News highlights: 'Was hit by 4 bullets,' says Pakistan's ousted premier Imran Khan after assassination bid

Here are today's news updates from India and the rest of the world.

TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu's convoy attacked

Laid off Twitter employees share emotional farewell messages

AAP govt shuts down primary schools as poor air chokes Delhi

COP27 must see shift from talk to action: UN climate chief

The upcoming COP27 climate summit in Egypt must mark a leap from the long process of hammering out a treaty to ensuring that its goals are met, the UN's climate chief said Friday.

"This COP needs to demonstrate that there is a distinct shift from negotiations to implementation," UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell told journalists online.

"Paris told us what needs to be done, and Glasgow defined how we need to do it," he said, referring to the landmark 2015 deal that sets a cap on global warming, and the summit last year in Scotland that finalised the treaty's rulebook.

NIA files charge sheet in case related to seizure of arms in Haryana

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against six accused in cases related to the seizure of arms, ammunition and explosives at Bastara Toll Plaza in Haryana's Madhuban.

Khan, who was attacked by a shooter during a rally yesterday, said he received overwhelming support by the people of Pakistan.

Imran Khan address Pakistan a day after being shot at by assailant

Pakistan's ousted premier Imran Khan said he was hit by four bullets, a day after an assassination bid against him during a rally. Khan is addressing the nation.

G-7 ministers back Ukraine support, are suspicious of China

Top diplomats from the world's major industrialised democracies on Friday rallied support for Ukraine in its resistance to Russia's invasion, expressing “unwavering commitment” to Ukraine's defence, and expressed suspicion of China's increasing assertiveness amid a panoply of global crises.

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations, wrapping up two days of talks in the historic western German city of Muenster, released a joint statement asserting common positions on Ukraine, Russia, China and recent developments in Iran and North Korea.

A year after warning Russia about the consequences of invading Ukraine, the G-7 ministers endorsed further punishments for the Kremlin, including setting a price cap for Russian oil exports in the coming weeks.

PM Narendra Modi will visit Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Punjab on November 5

TVS Motor Q2 net profit rises 59 pc to Rs 373 crore

TVS Motor Company on Friday said its consolidated net profit increased by 59 per cent to Rs 373 crore for the second quarter ended September 2022, riding on the back of strong sales across markets.

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 234 crore in the July-September period of previous fiscal.

Revenue from operations rose to Rs 8,561 crore for the second quarter as against Rs 6,483 crore in the year-ago period, TVS Motor Company said in a regulatory filing.

Indigo reports net loss of Rs 15,833 million in Q2 FY22-23

Airline IndiGo reported a loss of Rs 3,818 million, excluding foreign exchange loss, for the quarter ending September 2022, compared to a loss of Rs 14,699 for the same quarter last year.

Including the foreign exchange loss of Rs 12,015 million, the net loss for the September 2022 quarter aggregated to Rs 15,833 million.

Total income for the quarter ended September 2022 was Rs 128,523 million, an increase of 121.6 per cent over the same period last year. For the quarter, passenger ticket revenues were Rs 111,104 million, an increase of 135.6 per cent and ancillary revenues were Rs 12,872 million, an increase of 57.4 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Airport staff at London's Heathrow to strike in run-up to World Cup

Hundreds of workers at London's Heathrow airport will walk out in the run-up to the soccer World Cup this month over demands for better pay, a British union said on Friday.

Unite said 700 workers involved in ground-handling, airside transport and cargo, and employed by Emirates Group's airport services subsidiary dnata and Menzies, will strike for three days starting from Nov. 18.

The World Cup in Qatar starts on Nov. 20.

"Strike action will inevitably cause disruption, delays and cancellations to flights throughout Heathrow, with travellers to the World Cup particularly affected," Unite regional officer Kevin Hall said in the statement.

Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot at in Amritsar

BREAKING | Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri was shot at by unidentified people in Punjab's Amritsar on Friday, police said.

The incident took place outside a temple in the city where Suri and some other leaders of the party were holding a protest, they said.

BREAKING | Voting for MCD elections in Delhi to be held on December 4, results on December 7

Govt's SRI Fund commits Rs 5,000 cr to help MSMEs

Government-backed Self Reliant India Fund (SRIF) on Friday announced that it has committed over Rs 5,000 crore to help small businesses with growth capital in its first year of operations.

The fund, which started as part of the government's flagship 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' programme, has provided approvals to 38 'daughter funds' with a commitment amount of more than Rs 5,000 crore, as per an official statement.

It has a 'Mother Fund-Daughter Fund' structure wherein SRIF, the mother fund, invests up to 20 per cent of the corpus of the Daughter Fund, which raises the balance 80 per cent of the capital from outside sources, it explained.

South Africa gets $497 million from World Bank to move away from coal

South Africa, one of the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitters, has been granted financing of $497 million to decommission one of its largest coal-fired power plants and convert it to renewable energy, the World Bank said.

In a statement overnight Thursday, the bank said the newly-closed Komati power station about 170 kilometers (105 miles) northeast of Johannesburg will be repurposed using solar and wind sources, supported by batteries for storage.(AFP)

Pope blasts 'childlike' wars at Bahrain interfaith summit

With Russia's war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders Friday in calling for the world's great religions work together for peace, telling an interfaith summit that religion must never be used to justify violence and that faith leaders must counter the “childlike” whims of the powerful to make war.

On his second day in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, Francis closed out a conference on East-West dialogue sponsored by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.(AP)

Yellen to travel to India, G20 summit as forum struggles with Ukraine war

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to India and the Group of 20 Summit in Indonesia next week to bolster US-India economic ties and to try to overcome G20 divisions prompted by Russia's war in Ukraine, the Treasury said on Friday.

Yellen will visit New Delhi on November 11 to participate in a meeting of the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership and deliver remarks on the two democracies' deepening relationship at the Microsoft India Development Center, where she also will meet with technology sector leaders, according to a Treasury statement.(Reuters)

India says more clarity needed on climate finance definition

The Indian government on Friday said more clarity is needed on the definition of climate finance for developing countries, calling for sufficient resources to meet new climate goals.

"The goal of $100 billion per year of climate finance by 2020 and every year thereafter through till 2025 is yet to be achieved," the government said in a statement.(Reuters)

China is preparing a plan to lift Covid flight suspensions

China is working on a plan to end a system that banned individual flights for bringing in passengers infected with the Covid-19 virus.According to the report, the State Council, which oversees China's bureaucracy, had recently asked government agencies and civil aviation regulators to prepare for ending a circuit-breaker mechanism.(Bloomberg News)

Britain's N Ireland minister says confirms an election will not take place in N Ireland in December

Britain's North Ireland minister says confirms an election will not take place in North Ireland in December.(Reuters)

Imran Khan's party to hold nationwide protests on November 4

The party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was shot and injured in an apparent assassination attempt, said country-wide protests would be held on Friday as tensions remained high in the South Asian nation.

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Israel says jets hit Hamas military site after rocket fire

Israeli fighter jets early Friday targeted a rocket manufacturing site in the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets fired towards Israel, the army said.

One of the rockets was intercepted and three others "exploded inside the Gaza Strip", the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had said earlier Thursday.(AFP)

S Korea scrambles fighter jets after detecting some 180 N Korean warplanes

South Korea's military said it has scrambled fighter jets after detecting some 180 North Korean warplanes near the border on Friday.(Reuters)

ED targets J&K separatist leader Shabir Shah

J&K separatist leader Shabir Shah's Srinagar house attached under anti-money laundering law in case linked to funding of terror activities, ED says.(PTI)

6.0 magnitude earthquake shakes El Salvador: government

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday night, with no initial reports of casualties or material damage, Salvadoran authorities said.

The tremor was registered at 10:26 pm local time (0426 GMT Friday) and its epicenter was located 37km off the country's southern coast, near the town of Mizata in La Libertad, the environment ministry said in a statement.(AFP)

Twitter sued for mass layoffs

Twitter was sued over Elon Musk's plan to lay off about half of its workforce. Aclass-action lawsuit has been filed in a San Francisco federal court.Twitter employees say the company is eliminating workers without enough notice in violation of federal and California law, the report said.(Bloomberg News)

Primary schools in Delhi to be shut tomorrow onwards till the pollution situation in the National capital improves

Active Covid cases in country dip to 15,705

With 1,216 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,46,58,365, while the active cases declined to 15,705, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. (PTI)

ED raids under way in Jharkhand and West Bengal

ED raids are under way in Jharkhand and West Bengal, as per multiple media reports.

Ghaziabad shrouded in smog as air quality remains in 'severe' category

Twitter to start layoffs on November 4

Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company's future under new owner Elon Musk.

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German Chancellor Scholz lands in Beijing

The plane carrying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a delegation of business leaders landed in Beijing Friday morning, according to flight-tracking website RadarBox, kicking off the first visit by a leader of a G7 nation to China in three years. - Reuters.