Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 38 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The total caseload now stands at 38,033,287 while 1,084,888 people have succumbed to the virus globally, according to the University's global tracker.

Amid rising protest by farmers against the new farm laws, the central government has invited a conglomerate of 31 farmers’ bodies from Punjab for talks in the national capital today. The protesting farmers agreed to meet after Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal extended an invitation for talks to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC).

Earlier, on October 8 Sanjay Agarwal had written a letter to the agitating farmers requesting for a meeting which was rejected.

Heavy showers have battered Telanganam after which Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has directed all Collectors, Commissioners of Police and Superintendents of police and the entire administration to be on alert.

Kumar in a message to officials late on Tuesday night said that The Chief Minister called and enquired about the situation in the state. He ordered that the entire district administration be on high alert. Heavy rains have lashed the state. In Hyderabad, many areas have 20 cm rains in the last 24 hours. A number of untoward incidents have been reported.

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Hyderabad based Defence Public Sector Undertaking has paid final dividend of Rs 35.018 crore to the government of India.

A press statement from the Defence Wing of the Government of India, read, Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, BDL presented cheque for Rs 35.018 Crore, being the final dividend pertaining to Government of India shareholding in BDL, to Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday.

After Zomato’s food delivery volumes touched pre-Covid-19 peaks, Swiggy said its overall business has recovered about 80-85 per cent of pre-Covid order values.

The recovery is taking place owing to multiple rounds of unlocks and restaurants opening up for business.

Wipro, India’s fourth-largest IT services company, on Tuesday approved a share buyback worth Rs 9,500 crore, having improved its performance in the second quarter of FY21 on several parameters, apart from giving a stronger outlook.

This is the second quarter in a row that the Bengaluru-based firm is going for a share buyback programme.

People in Delhi are gasping for a breath of fresh air as the air quality of the national capital has reached the 'very poor' category on Tuesday.

According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the air quality deteriorates in the national capital with the rising of pollutants in the atmosphere. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 332 in 'very poor' category at PM 10 was 320 and PM 2.5 at 389 at ITO.

Shares of cement companies continued their northward journey at the bourses, with most of the frontline stocks trading over 2 per cent higher on Tuesday on demand recovery hope.

UltraTech Cement, Ramco Cement, JK Cement, Ambuja Cement, India Cements, Orient Cement, Heidelbergcement India, ACC and Shree Cement from the S&P BSE500 index were up in the range of 2.2 per cent to 4 per cent on the BSE. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.34 per cent at 40,730 points, at 09:45 am.

Over 1.7 million persons have arrived in India since mid-May by air, land, and sea routes. While a majority of the arriving passengers were Indian citizens, these also include persons of Indian origin (holding foreign passports) and foreign nationals holding certain categories of visas.

Around 59 per cent of them came on chartered flights operated by Indian and foreign airlines and another 30 per cent were flown by Air India group.

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Alleging that hastily designed economic package and the much-hyped Rs 20 lakh crore Atmanirbhar Bharat plan announced by the Prime Minister in May were a dismal failure in protecting and reviving India's ravaged economy, Congress launched a scathing attack on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Congress spokesperson Professor Gourav Vallabh, and party leader Praveen Chakravarty, attacked the NDA government at a press conference held yesterday.

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