The Supreme Court on Saturday took a serious view of the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR and suggested that if needed the government can declare a two-day lockdown to bring down the levels, which has been caused by stubble burning, vehicles, firecrackers, industries, dust.

At the outset, a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, that the "situation is very bad... In the house we are wearing masks. It is a bad situation".

"Mujhe Khelna he. Team ke saath rehna he, (I want to play and be with the team)," this is what Pakistan opening wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan told the doctors when he was in the ICU because of chest infection for two days before his side's semi-final game against Australia in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.

For Saheer Sainalabdeen, the Indian doctor who was treating him, Rizwan's recovery was a miracle as he praised the wicket-keeper's spirit and courage to get back on the field with his teammates in the big game.

The Punjab government has decided to give Rs 2 lakh as compensation to 83 people who were arrested by the Delhi Police after a tractor march against the Centre's farm laws turned violent on the Republic Day this year.

The farmers had taken out a tractor march on January 26 in the national capital to highlight their two principal demands of a repeal of three new agri laws and a legal guarantee of minimum support prices.

The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold on Saturday increased by Rs 930 to Rs 49,270 from Friday's trading price. The price of silver increased by Rs 600 per kg from Friday's price to Rs 67,100.

In Delhi, the rate of 24-carat gold stands at Rs 52,420, while in Mumbai the yellow metal's price stands at Rs 49,270. The price of 10 gram of 22-carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai is at Rs 48,050 and Rs 48,270, respectively.

The air quality in the national capital plunged to the 'severe category' leaving Delhiites gasping for fresh air on Saturday morning.

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), informed that the air quality index in the city is at 499 thereby being in the 'severe category.'

Apple Inc. agreed to pay $29.9 million to employees at its stores who were forced to submit to security bag checks -- off the clock -- when they left work after or during their shifts.

Lawyers for the workers asked a federal judge on Friday to approve the settlement, which was reached after a protracted eight-year legal battle.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shares rose after the maker of cancer treatments, mouthwash and Tylenol said it will break itself up into two public companies, one focused on drugs and medical devices, and the other on consumer products.

The health-care giant will split off its consumer division in 18 to 24 months, the company said in a statement. The unit has been beset by lawsuits involving products such as baby-powder, which has been linked to ovarian cancers in some users. J&J shares gained 2.7 per cent in trading before US markets opened.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (AHEL) has posted a three-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 267 crore for the second quarter of the current financial year from Rs 59 crore during the July to September quarter of 2020-21.

The company’s revenue from operations saw a 35 per cent jump to Rs 3,717 crore during the quarter under review as compared to Rs 2,761 crore during Q2FY21.

Data analytics firm Latent View Analytics’ maiden offering, which ended on Friday, garnered 339 times (x) subscription, making it the most-subscribed initial public offering (IPO) ever. The total bids exceeded Rs 1.1 trillion—nearly six times more than what the country’s largest IPO, that of Paytm, received earlier this week.

The high networth individual (HNI) portion of the IPO garnered nearly 882x subscription with bids totalling Rs 78,498 crore. Retail portion was subscribed 124x and the institutional investor portion saw over 150x subscription. The price band for the IPO has been set at Rs 190-197 per share.

Providing a much needed relief to the commuters, the Railways has decided to discontinue special trains and revert to the pre-Covid regular services.

With the decision coming into effect, trains will run with their usual names, numbers and fares.

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