A Delhi court Monday deferred till further order the hanging of four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case pending disposal of a convict's mercy plea, saying it was an important constitutional legal principle.

All the convicts in the case were to be hanged together on Tuesday at 6 AM.

An Italian tourist, who landed here on February 29, was tested positive for COVID-19 in his second medical examination on Monday. He was shifted to an isolation ward in Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital when he showed symptoms of COVID-19 in the screening at the Sanganer international airport.

The tourist’s first blood sample had earlier tested negative. Rajasthan Medical and Health Minister Raghu Sharma said the Italian national’s blood samples were being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for confirmation because of variation in the diagnostic test reports.

India's electricity supply rose 7.1 per cent during February, provisional government data showed, marking the second straight month of growth after five straight months of decline.

Power supply rose to an average of 3.62 billion units per day in February, up from 3.38 billion units last year, an analysis of daily load despatch data from state-run Power System Operation Corp Ltd (POSOCO) showed.

The Delhi government on Monday recommended rejecting mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Sources said that the Delhi government made the recommendation just a few minutes after it received the mercy petition from the Union Home Ministry.

Shares of pharmaceutical companies were in focus with the S&P BSE Healthcare index gaining more than 2 per cent on the BSE on Tuesday. Pfizer, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Metropolis Healthcare, Bliss GVS Pharma, RPG Life Sciences, Dr. Lal PathLabs, Biocon, Albert David and FDC from the index were up more than 3 per cent.

At 10:17 am, the S&P BSE Healthcare index, the second biggest gainer among the key sectoral indices, was up 2.2 per cent, as compared to a 1.1 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Around a week after the national capital was hit by violent riots that has claimed 47 lives so far, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 AM. It is a courtesy meeting and will take place in the Parliament at 11 AM.

The is the first visit between Kejriwal and Modi after the former gained a huge victory in the recently held Delhi Assembly elections.

The Telangana health department officials are monitoring at least 80 people with whom the first COVID-19 affected person has come in contact with since he came to Hyderabad on February 22.

Giving alarming details of this case, Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajendar informed that the 24-year-old software professional originally hailing from Mahendra Hills area of Secunderabad had gone to Dubai from his Bengaluru-based office and after he came to Hyderabad on February 22, developed symptoms associated with COVID-19.

Eicher Motors, the parent company of Royal Enfield, climbed around 4 per cent to Rs 17,685 apiece on the BSE on Tuesday, a day after the company announced its board of directors will meet on March 11 to consider and approve payment of interim dividend.

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, inter-alia, to consider and approve proposal for payment of interim dividend on the equity shares of the Company for the financial year 2019-20, the company said in its press release.

Gold rose nearly 1 per cent on Monday after suffering its largest daily fall in nearly seven years, as expectations grew for policy easing by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks to help boost the coronavirus-hit global economy.

Spot gold was up 0.4 per cent at $1,591.84 an ounce by 1:40 p.m. EST (1840 GMT), and US gold futures settled 1.8 per cent higher at $1,594.80.

Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines are actively weighing the option to bid for Air India and a decision to submit an expression of interest (EoI) could be taken soon.

Sources aware of the development said the board of Tata Sons, the holding company of the group, would meet later this week and possibly take up the Air India matter for approval.

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