Morning Digest: Companies from Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru lead list of Indian entities facing U.S. sanctions; Rohit Bal, czar of high fashion, dies at 63, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on November 02, 2024

From the neighbourhoods of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, to Bengaluru and Hyderabad, the individuals and entities facing U.S. sanctions are scattered across the country.

Rohit Bal, one of India’s most celebrated fashion designers, died on Friday (November 1, 2024) at a south Delhi hospital following a heart attack, Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) president Sunil Sethi said. He was 63.

Suspected militants fired upon and injured two non-local workers in central Kashmir’s Budgam on Friday evening (November 1, 2024).

A military exercise between the special forces of India and the U.S. is set to commence on Saturday (November 2, 2024) in Idaho, seeking to enhance combined capabilities in executing joint special forces operations in desert and semi-desert environment and develop interoperability.

Ninety nine of the 265 cities for which Air Quality Index (AQI) data were available on the Central Pollution Control Board website reported “poor” air quality on Friday (November 1, 2024) (data for 24 hours prior to 4 p.m. on this day).

The Congress on Friday (November 3, 2024) made a sharp rebuttal to the Election Commission’s (EC) response to its complaints on the Haryana elections, saying if the poll panel’s goal is to “strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality”, then it is doing a “remarkable job” at creating that impression.

Tens of thousands of minority Hindus rallied on Friday (November 1, 2024) to demand that the interim government in Muslim-majority Bangladesh protect them from a wave of attacks and harassment and drop sedition cases against Hindu community leaders.