The Whatup

» A massive fire broke out at HPCL's Visakhapatnam refinery on Monday night, sending residents nearby running out of their homes. Police say it was brought under control within an hour and nobody was hurt.

» For the first time in 47 years, not a single CRPF jawan was killed in action for a whole year. The last such stretch ended in January 1979. The force's DG credited better gear, sharper training and faster evacuation of injured jawans. 🇮🇳

» 16-year-old Dhinidhi Desinghu has become the first Indian swimmer ever to win a medal at the Olympic Games. She won bronze in the 100m freestyle at the Youth Olympics in Dakar, breaking her own national record. 🇮🇳

» Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan met Amit Shah to push for strict action against AI deepfakes of actors. Chiranjeevi says Shah assured them the government will look into it urgently and work on stricter penalties.

» "Everyone knows that I don't have support in my life. If I have support, it is only from my father. No one has supported me in my life." Sarfaraz Khan on being left out of India's Test team despite losing 20 kg and piling up runs in domestic cricket. He hasn't played a Test since 2024 💔

» Pro-Kannada activists have started walking into Bengaluru IT companies to ask how many Kannadigas they've hired. One group from Karnataka Rakshana Vedike was filmed sitting in an office lobby at Bagmane tech park today. The outfit says its teams will visit IT firms across the state all of November, asking for Kannadiga headcounts and hiring criteria. This comes a day after CM DK Shivakumar told Kannada groups not to go after IT companies or take the law into their own hands.

» The Supreme Court has allowed green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR this Diwali, but only for 3 hours a day on November 7 and 8. Every box must carry a QR code, and ladis are banned. The full ban returns on November 9.

» A phone suddenly exploded in a patient's hand inside a Gwalior clinic, and it was all caught on CCTV. A mother with her newborn was sitting just a few feet away. Luckily, nobody was hurt. 🫪

» "Her conduct is not up to the mark. Don't take the court for granted." A Delhi court said this after Nora Fatehi skipped her appearance as a witness in the ₹200 crore extortion case against Sukesh Chandrasekhar. She has been summoned again for November 6.

» "Don't travel by air. Next case." Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath said this to a lawyer who raised a plea over airfares jumping up to 700%.