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In today’s News18 afternoon digest, we bring to you the latest on the Bihar Assembly Election, Trump Strikes One-Year Rare Earths Deal, Plans To Visit China In April After Meeting With Xi, Gig Worker On Bike Dies After Bengaluru Couple Chases And Runs Over Him, and other stories. ‘Both Have Repeatedly Abused Me’: PM Modi Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav In Bihar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during a rally in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, branding them as “princes of corruption”. Speaking at the rally, the Prime Minister also accused them of deceiving the public with false promises. “The duo, which considers themselves princes, has opened a shop of false promises, one is the prince of the country’s most corrupt family, and the other is the prince of Bihar’s most corrupt family,” PM Modi said. Read More Trump Strikes One-Year Rare Earths Deal, Plans To Visit China In April After Meeting With Xi US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a one-year extendable deal with China on the supply of critical rare earth minerals and said he plans to visit Beijing in April next year, following what he described as an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea. Trump also revealed that tariffs on fentanyl-linked imports from China will be cut by 10% as part of broader trade discussions aimed at easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Read More Suspicious Nuclear Data, Dozens Of Maps Recovered From Fake BARC Scientist Arrested In Mumbai The Mumbai Police have recovered suspicious nuclear data and over a dozen maps from Akhtar Hussain Qutubuddin Ahmed, who posed as a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and was arrested last week. According to a report with NDTV, the seized documents are now being examined to determine if they contain any sensitive or confidential nuclear information. Read More 2020 Delhi Riots A ‘Regime Change Operation’, Say Delhi Police In Explosive Supreme Court Affidavit In a startling revelation in the 2020 Delhi riots case, the Delhi Police is set to tell the Supreme Court that the violence that rocked the national capital was not a spontaneous outbreak of anger but part of an organised regime change operation aimed at undermining India’s sovereignty. Sources told CNN-News18 that the revelations have been made in a 177-page affidavit that is in the process of being filed in response to bail pleas of several accused, including student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Read More Gig Worker On Bike Dies After Bengaluru Couple Chases, Runs Over Him; CCTV Footage Emerges A married couple in Bengaluru was arrested on charges of deliberately hitting a two-wheeler rider, leading to his death, while leaving the pillion rider with injuries. The victim in the case was identified as 24-year-old gig worker Darshan. The pillion rider, Varun (24), sustained injuries in the incident and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Read More Shreyas Iyer Makes First Statement After Horrific Injury: ‘I Am Currently…’ Shreyas Iyer on Thursday (October 30) took to social media and gave an update about his health for the first time after suffering a near-fatal spleen laceration during the India-Australia ODI series on Sunday. The Indian middle-order batter hurt himself while taking a brilliant diving catch for the wicket of Alex Carey in the third match — he fell awkwardly on the ground and seemed to roll over the leather ball. Read More Farah Khan Failed Twice In IVF During Om Shanti Om Shoot: ‘I Used To Just Be Crying’ Farah Khan recently appeared on tennis icon and her close friend Sania Mirza’s ‘Serving It Up with Sania’ podcast, where she talked about her struggles with IVF. The Choreographer-director revealed that she failed IVF twice during the shoot of her movie, Om Shanti Om. Farah mentioned that she was heartbroken during this time and used to cry a lot. Read More
