India on Monday recorded 7,591 cases of Covid, the lowest in 76 days, taking the nation's tally of
coronavirus to 44,415,723. The death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic reached 527,799 after 45 new fatalities were reported, including 15 reconciled by Kerala. India's tally of cured Covid cases reached 43,802,993 after 9,206 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's
Reliance Industries (RIL) will hold its 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) via video conferencing today at 2 pm on Monday, August 29. The AGM will see some key announcements, including the group's 5G rollout timeline and the launch of its JioPhone 5G. The future roadmap of some key businesses, such as retail, telecom and new energy, is also expected at the AGM. At last year's AGM, Ambani had launched the JioPhone Next, its first smartphone. The company had also laid out is new-energy blueprint with a Rs 75,000-crore investment over three years.
At least four people were killed and two people were injured on Sunday morning (local time) after a man set fire to a building and then shot at people fleeing in Houston, according to city Police chief Troy Finner. Among the four killed was the suspect, said the police chief, CNN reported. The suspect was later killed by a Houston police officer.
The
Congress party on Sunday announced that the election for its president would be held on October 17, asserting that it is the only party in the country which follows such a democratic exercise. The result will be declared on October 19. If only one candidate is left in the fray after the withdrawal of nominations, the winner will be declared on October 8 itself, the party's Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said after a meeting of the
Congress Working Committee (CWC).