Heavy rains and thunderstorms have been lashing Chennai for the last couple of days, and the city has come to a standstill due to the waterlogged streets and flooded localities. Authorities have issued warnings to the locals and people are currently being evacuated from their homes in Chennai.

Parts of Tamil Nadu received extremely heavy rainfall over the weekend, which is bound to continue for a few days.

Local language social pla­t­­form ShareChat is be­t­ting big on cricket as a sub-category, beginn­ing with the IPL and the Int­e­r­national Cricket Coun­cil Twenty20 World Cup season.

This will be aided by audio chatroom sessions with well-known players like Virender Sehwag, Ravichandran Ash­win, Gautam Gambhir, Shik­har Dhawan, Ajit Agarkar and Akash Chopra.

The Future group on Monday moved Supreme Court to appeal against a Delhi High Court, which had endorsed a Singapore arbitration panel’s decision to freeze the ~24,700 crore transaction with Reliance Retail.

American retail giant Amazon, which owns 9.9 per cent stake in Future Courpons Pvt Ltd a promoter entity of Future Retail, had sought to block the Reliance Retail and Future deal saying the deal violates Amazon and Future's no compete deal.

Shares of Barbeque Nation Hospitality surged 9 per cent to Rs 1,782.55 on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Monday, and has gained a solid 46 per cent in just six trading days, after the firm reported strong September quarter earnings.

The stock was trading at its highest level since its market debut on April 7, 2021. With the past six days' rally, the stock has zoomed 257 per cent from its issue price of Rs 500 per share. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.16 per cent at 59,970 points at 10:43 am in trade today.

Shares of UltraTech Cement hit a record high of Rs 8,219.95, up 4 per cent on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade on strong demand outlook in an otherwise subdued market. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.41 per cent at 59,856 points at 10:11 am.

The stock of Aditya Birla Group Company surpassed its previous high of Rs 8,070.60 touched on September 4, 2021. In past two weeks, the stock has rallied 15 per cent from a level of Rs 7,147 on October 25.

The air quality in various parts of the national capital continues to remain in the 'severe category', informed the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Monday.

As per SAFAR's analysis, an overall air quality index (AQI) of 432 was reported in the national capital today morning.

In the last 24 hours, India registered 11,451 new Covid-19 cases and 266 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 4,61,057.

The recovery of 13,204 patients in the same time period has increased the cumulative tally to 3,37,63,104. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.24 per cent, the highest since March 2020.

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 250 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.04 million and vaccinations soared to over 7.24 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number number of vaccine doses administered stood at 250,610,452, 5,048,865 and 7,246,604,164, respectively.

Shares of Divi's Laboratories slipped 9 per cent to Rs 4,751 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade as the company's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (ebitda) margin contracted by 180 basis points year-on-year (YoY) to 41.5 per cent in September quarter (Q2FY22) due to higher other expenses/employee costs.

The stock of the pharmaceutical company had hit a 52-week high of Rs 5,425 on October 18, 2021. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.11 per cent at 60,002 points at 09:39 am.

The price of gold on Monday remained unchanged with 10 grams of the yellow metal selling at Rs 47,220 (24-carat). The price of 10 grams of 22-carat gold is Rs 46,220. The price of silver on Monday was also unchanged and 1 kg of the precious metal was selling at Rs 64,400.

In Delhi, the rate of 24-carat gold stands at Rs 51,560, while in Mumbai the yellow metal is trading at Rs 47,220. The price of 10 grams of 22-carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai today is Rs 47,260 and Rs 46,220, respectively.

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