Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including China, on Sunday signed the world’s biggest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), sans India with hopes that it will help recover from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The RCEP was signed after eight years of negotiations at the conclusion of annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders and their regional partners, held virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amid the ongoing tensions with China, India is all set to showcase the massive firepower of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile by the month-end as the three defence forces would carry out multiple firings of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed missile system in the Indian Ocean Region in the last week of this month.

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is the world`s fastest operational system in its class and recently DRDO has extended the range of the missile system from the existing 298 km to around 450 km.

Gold price today went up to Rs 50,960 from Rs 50,950 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 63,600 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 changes.

President Donald Trump on Sunday briefly acknowledged losing the US election in a morning Twitter post but then backtracked, saying he concedes nothing and vowing to keep up a court fight that election-law experts say is unlikely to succeed.

President-elect Joe Biden focused on the coronavirus pandemic, setting meetings with vaccine developers as the crisis intensifies. The number of US coronavirus cases passed 11 million on Sunday, a million more new cases than a week ago and the fastest increase since the pandemic began.

Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term on Monday afternoon after closely-fought legislative assembly elections in the state.

Nitish Kumar, after meeting Governor Phagu Chauhan to stake claim to form NDA government in Bihar, had on Sunday announced that the oath-taking, as well as the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet, will be held at around 4.30 pm on Monday.

After seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is all set to welcome devotees on Monday.

The temple management told ANI that visitors will be allowed only after making a booking online for a specific time slot.

Private sector lender RBL has completed its fund raising process, garnering Rs 1,566 crore through preferential allotment of shares. Baring Private Equity Asia, through its vehicle Maple II B.V., has invested Rs 999 crore and will hold 9.44 per cent in the lender.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has invested Rs 330 crore in the bank, while Gaja Capital, which has been an anchor investor in the lender since 2010, put in Rs 150 crore, and CDC Group, an RBL shareholder since March 2014, invested Rs 86 crore in the fund raising process.

Lambasting media over misinterpreting his recent remarks over the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 being his last, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he never such thing. Kumar also said that he will continue to work with the same dedication if he required to work in future.

Gold price today went up to Rs 53,620 from Rs 53,610 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 62,700 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 changes.

Telangana reported 997 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally to 2.56 lakh while three fatalities pushed the toll to 1,397, the state government said on Friday.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 169, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (85) and Rangareddy (66), it said in a bulletin, providing details as of 8 PM on November 12.

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