India logged 16,051 new coronavirus infections, taking the virus tally to 4,28,38,524, while the active cases dipped to 2,02,131, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 5,12,109 with 206 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

Andhra Pradesh IT and Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy passed away on Monday morning after suffering a heart attack.

Doctors at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad informed in an official statement today, State Minister Goutham Reddy suffered a heart attack this morning. He was immediately shifted to Apollo hospital. The doctors there declared him brought dead.

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will be reviewing the Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft at Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Monday.

As per an official statement from the Ministry of Defence, the President's Fleet Review, an awe-inspiring and much-awaited event, will be conducted at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

Cybercrimes in the country have increased four times or 306 per cent in the past four years. In 2016, 12,317 cases of cybercrime were registered and in 2020 this number increased to 50,035. This means that India registered 136 cybercrime cases every day in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

India's cybercrime rate, or the number of cybercrimes per one lakh of population, also shot up by 270 per cent in four years — in 2016, it was 1 and 2020 saw it climb up to 3.7.

Ten gram of 24-carat gold is selling at Rs 50,180 on Monday, down Rs 10 since the last trade as demand dips for the safe-haven bullion.

Gold of 22 carat is selling at Rs 45,990, down Rs 10 from Sunday according to the Goodreturns website. One kg of silver is selling at Rs 64,000, same as the last trade.

Digital networks integrator Sterlite Technologies expects about 20 per cent growth in business across key markets of the US, Europe and India in FY2023 amid global scale-up of networks and 5G build outs, its managing director Ankit Agarwal has said.

With a notable drop in COVID-19 cases and easing of curbs, the company is encouraging employees to 'return to office' and has seen positive responses across offices in both India and globally.

BSH Home Appliances, which manufactures and sells products under Bosch and Siemens brands, aspires to be a Rs 5,000 crore company in India by 2026 by increasing its market addressability with expansion of product line-up, a top company official said.

The company is growing at 25-30 per cent rate and would continue the momentum focusing on categories such as washing machines, refrigerators and built-in appliances, said MD and CEO Neeraj Bahl.

Realty firm Puravankara Ltd's sales bookings rose 17 per cent to Rs 666 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal year on the back of higher volumes as well as per square feet price realisation.

According to its investors presentation, Puravankara sold 0.99 million square feet area during October-December 2021-22 as against 0.91 million square feet area in the year-ago period.

Amazon’s rivalry in India with oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) looks set to head to the cricket field, where they will likely battle media heavyweights for telecast rights to India’s premier cricket league with its hundreds of millions of viewers.

Amazon.com Inc and RIL are expected to take on India units of Sony Group Corp and Walt Disney Co for exclusive five-year TV and digital broadcast rights to the two-month series of matches, at a cost that could run to a record Rs 50,000 crore ($6.7 billion), sources familiar with the companies’ plans said.

NxtGen Datacenter and Cloud Technologies is gearing up to invest Rs 1,300 crore to set up around 10 more data centers and 236 edge centers across the country.

The company, whose investors include Intel, IFC, and Iron Mountain, is in the process of raising $100 million by the first quarter of 2022-23. The Cloud storage and computing segment player operates four data centers in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahme­dabad, and Bengaluru and is planning to set up centres in Chennai, Hyder­abad, and Visakhapatnam.

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