The key Indian equity indices hit fresh record highs on Tuesday morning in line with global market after US pharma major Moderna announced that its COVID-19 vaccine has recorded 94.5 per cent effectiveness.

Sensex crossed the 44,000-mark and touched a record high of 44,161.16 points.

Patna: On Monday, Nitish Kumar took the oath of Bihar's Chief Minister for the seventh time. After the formation of the new government, Nitish will hold the first cabinet meeting on Tuesday at 11.30 am. It is being said that the portfolios of ministers can be divided during the meeting. Apart from this, several other issues are likely to be discussed, including coronavirus.

In a major success, the Delhi Police has foiled a huge conspiracy to spread terror in the national capital. The Special Cell of Delhi Police has nabbed two terrorists from the Sarai Kale Khan area. It is being said that both the terrorists are related to Jaish-e-Mohammed and both had conspired to carry out a bomb blast in Delhi.

The police recovered 2 semi-automatic pistols and 10 live cartridges from their possession.

President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday more people may die if outgoing President Donald Trump continues blocking a US transition of power as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, and he urged Congress to pass new relief legislation.

Biden said business and labor leaders had signaled willingness to work together to bolster the pandemic-battered US economy but stressed COVID-19 first must be brought under control.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually attend the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia on November 17. This year’s theme is ‘Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth. The summit is being held in the backdrop of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

US President Donald Trump has promised more lawsuits in the near future that will prove the unconstitutionality of the November presidential election.

Many of the court cases being filed all over the country are not ours, but rather those of people that have seen horrible abuses. Our big cases showing the unconstitutionality of the 2020 Election, and the outrage of things that were done to change the outcome, will soon be filed! Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US topped 11 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

US Covid-19 case count rose to 11,000,984, with a total of 2,46,006 deaths, as of 4:27 p.m. local time (2127 GMT), according to the CSSE tally.

Blaming Congress for Mahagathbandhan's poor performance in the recently concluded Bihar elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Shivanand Tiwari on Sunday said that while elections were in full swing, Rahul Gandhi was on a picnic at Priyanka Gandhi's place in Shimla.

Traders recorded sales of around Rs 72,000 crore this Diwali across major markets in the country, said the Conferderation of All India Traders (CAIT).

According to the traders' body, the business was carried on during this year's Diwali with no Chinese goods on sale amid CAIT's call to boycott Chinese goods.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including China, on Sunday signed the world’s biggest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), sans India with hopes that it will help recover from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The RCEP was signed after eight years of negotiations at the conclusion of annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders and their regional partners, held virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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