The Congress on Monday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter of alleged irregularity in the purchase of land at Ayodhya by the Ram temple trust.

Addressing a virtual press conference, Congress general secretary and party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday called the alleged irregularity in the purchase of land a big scam and said because the trust was established on the direction of the Supreme Court, the court should take cognisance of the issue and investigate the matter.

The Delhi government on Monday banned the sale, storage, transportation, and marketing of soaps and detergents not conforming to the latest BIS parameters to curb pollution in the Yamuna river.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in January accepted recommendations of the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC) which had suggested directing the Delhi government to issue orders prohibiting sale, storage and transportation and marketing of detergents which do not conform to the revised BIS standards.

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Research is taking place in India, US and several other countries to see if booster dose will be needed for maintaining longer efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, a senior doctor has said.

It is about five months since the start of vaccination in India. Everyone is looking towards the government, doctors and scientists if they are safe or they need booster dose to make themselves safe.

Andhra Pradesh has so far reported 2,303 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis, while 157 people have died due to the disease, said the State Medical and Health Principal Secretary Anil Kumar Singhal on Monday.

Addressing the media here, Singhal said, As many as 2,303 black fungus cases have been reported to date in Andhra, out of which 1,328 cases are active cases. So far 157 have died of black fungus. Amphotericin injection and Posaconazole tablets are adequately available all over the state.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Monday directed all officers at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend offices on all working days from June 16 until June 30 while persons with disabilities and pregnant women employees would continue to work from home.

As regards government officials of the level below Under Secretaries, 50 per cent of such officials shall attend office on all working days and the remaining shall work from home, said the order issued to all central government ministries/departments, a notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Traning mandated.

India saw a single day rise of 60,471 new coronavirus infections, the lowest after 75 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,95,70,881, while the daily positivity rate declined to 3.45 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,77,031 with 2,726 fresh deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed The active cases further declined to
9,13,378.

Shares of Sagar Cements zoomed 20 per cent to Rs 1,032.15, hitting a fresh 52-week high, on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday after the company announced stock split plan. The stock of the cement and cement products company was trading close to its record high level of Rs 1,161 touched on January 4, 2018.

The board of directors of the Company is scheduled to meet on July 01, 2021, inter-alia, to consider a proposal to sub-divide (split) the face value of the equity shares of the Company from Rs 10 each into an appropriate amount, Sagar Cements said in exchange filing.

The government will receive Rs 1,426 crore as dividend from Coal India Limited (CIL) after the dry fuel miner on Monday announced an additional final dividend of 35 per cent or Rs 3.5 per share on equity shares of Rs 10 each, an official said.

The total dividend payout for FY'21 stood at Rs 16 per share or 160 per cent.

Drug firm JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals on Monday reported a two-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 100.81 crore for the quarter ended March 2021 on account of robust sales.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 50.07 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said in a regulatory filing.

HCL Technologies has hired Accenture executive Siki Giunta to head its cloud business, a sector the industry veteran called the strategic pillar within any organization.

Giunta will accelerate #HCLCloudSmart industry cloud offerings into client markets, said the technology company in a statement. She led several projects at Accenture, working as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Managed Objects and Fortisphere.

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