Mumbai experiences familiar October heat as the southwest monsoon withdraws from the city. IMD confirms the withdrawal on October 3, with residents in South Mumbai using umbrellas and other measures (Pic/Atul Kamble and Sayyed Sameer Abedi)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "very good ideas" on a mutual settlement of the Ukraine conflict and raises the issue at "every meeting", Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. (Pics/AFP)