The Supreme Court on Friday appointed its ex-judge AK Sikri as chairperson of the High Powered Committee (HPC), which would consider the cumulative and independent impact of the Chardham project on the entire Himalayan valley.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant accepted the resignation of Professor Ravi Chopra as chairperson of the committee after he wrote a letter in January wishing to relinquish his post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Gujarat begins on Friday, during which he is scheduled to address the 'Gujarat Panchayat Mahasammelan'.

The sammelan will be attended by over 1 lakh panchayati raj representatives from the state. Before leaving for Gujarat, Modi tweeted, "Leaving for Gujarat, where I will be attending various programmes today and tomorrow. At 4 PM today, will address a Panchayat Mahasammelan, where several representatives from Panchayati Raj institutions will attend."

India logged 4,194 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,84,261, while the active cases dipped to 42,219, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 5,15,714 with 255 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

Shares of Sarda Energy & Minerals hit a record high of Rs 1,024.95, surging 6 per cent on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade on expectation of healthy earnings going ahead. The stock of iron & steel/intermediates products-maker surpassed its previous high of Rs 1,000 touched on March 3, 2022.

Sarda Energy on Thursday informed that the rating agency India Ratings has assigned fresh ratings ‘IND A-’/Stable for a long term issuer rating of the Company's Subsidiary - Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Ltd (MBPCL).

Shares of Cipla hit a record high of Rs 1,014, up 3 per cent on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade and surpassed its previous high of 1,005 touched on September 29, 2021. The stock of pharmaceutical company traded higher for the fifth straight day, up 6 per cent during this period. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.13 per cent at 55,535 points at 11:14 am.

In the last 10 trading days, the stock has rallied 10 per cent after the company on February 27, announced that it has received an approval from the Subject Expert Committee (“SEC”) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (“CDSCO”) to conduct local trials on anti Covid-19 pill Paxlovid on February 24, 2022.

Oil prices settled about 2% lower on Thursday after a volatile session, a day after its biggest daily dive in two years, as Russia pledged to fulfil contractual obligations and some traders said supply disruption concerns were overdone.

Since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, oil markets have been the most volatile in two years. On Wednesday, global benchmark Brent crude posted its biggest daily decline since April, 2020. Two days earlier, it hit a 14-year high at over $139 a barrel.

The price of ten gram of 24-carat gold decreased by Rs 1,750 on Friday to Rs 52,580, while the rate of silver decreased by Rs 1,800 per kg to Rs 69,400.

Ten grams of 22-carat gold is selling at Rs 48,200 after a decrease in rate by Rs 1,600.

In Delhi and Mumbai, the price of 10 grams of 24-carat gold stands at Rs 52,580.

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has added a layer of security through a web browser extension called Code Verify that provides real-time, third-party verification that the code running someone’s WhatsApp Web has not been tampered with.

Code Verify has been made available as a web browser extension that automatically verifies the authenticity of the WhatsApp Web code being served to a user’s browser and confirms that it hasn’t been tampered with or altered.

The BJP's comprehensive win in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections finally broke a 36-year-old jinx of the incumbent government being voted back to power in the state.

The incumbent UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led the BJP to poll victory, riding a high-decibel election campaign, with thrust on the development agenda along with welfare schemes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP's campaign from the outset, first by fully backing the Chief Minister and afterwards by leading an intense campaign in the state.

Country’s largest lender State Bank of India will revamp its banking application YONO and position it as a complete digital bank under new rubric ONLY YONO for enhancing customer experience and ease of use.

It plans to rope in a consultant to help to draw the project plan keeping in mind business goals for the next five years. With 54 million monthly active users (MAUs), SBI YONO has seen a growth of over 35 per cent in MAUs in 2021.

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