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.

World Health Organization (WHO) suspending the supply of Covaxin through UN procurement agencies over "process and facility upgrade" requirements will not have an impact on travel by those who have taken the COVID vaccine, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

Answering a query about the impact on people travelling abroad due to the present suspension of Covaxin supplies, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that in terms of their travel, the vaccine continues to be recognized under the emergency use listing of WHO and various countries have already accepted it.

Shares of Bandhan Bank moved higher by 4 per cent to Rs 328.50, recovering 7 per cent from a low of Rs 306.55 on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade after more than 50 million equity shares of the private sector lender changed hands via block deals. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 364.85 on April 9, 2021.

At 09:15 am; 50.14 million equity shares representing 3.11 per cent of total equity of Bandhan Bank changed hands on the BSE, the exchange data shows.

Shares of Ruchi Soya Industries jumped 8 per cent to Rs 883 on the BSE in Friday's intra-day trade, extending its Thursday's 8.5 per cent gain' after 66.15 million equity shares, which were allotted in follow-on-public offering (FPO), started trading on the exchanges from today.

6,61,53,846 equity shares of Rs 2 each fully paid up of Ruchi Soya Industries are listed and admitted for trading on the Exchange with effect from Friday, April 08, 2022, BSE said in notice dated April 7, 2022.

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