Top news at 1pm on Nov 7: Rahul Gandhi at CWC meet, Twitter briefly down worldwide and more

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is chairing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday as his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi is not able to attend the meet due to health reasons.

1)  LIVE | News channels are being punished, oppn is targeted for holding govt to account: Rahul Gandhi at CWC meet

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is chairing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday as his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi is not able to attend the meet due to health reasons.

2) Twitter briefly down worldwide, reason behind outage not clear yet

Twitter was down almost in many parts of the world for more than 10 minutes. Many users on Monday tweeted that the micro-blogging giant was down.

3) India and UK can leverage technological prowess to create new opportunities: PM Modi

Addressing the India-UK Tech Summit on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra laid emphsis on the fact that India and the UK can leverage technological prowess to create new opportunities, while seeking investments in defence, manufacturing and aerospace sectors.

4) Live updates | The great smog of Delhi: 'What have you done till now to curb pollution', NGST asks centre and states

Delhi woke up to smog on Day 7 after Diwali, and the Delhi air has become toxic cocktail of dust and smoke. In a spate of emergency measures, all schools in Delhi have been directed to remain closed till Wednesday.

5) Saif Ali Khan denies sex determination rumors of his, Kareena's unborn child

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan have rubbished reports of his wife and Bollywood actress Kareena undergoing a sex determination test for their baby. Gossip mills have been abuzz that Kareena and Saif secretly went on to take the gender test of their unborn child and that they plan to have the baby in London.