The death toll in Gujarat due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) had risen to 2,606, with 22 more patients succumbing to the dreaded virus, officials said. The state on Friday saw 1,074 positive cases being detected from 26,591 tests. This has taken the total number of infections to 68,885.

On Friday, 1,370 patients were discharged. So far, 51,692 have been discharged in the state.

The death toll in the flight crash landing incident at Kozhikode in Kerala rose to 17, Air India Express informed on Saturday.

While the two pilots are among the deceased, the four-cabin crew members on board the aircraft are safe.

State-owned engineering firm BHEL on Friday said it has commenced civil works at 660-MW Sagardighi supercritical thermal power project in West Bengal.

Following the strategic completion of pre-engineering activities for the project beforehand, ground breaking has begun on zero date itself, a BHEL statement said.

Gold prices jumped on Friday to Rs 55,350 from Rs 54,700 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 73,500 from Rs 71,500 per kilogram, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

Shares of Vodafone Idea dipped as much as 7.4 per cent to Rs 7.64 on the BSE on Friday after the telecom operator reported a sharp rise in its losses to Rs 25,460 crore for the June quarter of FY 2020-21 due to high provisioning for statutory dues. In comparison, Vodafone Idea's loss stood at about Rs 4,874 crore in the year-ago period.

The revenue from operations came in at Rs 10,659.3 crore for the first quarter of FY21, against Rs 11,269.9 crore in the same period of the previous year, according to a regulatory filing.

Shares of Torrent Power rallied 9 per cent to hit a 52-week high of Rs 357.50 on the BSE on Friday after the company posted a 35.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 372.66 crore against Rs 275.27 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

Revenue from operations, however, stood at Rs 3,007.05 crore, down 19.5 per cent against Rs 3,736.13 crore in the June 2019 quarter.

US President Donald Trump has signed the executive order on addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok. The order will ban TikTok from operating in the US in 45 days if it is not sold by its parent Chinese company ByteDance.

The order recalls the Indian action on banning the app. An order was passed by the government of India in June that said, The Government of India recently banned the use of TikTok and other Chinese mobile applications throughout the country.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu was on Thursday appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), a day after he resigned as first LG of the newly carved out Union Territory.

The President has been pleased to appoint Girish Chandra Murmu to be the Comptroller and Auditor General of India with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, a government order said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ on Friday through video conference.

The conclave is being organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC).

Delhi Police on Thursday said it has arrested the accused in the case of sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Pashchim Vihar area on Tuesday.

Earlier, cops said they were questioning the neighbours and scanning CCTV footage of the nearby area to identify the accused.

The city police are yet to reveal more information about the accused.

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