Payments solution provider Razorpay on Monday said it has raised USD 100 million (about Rs 731 crore) in a funding round co-led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Sequoia Capital India.

The round, which valued the company at over USD 1 billion also saw participation from Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, Y Combinator and Matrix Partners, a statement said.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 37.4 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,075,700, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 37,395,029 and the fatalities increased to 1,075,750, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Gold prices today fell to Rs 53,970 from Rs 53,960 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 62,910 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.

In a shocking incident in Bihar, a woman was allegedly gang-raped and thrown into the river along with her five-year-old son in the Ojha Baraon village of Buxar. The child drowned in the river.

The woman's medical examination was conducted and an FIR was registered. One person has been arrested in connection with the case.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) said that he has defeated the China virus, and claimed that he was now 'immune' to the virus.

The president is in very good shape to fight the battles. I beat this crazy horrible China virus... I passed the highest test, the highest standards, and I'm in great shape. And I have to tell you I feel fantastically. I really feel good, said Trump, as quoted by Fox News.

All owners of battery-powered vehicles in Delhi will no longer have to pay road tax under the new electric vehicle policy. The announcement was made by Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot on Sunday.

The Transport Department issued a notification on Saturday, saying that the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has exempted the tax on all battery-powered electric vehicles with immediate effect.

Family members of the 19-year-old woman, who died after the alleged assault and gang-rape last month, left for Lucknow on Monday amid tight security to appear before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, which has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident.

I am going with them. Proper security arrangements have been made. District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP) is also accompanying us, Anjali Ganwar, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) told mediapersons.

The seven Indian nationals, who were kidnapped in Libya, have been released, the Indian ambassador to Tunisia said on Sunday.

The men hailing from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, were kidnapped from Asshwerif in Libya on September 14.

Indian envoy to Tunisia, Puneet Roy Kundal, confirmed the news of their release to ANI.

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case related to Chaibasa treasury, observing that he has served half of the five-year sentence awarded to him.

The case pertains to fraudulent withdrawal amounting to Rs 33.67 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in undivided Bihar, when Prasad was the chief minister.

Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence and spreading thoughtless commentary in the days leading up to and following the Nov. 3 U.S. election.

The social platform will remove tweets that encourage violence or call for people to interfere with election results. Tweets that falsely claim a candidate has won will be labeled to direct users to the official U.S. election results page on Twitter.

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