With over 53,601 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Tuesday crossed the 22..68 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 45,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 22,68,676 cases, which include 6,39,929 active cases; 15,83,490 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 45,257 deaths.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Monday called truce with the Congress party after a month of high-pitched political drama that also played in the High Court and the Supreme Court. Pilot, who was sacked as deputy CM and as state unit chief, said he has no desire for any post and just wanted the self-respect to remain intact.

His statement came after a meeting with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and announcement of a three-member panel by party chief Sonia Gandhi.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is on ventilator support after undergoing brain surgery at the Army Research and Referral hospital, where he was admitted on Monday morning after testing positive for COVID-19, sources said on Tuesday.

On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19, Mukherjee tweeted on Monday afternoon.

In what comes as a tragic end to a bright life, Sudiksha, a girl from Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar who had received Rs 3.83 crore scholarship to study in the US, died after falling off from a bike in Bulandshahr after being chased by eve-teasers. Sudiksha had returned to India and was going to Sikandrabad with her uncle Manoj Bhati to meet her relatives.

According to reports, the eve-teasers had started performing stunts near Sudisha due to which her uncle was facing difficulty in riding the bike and was getting imbalanced.

Air India Express has expressed its gratitude to people of Mallapuram, Kerala for help in a lane crash in which 18 people died Friday night.

In a tweet, the Air India Express said, Taking a bow to HUMANITY! A standing ovation from our hearts to the PEOPLE OF MALAPPURAM, Kerala, who had showered us with kindness & humanity during the uncertain incident. We owe you a lot! #ExpressGratitude.

For Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL), the future course is closely pegged to today’s Supreme court decision on the issue of tenure of payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.

In the last hearing, held in July, the court had ended some confusion by clearly telling VIL and other operators that there would be no reassessment of the AGR dues calculated by the department of telecommunications (DoT). Operators had earlier claimed, based on their self-assessment, that the payable amount should be far less.

Gold prices Monday jumped to Rs 59,300 from Rs 59,290 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 74,210 from Rs 74,200 per kg, according to 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.

Leading digital payment service Paytm on Monday launched an Android-based, pocked-sized point of sale (POS) device that is enabled with integrated billing software, camera for QR scanning and supports 4G SIM cards Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

Available for an introductory monthly rental of Rs 499, the 'Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS' can accept orders and payments on the go.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair through video conferencing.

He said that inauguration of the submarine Optical Fibre Cable in Andaman and Nicobar Islands will ensure high-speed broadband connectivity, fast mobile and landline telecom services and will give a big boost to the local economy.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday reiterated the claim that he had earlier made regarding the strained relationship between actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his father KK Singh. Raut said that Sushant Singh Rajput was not on very good terms with his father and also demanded to know how many times the actor had gone to Bihar's Patna to meet his father.

Earlier, the veteran Shiv Sena leader had written, in a weekly editorial column for the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', that an investigation by the Mumbai Police had revealed a strained relationship between Sushant Singh Rajput and his father KK Singh.

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