Authorities in New Delhi shut primary schools as air quality worsens

Authorities in New Delhi have announced closure of primary schools from Saturday and ordered 50 per cent of government staff to work from home as a haze of toxic smog smothers India's national capital. Dengue outbreak has hit India's northern Uttar Pradesh state with hospitals overwhelmed with patients.Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday staged nationwide protests against what they said a clear assassination attempt on their leader a day earlier. Residents across Pakistan have expressed they are irked over persistently high inflation that has shattered their faith in the ruling coalition government, which promised to bring the country out of the ongoing economic crisis. K.P. Sharma Oli, chief of Nepal's main opposition leader has said he will balance the Himalayan nation's ties with neighboring China and India for mutual benefit if he returns to power following the November 20 general election. Sri Lanka has announced that it held a productive second round of crucial talks with its bilateral creditors, to restructure its debt and carve a path out of its worst financial crisis in decades. A three-day National Tribal Dance Festival in India’s central Chhattisgarh has become a hope for the revival of Bastar’s Godna tattoo art.