With India working on multiple COVID-19 vaccine candidates, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that Covidshield, a vaccine candidate that has shown promising results during trials, may be ready by the end of this year.

However, he told News18 that a lot is subject to data from the UK and also a lot depends on the approvals coming through from the Drugs Controller General Of India.

In a major development on Tuesday, the Centre notified the new Land Laws for Jammu & Kashmir, paving the way for any Indian to buy land in the union territory.

The union home ministry has notified this on Monday in a gazette notification. The MHA notified what it calls UT of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Third Order, 2020. The order comes into force with immediate effect.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the mainstream media and big tech companies for blocking the alleged corruption cases against his opponent Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Nobody has ever seen anything like we're witnessing right now. I think it's a very sad time and it'll go down as a very sad era for the media and certainly for big tech (companies), Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for the day on a campaign trail.

With 36,469 new COVID-19 cases, India's total cases surged to 79,46,429, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

With 488 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,19,502, as per the Ministry. The total active coronavirus cases are 6,25,857 after a decrease of 27,860 in the last 24 hours. The total cured cases are 72,01,070 with 63,842 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday distributed Rs 1,115 crore to 50 lakh farmers under YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme, along with an additional Rs 136 crore for compensating crop loss due to heavy rain in the state.

Continuing the policy for the second consecutive year under the leadership of Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, around Rs 1,115 crore has been directly credited to around 50.47 lakh farmers, including Rs 11,500 each to the state's ROFR patta holders. A sum of Rs 4,000 has been credited to each beneficiary's account under the second instalment, said an official release of the state government.

Shares of Hero MotoCorp surged 4 per cent to Rs 3,025 on the BSE in the early morning trade on Wednesday after the company entered into an agreement with US-based Harley Davidson for sale and service of the latter's premium motorcycles in India.

Cognizant has announced Rajesh Nambiar has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of its India arm and a member of executive committee with effective November 9.

He joins Cognizant from Ciena, a networking and software company, where he currently serves as Chairman and President of Ciena, India.

Shares of Bharti Airtel moved up 10 per cent to Rs 476 on the BSE in early morning deals on Wednesday, after the company reported strong operating performance with beat on average revenue per user (ARPU), subscriber addition and margins for the July-September 2020 quarter (Q2FY21).

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian online grocery startup BigBasket is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake for about $1 billion to salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group , the Economic Times reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

The century-old group has been planning to launch a super app, one that will tie in all its consumer businesses, several media reports have said, as it competes against Amazon and Reliance Industries , who have made big bets on India's booming e-commerce market.

Just days before the US elections, the campaign website for President Donald Trump for compromised by hackers on Tuesday (local time).

This site was seized, said a message that popped up on donaldjtrump.com, which normally carries details of rallies and fundraising appeals.

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