Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said its construction arm has bagged orders worth up to Rs 5,000 crore in Bangladesh.

The power transmission and distribution business of Larsen & Toubro has won a slew of transmission line orders in Bangladesh, the company said in a regulatory filing.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 20) refused to pass orders on the proposed tractor rally by farmers on Republic Day in New Delhi, saying the matter should be decided by Delhi Police.

During a hearing on a plea seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor rally, the SC told the Solicitor General that the SC bench does not want to issue directions in this matter.

A day before US President-elect Jow Biden assumes office, outgoing President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered is 'best wishes' to the incoming administration. This is the first time that Trump has openly congratulated the new administration after he declined to accept the election results that came in Biden's favour.

In his farewell address, Trump highlighted his accomplishment as president of the United States.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will release financial assistance of around Rs 2,691 crores to 6.1 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G). The event will commence at 12 noon via video conferencing.

On the occasion, he will be accompanied by Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

As a gift from India, the first consignment of 1.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' was dispatched to Thimphu, Bhutan from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday.

As per reports, the consignment containing 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield is scheduled to reach Bhutan's capital Thimphu on Wednesday at around noon.

Shares of L&T Technology Services (LTTS) moved higher by 10 per cent to Rs 2,621 on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Tuesday on the back of heavy volumes ahead of its October-December quarter (Q3FY21) results. The company said it will announce its results for the third quarter of FY21 on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 post market hours.

The stock of LTTS, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) focused on engineering, research & development (ER&D) services, hit a record high of Rs 2,780 on Friday, January 15, 2021.

Shares of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise hit a record high of Rs 2,654 on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Tuesday after the company announced that it has launched a qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue to raise upto Rs 1,000 crore.

Based on Sebi's pricing formula for such transactions,the board has fixed the floor price at Rs 2,508.6 for the share sale. The final issue price, including any discount to the floor price, will be determined in the fund-raising committee meeting on January 22, 2021, Apollo Hospitals said in a statement.

Petrol price on Tuesday breached the Rs 85 a litre mark in the national capital and diesel neared record high after rates were raised for the second consecutive day.

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies.

A 36-year-old Indian-origin man was arrested in the United States for living at Chicago's international airport for almost three months. The man said that he stayed at the airport for three months because he was too scared to fly due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Aditya Singh, a resident of Los Angeles, California, was held by airport authorities on Saturday and charged with impersonation in a restricted area of the airport and theft of less than $500 (approximately Rs 36,600). Singh was allegedly hiding in a secure area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport since October 19, 20202.

In a strongly worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has expressed its strong concerns on the new privacy changes and asked the instant messaging app to respect the date security of Indian users.

The IT Ministry in the letter has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the proposed policy, slamming its all or nothing approach which leverages the social significance of the app to force users into a bargain.

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