(CNN) — India has kicked off a mammoth exercise to count its entire population – all 1.4 billion of them, give or take a few, in a census initially delayed by the pandemic then administrative issues.

Eleven auto-rickshaws were gutted in a fire that broke out under the Ramabai bridge near Chedda Nagar Junction in Ghatkopar East on Wednesday, April 1. The incident occurred around 1 pm. According to ...