The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade. Later, the equity benchmark indices traded marginally higher during early hours on Wednesday with IT stocks gaining ground but public sector bank slipping due to profit-booking

The Sensex of the BSE opened at 38,892.64 points and touched a high point of 38,991.17. The Sensex touched a low of 38,880.32 points.

With over 78,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Wednesday crossed the 37 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 66,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 37,69,524 cases, which include 8,01,282 active cases; 29,01,909 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 66,333 deaths.

The Indian Army sources said on Wednesday that the brigade commander of the army will hold a meeting with his Chinese counterpart at 10 am in Chushul/Moldo on Wednesday to discuss issues related to the situation on the southern bank of Pangong lake.

According to highly placed Indian Army sources, there are two to three contentious areas to discuss in the south bank of Pangong Lake. India has raised objections about Chinese deployment in the areas like Helmet Top and Black Top. It is said that India is in a more advantageous position, which China is objecting to.

Australia has officially entered its first recession after nearly 30 years, with the June quarter GDP numbers showing the economy went backward by 7%, the worst fall on record, official figures revealed on Wednesday.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the latest figure follows a fall of 0.3% in the March quarter this year, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Indian Railways has decided to run 20 pairs of special trains from September 2 to 15 for the convenience of the candidates appearing for NEET, JEE, and NDA examinations in Bihar.

Sharing the information, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted, Indian Railways has decided to run 20 pairs of MEMU / DEMU special trains from September 2 to 15 for the convenience of candidates joining JEE Mains, NEET and NDA in Bihar.

It's being reported that CBI has not found any evidence suggesting that Sushant Singh Rajput was murdered. A team of the investigative agency is currently in Mumbai and the probe is underway. They have quizzed many associates of the late actor including Rhea Chakraborty, her family, roommate Siddharth Pithani, house staff Neeraj Singh, former manager Shruti Modi, Samuel Miranda among others. The reports also suggest that CBI will be investigating the angle of suicide and if abetment to suicide case can be made.

Bharti Infratel Ltd will go ahead with its long-delayed merger with Indus Towers, the telecom infrastructure firm said on Tuesday.

Infratel will be a majority shareholder in the merged entity with a likely stake of 68.6%, while London-listed Vodafone Group Plc will hold 28.2%, the company said in a regulatory filing.

The officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the district administration said all necessary preparations and precautions were in place to welcome visitors to the historical monuments in Agra, other than the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort.

The monuments that will be reopened after 163 days are Akbar's tomb Sikandra, Etmauddaula, Mehtaab Bagh, Fatehpur Sikri, the deserted capital of Mughal emperor Akbar, Mariam's tomb, Ram Bagh, Chini ka Roza.

Japan on Monday said it will extend emergency loan support of upto 50 billion yen towards India's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that includes implementation of health and medical policy.

Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs of Finance Ministry, CS Mohapatra and Japanese ambassador Suzuki Satoshi exchanged notes here on Monday, concerning the provision of the yen loan to New Delhi to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

It would be more practical for the Centre to take loans to pay off the GST compensation amount to states, said Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel demanding Rs 2,828 crores for Chhattisgarh for the same for 2020-21.

The Chief Minister wrote to Union Finance Minister over the issue and said that the Centre should take loans to pay off the states instead of advising states to take loan, he also added that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provides loans at varying rates to different states, which could lead to disparity, thereby urging the Centre to do the needful.

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