Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated himself at his residence on the advice of doctors, officials said on Tuesday.

Kumar had also contracted the virus in January this year and experienced mild symptoms, they said.

The Adani Group will invest $70 billion in green energy transition and infrastructure projects, said chairman Gautam on Tuesday as he called for "reshaping India’s energy footprint in an extraordinary way".

"The best evidence which showcased our confidence and belief in the future is our investment of $70 billion in facilitating India’s green transition. We are already one of the world's largest developers of solar power.

Even as the benchmarks traded in the negative territory, specialty chemicals major SRF gained over 4 per cent in trade and was the top gainer in the BSE 100 basket, on Monday. Today, the stock is relatively flat even as the markets are down marginally. The gains came on the back of a better than expected June quarter show led by the chemicals and packaging segments. While some brokerages have marginally cut their analyst estimates due to margin pressures in the packaging segment for FY23, the robust demand trends in the chemicals business and expansions are expected to be positive for the stock in the medium term.

HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) has assigned the three schemes managed by Prashant Jain to new fund managers as the fund house seeks to maintain its recent performance improvement and market share gains even after the exit of its storied fund manager.

Jain, who was chief investment officer (CIO) at HDFC AMC, stepped down on Friday after serving 19 years at the fund house. He handled three flagship schemes of HDFC AMC which had combined assets under management of nearly Rs 90,000 crore as of June 2022.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against noted Pune-based builder Avinash Bhosale and his companies in connection with the Yes Bank-DHFL scam, officials said on Monday.

The agency has also named Satyen Tandon as an accused in the charge sheet filed before a special CBI court in Mumbai, they said.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today a plea by Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala challenging the Election Law Amendment Act that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna is likely to take up the petition.

The Congress leader, in his plea, submitted that the linking of the cards “infringes upon the fundamental right of privacy of citizens and is unconstitutional and ultra vires the Constitution".

Gold and Silver prices in Monday's early trade remained unchanged as 10 gram of 24-carat of yellow metal is currently trading at Rs 51,160. Silver, on other the hand, was selling at Rs 55,100 per kg.

Meanwhile, 10 gram of 22-carat gold is trading at Rs 46,900 on Monday.

Gold slipped 0.14 per cent to $1,724.05 per ounce on Monday in global trades.

President-elect Droupadi Murmu, who hails from the tribal community, will take oath as the 15th President of India on Monday.

The ceremony of the assumption of office will take place in the Central Hall of Parliament.

Murmu will be escorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the Central Hall.

Social media platform Twitter on Sunday marked the tweets by Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta, as "presented out of context", who shared a clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind in the Central Hall of Parliament.

In the video shared by the two leaders, President Kovind is seen greeting the leaders, including PM Modi and Union minister Piyush Goyal sitting in the front row during the farewell function hosted by the MPs on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu on Sunday inoculated 18.08 people against COVID-19 in the 32nd mega vaccination exercise in the state, the health department said.

A total of 1,41,985 people received the first dose, 5,49,164 the second dose, while 11,17,451 people received the precautionary booster dose, an official release said.

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