A video has surfaced showing locals in Arunachal Pradesh carrying out a three-kilometre protest march against China from Miao village to Miao township in Changlang district on Wednesday. The residents were seen holding placards captioned, 'We stand by India'. They were also seen carrying the tricolour and other banners. The move came after China renamed 11 locations in the state.

Parliament passed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, clearing the path for it to be signed into law. It was passed in Rajya Sabha with 128 MPs of Upper House voting in its favour and 95 MPs voting against it. Lok Sabha witnessed heated discussions on the Bill between NDA and the Opposition, after which it was cleared with 288-232 vote.

KKR defeated SRH by 80 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday to record the biggest win (by runs) of IPL 2025 so far. KKR put up a total of 200/6, driven by Venkatesh Iyer's 60*(29) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi's 50(32). Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy took three wickets each as KKR bowled SRH out for 120.

Talking about scheduling India-South Africa Test in Delhi in November, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia said,"We have considered all factors and have gone by the rotation policy after discussing it with everyone." He added, "Pollution doesn’t happen every year." The Delhi Test will begin on November 14. Average AQI in Delhi for November has been over 328 in last 5 years.

Canadian PM Mark Carney announced that Canada will impose 25% tariff on all vehicles imported from US that aren't compliant with US-Mexico-Canada trade deal. This makes Canada the first country to retaliate against reciprocal tariffs. US said tariffs announced earlier will be imposed on Canada but the latest reciprocal tariffs, imposed on about 60 countries, won't be effective, Carney noted.

Stock markets in the US recorded a massive crash on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries. S&P 500 fell 3.4%, putting it on track for its worst day since September 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled nearly 1,400 points, or over 2%. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite index fell 800 points.

Gold prices climbed ₹200 to hit a fresh peak of ₹94,350/10 grams in Delhi on Thursday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9% purity had stayed flat at ₹94,150/10 grams on Wednesday. However, silver prices plunged ₹1,000 to ₹1,00,500/kg from Wednesday's closing level of ₹1,01,500/kg.

National Poker Series India, India's biggest Poker series, successfully concluded after cricketer Shikhar Dhawan felicitated the winners at Night of Glory. National Poker Series India (NPS) 2025 hosted on PokerBaazi had over 6,00,000 entries, and 573 came in the podium position, winning medals.

A research published in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B' found that monkeys yodel better than humans. When yodelling, a human might be able to jump an octave, which doubles frequency, while monkeys can manage 3.5 octaves, according to the study. Monkeys have additional pair of membranes that gives them a far wider pitch range, the study found.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she respects the judiciary but can't personally accept Supreme Court's verdict of firing 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff. The top court said the entire selection process was "vitiated by manipulation and fraud". "We are with candidates on humanitarian grounds," she added. She also emphasised that candidates already employed needn't be asked for refunds.

Amid rumours that she is dating cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, RJ Mahvash, in an interview, said that she is "very single". "I feel I'll only date someone whom I want to marry," she added. She also revealed that she was cheated upon by her fiancé thrice. "A breakup hampers your confidence badly," she further said.