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Country's aviation safety regulator DGCA today extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights to December 31.

Top industrialist Ratan Tata wrote a note on the devastating terror attacks that ripped through Mumbai on November 26, 2008 on the grim day's anniversary today.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has flagged the irony of brutality of action by the Haryana Police against peacefully protesting farmers on Constitution Day, November 26.

It is absolutely wrong that farmers are being prevented from holding peaceful demonstrations against the Centre's new farm laws and water cannons are being used on them, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed the advancement of strategic cooperation between India and the UAE in the post-COVID era with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to the Gulf kingdom.

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Punjab Farmers' March: The Gurugram administration remained on high alert today amid an intensifying "Delhi Chalo" protest march against new farm laws passed by the central government in September.

Delhi's air quality was recorded in the 'very poor' category this morning and government agencies said it is likely to improve as the wind speed picks up.

India's key manufacturing exports may lose market share to a China-backed Asian trade bloc, from which Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked away last year to protect the interests of local farmers and industry.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Kathmandu today for a two-day official visit to Nepal during which he will hold talks with his Nepalese counterpart and other top leaders and discuss wide-ranging areas of bilateral cooperation.

Thousands of farmers carrying sticks and swords threw barricades put up at the Haryana border into a river as they tried to force their way through for a protest march in Delhi. Tear gas shells and water cannons were used to push back the farmers, who temporarily retreated but came back in larger numbers to clash with the police. Dramatic visuals show protesters pushing off barricades off a bridge.

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai tested positive for the coronavirus disease on Wednesday.

Thousands of farmers, some armed with sticks and swords, flung barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their way to a protest march in Delhi. After a two-hour clash on a bridge in which teargas and water cannons were used, the farmers managed to cross the border into Haryana. Haryana, ruled by the BJP, has been using heavy force to try and block farmers making their way from Punjab towards the capital in tractors and on foot for their two-day "Delhi Chalo" protest march against new farm laws that they fear will reduce their earnings and give more power to large retailers.

Bharat Bandh: Ten central trade unions are participating in the nationwide Bharat Bandh today. They are protesting the new labour and farm laws of the central government. In West Bengal protesters blocked trains in some areas while in Kerala markets are closed in Kochi.

After a two-hour clash on a narrow bridge near the border between Congress-ruled Punjab and Haryana, which saw thousands of farmers flung barricades into a river and throw bricks at cops and physically push vehicles, farmers managed to enter Haryana as they continued their ''Delhi Chalo'' march against the Centre's new farm laws.