Bank Holiday February 2021: The month of January is about to end. If you have postponed any work related to the bank for the next month i.e. February, then take a look at the calendar once because maybe on the day you are thinking of going to the bank, it will be closed. Therefore, it would be better to know in advance on which day the bank will be closed in February so that you can reschedule your work related to the bank if needed.

Gold price on Thursday fell to Rs 49,000 per 10 gm after remaining unchanged at Rs 49,330 for two straight days. Silver price also fell by Rs 300 to trend at Rs 66,200 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday will visit two hospitals to enquire about the health of policemen injured in the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day, officials said.

Nearly 400 policemen were injured during the tractor parade of the farmers who have been protesting against three central farm laws at Delhi's borders since November.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases crossed 1.07 crore with11,666 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day,while the national recovery rate climbed to 96.94 per cent,accordingto the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The total infections have mounted to 1,07,01,193. The death toll increased to 1,53,847 with 123 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Food delivery giant Swiggy (Bundl Technologies Private Limited) has reported its revenues for financial year 2019-20 at Rs 2,776 crore, a 115 per cent jump since the last financial year. The company further reported a net loss of Rs 3,768 crore during the same fiscal. This is 61 per cent increase from the last financial year, showed regulatory documents sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler. The Bengaluru-based company’s total expenses for the fiscal were reported at Rs 6,545 crore.

New US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and the Indian defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke on Wednesday, in what is the first official and public contact between the Indian govt and the new Biden administration.

The talks that started around 7.30 pm IST on Wednesday, lasted for around 20 minutes. During the call, which was made from the US side, there was a reaffirmation of the Indo Pacific vision, backed by both Washington and Delhi.

The third batch of three Rafale fighter jets landed at an IAF base in India from France after a non-stop flight. The IAF tweeted, The third batch of three Rafale aircraft landed at an IAF base a short while ago. They flew over 7000Km with in-flight refuelling. The aircraft got airborne earlier in the day from #IstresAirBase in France. IAF deeply appreciates the tanker support provided by UAE Air Force.

Farmer unions protesting against the new farm laws have all distanced themselves from those who went inside the Red Fort and hoisted the Khalsa flag. They claimed that none of the unions had any plan to 'invade' the Capital on Republic Day. Farmer unions on Wednesday also called off their proposed march to the Parliament on February 1, in view of Republic Day violence.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava on Wednesday said that the farmer leaders were also involved in the violence.

Emerging as a reliable partner in COVID-19 assistance in Asia by sending coronavirus vaccines to multiple countries, India on Thursday dispatched the vaccines to Bahrain and Sri Lanka. In the past, India has sent the vaccines to several countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

Under the government's Vaccine Maitri initiative, Sri Lanka will be provided with a consignment of 50,400 doses of vaccines while Bahrain will receive 10,800 doses.

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, the largest port operator in the country, is in the international debt market with a benchmark issue to raise at least USD 500 million.

This is the third large bond sale by domestic issuers after Exim Bank's USD 1 billion issue at record low prices in the first week of the moth followed by SBI in the second week with a USD 6 billion sale.

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