as per the Union Health Ministry’s data.

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