The ongoing search operation that began on Friday night after a four-story building caught fire in Delhi's Mundka is likely to be completed in the next 3 to 4 hours, said an official from the National Disaster Response Force on Saturday morning.

Several people are still reported to be missing.

Delhi reported 899 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 3.34 per cent.

According to the Delhi government health bulletin, 1,482 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking cumulative recoveries from the beginning of the pandemic to 18,68,543.

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

The HS200 is the human-rated version of the S200 rocket booster of satellite launch vehicle GSLV Mk III, popularly known as LVM3, the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency noted in a statement.

The price of 10 grams of 24 carat gold on Friday surged by Rs 490 to Rs 51,490, while the price of 1 kg of silver also rose by Rs 400 and the precious metal is selling at Rs 60,800.

The price of 10 grams of 22 carat gold also surged by Rs 450 on Friday and the precious metal is trading at Rs 47,200.

Union Bank of India on Friday reported over 8 per cent rise in standalone net profit at Rs 1,440 crore for the quarter ended March 2022.

The lender had logged a net profit of Rs 1,330 crore in the same quarter of previous fiscal year.

Total income rose to Rs 20,417.44 crore during January-March 2021-22 as against Rs 19,804.91 crore in the year-ago period, the bank said in a regulatory filing.

Private sector Bandhan Bank on Friday reported a multi-fold jump in its net profit at Rs 1,902.30 crore in the quarter ended March 2022.

The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 103 crore in the year-ago quarter.

Total income of the bank in Q4FY22 rose by 43 per cent to Rs 3,504.2 crore, as against Rs 2,457.4 crore in the same period of FY21, Bandhan Bank said in a regulatory filing.

Shares of Greaves Cotton soared 11 per cent to Rs 145.60 on the BSE in Friday’s trade after the company’s E-Mobility business turned profitable in March 2022 (Q4FY22).

At 01:52 pm, the stock traded 10 per cent higher at Rs 143.80 on the back of a two-fold jump in trading volume. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 1.3 per cent at 53,640. A combined 4.1 million equity shares changed hands on the BSE and NSE.

Logistics services provider Delhivery’s IPO has managed to garner full subscription despite challenging market conditions. The issue was subscribed 1.12 times as at 1:10pm, data provided by the BSE showed.

The institutional investor portion of the issue was subscribed nearly two times. Other other categories are not yet fully subscribed.

Shares of HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) hit fresh 52-week low of Rs 1,809.05, down 2 per cent on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade in an otherwise firm market. The decline comes after index provider MSCI excluded the stock in its global indices.

At 11:18 am; HDFC AMC traded 1 per cent lower at Rs 1,827, as compared to 1 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex at 53,485 points. In the past one month, the stock underperformed market by falling 18 per cent, against 8 per cent decline in the benchmark index.

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has set the initial public offering (IPO) issue price at Rs 949, which is at the top-end of the indicative range, said a report in the Economic Times.

The LIC IPO sold in the range of Rs 902-949 from May 4 to May 9. LIC is the biggest IPO in the history of Indian stock markets. Owing to the strong demand from the retail investors, policyholders, and employees of the company, the IPO was subscribed 2.85 times on the final day of bidding.

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