Hit by semiconductor shortage, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) on Friday said its retail sales declined by 36 per cent to 79,008 units in the fourth quarter of 2021-22 fiscal as compared with same period last year.

The Tata Motors-owned luxury automaker noted that the retail sales for the three-month period continued to be constrained by the global semiconductor shortage.

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 497.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.17 million and vaccinations to over 11.08 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 497,201,342 and 6,173,644, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 11,089,615,113.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday disbursed Rs 1,024 crores to the mothers of 10,68,150 students across the state under its flagship scheme Jagananna Vasathi Deevena which helps the students with boarding and lodging charges for 2021-22.

"By depositing the financial assistance directly into mothers' accounts, they are now demanding accountability. It gives them the right to question the college management. We placed a great deal of responsibility on the mothers to deal with college and the children's future," Reddy said while addressing the students here.

Pharmaceutical major Cadila Pharmaceuticals on Friday announced that it has developed the world's first novel three-dose vaccine against rabies.

The three-dose vaccine, named as 'ThRabis', is a recombinant nano-particle based G protein vaccine which is prepared using Virus-like Particle technology, the company said in a release, adding that the three-dose schedule is spread over only one week.

A TCS-led consortium has bagged a Rs 550 crore order from BSNL for deploying indigenously-designed 4G network, an official source said on Friday.

The TCS consortium will initially deploy 6,000 mobile towers for BSNL 4G services.

"TCS-led consortium has been given order worth Rs 550 crore to deploy 6,000 sites for 4G services," a senior BSNL official told PTI.

Shares of Adani Green Energy hit a new all-time high at Rs 2,350, on rallying 9 per cent on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade in an otherwise subdued market ahead of the board meeting today for considering fund raising proposal. The stock of the Adani Group company surpassed its previous high of Rs 2,325 touched in Thursday’s intra-day trade.

At 11:19 am; Adani Green traded 8 per cent higher at Rs 2,333.55, as compared to a 0.11 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. A combined around 1.2 million equity shares changed hands on the NSE and BSE.

The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold rose by Rs 230 on Friday to Rs 52,370, while silver per kg became costlier by Rs 4,800 to trade at Rs 71,000.

Ten gram of 22-carat gold is trading at Rs 48,000. The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai stood at Rs 52,370. Ten gram of 22-carat gold in Mumbai and Delhi is trading at Rs 48,000.

Moscow blacklisted 228 Australian citizens, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defense Minister Peter Dutton, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The department noted that Canberra, in a reckless Russophobic fuse, imposed sanctions that affected the top leaders of the Russian Federation and almost all lawmakers.

India logged 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067,while the active cases dipped to 11,492, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 5,21,573 with 43 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's bail plea in the Bombay High Court stating that he was the "mastermind" behind the money laundering case and that he had misused his official position to amass wealth.

The probe agency also alleged if Deshmukh is granted bail, he can tamper with the evidence.

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