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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India needs to grow bigger than China in terms of shakti and vypati (power and scope), adding the world knows that country's expansionist designs.

Dussehra or Vijayadashami is an important Hindu festival signifying the victory of good over evil. The annual festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm across the world.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by officers and jawans, performed the "Shastra Puja" - the customary worship of weapons on Dussehra - at Sikkim's Sherathang, less than 2 km from the Line of Actual Control on the occasion of Dussehra today.

India has logged 78,64,811 coronavirus cases so far with 50,129 new infections. 578 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,18,534. 62,077 patients have recovered from the infection in the country in the last 24 hours.With 70,78,123 people in the country having recovered since the beginning of the pandemic, the overall recovery rate is 89.9 per cent. India is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States. The country reported its first case on January 30.

A decline in COVID-19 cases nationally and a slight revival of demand in some sections of the economy amid the festive season, appear to have stirred hopes among businesses of economic recovery.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has lost his cool more than once while campaigning for the state elections in the last few days, was targeted by his ex-deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav this morning in his latest tweet.

The national capital on Saturday recorded 4,116 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in 35 days, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 6,225, according to a Delhi government bulletin.

Campaign for Bihar assembly election is in full swing. Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey is campaigning in his parliamentary constituency Buxar.

A 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district was physically assaulted and thrown off the terrace of a house for objecting to harassment by three men, the police said. The girl and the accused are neighbours, and the incident took place when she was returning home on Friday, they said.

White House challenger Joe Biden has yet again slammed US President Donald Trump, just days before the United States elects its next leader, over his choice of words as he accused Mr Trump of a poor understanding of global issues.

With 50,129 new COVID-19 cases, India's total coronavirus cases surged to 78,64,811 on Sunday, as per the Union Health Ministry.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi get "along so well" and the two countries are partnering in defence, trade and other sectors, said Nikki Haley, American former envoy to United Nations, on Saturday.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that Congress governments in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will bring farm bills similar to that brought by Punjab.

Three men who allegedly duped people by creating fake profiles of Facebook users, including a top bureaucrat of the Uttar Pradesh government, have been apprehended, officials said on Saturday.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday claimed farmers will not face any problem while selling their crop in the state.