After a dip in daily coronavirus caseload for some days, India is again witnessing a surge in fresh infections as 45,576 confirmed cases were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

The country's COVID-19 tally has risen to 89,58,484 including 83,83,602 recoveries and only 4,43,303 active cases. With 585 new deaths, the cumulative toll mounted to 1,31,578.

Security forces have gunned down four terrorists in an encounter near Ban toll plaza in Jammu's Nagrota district at the Jammu and Kashmir highway, early Thursday morning, sources quoted by Zee News said.

The terrorists were reportedly trapped and there was gun firing from both sides. It is also being said that the terrorists were on their way to Kashmir from Jammu in a bus.

Salman Khan's personal driver Ashok and two personal staff have been admitted to the Bombay Hospital after they tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Keeping this in mind, Salman too has isolated himself at home. According to our sources, He has decided to remain in isolation for the next 14 days along with his entire family to break the chain of contamination in case any of them had been affected by the virus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020 on Thursday. The event will deliberate on the key challenges emerging in the post-pandemic world with focus on the impact of prominent technologies and innovations in the domains of 'Information Technology and Electronics' and ‘Biotechnology’.

This year, the theme of the summit is Next is Now. The Prime Minister will attend the event at noon via video conferencing.

An experimental study has now concluded that the mouthwash exhibited virgin properties that could kill the deadly coronavirus. Researchers say that mouthwash can reduce the oral "viral load" of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 in people suffering from the disease. The initial result follows from a clinical trial whether the patient can reduce COVID-19 levels in saliva using over-the-counter mouthwash.

A WION report says, Cardiff University researchers found that mouthwash emanating from the mouth contained 0.07% Cetyl Pyridinium Chloride (CPC), which showed "promising signs" of reducing COVID-19.

As the wrath of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to grapple the national capital, it reported the highest single-day fatalities on Wednesday at 131, taking its overall death toll to 7,943, while 7,486 new cases out of the 60,229 samples tested in the last 24 hours mounted Delhi's Covid tally to 5,03,084.

The fatalities recorded are the highest in a day coming in parallel to the sharp spike in cases being reported after a months-long lull. Delhi has seen an alarming spike in cases in recent weeks, recording more new cases than any other state in the country.

In a bid to help marketers and creators further grow brand awareness on its platform, YouTube has introduced audio ads -- its first ad format designed to connect brands with audiences in engaged and ambient listening.

Audio ads, currently in beta, will help companies efficiently expand reach and grow brand awareness with audio-based creative and the same measurement, audience and brand safety features as video campaigns, the Google-owned platform said on Tuesday.

Two eminent India-Americans, including former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among the potential Cabinet picks in the next Biden-Harris Administration, according to media reports.

Murthy, who currently is the top Indian-American advisor to President-elect Joe Biden on COVID-19, is a potential pick for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services and Stanford University Professor Arun Majumdar for the post of Secretary of Energy, The Washington Post and Politico said in their reports on Tuesday that mentions a list of potential picks for various Cabinet-level positions in the Biden administration.

Shares of Adani Gas continued its northward movement on Wednesday as the stock hit a fresh record high of Rs 335, up 14 per cent on the BSE, thereby zooming 37 per cent in the past two trading days on the back of heavy volumes.

The trading volumes on the counter more-than-doubled with a combined 10 million equity shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE till 10:00 am. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading flat at 43,959 points.

Shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) hit the 20 per cent lower circuit at Rs 12.40 on the BSE in intraday trade on Wednesday, after the government put the private sector lender under moratorium for at least a month.

That apart, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday proposed to merge LVB with the India subsidiary of Singapore's DBS Bank.

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