Climate change: Death toll due to rains in Andhra Pradesh rises to 20, over 30 missing and 20,000 shifted to relief camps; Tamil Nadu has received 68 per cent excess rainfall during the ongoing northeast monsoon and three people and over 300 heads of cattle were killed in the last 24 hours

Inflation data: Consumer Price Index weights do not reflect Covid-19 pandemic realities, shows analysis

Formalisation of economy: The provisional payroll data of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, released on Saturday, shows EPFO added around 1.54 million net subscribers in September 2021 compared to 1.49 million subscribers added in September 2020, a growth of over 3% 

Communal discord in southern Karnataka: At least 71 cases of communal discord recorded in 8 months; A joint report by several rights groups has identified numerous instances of violence by Hindutva groups against minorities in the state and the police's reluctance to apprehend the offenders

Actor’s son hounded by drug authorities, court finds no evidence: Bombay High Court said there is “hardly any positive evidence” to show conspiracy between son of actor Shah Rukh Khan as alleged by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB); no drugs were found on him, and the NCB has been accused of overreach and extortion