Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, L Murugan has said that Kisan Credit Card Scheme will be extended to fishermen to provide them loans at low interest rates.

Addressing 'Fishermen Convention' organised by Kerala Pradesh Fishermen Group (BMS) at Munambam in Kochi on Monday, the minister said that the commitment of the Central government towards the fishermen was evident in the fact that it has created a separate department for Fisheries and set apart Rs 20,000 crore for the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Campaign.

Paytm’s catastrophic stock market debut could impact other initial public offerings (IPOs) including that of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Ashneer Grover, founder and chief executive officer of BharatPe, said on Monday.

He said the debacle was a collective failure of the management and investment bankers.

Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) on Tuesday launched a physical prepaid card that is directly linked to a user’s Paytm wallet. Users can just top up the wallet to use the card and do not need to create a separate account. The card also enables the withdrawal of money from ATMs.

Satish Gupta, managing director and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank, said, The launch of the Paytm Transit card will enable millions of Indians with the power of one single card that takes care of all transportation as well as banking needs.

Redmi India, a sub-brand of Xiaomi India, on Monday said it has joined hands with Reliance Jio to conduct 5G trials for its upcoming Redmi Note 11T 5G smartphone.

To verify the capability and performance of their upcoming device, the two companies conducted a 5G standalone lab trial, and tested the device through various scenarios, thereby ensuring enhanced 5G end-user experiences, according to a statement.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers unions, will hold a mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday on the issues pertaining to the law on MSP guarantee, Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the non-payment of the dues to the sugarcane farmers.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Tikait claimed that the crops are not procured by the government as per the Minimum Support Price (MSP).

India recorded 8,488 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 538 days, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,18,901, while the active cases declined to 1,18,443, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 4,65,911 with 249 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

Shares of Reliance Industries were down 4 per cent at Rs 2,368.20 on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade after the company called-off the deal with global oil giant Saudi Aramco for a 20 per cent stake acquisition by the Saudi firm in the oil to chemicals (O2C) business of the former company. RIL made announcements on Friday after the market hours.

With today’s intra-day fall, the stock of RIL has declined 14 per cent from its record high level of Rs 2,750 touched on October 19, 2021.

Shares of Bharti Airtel hit a new high of Rs 756, up 6 per cent on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade, after the telecom services provider increased its tariffs for telecom subscribers for a range of services effective November 26. The decision, the company said, was for a "financially healthy business model". The company hiked prepaid tariff by 20-25 per cent and data top-up plans by 20-21 per cent.

The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 746 hit on November 15, 2021.

The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold on Monday increased by Rs 10 from Sunday's trading price to Rs 49,280. The price of 10 gram of 22-carat gold on Monday is Rs 48,280. The price of silver remain unchanged and was trading at Rs 65,00 for 1 kg.

In Delhi, the rate of 10 gram of 24-carat gold stands at Rs 52,240 meanwhile in Mumbai the yellow metal's price stands at Rs 49,280. The price of 10 gram of 22-carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai is at Rs 47,890 and Rs 48,280 respectively.

Delhi's air was severely polluted on Monday" a day after the state government extended the ban on entry of trucks carrying non-essential items into the national capital and work from home for its staff till November 26.

The national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) was 352 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to the state-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). Readings below 50 are considered safe, while anything above 300 is considered hazardous or 'severe'.

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