US President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the mainstream media and big tech companies for blocking the alleged corruption cases against his opponent Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Nobody has ever seen anything like we're witnessing right now. I think it's a very sad time and it'll go down as a very sad era for the media and certainly for big tech (companies), Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for the day on a campaign trail.

With 36,469 new COVID-19 cases, India's total cases surged to 79,46,429, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

With 488 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,19,502, as per the Ministry. The total active coronavirus cases are 6,25,857 after a decrease of 27,860 in the last 24 hours. The total cured cases are 72,01,070 with 63,842 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday distributed Rs 1,115 crore to 50 lakh farmers under YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme, along with an additional Rs 136 crore for compensating crop loss due to heavy rain in the state.

Continuing the policy for the second consecutive year under the leadership of Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, around Rs 1,115 crore has been directly credited to around 50.47 lakh farmers, including Rs 11,500 each to the state's ROFR patta holders. A sum of Rs 4,000 has been credited to each beneficiary's account under the second instalment, said an official release of the state government.

Shares of Hero MotoCorp surged 4 per cent to Rs 3,025 on the BSE in the early morning trade on Wednesday after the company entered into an agreement with US-based Harley Davidson for sale and service of the latter's premium motorcycles in India.

Cognizant has announced Rajesh Nambiar has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of its India arm and a member of executive committee with effective November 9.

He joins Cognizant from Ciena, a networking and software company, where he currently serves as Chairman and President of Ciena, India.

Shares of Bharti Airtel moved up 10 per cent to Rs 476 on the BSE in early morning deals on Wednesday, after the company reported strong operating performance with beat on average revenue per user (ARPU), subscriber addition and margins for the July-September 2020 quarter (Q2FY21).

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian online grocery startup BigBasket is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake for about $1 billion to salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group , the Economic Times reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

The century-old group has been planning to launch a super app, one that will tie in all its consumer businesses, several media reports have said, as it competes against Amazon and Reliance Industries , who have made big bets on India's booming e-commerce market.

Just days before the US elections, the campaign website for President Donald Trump for compromised by hackers on Tuesday (local time).

This site was seized, said a message that popped up on donaldjtrump.com, which normally carries details of rallies and fundraising appeals.

The first phase of Assembly elections in Bihar is being held in 71 constituencies. The Opposition led by RJD is leaving no stone unturned to unseat Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is eyeing his fourth term. Elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly are being held in three phases.

The elections are the first in the situation created by COVID-19 that has posed new challenges for the participants in the electoral process particularly political parties who could hold a lesser number of rallies and public gatherings.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday lashed out at Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav over his jobs' promise and asked how many jobs he had created when his party had over 12 ministers in the administration.

I want to ask Tejashwi Yadav why after flaunting his father's political legacy does he not talk of his father's crimes. I'd like for him to show the number of people whom he's given employment to in 20 months when he had over 12 ministers in administration, Singh told reporters.

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