With over 90,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Wednesday crossed the 50 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 82,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 50,20,360 cases, which include 9,95,933 active cases; 39,42,361 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 82,066 deaths.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning.

The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and earthquake of 2015.

Shiv Sena, in its party mouthpiece 'Saamana', has now supported actor-turned-Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan's statements on the Bollywood film industry and the alleged drug nexus and praises her speaking out freely on the issue. The Saamana editorial also goes on to proclaim that the entire film industry is not tarnished as the case concerns lone actors and actresses and does not concern Bollywood as a whole.

Gold prices today jumped to Rs 55,030 from Rs 54,540 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 69,500 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

The pressures of the pandemic have fallen hardest on developing countries with weak governments. They’re struggling to determine who is being infected and why, and to mitigate the economic impact of lockdowns and social distancing measures. If dealing with Covid-19 is stressing those states, however, the effort required to end the pandemic may exhaust them.

Andhra Pradesh Covid toll breached the 5,000 mark with 69 more deaths, even as the state has registered 8,846 new Coronavirus positive cases, raising the state's tally to 5.83 lakh on Tuesday.

With the new deaths, state's toll reached 5,041. Chittoor district accounted for the highest number of Covid deaths, 543, followed by Guntur (469), East Godavari (464), Kurnool (425) and others.

The entire Cabinet of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe submitted their resignations as Yoshihide Suga is set to assume office as Japan's new Prime Minister today, i.e. September 16.

According to a report by Kyodo News, Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is set to take office as Japan`s Prime Minister on Wednesday, with the immediate focus on reviving a battered economy while keeping the coronavirus under control.

India on Monday recorded the highest COVID-19 recoveries in the world, even beating Brazil which is the third-worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University data, on Monday India recorded a total of 37,80,107 COVID-19 recoveries, while Brazil recorded 37,23,206. The United States of America reported 24,51,406 recovered cases.

Even though a high number of coronavirus cases are being reported daily in India, the recovery rate has remained high.

The Indian government on Monday banned the export of all onion varieties, a move which is aimed to curb prices of the commodity in the domestic market and increase its availability.

The export of all varieties of onions is prohibited with immediate effect, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification.

Shares of Adani Green Energy (AGEL) were locked in 5 per cent upper circuit at their fresh record high of Rs 670.65 on the BSE on Tuesday, thereby entering the elite club of firms with Rs 1 trillion market-capitalisation (m-cap). The firm joins the ranks of Titan Company, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), and Avenue Supermarts.

The company also became the first Gautam Adani-led Adani Group company to cross Rs 1-trillion in m-cap.

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