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Cricket · ICC awards
1/20The ICC announced on 13 November that India all-rounder Deepti Sharma is its Women's Player of the Month for October, her second such award, after a hundred and a three-wicket haul against Zimbabwe. South Africa's Marco Jansen won the men's award for the first time after his Test series against Australia, beating Pakistan's Arafat Minhas and West Indies captain Shai Hope.
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Bollywood · Box office
2/20Trade trackers say Ramayana: Part One, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, had earned about ₹1,033.55 crore gross worldwide by 12 November, eight days after release. That is ₹675.05 crore in India and ₹358.50 crore overseas. The figures are estimates, not producer-confirmed, and India net numbers differ between trackers.
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Cricket · U-19 Asia Cup final
3/20India's Under-19 side meets defending champions Pakistan in the Asia Cup final at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat on Saturday, 14 November, with the toss at 10 AM IST. India seek a record ninth title and revenge for last year's heavy defeat. Aaryavir Sehwag and Ishan Sood lead India, while Pakistan arrive unbeaten after beating India in the group stage.
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India · PoliticsNew Delhi
4/20The MEA said on Friday that India has a national policy on Pakistan and expects everyone to follow it, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he would seek clearance to attend the International Punjabi Conference in Lahore from 27 November. The Centre has refused him clearance for earlier foreign trips, and the Kartarpur Corridor remains suspended.
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Mumbai · Markets closeMumbai
5/20The Sensex fell 318.56 points to 81,592.45 and the Nifty slipped 155.05 points to 25,144.30 on Friday as October inflation of 6.09% and rising crude prompted profit-taking. Both indices still gained for the week, helped by foreign investors' buying of ₹21,653 crore, while domestic institutions sold. IT stocks fell about 3% on the week.
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India · FintechMumbai
6/20The RBI has given Paytm Payments Services in-principle approval to issue prepaid payment instruments such as digital wallets. Paytm shares rose to ₹1,960 intraday, above their 2021 listing-day high, and closed at ₹1,939.90. The wallet cannot restart yet: the company must submit a system and cybersecurity audit within six months and get final RBI authorisation.
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India · Consumer rightsNew Delhi
7/20India's consumer regulator, the CCPA, has fined Ola's operator ₹10 lakh for asking riders to pay a tip or add-on before a ride was confirmed. It called the feature an unfair trade practice and a dark pattern, and ordered it stopped. Ola's own June data showed add-on requests were accepted less often. Rapido was fined earlier; Uber and Namma Yatri are under investigation.
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Fact check · Viral video
8/20Two viral videos show Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying Army morale is low and that the India-China standoff is no big issue. Fact-checkers The Quint, NewsMeter and Vishvas News found both are deepfakes. Real footage from a Sikkim Diwali address and an earlier ANI clip was paired with AI-generated voice. The Army's fact-check unit also called the morale clip manipulated.
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OTT · Weekend watchlist
9/20Friday 13 November brings new films and series to streaming. JioHotstar has Shanaya Kapoor's Student of the Year: After Dark, SonyLIV has Pankaj Tripathi's Parivarik ManuRanjan, and ZEE5 has Tamannaah Bhatia's Bandra. Netflix adds Heartland and Murder in Galicia. Two more Netflix titles, Ranabaali and Daayra, are reported by one outlet only.
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New Delhi · Air qualityNew Delhi
10/20Delhi's air turned severe on Friday 13 November, with the AQI above 400 and IIT Delhi at 487. Hindustan Times said a mixing layer that shrank to about 400 metres and still air trapped PM2.5, which doubled in 24 hours. IITM puts firecrackers at 7 per cent of the load. IMD sees no rain and only light winds for three days.
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Football · SAFF Championship
11/20India face Bhutan in the first SAFF Championship semi-final at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday, 14 November, kick-off 2:30 PM IST. India topped Group B with wins over Pakistan (3-2) and Maldives (1-0) and are chasing a record 10th title. Remote VAR will be used in a SAFF event for the first time in the semi-finals and final.
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Kanpur · RailwaysKanpur
12/20Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is to flag off a new daily overnight train between Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal on 16 November, according to Kanpur MP Ramesh Awasthi. Train 14153 is scheduled to leave Kanpur at 8:40 PM and arrive at 4:50 AM. The return, 14154, leaves Anand Vihar at 11:25 PM. It adds a second night option after Shram Shakti Express.
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Kanpur · TrafficKanpur
13/20Kanpur Commissionerate Police has announced a Chhath traffic plan. From 2 PM on Sunday, 15 November, until devotees return on Monday, 16 November, medium and heavy vehicles are barred on routes to Ganga Barrage, Atal Ghat, Karbala, Panki and Barra. Extra force and barriers will stand at 18 points, and parking is marked at seven locations near the main ghats.
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Indian football · Friendly
14/20India's football team lost 0-5 to New Zealand in a friendly in Auckland on 12 November, their first match in the country. Bijoy Varghese's own goal started the rout, Jesse Randall scored twice, and Chris Wood and Lachlan Bayliss added one each. Goalkeeper Vishal Kaith saved a penalty. The sides meet again in Christchurch on 15 November.
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India · Voter rolls
15/20The Election Commission published draft electoral rolls on 12 November for 13 states and three Union Territories under its Special Summary Revision 2027. Claims and objections run until 11 December, and final rolls are due on 4 January. Uttar Pradesh deferred its draft to 17 November, with claims until 16 December. Reports show small net gains over the post-SIR rolls.
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Economy · RBI
16/20With retail inflation at 6.09% in October, above the RBI's 6% limit, most economists expect a 25 basis point repo rate hike at the early-December policy meeting, following October's first hike in three years. SBI, CareEdge, Crisil and ICRA agree on 25; some see 50 in total this year. Floating-rate EMIs would rise slightly.
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Breaking
17/20A global Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and Copilot for over five hours, with Downdetector reports peaking near 1.38 lakh around 1.30 am IST on 13 November. Microsoft says servers failing health checks overloaded Exchange Online. It has begun restoring servers, paused configuration changes, and is still investigating the cause.
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India · Gold
18/20The India Bullion and Jewellers Association estimates Indians bought about 52 tonnes of gold worth ₹72,000 crore over Dhanteras and Diwali, 30% more by volume than last year, after prices fell about 21% from a ₹1.8 lakh peak. Gold futures slid further on Thursday to near ₹1.38 lakh as US inflation hardened rate fears.
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Kanpur · CivicKanpur
19/20Chhath starts in Kanpur on Friday, 13 November, but several ghats were still not ready on Thursday. Reports describe black canal water, slippery steps, sewage, missing lights and an open pit near a canal ghat. The municipal commissioner has proposed the suspension of a sanitation inspector and issued show-cause notices to two senior officers, while MLAs scolded engineers over poor work.
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Uttar Pradesh · Weather
20/20Uttar Pradesh is likely to feel its first proper winter chill soon. The India Meteorological Centre in Lucknow expects a 3 to 5 degree Celsius fall in the second half of November, with dry weather and colder nights. Amar Ujala reports cold westerly winds from 15 November. Railways have also announced 34 fog-season cancellations of the Farrukhabad–Chhapra Express.
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