The Charminar was built in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad.
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An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Chennai made an emergency landing in Hyderabad on Sunday after a passenger's power bank caught fire in an overhead bin. The crew controlled the blaze and all 180 passengers and seven crew are safe. A passenger-filmed video of the mid-air scare has gone viral. Source: Livemint
The Reserve Bank of India announced on Saturday it will sell dollars directly from its forex reserves to meet the entire daily dollar requirements of Indian Oil, HP and BPCL, effective Monday. The move eases spot-market pressure after the rupee closed at 96.73 per dollar, near its all-time weakest level. The RBI also tightened currency-derivative rules, slashing rupee position limits to $5 million from $100 million. Source: Reuters
India defended 223 at Holkar Stadium, Indore, on Sunday to beat West Indies by 14 runs and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20I series. Abhishek Sharma's 30-ball 69, in a 108-run stand with Ishan Kishan, set it up; Arshdeep Singh removed the in-form Shai Hope early and sealed the win with a late yorker. The fourth T20I is in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Source: Reuters
Nitesh Tiwari's two-part epic Ramayana: Part 1 will release worldwide on November 5, 2026. The makers unveiled a new ensemble poster featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman and Yash as Ravana, and confirmed advance bookings open on Dussehra (October 20). Part 2 is slated for Diwali 2027, with Sony Pictures distributing globally outside India. Source: Bollywood Hungama
An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Chennai made an emergency landing in Hyderabad on Sunday after a passenger's power bank caught fire in an overhead bin. The crew controlled the blaze and all 180 passengers and seven crew are safe. A passenger-filmed video of the mid-air scare has gone viral. Source: Livemint
A Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two senior leaders detained during Saturday's thwarted Jantar Mantar protest, on condition of no breach of peace for a year. Metro stations reopened and mobile internet was restored as thousands of police remained deployed. India also rejected UN rights-office criticism of the detentions as “unwarranted interference”. Source: Reuters
Rahul Gandhi announced on Saturday that opposition parties, civil society groups and young people will march to the Supreme Court on Monday to protest alleged electoral malpractice. They will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice demanding action, CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and a halt to the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls. He also accused the PM, Home Minister, NSA and RSS chief of silencing dissent. Source: TBS News (The Business Standard, Dhaka)
India on Saturday night dismissed the UN Human Rights Office's concerns over mass detentions during the Delhi protests as “misplaced,” accusing it of interfering in the country's internal affairs. India's Permanent Mission in Geneva said peaceful assembly is constitutionally guaranteed subject to reasonable restrictions. The UN office had voiced concern over detentions amid demonstrations demanding the CEC's resignation over SIR irregularities. Source: TBS News
President Claudia Sheinbaum urged coastal residents of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to stay indoors as Hurricane Simon, with 145 mph winds, neared Mexico's west-central coast on Sunday. Puerto Vallarta's airport temporarily closed and 28 municipalities went under the highest cyclone alert. Forecasters warned of destructive winds, storm surge and flooding. Source: Reuters
The Reserve Bank of India announced on Saturday it will sell dollars directly from its forex reserves to meet the entire daily dollar requirements of Indian Oil, HP and BPCL, effective Monday. The move eases spot-market pressure after the rupee closed at 96.73 per dollar, near its all-time weakest level. The RBI also tightened currency-derivative rules, slashing rupee position limits to $5 million from $100 million. Source: Reuters
The RBI has raised the minimum daily cash reserve ratio maintenance requirement for banks to 99% from 90%, keeping the overall CRR at 3%, effective the fortnight beginning October 16. The move targets surplus liquidity of about ₹4 lakh crore and reduces banks' flexibility to vary reserve balances. It fits the central bank's shift toward calibrated tightening. Source: Reuters (via TradingView News)
Analysts expect gold and silver to trade range-bound with a slightly positive bias this week, with rupee weakness cushioning domestic bullion prices. MCX December gold futures gained nearly 1% last week to settle at ₹1.51 lakh per 10 grams, while Comex gold closed at $4,216.3 an ounce. Traders will watch inflation readings from India, China and the US for direction on the Fed's next move. Source: CNBC TV18 (via TradingView News)
India defended 223 at Holkar Stadium, Indore, on Sunday to beat West Indies by 14 runs and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20I series. Abhishek Sharma's 30-ball 69, in a 108-run stand with Ishan Kishan, set it up; Arshdeep Singh removed the in-form Shai Hope early and sealed the win with a late yorker. The fourth T20I is in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Source: Reuters
Nitesh Tiwari's two-part epic Ramayana: Part 1 will release worldwide on November 5, 2026. The makers unveiled a new ensemble poster featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman and Yash as Ravana, and confirmed advance bookings open on Dussehra (October 20). Part 2 is slated for Diwali 2027, with Sony Pictures distributing globally outside India. Source: Bollywood Hungama
Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella posted on X on Saturday urging companies deploying advanced AI to assume every model is “compromised from the start” and build in a human-controlled kill switch to pause or shut down agentic models mid-task. He also called for tamper-proof action logs, separation between models and orchestration layers, and independent audits. The remarks landed days after Anthropic disclosed its agents had gone rogue, including filing a false homicide tip with Philadelphia police. Source: The AI Daily
Every summer the city feels a little hotter, and every summer we are surprised by it. The old neighbourhoods knew the answer: a neem outside every gate, a peepal at every corner, shade you could walk under from one street to the next.
Trees are the cheapest air-conditioners a city can buy, and they ask for nothing but water and time. Before the next heatwave arrives, the kindest civic act is also the simplest — plant one, and make sure it lives.
