The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 36.4 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,060,860, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 36,435,290 and the fatalities increased to 1,060,869, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) surged 16 per cent to Rs 20.60 on the BSE on Friday after the private sector lender said that it had received an indicative non-binding offer from the Clix Group.

The offer suggests the private equity firm comprising Clix Capital Services Private Limited, Clix Finance India Private Limited and Clix Housing Finance Private Limited would be amalgamated with LVB.

Gold prices today fell to Rs 53,340 from Rs 53,860 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 61,000 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 death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Paswan -- one of the tallest political leaders to emerge from Bihar, has cast gloom in his native state. The LJP leader, 74, died at a Delhi hospital on Thursday.

Paswan's demise -- exactly 20 days before Bihar goes to polls, is also expected to impact the election prospects of the LJP, and the overall dynamics as well as outcome of the three-phased polls in the eastern state that kicks off on October 28.

Back in February it seemed as if we were about to have one of the most ideologically polarized elections in American history. President Trump was rushing ahead with his populist/ego-trip/authoritarian whatchamacallit. The Democrats were shifting left: Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Bernie Sanders-style reimagining of capitalism.

The great political/culture war was at hand!

Adani Enterprises on Thursday said it has raised Rs 125 crore through allotment of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis.

The company said it has allotted 1,250 NCDs.

IT services major TCS on Thursday said it has launched 10 new Threat Management Centres (TMC) across locations - including the US, UK, Spain and India - for providing cyber security services to its enterprise customers.

In response to heightened cyber threat perceptions and the need to secure a larger surface area on account of remote working during the pandemic, progressive enterprises are investing in enhancing their cyber resilience and adopting next-generation security technologies, TCS said in a statement.

A United Arab Emirates company is nearing the end of Phase III clinical trials of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine and hopes to manufacture it next year, a representative said.

The trial, which began in mid-July, is a partnership between Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Abu Dhabi-basedartificial intelligence and cloud computing company Group 42 (G42).

A report prepared by the National Control for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned that the national Capital needs to gear up to tackle the surge of 15,000 COVID-19 cases per day in upcoming winters and festivals.

The report has highlighted three reasons to worry that may cause excessive pressure on healthcare services. (i) winter months that make respiratory illnesses severer; (ii) patients may come from outside Delhi in large numbers; (iii) patients coming from distant areas are likely to be more serious. In addition, with festival-related gatherings, there could be a sudden rise in cases.

Stricter measures to fight air pollution in Delhi, which is already reeling under 'poor' Air Quality Index (AQI), will come into force from October 15. As part of the Graded Response Action Plan, the measures will also be implemented in the adjoining areas including Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram.

The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has issued a letter to Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan on implementation of the action plan in an endeavour to keep air pollution at negligible levels.

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