Engineering and construction conglomerate, Larsen and Toubro has committed Rs 11 crore to support over 100 schools in Tamil Nadu under the government's 'Namma School' initiative, the company said on Tuesday.

The funds are aimed at benefitting government schools in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Coimbatore, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruvallur, Sivaganga, Tirunelveli, Chengalpet and Vellore.

Medical treatment has to be provided to all citizens by government hospitals in the national capital irrespective of the patient's place of residence, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday, observing hospitals cannot insist on "voter ID".

Justice Prathiba M Singh, while hearing a petition by a Bihar resident who alleged the city government-run Lok Nayak Hospital provided free MRI test facility only to the residents of Delhi.

Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) hit an over six-month high of Rs 754.40, as they gaining 3 per cent on the BSE in Tuesday's intra-day trade, in an otherwise weak market.

In the past two trading sessions, the stock of state-owned insurer has rallied 10 per cent. It traded at its highest level since June 7, 2022.

Hinduja Global Solutions, Hinduja Group's business process management entity, approved the buyback of 6 million shares worth Rs 1,020 crore in the board meeting held on Monday.

The shares, with a face value Rs 10 each, will be bought at "a buyback price not exceeding 1,700 (Rupees one thousand seven hundred only) per Maximum Buyback Price payable in cash

India’s biggest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., said government levies put vehicles beyond the reach of much of the population, adding to criticism of the country’s tax regime from Tesla Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp.

“Government policies are such that they treat cars as luxury products that need to be heavily taxed,” Maruti Chairman R.C. Bhargava said at an event in New Delhi Monday. “Car affordability is not at all related to income.”

India’s largest private bank HDFC Bank Ltd. is seeking to issue a million credit cards a month, a remarkable bounce-back for the lender after the country’s regulator banned it from taking on new card clients two years ago.

The bank wants to double the current pace of half a million new credit card issuances every month, according to Parag Rao, country head for payments business, consumer finance, digital banking and marketing.

Shares of sugar companies were on a roll as they rallied up to 20 per cent for a second straight trading day on Monday on the back of heavy volumes.

According to a PTI report, the government may consider increasing sugar export quota for the current 2022-23 marketing year after assessing the domestic production in January.

Lionel Messi's once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion.

Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years.

India logged 135 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased marginally to 3,559 from 3,552, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,76,087).

The death toll stands at 5,30,674 with two fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

In the next five years, the Centre will build a 1,748 km long "frontier highway" close to the India-Tibet-China-Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh. It will be as close as 20 km from the international border, a report by the Times of India (TOI) said.

The two-lane highway, NH-913, will aim to stop infiltration in the border areas and will be built by the transport ministry.

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