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November 3, 2026: the day's top stories, read aloud.
- Top Stories · The Hindu Tamil NaduMadras High Court permits DMDK leader Vijaya Prabhakaran to withdraw election petition against Manickam Tagore
Justice N. Sathish Kumar says there were no materials before the court to suspect that there was any bargain for withdrawal
- Global Markets · MarketWatchWhat analysts are saying as Apple’s stock falls after earnings report
Shares in Apple declined 4.5% in premarket trading after investors were left feeling disappointed about the company’s gross margin outlook and slowing services revenue growth.
- Top Stories · NDTV IndiaTrade Body Seeks Ban On Rallies, Protests In Delhi Till Bhaiya Dooj
In its letter dated November 3, the traders' body expressed concern over the financial losses suffered by businesses due to frequent demonstrations and traffic disruptions over the past month.
- Politics · The Hindu NationalDemonstrations generate ‘protest economy’, Supreme Court tells Delhi traders
The Bench headed expressed sympathy for the right to livelihood of the small traders, hawkers, push cart vendors, noting that their right competed with the right to expression of the protestors
- Education · TOI EducationHer parents had only elementary education and she grew up in a remote town; now she is pursuing a PhD in the US and researching blood-flow simulations
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- Top Stories · The Hindu KeralaThe late Communist leader T.V. Thomas’s role in Punnapra-Vayalar uprising sparks CPI-CPI(M) row
The controversy, which has played out largely on social media, centres on a special edition of Chintha, the CPI(M)’s ideological publication, brought out to mark the uprising’s 80th anniversary as CPI leaders took strong exception to the way it documented the struggle and its leaders