The Spanish government declared a state of emergency for the Madrid region, as Europe’s leaders step up efforts to contain an unrelenting surge in coronavirus cases across the continent.

Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported Covid-19 cases for the first time, after countries, such as Spain, France, Russia, Romania, and the UK saw no respite in the mounting number of infections every day.

Pakistan on Friday imposed a ban on Chinese video-sharing Chinese app TikTok after it received a number of complaints from different segments of the society, as reported by Pakistani media Dawn. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued instructions to impose a ban. The regulatory body said that several complaints were made against immoral/indecent content that was shared on the app.

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan's mortal remains arrived at Patna airport in the early hours on Saturday. The last rites will be held today afternoon, (October 10).

From 8 am Saturday, the general public will be allowed to pay their last respects, and the cremation will take place with full state honours at 1.30 pm at the Janardan Ghat in Patna.

The planned October 15 US Presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was officially cancelled on Friday, a day after Trump rejected a decision by the nonpartisan commission organising it to change its format to a virtual event to guard against the spread of COVID-19.

The debate, originally scheduled as a town hall-style encounter in Miami, was intended to be the second of three presidential debates.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 36.4 million, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,060,860, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 36,435,290 and the fatalities increased to 1,060,869, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) surged 16 per cent to Rs 20.60 on the BSE on Friday after the private sector lender said that it had received an indicative non-binding offer from the Clix Group.

The offer suggests the private equity firm comprising Clix Capital Services Private Limited, Clix Finance India Private Limited and Clix Housing Finance Private Limited would be amalgamated with LVB.

Gold prices today fell to Rs 53,340 from Rs 53,860 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 61,000 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.

The death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Paswan -- one of the tallest political leaders to emerge from Bihar, has cast gloom in his native state. The LJP leader, 74, died at a Delhi hospital on Thursday.

Paswan's demise -- exactly 20 days before Bihar goes to polls, is also expected to impact the election prospects of the LJP, and the overall dynamics as well as outcome of the three-phased polls in the eastern state that kicks off on October 28.

Back in February it seemed as if we were about to have one of the most ideologically polarized elections in American history. President Trump was rushing ahead with his populist/ego-trip/authoritarian whatchamacallit. The Democrats were shifting left: Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Bernie Sanders-style reimagining of capitalism.

The great political/culture war was at hand!

Adani Enterprises on Thursday said it has raised Rs 125 crore through allotment of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis.

The company said it has allotted 1,250 NCDs.

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