Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday demanded that Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra be sacked and that his son be arrested in connection with the death of farmers during a protest here.

He also demanded Rs one crore compensation and a government job for the family members of the deceased farmers.

Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged on Monday after the pump prices of both fuels rose simultaneously for four consecutive days taking up its retail rates by over Rs 1 per litre.

Benchmark crude prices have settled at a tad lower level of $ 79 a barrel now after shooting over a three-year high level of $ 80 a barrel early last week. This has given some room to OMCs to halt fuel price rise.

India reported 20,799 new COVID-19 infections and 180 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

India's active caseload stands at 2,64,458 which is the lowest in the last 200 days. The active cases account for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.78 per cent, the lowest since March 2020.

Barely a day after the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against Union Minister Ajay Mishra and his son over alleged involvement in the violent clashes yesterday in the area, during which at least eight people have been killed.

After the violent events unfolded in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri, there were rising demands from farmer leaders, urging the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra and his son for their involvement in the violence. BKU’s Rakesh Tikait and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha asked the UP government to take action against the two repeatedly since yesterday.

Farmers protest in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri took a violent turn when an unidentifed person open fired killing six people, 15 were injured on Sunday, October 3. Some farmers were also run over by vehicles killing and injuring many more.

After the incident took place, angry farmers set three jeeps on fire. Allegedly, one of the vehicles is said to belong to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra Teni.

Gold (24 carat) is selling at Rs 46,500 per ten gram on Monday in India, up Rs 10 from trade yesterday as fuel prices climb up to record highs and the central bank’s rate-setting committee meets this week.

Silver is selling at Rs 60,500 per kg: unchanged from Sunday’s trading, according to Good Returns website.

US pharma giant Eli Lilly joined hands with with Mumbai-based Cipla to market its insulin products in India.

The two companies announced a strategic partnership in India to enhance the reach of Lilly’s diabetes products – Humalog (Insulin Lispro) and Trulicity (Dulaglutide).

Private sector lender Yes Bank has posted a 3.6 per cent growth (year-on-year) in advances at Rs 1,72,945 crore for the quarter ended September, 2021 (Q2FY22). Its advances stood at Rs 1,66,923 crore at end of September 2020 (Q2FY21).

The bank said in a filing with BSE that sequentially, advances rose by 5.7 per cent from Rs 1,63,654 crore at the end of June 2021.

State Bank of India, which raised Rs 4,000 crore in capital through additional tier I bonds (AT1 bonds) in September, is planning another round of AT1 bond issuance of Rs 6,000 crore to replace maturing securities.

Executives at the country’s largest lender said the bank had an adequate capital base to support business growth and meet regulatory norms.

At a time when Tamil Nadu has seen the closure of the Ford India unit, state Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the state was expected to see investment worth around Rs 35 trillion by 2030 and had got projects of about Rs 20,000 crore since the new government took charge in May.

Soon after the closure of the Ford plant, the state government had assured all it would take steps to ensure that around 2,600 employees were not affected by the company’s move.

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