The US appears to be on track to see over 160 million votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, a turnout rate of about 67 per cent, which is higher than the country has witnessed in more than a century, as President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned through the final day to get more voters to the polling booths.

Gold price today jumped to Rs 52,780 from Rs 52,670 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 61,900 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

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

Telangana recorded 1,536fresh coronavirus cases taking the total infection count to2.42 lakh while three related deaths pushed the toll to 1,351.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 281, followed by Khammam 97 and Medchal Malkajgiri 96, a government bulletin said on Tuesday providing data as of 8 PM on November 2.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday asked voters, casting their vote in the second phase of State Assembly polls to be cautious, stating that one wrong vote of yours will again push Bihar towards jungle raj.

Every single vote given to NDA will take Bihar on the path of development. But one wrong vote of yours will again push Bihar towards Jungle Raj. Be both careful and cautious, again choose NDA in Bihar, Sushil Modi tweeted.

A record number of nearly 10 crore Americans have already exercised their franchise in the presidential election, with another six crore likely to vote on the real election day on Tuesday.

An estimated 16 crore people casting their votes in a presidential election is a record in itself in terms of turnout after 1900, according to Michael P McDonald, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, who leads the US Election Project that tracks early voting.

Shares of Ashok Leyland gained 4 per cent at Rs 85.35 on the BSE on Tuesday, gaining 8 per cent in the past two trading days after the company reported healthy growth in sales of trucks and low commercial vehicles (LCVs) in the month of October.

The stock of commercial vehicle maker was trading close to its 52-week high of Rs 87.50 touched on January 24, 2020. In past three months, it rallied 72 per cent, as compared to 8.6 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Shares of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) rose nearly 4 per cent at Rs 2,116 on the BSE on Tuesday, thus gaining 10 per cent in past two days after the company reported higher than estimated September quarter (Q2FY21) numbers, led by improvement in asset quality and steady assets under management (AUM) growth.

The stock of the housing finance company was trading at its highest level since March 13, 2020. In past one month, it outperformed the market by gaining 18 per cent, as compared to 3.7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Shares of Tata Motors gained over 3 per cent to Rs 137.35 apiece on the BSE on Tuesday, a day after the auto major reported 27 per cent growth in its total domestic sales to 49,669 units in October.

The company had sold 39,152 vehicles in October 2019. Passenger vehicle sales during the previous month surged 79 per cent to 23,617 cars as compared to 13,169 units in October 2019.

Two people have been killed after multiple gunmen opened fire across central Vienna on Monday, and at least one attacker remained on the run after what Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a repulsive terrorist attack.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer warned people to stay away from the centre of the city, adding that border checks were being reinforced and that children would not be required to attend school on Tuesday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul University on Monday that killed 22 people including students, the jihadist group's Amaq News Agency said.

Amaq said the gunmen targeted a gathering being held to mark the completion of a training course at the university.

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