Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) Top stories from western region at 5 pm. BOM4 MH-VIRUS-LIFE EXPECTANCY Life expectancy in India dropped by two years due to COVID-19: Study Mumbai: The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the lives of people at different levels, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy of the country by almost two years, a statistical analysis by scientists of the city-based International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS) has revealed. BOM11 MH-CJI CJI Ramana rues `ad-hoc, unplanned" improvement and maintenance of judicial infrastructure Mumbai: Judicial infrastructure is important for improving access to justice, but it is baffling to note that its improvement and maintenance was being carried out in an ad-hoc and unplanned manner in the country, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday.BOM13 GA-MODI-CHAIWALA PM Modi recalls his "chaiwala" past during interaction with divyang man from Goa Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday comforted a divyang tea seller from Goa during his virtual interaction with beneficiaries and stakeholders of a government scheme by recalling his past as a "chaiwala" or a tea seller.BOM12 GA-LD MODI PM Modi calls for continuation of "double engine" govt to make Goa self-sufficient Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually sounded the bugle for the next year"s Goa Assembly elections and expressed the need for the continuation of a "double engine" government to realize the vision of making Goa self-sufficient.BOM1 GA-MAMATA Mamata Banerjee to visit Goa on Oct 28; urges parties to join TMC in defeating BJP Panaji: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she would be on a maiden visit to Goa on October 28, and appealed to political parties and individuals to join her party in defeating the ruling BJP in the state, where Assembly polls are due early next year. PTI KRK KRK KRK