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Microsoft has announced that the major outage that hit lakhs of users worldwide is seeing "recovery progress", nearly 20 hours after it was first reported around 9:47 pm on Thursday. The outage had brought several companies to a halt as employees were unable to access applications like Outlook, Teams and OneDrive. "Some users may still experience intermittent issues," Microsoft said.

Ballabgarh was India's most polluted city on Friday, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 400, according to CPCB data. Delhi (373), Ghaziabad (368), Khora (355) and Greater Noida (348) followed. Srinagar recorded the lowest AQI at 17, followed by Aizawl (19), Gangtok (22), Shillong (40) and Chamarajanagar (45). All 10 most polluted cities recorded 'Very Poor' air quality.

Inflation in digital products rose sharply in October as mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices recorded faster price increases, Moneycontrol reported. Mobile phone inflation rose from 5.83% in September to 8.65% in October, while laptop and tablet inflation jumped from 6.46% to 8.61%. This marks a reversal from the beginning of 2026, when prices of electronics were declining.

New Zealand defeated India by 244 runs in the fourth ODI in Mount Maunganui on Friday, registering their first win of the five-match series. It marked India's second-biggest defeat (by runs) in ODI cricket. New Zealand posted 333 before bowling India out for 89. India's biggest ODI defeat came in 2000, when they lost to Sri Lanka by 245 runs.

India were reduced to 0/3 after the first over against New Zealand in the fourth ODI in Mount Maunganui on Friday. Chasing 334, India lost Rohit Sharma to Matt Henry on the first ball. Henry then bowled Virat Kohli for a four-ball duck before dismissing captain Shreyas Iyer for a golden duck off the final delivery of the over.

Australia captain Pat Cummins broke his silence on Usman Khawaja's claims regarding the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal, calling them "100% nonsense". Khawaja claimed the entire Australian team knew about ball-tampering. Cummins denied there was any masterplan or team meeting to discuss illegal methods. "I've said that consistently for...last eight years...I didn't know that was happening," he said.

After two extramarital affairs led to his resignation, ousted NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's third affair has surfaced, Reuters reported. Citing two sources, Reuters reported that Huang had an intimate relationship with a second NVIDIA employee. Earlier, the 63-year-old's affairs with Alice Huang, who US intelligence suspects of being a Chinese spy, and Kimberly Powell, an NVIDIA employee, surfaced.

Gunjan became the first Indian female boxer to win gold at Youth Olympics after defeating Algeria's Bouthaina Bensalah 5-0 by unanimous decision in women's 48kg final in Dakar, Senegal. Earlier on Thursday, Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei had won the men's 50kg title, becoming India's first-ever Youth Olympics boxing gold medallist. India have bagged nine medals at Youth Olympics 2026 so far.

US President Donald Trump reacted to Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia CEO. Trump said, "Now that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place - Tim Cook of Apple. A Legend replaces a Legend." Huang resigned amid a scandal involving reports of his extramarital affairs.