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Top news of the day: Legal challenges loom as U.S. Presidential race is locked in a dead heat; Arnab Goswami arrested in abetment to suicide case, and more

In this combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Centre in Wilmington, Delaware, and U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., early on November 4, 2020.   | Photo Credit: AFP

U.S. Presidential Election 2020 | Tight races in battleground States

A late burst of votes in Wisconsin gave Joe Biden a small lead in the State, but it was still too early to call the race. Hundreds of thousands of votes were also outstanding in Michigan and Pennsylvania. | Results

U.S. Presidential Election 2020 | What might happen if U.S. election result is disputed?

Despite incomplete results from several battleground States, President Donald Trump proclaimed victory. The premature move confirmed worries Democrats had voiced for weeks that Mr. Trump would seek to dispute the election results. That could set off any number of legal and political dramas in which the Presidency could be determined by some combination of the courts, State politicians and Congress.

Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami, two others arrested in abetment to suicide case

Anvay Naik had named Goswami in his suicide note in 2018.

Arnab Goswami refused to pay ₹83 lakh, says Anvay Naik’s family

The suicide note mentioned that along with Mr Goswami, Feroz Shaikh of IcastX/Skimedia owed Naik ₹4 crore for his project at Andheri and Neetish Sarda of Smartworks is alleged to have not paid ₹55 lakh for his projects at Magarpatta and Baner.

Proposals in works to hike retirement age in armed forces, cut down pension

The Department of Military Affairs proposes increasing the age of retirement of Colonels from 54 to 57, for Brigadiers from 56 to 58 and for Major Generals from 58 to 59. The same is applicable to equivalent ranks in other Services.

Courts to try criminal politicians: it’s in public interest, says Supreme Court

Over 4,400 criminal trials are pending against legislators. Of this over 2,500 trials involve sitting legislators.

As many as 53,357 patients have recovered and discharged in a span of 24 hours till 8 a.m. on November 4, whereas 46,253 new infections were reported during the same period, according to Union Health Ministry data.

Punjab CM stages dharna in Delhi, alleges step-motherly treatment by Centre

Led by Amarinder Singh, all Congress MLAs and MPs from Punjab staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Alexa, book my Hindustan Petroleum LPG cylinder

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Amazon.in on Wednesday entered into a partnership to provide customers the option to book and pay for their HP GAS cylinder refill.

Pokémon GO earns $1 billion revenue in 2020 alone

The game title was released in 2016 and quickly garnered global attention and more than $832 million in player spending in 202.

WhatsApp’s new disappearing messages feature

The disappearing messages feature can be enabled by users in individual chats, while only group admins can turn it on or off on groups. If a user doesn’t open WhatsApp in the seven-day period, the message will disappear.

Maradona in recovery after successful brain surgery

Maradona was admitted to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata, Argentina, on November 2 for anemia and dehydration, before being transferred to Olivos Clinic in Buenos Aires Province.

Kohli, Rohit continue to dominate ICC ODI rankings for batsmen

Jasprit Bumrah remained static at the second spot in the bowler’s list.

They stand on the opposite ends of IPL’s success spectrum but there is little to separate between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals in the tournament’s 13th edition as they head into a blockbuster first qualifier in Dubai on October 4.

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