Rains continue to lash Mumbai and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Maharashtra for Thursday. It has also issued a red alert for the entire North Konkan area, including Mumbai and Thane.

Heavy rainfall has triggered water logging in parts of Mumbai. In Pune, as many as 40 people were rescued in the flood-affected Nimgaon Ketki village in Pune district on Wednesday.

Shares of SBI Cards and Payments rose 4 per cent and hit a new high of Rs 892 on the BSE on Wednesday in an otherwise weak market after the company said it has kick-started festive season offers in line with the changing shopping trends and customers will be offered discounts as well as cashback across a host of brands.

The State Bank of India (SBI)-promoted company's stock traded at the highest level since its listing on March 16, 2020. It surpassed its previous high of Rs 867.50, hit on September 30, 2020.

A woman in Andhra Pradesh was set on fire by a man from Vijayawada for rejecting his advances.

The incident took place while the girl was going home after work on Monday night, the police said.

During his rally at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US President Donald Trump hit out at Joe Biden alleging that his Democratic Party opponent would, if elected lift tariffs imposed on China.

I took the toughest-ever action to confront China's rampant threat on American jobs -- we charged them so much that we gave that money to our farmers because our farmers were targetted. We got it (back) from China; USD 28 Billion, we have a lot leftover, Trump said at the rally at the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.

Andhra Pradesh has registered 4,622 new Covid cases, increasing the state's tally to 7.63 lakh, even as 5,715 more patients recovered from the virus to outnumber fresh infections.

West Godavari district reported the highest number of cases at 752, followed by Chittoor (705), East Godavari (691), Prakasam (442), Krishna (416), Guntur (391) and Kadapa (317), Nellore (228), Visakhapatnam (168), Anantapur (164), Vizianagaram (159), Srikakulam (101) and Kurnool (88).

Bangladesh is set to beat India in terms of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) this calendar year, thanks to a sharp contraction in the Indian economy due to Covid-19 and the economic lockdown.

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Economic Outlook (WEO), Bangladesh’s per capita GDP in dollar terms is expected to grow 4 per cent in 2020 to $1,888. India’s per capita GDP, on the other hand, is expected to decline 10.5 per cent to $1,877 – the lowest in the last four years.

Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 38 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The total caseload now stands at 38,033,287 while 1,084,888 people have succumbed to the virus globally, according to the University's global tracker.

Amid rising protest by farmers against the new farm laws, the central government has invited a conglomerate of 31 farmers’ bodies from Punjab for talks in the national capital today. The protesting farmers agreed to meet after Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal extended an invitation for talks to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC).

Earlier, on October 8 Sanjay Agarwal had written a letter to the agitating farmers requesting for a meeting which was rejected.

Heavy showers have battered Telanganam after which Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has directed all Collectors, Commissioners of Police and Superintendents of police and the entire administration to be on alert.

Kumar in a message to officials late on Tuesday night said that The Chief Minister called and enquired about the situation in the state. He ordered that the entire district administration be on high alert. Heavy rains have lashed the state. In Hyderabad, many areas have 20 cm rains in the last 24 hours. A number of untoward incidents have been reported.

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Hyderabad based Defence Public Sector Undertaking has paid final dividend of Rs 35.018 crore to the government of India.

A press statement from the Defence Wing of the Government of India, read, Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, BDL presented cheque for Rs 35.018 Crore, being the final dividend pertaining to Government of India shareholding in BDL, to Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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