President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inaugurated Sazgar’s plant in Laguna, which will assemble about 12,000 electric and petrol three-wheelers a year in the Pakistani automaker’s first Southeast Asian expansion.
India’s home minister told BJP workers in Lucknow the party would bring a Uniform Civil Code to Uttar Pradesh if it retains power, after Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam adopted one.
All five pilgrims from Bengaluru and the pilot were killed when a Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Chai village in Chamoli; the operator’s fleet has been grounded.
A Kalol sessions judge sentenced Vasim Kureshi, Mahmad Rafiq Kureshi and Asfak Bahelim to rigorous life imprisonment over 277kg of beef, citing the Manusmriti and the Vedas in his ruling.
A CREA study found air pollution deaths in Indonesia jumped 42% in September, with forest fire smoke blamed for 3,560 deaths and a record 58 million people breathing unhealthy air.
Victoria’s Court of Appeal threw out Erin Patterson’s challenge to her death cap murder convictions and removed her 33-year non-parole period, meaning she will never be released.
A glacial lake outburst in Bhutan’s Gasa district released about 7.4 million cubic metres of water into the Sankosh, prompting evacuation calls in Cooch Behar and alerts in Assam’s Dhubri and Kokrajhar.
Alphabet shares fell almost 13% to a six-month low as profits dropped 25% and Google said AI summaries in search were hurting ad revenue.
Vivian Balakrishnan held talks with Ishaq Dar, signed a disaster-management MoU, discussed resuming direct flights, and met PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi.
A policeman was martyred when Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists attacked the Silai Pati police post in Bajaur’s Barang tehsil; the attackers fled after police returned fire.
