Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman has called for an immediate nationwide ban on loudspeakers and bell ringing at religious sites, arguing they cause noise pollution and harm public health, Bar and Bench reported on Thursday.

Speaking at the KM Bashir Memorial Lecture earlier this month, he said the curbs must apply equally across all faiths.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a 'Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement', committing to treat an attack on either country as an attack on both.

The agreement was signed during Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit to Riyadh, where he met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace.

Offshore gaming companies continue to push betting in India by resorting to surrogate advertising, discreet use of messaging platforms and tie-ups with social media influencers, according to a report by The Economic Times. Investigating officers were quoted as saying that several of these platforms were pushing betting through Instagram accounts and other digital handles that outwardly shared sports updates.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar of protecting those responsible for “destroying Indian democracy".

His remarks came during a press conference held at the Indira Bhawan Auditorium in New Delhi.

The Noida International Airport at Jewar will be inaugurated on October 30, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu announced on Wednesday, as reported by The Hindustan Times. Commercial flights are expected to begin within 45 days of the opening.

Speaking at an event in Ghaziabad, Naidu said, We are trying to push the inauguration of the Noida airport so that we can see it happen very soon.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and indicated it will steadily lower borrowing costs for the rest of this year, as policymakers responded to concerns about weakness in the job market in a move that won support from most of President Donald Trump's central bank appointees.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday.

"Best wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and long life," Kharge posted on X.

In a bid to expand its domestic operations, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) is now planning to invest ₹30,000 crore in the next two years, The Economic Times reported.

The majority of this investment will go into the Mundra (Gujarat), Dhamra (Odisha), and Vizhinjam (Kerala) ports, and this is over twice the ₹11,000–12,000 crore investment the company had projected for the current fiscal year.

Shares of One Mobikwik fell over 3 per cent on Wednesday after the company reported that some merchants in Haryana colluded to claim unauthorised settlements worth ₹40 crore.

The fintech stock fell as much as 3.53 per cent during the day to ₹300.3 per share, the biggest intraday fall since September 9 this year.

Trade discussions between the US and India on Tuesday were described as “positive” and “forward-looking”, after US President Donald Trump adopted a more conciliatory tone following the additional 25 per cent tariffs on India over its purchase of Russian oil.

A US delegation led by Brendan Lynch, Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, met Indian trade officials headed by Chief Negotiator Rajesh Agrawal in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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