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UAE: Delhi Capitals win toss, elect to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier-2 match of IPL 2020, being played at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi tonight.

Jammu and Kashmir COVID-19 update: 555 new cases reported - 213 from Jammu and 342 from Kashmir. Total cases - 98,892 Active patients - 5,678 Recoveries - 91,681 Total deaths - 1,533

4 years since demonetization, farmers, labourers & traders have been destroyed. The rural economy has been shattered completely due to demonetization. RBI itself has said that 99.3% of money has been deposited back with them: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on 4 years of demonetization

Three Indian Army soldiers and a Border Security Force trooper were killed while neutralising three terrorists during a major gun battle near the LoC in Kupwara district as they foiled an infiltration bid from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir.

The infiltration was attempted in the Machil sector on Saturday night. The operation is ongoing, army said.

Army in a statement on Sunday said that during Saturday night a BSF patrol noticed suspicious movement near the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System (AIOS) of the LoC Fence, about 3.5 km from the LoC in the general area of Machil sector.

We are considering to reopen schools after Diwali while taking all precautionary measures. Religious places will also be allowed to open: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

At minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far on Sunday.

An official of the local MET office said the minimum temperature was was due to clear sky. "At minus 2.8 Pahalgam was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Due to clear night sky expected till November 14, we expect the minimum temperatures to drop further in the coming days," the official said.

Amid a recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases across Pakistan, the country for the first time since July has reported more than 1,500 single-day confirmed infections, according to health authorities.

In it latest update, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said that 1,543 people tested positive for the virus on Saturday, while the number of active cases, which was less than 6,000 last month, has reached 17,520, reports Dawn news.

The new daily spike has increased the overall caseload to 342,373. The death toll currently stood at 6,955.

Delhi has hit peak of third wave of COVID-19. Cases will come down soon: Health Minister Jain

With 45,674 new COVID-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 85,07,754. With 559 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,26,121 Total active cases are 5,12,665 after a decrease of 3,967 in last 24 hrs. Total cured cases are 78,68,968 with 49,082 new discharges in the last 24 hrs

Jharkhand reports 340 new COVID-19 cases, two more fatalities. Infection tally mounts to 1,04,239, death toll 897. The state now has 4,566 active cases of the disease.

Both sides agreed to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries (India and China), ensure their frontline troops to exercise restraint and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation: Government of India

India & China agreed to maintain dialogue & communication through military & diplomatic channels, and, taking forward the discussions at this meeting, push for the settlement of other outstanding issues, so as to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas: GoI

Supporters of US President Donald Trump took to the streets across the country to protest against the results of the 2020 presidential election after Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris were declared the winners.

After four full days of waiting patiently for the slow march of vote counting to work itself out, Biden, 77, pulled off one of the great political turn-arounds in America by defeating Trump.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 49.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,249,010, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Sunday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 49,750,431 and 1,249,018, respectively, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 9,849,696 and 237,017, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old Dalit girl was set ablaze in a village in Ballia district by a youth for spurning his sexual advances.

The police said that the accused, Krishna Gupta, 21, has been arrested.

The victim was admitted to a hospital in Ballia but as her condition worsened, she was shifted to Varanasi for advanced treatment.

The incident took place late on Friday night.

Will be President who seeks not to divide, but to unite, says Joe Biden in 1st address to US, reports NDTV