Shares of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) continued their northward journey as the stock rallied another 9 per cent to register a new high at Rs 3,285 in Tuesday's intra-day session.

On Monday, the stock had broken into the elite Top-100 most valuable listed companies' club, and in today's session, the market capitalisation (market cap) of the transport support service provider crossed Rs 50,000 crore mark for the first time ever.

Shares of Vodafone Idea soared 11 per cent to Rs 8.04 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday amid heavy volumes in an otherwise subdued market. At 10:40 am, the stock of the telecom services operator was up 8 per cent, as compared to a 0.29 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. A combined 491 million equity shares had changed hands on the counter in the first one-and-half hour of trading on the NSE and BSE.

Shares of Ujjivan Financial Services (UFSL) hit a 52-week low of Rs 137.70 as they tanked 10 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday. In the past one month, the stock of the non-banking finance company (NBFC) has slipped 38 per cent after the exit of multiple board members and management executives at Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB).

UFSL is a non-operating holding company (holdco) with sole 83.32 per cent ownership of USFB and it does not have any other business interest. At the standalone level, the income streams of UFSL include dividend income from investments held in its subsidiary, UFSB and interest earned on fixed deposits invested with various banks.

Kerala is currently battling a spike in COVID-19 cases and the sudden outbreak of the Nipah virus. The coronavirus and Nipah virus may appear to be similar in nature but it is to be noted that these viruses are quite different.

Nipah is a zoonotic infection

According to experts, the Nipah virus is a zoonotic infection (an infectious disease that is transmitted between species, from animals to humans or vice versa).

In Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, six minor girls were allegedly paraded naked as a part of a ritual to please the rain god in the drought-hit Baniya village and get relief. The incident took place on Sunday, as per the reports, and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought an immediate report from the Damoh district administration on the issue.

According to police, young girls were paraded naked to please the God of rain, a practice that is a part of the local ritual as villagers believe that this may result in rain.

India defeated England by 157 runs at The Oval on Monday (September 6) to grab a 2-1 series lead with one match to go in the 5-match Test series.

After the historic win, India captain Virat Kohli spoke to Michael Atherton, and said, The best thing about the both wins is the character that the side has shown. If you look at how the game panned: you mentioned the 100-run lead that England had in the first innings [England had a 99-run lead at The Oval] - to come back from there and the way we batted in the second innings showed that we are not down and out.

A total of 27 GW of pre-permit and permitted new coal power plant proposals in India are now superfluous to its electricity requirements. These coal project proposals could jeopardise the achievement of India's widely-praised renewable energy target of 450 GW by 2030, a new report said on Tuesday.

These surplus 'zombie' plants, assets that would be neither dead nor alive, would require Rs 247,421 crore ($33 billion) of investment, yet are projected to lie idle or operate at uneconomic capacity factors due to surplus generation capacity in the system.

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 221 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.57 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.48 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 221,051,151, 4,574,419 and 5,489,941,974, respectively.

Covid-19 antibodies produced by the Pfizer vaccine decreased more than 80 per cent in senior nursing home residents and their caregivers six months after receiving their second dose, a US study has found.

The research led by Case Western Reserve University and Brown University in the US studied blood samples of 120 nursing home residents and 92 health care workers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India was vaccinating at a record speed of 12.5 million doses per day, more than the population of many countries.

Interacting with the health workers and beneficiaries of Himachal Pradesh (HP), which has become the first state in the country to vaccinate its entire adult population with one dose of Covid vaccine, Modi said, Himachal Pradesh has emerged as a champion in the fight against the largest epidemic in 100 years. This success has underlined the importance of Aatmvishwas and Aatmnirbharta.

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