In a major victory for Congress, the Congress party on Monday made a clean sweep in seven municipal corporations in Punjab's local body elections. The party managed to win all the corporations where the results were declated.

Results were declared in Moga, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Pathankot, Batala, and Bathinda. Notably, Bathinda's result was the most important for the party as it was after 53 years that the party managed to win the city.

The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 109.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.41 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 109,491,385 and 2,418,543, respectively.

Gold price on Wednesday inched up to Rs 47,230 from Rs 47,000, while silver price rose by Rs 400 to trend at Rs 70,200 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to differing excise duty, state taxes, and making changes in different states.

Twitter on Wednesday announced it is testing voice messages in direct messages (DMs) up to 140-seconds long in India.

The experiment will be rolled out in phases to the audiences, making India one of three countries to have access to the feature, alongside Brazil and Japan.

Amid rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (February 17) claimed that the Indian government is being grossly negligent and over confident about COVID-19 pandemic. The Wayanad MP warned that the pandemic is not over yet and the Centre must not take it lightly.

"GOI is being grossly negligent and over confident about Covid-19. It’s not over yet," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

In a recent COVID-19 shocker, 103 residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru were tested positive for coronavirus after which the area was declared a containment zone. District officials say the community spread of the virus happened just days after two marriage anniversary parties were organised in the residential society.

The BBMP has also sent samples to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) to find the variant of the virus.

Petrol prices breached the Rs 89-a-litre mark to touch an all-time high of Rs 89.29 in the national capital.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 30 paise and 35 paise per litre each on Tuesday, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies. The diesel prices stood at Rs 79.70.

At least 37 people, including 16 women, died after the bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, a senior official said, adding that search operations are still going on.

After fishing out 18 bodies initially, rescuers have retrieved 19 more bodies until now, said Rewa Divisional Commissioner Rajesh Jain.

Tamil Nadu today announced its new Industrial Policy 2021 with an aim to garner investments worth about Rs 10 trillion by 2025.

The state's Chief Secretary, Rajeev Ranjan, said the objective of the policy is to attract investments worth Rs trillion and create employment opportunities for two million by 2025.

Tata Electronics has signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a facility for manufacturing mobile components.

Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said that Tata Electronics' Rs 4684 crore project in Krishnagiri for manufacturing mechanical enclosures for mobile phones, can create jobs for 18,250 people.

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