Delhi’s air quality continued to deteriorate on Saturday, with a thick layer of smog enveloping the city. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) settled at 333, remaining in the ‘very poor’ category and slightly higher than Friday.

The Anand Vihar monitoring station recorded an AQI of 366 at 8 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Instances of torment emerged of flyers stranded in airports and those planning to fly on Friday and Saturday making emergency alternative arrangements, after IndiGo cancelled all domestic flights from Delhi and a large chunk from other airports including Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Flyers faced a double blow as air fares on Air India flights out of Delhi and those of SpiceJet soared past ₹1 lakh one-way on some routes, and even those showed “sold out” despite the airlines adding capacity.

In a year when India’s online gaming economy was given a jolt by the Centre overnight, Dream11 is now trying to rewrite its playbook. Stripped of almost all its revenue after the real-money gaming ban, the company is now betting on a new identity built around fans, creators and live sports.

With more than 250 million users, the erstwhile real-money gaming app announced on Thursday (December 4) that it is moving beyond gaming to become a second-screen sports entertainment platform.

The Supreme Court on Thursday laid down several measures to ease the difficulties faced by booth-level officers (BLOs) working on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across states, reported Bar and Bench.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued the directions while hearing the plea filed by actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), challenging coercive steps taken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) against BLOs working on SIR.

Fitch Ratings on Thursday raised India's GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.4 per cent, from 6.9 per cent, on increased consumer spending and improved sentiment boosted by GST reforms.

It said falling inflation gives the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) room for one more policy rate cut in December to 5.25 per cent, following 100 bp of cuts in 2025 so far.

Now, not just primary visa holders but also their spouses and children will need to keep the privacy settings on all their social media profiles set to “public”, as the United States extends online-presence checks to more visa categories.

In a notification dated December 3, the State Department said the expanded screening will apply from December 15 to H-1B applicants and their H-4 dependants. The same instruction already applies to those seeking F, M and J visas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be arriving in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day state visit and will attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit. This is Putin's first official visit to India since the Ukraine war broke out in February 2022.

During his two-day visit, the Russian President will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on global and regional issues of mutual interest.

At least 175 IndiGo flights were cancelled early on Thursday in India as chaos at key airports worsened, after stringent government regulations on crew safety norms threw roster planning at the country's largest airline into disarray.

The disruptions have left thousands of travellers stranded for three days now. IndiGo, which has a domestic market share of more than 60 per cent, on Wednesday cancelled at least 150 flights across major cities.

Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said snooping is neither possible nor will it happen with the Sanchar Saathi safety app, amid a row over his ministry's order asking smartphone makers to preload the state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices.

In Lok Sabha, Scindia said the app is for the protection of the people.

Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that since coming to power, the Modi government has displayed a particularly "venal streak of cynicism" in relation to environmental protection, while alleging that it has now "nearly signed a death warrant" for Aravalli hills.

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