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Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit visited a forward Air Force station on Diwali to celebrate the festival with Air Warriors and Agniveervayu personnel deployed at the frontline. During the visit, the IAF Chief interacted with personnel, exchanged sweets and extended festive greetings. Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit is the 29th Chief of the Air Staff.

India opener Abhishek Sharma was seen dancing to Daler Mehndi's hit song ‘Bolo Ta Ra Ra’ with his family during Diwali celebrations at his home in Amritsar. The video, which went viral on social media, was originally shared on Instagram by his sister Komal, who captioned it, "Bolo tara ra ra #MandatoryRitual".

The first Muslim to be elected to the US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, shared pictures of himself lighting diyas while extending Diwali greetings. "Happy Diwali to all who celebrate the Festival of Light," he wrote on X. The Michigan Senator-elect, whose wife Sarah traces her family roots to Karnataka's Bhatkal, once joked that he might be "more Indian than Arab".

Several pictures showed the festival of light being celebrated across different cities of the world, from Pakistan's Karachi to London. While women were seen carrying lit diyas at the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi, women gathered at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in northwest London to celebrate Diwali. Pictures showed Diwali celebrations in Colombo (Sri Lanka), Shanghai (China) and UAE.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed Govardhan Puja at the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur on Monday. He also fed cows as part of the celebrations and highlighted the importance of cow protection and welfare, describing the cow as the soul of India's agricultural and sage-led traditions. He said the state government had established over 7,700 cow shelters.

Ex-India captain MS Dhoni celebrated Diwali with wife Sakshi Dhoni and daughter Ziva, Sachin Tendulkar performed Lakshmi puja with wife, while India opener Abhishek Sharma celebrated Diwali with his family at home. India Women skipper Smriti Mandhana, India T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also shared festive moments.

Ninety Indian cities were among the world's 100 most polluted cities on November 9, with Punjab's Amritsar topping the list, as per AQI.in. Other Indian cities on the list were, Sri Ganganagar, Budaun, Sonipat, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Bhiwani, Sirsa, Faridkot, Hisar, Pathankot, Agra, Firozabad, Rohtak and New Delhi. Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Panipat were also among the 100 cities.

Bollywood actors, including Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani and husband Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh and wife Genelia Deshmukh, and Kunal Kemmu and wife Soha Ali Khan, shared glimpses from their Diwali celebrations. Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal revealed their son Vihaan's face. Sara Ali Khan and Sonakshi Sinha also shared pictures.

A video shared by RT showed Goa's Narak Chaturdashi celebrations on Diwali eve. It shows a giant Narakasura effigy struck by an arrow, causing its head to split and detach as body collapses amid billowing smoke while crowd cheers. The event reenacts Hindu legend of Lord Krishna defeating the demon Narakasura, a tradition symbolising the victory of good over evil.

Nvidia released a statement announcing that it has launched an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort. This comes amidst reports that Huang was in a romantic relationship with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. He has admitted to having an extramarital affair.