After seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is all set to welcome devotees on Monday.

The temple management told ANI that visitors will be allowed only after making a booking online for a specific time slot.

Private sector lender RBL has completed its fund raising process, garnering Rs 1,566 crore through preferential allotment of shares. Baring Private Equity Asia, through its vehicle Maple II B.V., has invested Rs 999 crore and will hold 9.44 per cent in the lender.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has invested Rs 330 crore in the bank, while Gaja Capital, which has been an anchor investor in the lender since 2010, put in Rs 150 crore, and CDC Group, an RBL shareholder since March 2014, invested Rs 86 crore in the fund raising process.

Lambasting media over misinterpreting his recent remarks over the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 being his last, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he never such thing. Kumar also said that he will continue to work with the same dedication if he required to work in future.

Gold price today went up to Rs 53,620 from Rs 53,610 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 62,700 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

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

Telangana reported 997 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally to 2.56 lakh while three fatalities pushed the toll to 1,397, the state government said on Friday.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 169, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (85) and Rangareddy (66), it said in a bulletin, providing details as of 8 PM on November 12.

Shares of Info Edge (India) rose 5 per cent to its record high of Rs 3,851 on the BSE on Friday, gaining 9 per cent in three days after it announced the September quarter (Q2FY21) results on Tuesday. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 3,784, touched on October 14, 2020.
While announcing the September quarter results, the management said it is seeing gradual recovery of billings across all businesses. The quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) billings have grown by 32.3 per cent, it said.

The World Health Organisation announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with Prime Minister Narendra expressing confidence that just like the country has emerged as the 'pharmacy of the world', the WHO institution will become the centre for global wellness.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement in a video message at an event in which Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions in Jaipur and Jamnagar via video conferencing on the occasion of the 5th Ayurveda Day.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52.6 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,291,920, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Friday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 52,643,939 and 1,291,921, respectively, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Shares of smallcap companies were in focus at the bourses on Friday, with the S&P BSE Smallcap index rising nearly 1 per cent and hitting a 52-week high level.

At 10:38 am, the S&P BSE Smallcap index, the top gainer among broader indices, was up 0.58 per cent at 15,557 points, as compared to a marginal 0.08 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. The smallcap index hit a 52-week high of 15,567, surpassing its previous high of 15,461.62, touched on September 17, 2020.

Shares of Eicher Motors hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 2,465, up 5 per cent on the BSE in the early morning trade on Friday in an otherwise subdued market on strong management commentary. In the past week, the stock has rallied 15 per cent, against a 3 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

The management said production levels are at 70,000 units/month now, while bookings number were encouraging at 1.25 lakh units, including 8,000 units for newly-launched Meteor. The company has a robust order book and booking numbers are ahead of pre-covid levels, it said.

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