News highlights: All ministers in the Rajasthan Council of Ministers tender their resignations

Liverpool fans hold up their scarves ahead of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England. ( AFP Photo)

. Supporters light red flares as they display a tifo during the French L1 football match between Paris-Saint Germain (PSG) and FC Nantes at The Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on November 20. ( AFP Photo)

. Bangladesh on Saturday reported zero deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, a senior official said.

The achievement came as constant efforts were being made by the Bangladesh authorities to contain the fatalities due to the contagious coronavirus that has so far claimed the lives of 27,946 people and infected over 1.5 million others till now. ( PTI )

. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food andPublic Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today announced setting up a mega handloom cluster at Olympic silver medalist Saikohm Mirabai Chanu’s native village in Manipur’s Imphal East district. (ANI)

. The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Saturday honoured globally renowned filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Istvan Szabo with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.

The two filmmakers were bestowed with the honour during the opening ceremony of the festival's 52nd edition here.

Though they were not present for the ceremony in person, Scorsese and Szabo sent their video messages which were played for the live audience.

In his message, Scorsese hailed Ray as a "truly magnificent" artiste, who has been "one of my masters". ( PTI )

. CISF personnel at security hold area of IGI airport detected $15,000 and1,050 Dirhams worth approx Rs 11.50 Lakhs from hand baggage of a pax yesterday during pre-embarkation security check. He couldn't produce valid document. He& foreign currency handed over to Customs Officials. ( ANI )

. This handout photograph taken on November 19, 2021 and released by the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) on November 20 shows the lava flow in Las Manchas, following the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary island of La Palma. It has been two months since Cumbre Vieja began erupting, forcing more than 6,000 people out of their homes as the lava burnt its way across huge swathes of land on the western side of La Palma.

. Transportation by Delhi Metro shall be allowed with 100 per centseating capacity of coach along with upto 30 standing passengers in a coach in Delhi Metro,Delhi Disaster Management Authority announced. ( ANI )

. While the world observed'World Children's Day', an 11-year-old Hindu boy was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Pakistan Sindh, Express Tribune reported.

His body was found on Saturday in Babarloi town in Khairpur Mir. According to family members, the boy, Kaana Sachdev, went missing on Friday evening and his body was later found in an abandoned house within the limits of the Babarloi police station.

. AllRajasthanministers resigned on Saturday during a meeting at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s residence.

Their resignation has come ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle.

"All ministers resigned in the meeting," Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, who held the charge of the transport minister, told reporters.

. Estonian army reservists build a temporary barbed wire fence on a border with Russian during a snap military exercise Okas 2021 near Meremae, Estonia November 20, 2021. (Reuters Photo)

. Demonstrators wave flags of Romanian right-wing party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) during a rally held by Austria's far-right Freedom Party FPOe against the measures taken to curb the coronaviruspandemic, at Maria Theresien Platz square in Vienna, Austria on November 20, 2021. Austria will impose a lockdown for all and make vaccinations mandatory, Austria's Chancellor Schallenberg announced on November 19, making the country the first in the EU to take such stringent measures as coronavirus cases spiral. The Alpine nation plans to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory from February 1 next year, while the lockdown will start from Monday, November 22 and will be evaluated after 10 days. ( AFP Photo)

. Rs 279 crores losses incurred for Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSTRC) due to the strike by State Transport employees from October 27to November 19. ( ANI )

. Kerala reports 6075 new Covid-19cases, 6061 recoveries and 32 deaths (216 deaths were added as per new guidelines of central government) in the last 24 hours. ( ANI )

. In view of India vs New Zealand T20 match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on November 21, restrictions relating to movement of people andvehicles between 11 pm to 5 amshall be relaxed for twohours from 11 pmof November21 to 1 amof November 22 for spectators, players, match officials and others associated with match. ( ANI )

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. The CBI on Saturday filed its charge sheet in the case of death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad chairman Acharya Narendra Giri against his disciple Anand Giri and two others, officials said.

In its charge sheet filed in a court in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, the CBI has charged Giri, priest of Allahabad's Bade Hanuman Temple Addhya Tiwari and his son Sandeep Tiwari with criminal conspiracy and abetment to suicide, they said.

Acharya Narendra Giri, who was the president of the largest organisation of sadhus in India, was found hanging by his disciples at the Baghambari Mutt in Allahabad on September 20. ( PTI )

. Novak Djokovic's participation in the Australian Open in January is in doubt after officials confirmed all players must be vaccinated in order to compete in the tournament.

Djokovic, a nine-time winner in Melbourne, has repeatedly refused to disclose his vaccination status and intimated he would not play if the vaccine ruling was enforced. ( AP )

. "15th season of the IPL will take place in India and it will be more exciting with new teams joining. We have a mega auction coming up to see what the new combination looks like,"BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. ( ANI )

. "When Karachi-Mumbai route can be opened for the rich, why can't Lahore-Amritsar route be opened for common Punjabis? Why should Punjab not come to visit Nankana Sahib? Why should tourism not be promoted?"Punjab Congress chief NS Sidhu in Kartarpur, Pakistan. ( ANI )

. Kiran Kandolkar, former working president of Goa Forward Party (GFP) along with several GFP office-bearers and local body leaders joined TMC today, in the presence of the party's national vice president Luizinho Faleiro and party's incharge of the state, Mahua Moitra. ( ANI )

. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Najib Michaeel Moussa (C) attends mass at the reopening ceremony of a church at the Chaldean Monastery of St George (Mar Korkis) in Iraq's northern city of Mosul. ( AFP Photo)

. Accused cricket bookie Naresh Gaur granted bail by Special NIA court in Antilia bomb scare case.He was mentioned as accused number 2 in the case and was accused of supplying SIM cards and being a part of the conspiracy. ( ANI )

. Children push wheelbarrows loaded with water containers in Kandahar. ( AFP Photo)

. "We Christians are a little worried about the Anti-Conversion Bill. You can't compare Karnataka with other states. We should be doing something which other states haven't done and bring credit to Karnataka,"Peter Machado, Archbishop, Bengaluru.

. A large fire broke out in a building on boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opera square in central Paris on Saturday, sending clouds of smoke rising into the air.

"Firemen are intervening, avoid the area," the Prefecture de Police said in a statement on Twitter.

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire. ( Reuters )

. Ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will hold the last meeting of his current council of ministers on Saturday evening when ministers are likely to resign. “The meeting will take place at 5 pm at the chief minister's residence,” official sources said. ( PTI )

. The Bombay High Court, in its detailed order granting bail to actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and two others in the drugs-on-cruise case, has said that prima facie it has not found any positive evidence against the accused to show that they had conspired to commit an offence. A single bench of Justice N W Sambre had on October 28 granted bail to Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and a fashion model Munmun Dhamecha in the case on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each. ( PTI )

. With the efforts of PM Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan, this has been made possible: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on the reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

. Odisha government allows cultural gatherings, opening of auditoriums and cinema halls while adhering to Covid-19 protocols following improvement in pandemic situation in the state

. Shiv Sena describes Centre's announcement to repeal three farm laws as "defeat of arrogance of power"; says it has been done as the BJP feared a backlash in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Assembly polls

. 52nd International Film Festival of India will be held in Goa from Nov 20-28. OTT platforms would be a part of it for the 1st time & 75 young filmmakers are invited: Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur, in Panaji

. "PM Modi should not attend the DGP and IG conference in Lucknow. I have written to him on the same. If he is genuinely concerned about farmers, he should not share the dais with MoS Home Ajay Mishra whose son is an accused in Lakhimpur Kheri case," says Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement to repeal the farm laws without holding a Cabinet meeting and alleged that it is only under the BJP that laws are made and unmade without prior Cabinet approval.

(PTI)

. India saw a single-day rise of 10,302 new Covid-19 cases and 267 deaths, while the active cases declined to 1,24,868, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.

. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said India will soon be manufacturing 90 per cent of the defence products it needs within the country and by 2024-2025, it will also export such products worth $5 billion.

News highlights: All ministers in the Rajasthan Council of Ministers tender their resignations

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