The price of ten gram of 24-carat gold increased by Rs 10 on Monday to Rs 52,810, while silver increased by Rs 4,400 per kg to Rs 74,700.

Ten grams of 22-carat gold is selling at Rs 48,410 on Monday.

In Delhi and Mumbai, the price of 10 grams of 24-carat gold stands at Rs 52,810. The price of 10 grams of 22-carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai is Rs 48,410.

Shares of HDFC Bank rose 3 per cent to Rs 1,436.70 on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted restrictions imposed on the private sector lender regarding its business generating activities planned under the Digital 2.0 programme.

In the past one week, HDFC Bank has outperformed the market by gaining 8 per cent, as compared to a 6 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. However, in the last six months and during a year, it has underperformed by falling 7 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively.

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday constituted a committee to review the party's dismal performance in the recently held assembly elections in Goa, where it drew a blank.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, in a statement, said that the party will convene a series of internal review meetings to introspect its role in Goa.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to impose a no-fly zone over his country or see its member states attacked by Russia.

In his virtual address on Monday, Zelenskyy said: I reiterate that if you do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory, on NATO territory, on the homes of NATO citizens.

Karnataka recorded zero Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, marking the first time since June 5, 2020 that the state has registered no fatalities, according to the Department of Health and Family Welfare.

The Department said that although the Covid case numbers decreased drastically, it took some time for the fatalities to reduce.

Mountainous regions are dotted with tough geographical terrain where quality railways are a blessing to remain connected to the mainland. In Kashmir, the rail route owes its complexity to the dangerous rugged geography of the Himalayas. But the engineering marvel of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) has stunned the nation with its extraordinary approach in building its main - T-49 tunnel in an impossible terrain.

The last few years witnessed slow progress in the project due to the pandemic but with its expert team today tunnel T-49 has surpassed the 11.2-km long Pir Panjal Tunnel on the Banihal-Qazigund section of the Kashmir Railways Project.

India saw a further dip in daily COVID-19 cases as 2,503 new infections were recorded, the lowest since May, 2020, while the active cases dipped to 36,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,93,494.

The death toll climbed to 5,15,877 with 27 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

Shares of sugar companies continued their upward movement rallying up to 18 per cent on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade due to heavy volumes on strong outlook.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said top officials of automobile companies have promised him that they will start manufacturing vehicles of flex-fuel variants within six months. Flex-fuel, or flexible fuel, is an alternative fuel with a combination of gasoline and methanol or ethanol.

The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a unit of the CIL, has crossed 157 million tonne (MT) in coal production in the financial year of 2021-22, to become the leading coal producing company in the country, a release said.

On March 12, 2022, the company produced 7.62 lakh tonne of dry fuel which is the highest in a day during the current financial year reaching 157.7 MT with a growth of around 16 per cent over the last financial year, the company release said.

Shares of Ruchi Soya Industries were locked at 20 per cent upper circuit at Rs 964.40 on the BSE on Monday after the edible oil firm announced that it will launch its follow-on public offer on March 24. The issue will close on March 28, 2022.

The company, which is owned by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved, proposed to raise up to Rs 4,300 crore. A follow-on offering is an issuance of additional shares made by a company after an initial public offering.

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