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Incidents from across the globe that made news this week

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Aishwarya Iyer
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Take a look at the news you might have missed this week!

After a whole week of a busy schedule, didn’t get enough time to catch up on this week’s happening across the globe? Here’s a list of everything you should know if you are a news buff, from every field!

Check out this week’s major happening below:

World

Spain and France have become the first western European countries to pass one million #COVID19 cases. Spain hit the grim milestone first, but has now been followed by France. It comes as a second wave of the virus continues to sweep across Europe.

India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the contry ahead of festive seasons reminding the citizens about wearing a mask and being socially responsible as 'lockdown has ended, not Virus has not left'.

Bollywood production houses file a suit in the Delhi High Court against Television media reporters from 'Republic TV’ and ‘Times Now' for making 'derogatory and defamatory' remarks.

Telangana’s capital Hyderabad was hit by heavy rain that resulted in 32 deaths and massive collateral damage.

In this Goregoan-based COVID-19 facility named 'Nesco' patients and staff celebrate the spirit of Navrati by performing Garba with face masks and PPE kits

Entertainment

The much-anticipated show - Mirzapur 2 - was finally released in Amazon Prime Video, making its fanatics super duper happy! The internet not just welcomed the show, but binge-watched and loved the entire 10-part episodes! Many of the Mirzapur fans also claim this to be the best thing of 2020!

This week, the iconic Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) turned 25 years old! This romance drama that was released on October 20, 1995, has scripted history by becoming one of the longest-running films in the country.

 

Technology

After Apple launched the iPhone 12, social media networks were left with hilarious memes after knowing its features, and especially the price. The phone will cost Rs. 79,000 for the base while the 'mini' will cost Rs. 69,000. The higher variants like the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max will be costing Rs. 1,19,000 and Rs. 1,29,000, respectively.

Sports

Footballer Neymar is now at 64 international goals, achieving second place in the country’s list of highest goalscorers. His rank is now ahead of the legendary player Ronaldo Nazario

The first time in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) there was a nervy double Super Over! In what we can call a battle for victory, Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumbai Indians in this double super over only to climb up from the bottle of the IPL Points Table.

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