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(1) Air contamination during and aft Diwali chokes cities
The aerial prime successful respective cities crossed India dropped during and aft Deepavali celebrations past Monday, October 20, 2025. In Delhi, the wide aerial contamination connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) was astir 15 times the bounds prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to authoritative data. Several different towns and cities successful northbound India besides witnessed “very poor” aerial quality, arsenic per CPCB’s data.
The NCR portion recorded ‘poor’ oregon ‘very poor’ aerial prime levels for six days consecutive earlier Deepavali too, provoking the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) to invoke Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR.
Air quality crossed Mumbai besides dipped connected Tuesday aft Deepavali celebrations with respective neighbourhoods signaling AQI levels successful the ‘unhealthy’ and ‘severe’ categories.
(2) NDA announces seat-sharing matrix for Bihar polls
In the run-up to the Assembly elections successful Bihar adjacent month, the National Democratic Alliance announced the seat-split among its allies. The NDA is made of the BJP, the JD(U), HAMS, RLM and this year’s caller state - Chirag Paswan’s LJP. The LJP is acceptable to contention successful 29 seats this year.
The LJP’s ballot stock successful the State wide was astir 5% successful the 2020 elections, erstwhile it was not a portion of the alliance. It had contested successful 135 constituencies and won successful 1 - successful Matihani constituency. However, successful idiosyncratic constituencies, its ballot stock ranged betwixt 0.5% to 32% successful the constituencies it contested in.
In 33 constituencies, the LJP’s ballot stock was higher than the borderline of triumph wherever the RJD, INC oregon Independent candidates won. If the LJP had been with the NDA successful 2020, this would mean that these constituencies would person been won by the alliance.
(3) 19 burnt to decease aft backstage autobus collides with motorcycle astatine Kurnool
Nineteen people, including 2 children, were burnt to death, their bodies charred beyond recognition, aft a Hyderabad-Bengaluru sleeper manager autobus caught occurrence aft a collision with a motorcycle astatine Chinnatekur colony connected the outskirts of Kurnool successful Andhra Pradesh successful the aboriginal hours of Friday.
The bus, owned by V. Kaveri Travels, was carrying 44 passengers, including 4 children, and 2 drivers. Police confirmed that 27 radical escaped the inferno with their lives, including some drivers, portion 19 charred bodies were retrieved from the gutted bus. The motorcycle operator was besides killed.
The injured survivors were rushed to the Government General Hospital successful Kurnool, wherever 7 were treated arsenic outpatients, portion 4 were admitted for treatment. The remaining survivors suffered superficial injuries.
The motorcyclist progressive successful the autobus calamity was drunk, the constabulary said connected Sunday (October 26, 2025). The autobus caught occurrence aft hitting the motorbike lying connected the roadworthy successful the aboriginal hours of Friday (October 24). Shiva Shankar of Kurnool had mislaid power implicit the two-wheeler that deed the divider. A portion later, the autobus deed the conveyance and caught fire, the constabulary said.
Investigators recovered that the motorcycle had a pillion rider who survived. The subsister besides confirmed that their motorcycle skid disconnected and the rider succumbed to injuries overmuch earlier the backstage sleeper autobus ran implicit it.
In 2023, two-wheelers were the starring origin of deaths owed roadworthy accidents successful Andhra Pradesh, followed by pedestrians (1,645), 4 wheelers similar SUV/cars/jeep/etc. (715), and 3 wheelers oregon car rickshaws (646), according to the information successful the Accidental Deaths and Suicides 2023 study released by the National Crime Record Bureau.
(4) Process to prime adjacent CJI begins
With the existent Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai owed to discontinue connected November 24, the process for the enactment of the adjacent CJI was kickstarted past week erstwhile the Law Ministry asked CJI Gavai to nonstop successful his proposal for his successor.
The state has had 53 CJIs truthful far, opening with Harilal Jekisundas Kania successful 1950. There is nary fixed word for CJIs and the bureau tin beryllium held until the property of retirement. Former CJI Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud’s word was the longest astatine 7 years and 139 days.
After the existent CJI gives his recommendation, the Prime Minister receives the recommendation, which is past forwarded to the President, who yet appoints the adjacent CJI.
(5) Two suspects arrested for Louvre theft
Days aft crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre depository successful Paris, authorities person arrested 2 suspects.
Eight artefacts were taken, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and azygous earring from a matching acceptable linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching acceptable of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s 2nd wife; a reliquary brooch; Empress Eugénie’s diadem; and her ample corsage-bow brooch — a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble. The stolen jewels were worthy an estimated 88 cardinal euros, oregon $102 million.
The timeline beneath shows however the theft was carried retired successful little than 8 minutes.
Two scenarios are said to beryllium apt to unfold station the theft. One, the thieves interruption the jewels down into smaller parts and merchantability them, making it hard to hint them again. Two, they tin extort wealth from the French authorities for returning the stolen goods.
