Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Girish Chandra Murmu has offered to resign from his post and sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind in this regard, All India Radio reported on late Wednesday night.

Although there have been reports of J&K Lt Guv G.C. Murmu's resignation, there is no confirmation yet on whether the President has accepted it.

Drawing a parallel between India's independence movement and Ram Temple movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that people's wait for centuries has ended as Lord Ram's birthplace has been liberated from numerous attempts to eradicate his existence.

With the construction of Ram Temple beginning, India is now writing a glorious chapter in Ayodhya, Modi said.

The much-awaited foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will take place amid much fanfare on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to perform a 'pooja' at the Hanuman Garhi temple and Shree Ramlala Virajman before performing the 'bhoomi poojan'.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted bail to LG Polymer's CEO Sunke Jeyong, director DS Kim, Operations Additional Director PP Mohan Rao and eight other accused in Vizag's LG polymer gas leakage incident.

Earlier last month, police had said that the judicial remand of 12 accused, including the CEO and two directors of the company, had been extended till August 5.

Telangana's COVID-19 tally breached the 70,000 mark on Wednesday, with 2,012 more people testing positive for the virus, said a health official.

The infection count in the state has touched 70,958, while 13 fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours pushing the overall toll to 576, the official added.

Amazon.com Inc. will kick off its first Prime Day since the coronavirus outbreak later this week in India, modifying almost everything about the retail bonanza to navigate the realities of a new era.

Prime Day will have the customary deep discounts, hundreds of exclusive products, new launches and cashback offers.

Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Wednesday said the phase I clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, has been completed and it will commence phase II clinical trials from August 6.

ZyCoV-D was found to be safe and well tolerated in the phase I clinical trial. The company will now commence phase II clinical trials from the 6th of August, 2020.

Continuing the upward trend, Gold prices on Tuesday breached the Rs 54,500-mark as Gold futures on MCX touched crossed a new high.

The yellow metal is currently being traded at Rs 54,560 per 10 gram for October Futures, 0.25 per cent more than the previous session.

Similarly, Silver neared the Rs 70,000 level with September Future being traded at Rs 69,999 per kg.

Pharma major Lupin Ltd on Wednesday announced the launch of Favipiravir in India under the brand name Covihalt for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.

Favipiravir has received authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use.

Politically volatile West Bengal is likely to witness a showdown on Wednesday, when VHP and other saffron outfits will perform religious rituals in temples and elsewhere to mark the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya amid complete lockdown to be enforced by the state administration.

The Trinamool Congress government on July 28 announced a series of dates in this month when total lockdown would be imposed across West Bengal to contain the spread of Covid-19. Some of the dates were changed later but August 5 and two others were not.

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