Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Saturday raised the retail price of petrol and diesel for the second consecutive day after a break of almost two months.

The price of petrol has increased by 15 paisa per litre in the national capital to Rs 81.38 from Rs 81.23 a litre on Friday. Similarly, retail price of diesel has been increased by 20 paisa per litre to Rs 70.88 per litre in Delhi.

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 90.50 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to over 84.78 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.67 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,50,597 with 46,232 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,32,726 with 564 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

YouTuber Rashid Siddiquee has opposed the defamation notice issued against him by actor Akshay Kumar in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput death case and refused to pay Rs 500 crore damages sought by the star, saying there was nothing defamatory in his videos.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised on affordability and accessibility of vaccines to cure Covid-19 as a crucial step to end the crisis.

At a meeting of the finance ministers of G-20, she said further efforts should be made by members of the grouping to end the Covid-19 crisis.

Mohammed Siraj, who is in the Indian cricket team for the Test series against Australia, suffered a tragedy on Friday after his father, Mohammed Ghouse, died due to a lung ailment. Mohammed Siraj’s father was 53. Mohammed Siraj only came to know the news of his father’s death when he had finished the practice session at Sydney’s Blacktown Oval. However, what is even sadder is that Mohammed Siraj will not be able to make it to India for the last rites as he is in Australia and the coronavirus restrictions are in place. The Indian squad, currently in the middle of a 14-day quarantine period, has been training in isolation on the outskirts of the city of Sydney after arriving to the country on November 13.

In a bid to bring under control the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, a curfew has been imposed in Ahmedabad from 9 pm on November 20 to 6 am on November 23, after which a night curfew will remain in force.

"Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation declared night curfew from 9 pm to 6 am every day from November 21 in order to control the spread of Covid-19," an order said on Thursday.

A suspect was at large after multiple people were wounded in an 'active shooter incident' at a suburban shopping mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday (November 20).

The shooting took place outside a Macy's department store at the Mayfield Mall in Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb of 47,000 people, according to local authorities.

While hearing a petition on Thursday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal.

This comes after a 21-year-old man moved the high court against state of Punjab seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 366A (procuration of minor girl) of the IPC at police station Khanna City-2 in Ludhiana district on August 18.

National Capital Delhi is witnessing a fresh wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Delhi recorded the second highest death toll in the past 24 hours on Saturday.

The national capital recorded 6,608 fresh COVID-19 cases in a single day, taking the infection tally to over 5.17 lakh.

According to authorities, 118 people have succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the death count due to coronavirus to 8,159.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday appointed an Indian-American, Mala Adiga, as the policy director of his wife Jill Biden, who will be the first lady.

Adiga has served as a senior advisor to Jill and a senior policy advisor on the Biden-Kamala Harris campaign. Previously, Adiga was director for Higher Education and Military Families at the Biden Foundation.

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