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Russia, Ukraine and the United States held the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 November, the first such round since February, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner mediating. The session lasted about four hours, no agreement was reported and the delegations return on Wednesday.
Prateek Rawat4 min
France, which holds the 2026 G7 presidency, hosts the group's foreign ministers in Paris on 9 and 10 November. The agenda covers Ukraine, the Middle East, energy, Sudan, Haiti, port security, humanitarian supply chains and AI safety. No joint statement had been published when this was written.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Rabi crops had been sown on 108.66 lakh hectares by 6 November, 17.21% below last year's 131.26 lakh. Wheat is down 12.02% to 19.77 lakh hectares, oilseeds 23.61% and pulses 14.39%, after a monsoon 13% below normal. The agriculture minister has told officials to speed up sowing.
Amita Sahani4 min
The IMD Chennai centre's 9 November report warns of heavy rain in eight Tamil Nadu districts and Karaikal that day and in Ramanathapuram and Thoothukudi on 10 November. It lists no heavy-rain warning for 11 to 14 November and a new one for 15 November. Kayalpattinam recorded 107.4 mm.
Amita Sahani4 min
Mr Justice Bennathan sentenced Russell Brand on 9 November to 10 years and 6 months: nine years for one rape, then concurrent terms for three sexual assaults on four women between 2004 and 2009. He serves two-thirds, then licence, and notification requirements for life.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Google announced two new eighth-generation TPU systems on 9 November. TPU 8tx is for confidential inference, with up to 2x lower latency than TPU 8t, and TPU 8i Max doubles compute, SRAM and HBM bandwidth over TPU 8i. The post gives no prices, memory sizes or availability dates.
Prateek Rawat4 min
IOA president PT Usha polled 40 votes and finished fifth in the women's Sportspersons of Merit election on 9 November. Anju Bobby George (53), Rani Rampal (50), Dola Banerjee (45) and Saina Nehwal (43) were elected, joining four men elected unopposed. The Executive Council polls are on 5 December.
Subhash Gupta4 min
TRAI released two regulations on 3 and 9 November. Annual IP-port charges are capped at Rs 5.6 lakh per 1 Gbps port and Rs 42.3 lakh per 10 Gbps port, and new interconnection must be IP-based, with existing E1/TDM links to migrate within three years. Both take effect on 1 January 2027.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The ED provisionally attached 11 properties worth Rs 10.63 crore in Srinagar and Bandipora on 9 November in a PMEGP loan fraud case at two J&K Bank branches. It says 540 accounts turned bad, Rs 32 crore, and traces Rs 11.37 crore of proceeds. The allegations are unproven.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
The Reserve Bank's holiday list shows Diwali closures on 9 November in 10 centres and on 10 November in seven, Bhai Dooj on 11 November in six, the second Saturday on 14 November everywhere, and Chhath on 16 November in Patna and Ranchi. Delhi and Chennai have no weekday closure this week.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
China's Foreign Ministry said on 9 November that the Chinese spy allegation linked to Nvidia's chief executive is unsubstantiated and a smear. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun gave one-line answers on a reported 600,000 Nvidia chips in Hong Kong and on US curbs. Nvidia's board has opened an inquiry.
Amita Sahani4 min
India Under-19s and UAE are level on two points in Group A behind Pakistan on four, so Tuesday's match decides who goes through. A win guarantees India a top-two place; a defeat ends their run whatever Pakistan and Nepal do. Afghanistan and Bangladesh have already qualified from Group B.
Subhash Gupta4 min
