The national capital's air quality was recorded in the 'poor' category on Saturday morning but is likely to improve slightly due to favourable wind speed, according to government agencies.

The air pollution level in Delhi had hit an eight-month high on Thursday but reduced slightly on Friday with favourable wind speed helping in dispersion of pollutants, even as the contribution of stubble burning to Delhi's PM2.5 concentration rose to 18 per cent.

Telangana clocked 1,451 fresh coronavirus cases,taking the tally to 2.20 lakh, even as the recovery rate in the state rose to over 89 per cent.

The toll mounted to 1,265 with nine more fatalities.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for 235 of the 1,451 fresh cases, followed by Rangareddy 104, Medchal Malkajgiri 101 and other districts, a state government bulletin said on Saturday, providing data as of 8 pm on October 16.

It's not the tally that really matters, but Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump.

In their dueling town halls, the Democratic presidential candidate reached more viewers on ABC than Trump did for NBC News Thursday night.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Mahagathbandhan's Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that US President Donald Trump will not come to state and accord special category status to the state. Yadav made these remarks while releasing Mahagathbandhan's manifesto for the upcoming Bihar elections.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala and Shaktisinh Gohil and other leaders were also present.

At least 7 people were killed and more than 30 injured in an accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district on Saturday, news agency ANI reported.

A bus and a pickup collided in the Puranpur area, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Jai Prakash on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump attacked his Democratic challenger Joe Biden saying he is a "disaster" and a corrupt politician, and urged his supporters in Florida and Georgia to give him a thumping victory in the November 3 presidential elections.

He also alleged that left-controlled media and big tech companies are siding with Biden in this poll campaign.

Bihar's COVID-19 recovery rate on friday touched 94.24 per cent, which is the highest among all states of India and countries having registered more than one lakh positive cases, Health Minister Mangal Pandey said.

The state's coronavirus death toll went up to 981 with nine more people succumbing to the disease in the past 24 hours, while 1,062 fresh cases took the tally to 2,01,886.

State-owned Coal India on Friday said it had declared a performance-linked reward (PLR) of Rs 68,500 per employee to all its non-executive cadre workforce for 2019-20 which would have an estimated financial implication of a little over Rs 1,700 crore.

This is linked to the attendance of the employees during the period, Coal India (CIL) said in statement.

The Telangana government has requested the Centre to release RS 1,350 crore as immediate assistance for taking up relief and rehabilitation works in the areas affected by the incessant rain in the last couple of days.

Of this, Rs 600 crore is proposed as assistance for farmers and Rs 750 crore will be spent on relief and rehabilitation works in the GHMC area.

Budget carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has operated over 1,000 charter flights to repatriate 1.75 lakh passengers so far in times of the pandemic.

The charter flights included 16 long-haul services to and from London, Amsterdam, Toronto and Rome, among others, SpiceJet said in a release.

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