Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will hold a meeting on Saturday with party general secretaries and in-charges in connection with the ongoing farmers' agitation at the gates of Delhi.

According to sources, a virtual meeting has been called to discuss the situation and to chalk out a strategy to support farmer's protests. Congress has been in support of the farmers in their movement against the new farm laws enacted by the Centre in September.

Former foreign minister and Congress veteran Madhavsinh Solanki, who had also served as chief minister of Gujarat, died in Gandhinagar on early Saturday morning, Congress leaders said. He was 93.

The death of Madhavsinh Solanki has brought extreme grief. May God give peace to his soul. He had made place in the hearts of people by his actions and deeds, Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda, who is also a relative of Solanki, tweeted.

President-elect Joe Biden declined to endorse lawmakers’ push to oust President Donald Trump, saying he was instead focused on taking office in less than two weeks.

Biden repeated his longstanding claim that Trump is unfit for the presidency but said the fastest way to remove him was to move forward with his own inauguration.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest information technology (IT) services firm, not only posted better-than-expected results for the quarter ended December 2020 (Q3) — its strongest third-quarter result in nine years — but also surprised many by indicating that it could return to a double-digit growth trajectory next year.

Vodafone Idea has, in its petition, brought to the notice of the Supreme Court some matters of dispute as regards its payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.

It has said the payments it has made have not been accounted for by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention to be held virtually today. This is the 16th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention is the flagship event of ministry of external affairs and provides a platform to engage and connect with Indian diaspora.

Social media giant Twitter on Friday announced that it is banning US President Donald Trump from its platform, citing risk of further incitement of violence following a pro-Trump mob breaching the US Capitol on Wednesday.

On Twitter, Donald Trump's handle is now an empty white page, frozen with 51 followed accounts and 88.7 million followers and two words on the center of the screen saying Account suspended.

Gold price today fell to Rs 54,160 from Rs 54,650, while silver price was trending at Rs 69,700 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries rose 3 per cent to hit an over two-year high of Rs 619 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Friday on expectations of steady earnings visibility. The pharmaceutical company's stock was trading at its highest level since October 2018.

The board of directors of Sun Pharma are scheduled to meet on January 29, 2021 to consider and approve the financial results of the company for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 (Q3FY21).

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Friday announced hike in prices of its range of personal and commercial vehicles by around 1.9 per cent with immediate effect.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), part of the USD 19.4 billion Mahindra Group, will raise the prices of range of personal and commercial vehicles by Rs 4,500 - Rs 40,000, depending on the model and variant, the Mumbai-based automaker said in a regulatory filing.

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