The Kerala government has made it mandatory for the public to adhere to Covid-19 safety guidelines such as wearing of masks for the next one year, as part of its measures to tackle the spread of the virus in the state.

Through an amendment brought to the Epidemic Diseases Act, the state government said the regulations for the public will remain in effect till July 2021.

Shares of HDFC Bank rose 3 per cent to Rs 1,110 on the BSE on Monday after the bank reported strong loan growth of 21 per cent year on year (y-o-y) at Rs 1.04 trillion for the first quarter of financial year 2020-21 (Q1FY21).

The Bank’s advances aggregated to approximately Rs 1.04 trillion as of June 30, 2020, a growth of around 21 per cent as compared to Rs 8,297 crore as of June 30, 2019 (Rs 9,937 crore as of March 31, 2020), HDFC Bank said in an exchange filing.

The prices of food items, including vegetables, have started to skyrocket even as the coronavirus crisis shows no sign of abating. The prices of vegetables, in particular, have increased quite significantly with retail prices of almost all kinds rising from 25 per cent to 200 per cent.

The most significant rise has been registered in the price of tomato. Vegetable traders say prices have risen due to crop failure during the rainy season.

As the coronavirus cases in India continue to spread rapidly, India is now just behind the United States, and Brazil in terms of the total confirmed cases. With close to 25,000 new cases on Sunday, India overtook Russia to take the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak. It is, therefore, the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Asia.

India's COVID-19 count on Sunday crossed the 6.97 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 19,500-mark as well.

On the first Monday of 'Sawan' (Shravan) month, devotees started coming to Lord Shiva temples in different parts of the country from the early morning to offer prayers.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayer at Mansarovar Temple, on the first Monday of 'sawan' month.

In the case of the Kanpur encounter, in which a gang of assailants led by notorious criminal Vikas Dubey gunned down eight policemen on late Thursday night, the Uttar Pradesh Police has now turned its attention to investigating officers within the local police force, in order to find out the mole who tipped-off the gangster before the raid by the police team.

The information came to light on this day after Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an accomplice of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey was arrested by the police in Kalyanpur.

In the view of current COVID-19 situation in Agra, historical monuments like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Akbar tomb and others to remain closed until further orders as they fall in 'buffer zone' areas, according to District Magistrate of Agra, Prabhu N Singh.

The District Magistrate said that 55 new cases reported in past four days and there are 71 containment zones.

The legal and legislative committee of Kuwait's National Assembly has approved the draft expat quota bill which could result in 8 lakh Indians leaving the country.

The National Assembly's legal and legislative committee has determined that the draft expat quota bill is constitutional, Gulf News reported citing a local media report.

Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely over parts of central and northwest India during the next four to five days, predicted the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.

Monsoon trough is south of its normal position. Under its influence, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely over parts of central and northwest India during the next 4-5 days. Isolated heavy falls also likely over the region during the same period, stated IMD.

The mother of a 33-year-old woman, a BHEL employee who allegedly committed suicide due to sexual harassment at the workplace, has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to urgently transfer the criminal investigation in the case to the CBI from Telangana state police.

The case pertains to the unfortunate death of her daughter due to sexual harassment at her workplace at BHEL, Hyderabad.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.