Iran's armed forces chief laid out five conditions on 3 November: an end to wars on all fronts, full sanctions relief, reparations, recognised sovereignty over Hormuz and guarantees against attack. Qatar says mediators are exchanging proposals live. Another official cited seven.
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Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar suspended a Jangaon Collector's 8 September order after a farmer said it was passed without hearing him and drafted with AI tools. The court asked the Advocate General to explain action against officials. The Collector's side is not on record; next hearing 18 November.
Subhash Gupta5 min
DeepSeek plans at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips at a roughly 1 GW Inner Mongolia site and reportedly aims to start pre-training V5 on them from late 2026, say unconfirmed reports. Arm shares fell about 14% in two sessions to 2 November after Intel's weak outlook.
Subhash Gupta5 min
SBI's September-quarter standalone profit rose 14.3% to Rs 23,038 crore, above the Street's Rs 22,619 crore, with net interest income up 14.7% to Rs 49,143 crore and gross NPAs at 1.39%. The profit includes about Rs 7,288 crore from selling part of its SBI Funds Management stake.
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Americans vote today in the midterms, with about 53 million ballots already cast. Polls close from 6 pm Eastern; Republicans hold the Senate 53-47 and control is rated a toss-up, while Democrats lead national polls by about 8 points and are favoured to flip the House. Results may be slow.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Apple reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $114.48 billion, up 12%, and EPS of $2.10, both above estimates, in its first results under CEO John Ternus. iPhone revenue was $57.58 billion and Mac rose almost 24%. Shares slipped after hours as Apple guided December gross margin to 45-46% on memory costs.
Subhash Gupta5 min
Andhra Pradesh's 92 urban bodies voted on 1 November with 60.96% turnout, and the SEC ordered repolling at 13 stations in seven bodies on 2 November. Jagan Mohan Reddy says YSRC agents were kept out of most stations and that repolling in four booths is not enough; he will go to court.
Subhash Gupta4 min
The Home Ministry notified on 30 October that Census 2027 self-enumeration runs from 10 to 24 January, house-to-house from 25 January to 28 February. Manipur is excluded until further declaration amid the 'No NRC, No Census' demand; UP, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Ladakh are also left out.
Subhash Gupta2 min
Delhi's AQI reached 312 at 9 am on 2 November, the first 'very poor' reading this season, a day after the Winter Action Plan began. On day one, 1,539 of 14,930 vehicles checked at the borders were turned back, penalties came to Rs 68.4 lakh and 32 of 300 sites broke dust norms.
Subhash Gupta2 min
With Cyclone Murasu 260 km from Chennai early on 2 November, schools and colleges were shut in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Eluru. IMD has red alerts for Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam and Nellore, and Telangana has orange and yellow alerts. Landfall is due near Ongole between 11:30 pm and 4 am.
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G20 foreign ministers ended two days of talks in Atlanta on 31 October without a joint communique, so Marco Rubio will issue a chair's statement. Ukraine, Iran and tariffs divided them, the group photo was cancelled after Europeans objected to Lavrov, and South Africa was not invited.
Subhash Gupta2 min
A 21-year-old man, Hemanth, attacked a 15-year-old Class 10 girl with a chainsaw in a Zilla Parishad High School classroom in Raptadu, Anantapur, on 31 October, in front of a teacher. She was moved to Bengaluru in critical condition. A second girl was hurt trying to stop him; he has been arrested.
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