1. GDP growth rate slumps to near two-year low of 5.4% in July-Sept, 2. MoEF, Jal Shakti said no, but panel tells SC 5 hydro projects on Ganga are good to go
1. Over 1.5 million die around the world each year from wild/bush fire pollution, says Lancet study, 2. India seeks clear principles and scope on global plastics treaty
1. NSO Group’s Pegasus pitch: Heaven, Eden, Erised & $6.8 mn/yr licence, 2. Greatest show must go on
1. EVMs blamed only when you lose: SC rejects plea for return of ballot papers, 2. Conversion only for reservation, without ‘actual belief’, a fraud on Constitution: SC
1. Cabinet clears PAN 2.0, card to feature QR code, 2. Kerala wants 8590 sq km area as eco-sensitive in Western Ghats: Centre
1. Abysmally low: India slams developed world’s finance deal at Baku, 2. PSLV to launch two satellites under Proba-3 mission on Dec 4
1. After MEA rebuff, Canada rejects report: ‘no evidence linking PM, Jaishankar, NSA’, 2. Before Russia-Ukraine war, Western oil firms ‘cut deals’ to favour Moscow’s allies
1. Army launches probe into allegations of ‘ill-treatment’ of civilians in Kishtwar, 2. Waving black flag not illegal or defamatory, says Kerala HC
1. Looking forward to de-escalation, focus on cooperation: Rajnath to China counterpart, 2. Developing nations say interests of some getting prioritised
1. Jaishankar, Wang discuss next steps: resuming Mansarovar Yatra, flights, 2. Putin plans first trip to India since Ukraine war, Kremlin finalising dates
1. Delhi breathes poison, 2. Bishnoi brother Anmol held in US, FBI & Indian teams in talk
1. Modi in Nigeria: ‘We give high priority to our strategic ties’, 2. India enters select club, successfully test-fires long-range hypersonic missile
1. CLSA goes ‘overweight’ on India, reverses call on China after Trump return to power, 2. Pak drops PoK from Champions Trophy tour after Indian board files protest
1. In Manipur, AFSPA reimposed in 6 police station areas, Centre says situation there still volatile , 2. Delhi air quality severe, classes move online, curbs on vehicles
1. SC slams bulldozer action, lists demolition rules, warns officials, 2. Lancet study: about a quarter of diabetics globally are Indians
1. Retail inflation rises to 14-month high, hopes of rate cut next month recede, 2. Trump taps Rubio & Waltz, known to be pr-India and tough on China, for top jobs
1. Cyber crimes: 4.5 lakh ‘mule’ accounts frozen, many in public sector banks, 2. War emissions on table as COP29 kicks off
1. Return of Trump hangs heavy on climate summit as world meets to talk, 2. Ayushman expanded: Over 2 lakh elderly join in week after rollout
1. SC affirms minority rights, sets aside its verdict that rejected AMU’s status, 2. China okays $1.4-trillion stimulus, may affect FPI inflows into India
1. Canada blocked Aussie site showing Jaishankar, shows hypocrisy: Delhi, 2. Pulled up by top court, govt doubles stubble burning fine
1. On anti-terror meet agenda, role of social media, transnational organised crimes , 2. Average PM 2.5 worst in 5 years, but winter peak down, says CSE study
1. Decades of dispute later, SC: Not all pvt property can be taken over by state for ‘common good’, 2. Chalo India drive: Free visa for friends of diaspora at World Travel Mart in UK
1. Clean air programme: Delhi in bottom 5, used only 32% of funds 2. ST Commission to seek report from NTCA on villages’ relocation from tiger reserves
1. Some progress, opens possibility for other steps: Jaishankar on disengagement 2. Led by Punjab, farm fires at all-time low: Data
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