Shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) hit a new life-time high of Rs 2,477.70, and are up 4 per cent on the BSE in early morning trades on Monday on the back of positive news flow. The company, after market hours, on Friday said its subsidiary had acquired majority stake in genomic testing frim Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd for Rs 393 crore.

The acquisition by Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Ltd (RSBVL) is part of Reliance's digital health intiatives, the firm said in a recent stock exchange filing.

The leader of the Afghan resistance group waging an intense battle against the Taliban in the Panjshir Valley has said he is open to enter peace talks. Ahmad Massoud said he supported a plan, put forward by religious clerics, for a negotiated settlement, and called on the Taliban to end their offensive.

Earlier, reports suggested the Taliban had rapidly gained ground in Panjshir. The province, north of the capital Kabul, is the most prominent example of resistance to Taliban rule.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Saturday said it has inked a pact with US-based Citius Pharmaceuticals to sell its rights to an anti-cancer agent.

The drug firm said it has entered into a definitive agreement with Citius to sell all of its rights to E7777 (an engineered IL-2-diphtheria toxin fusion protein) and certain related assets.

India administered 58.85 lakh COVID vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, taking the inoculation coverage to 67.72 (67,72,11,205) crore until 7 am on Saturday, according to the provisional report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

According to the figures available, as many as 1,03,60,248 healthcare workers have been inoculated with 1st dose of COVID vaccine while 84.49 lakh (84,49,196) people have been inoculated with both the doses, states the report.

Priya Mehra, General Counsel of InterGlobe Aviation-operated airline IndiGo, has resigned.

Mehra's resignation comes close on the heels of Ankur Goel, head of the company's investor relations quitting the company.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the United States during the last week of September, a leading media portal reported quoting top government sources. This will be PM Modi's first US visit since President Joe Biden assumed office early this year and his first in-person meeting with the President.

The media reports also claimed that PM Modi will travel to Washington DC and New York during his visit scheduled from September 22 to September 27. PM Modi's US visit is significant in many ways as it is taking place in the backdrop of a power shift in Afghanistan, where the Taliban is all set to form a government after two decades.

Google has temporarily locked down some Afghan government email accounts as the Taliban is attempting to access the former officials` emails, Reuters reported.

Google said Friday it was taking temporary actions to secure relevant accounts, but did not admit to a complete lockdown of the accounts.

Just the day India needed as the para-athletes are making the country proud. This time shooter 19-year-old Manish Narwal clinched gold in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final. Not just that, another Indian Singhraj Adhana finished second and grabbed the silver in the same event.

The medal count for India has now reached 15 with three gold, seven silver and five bronze. Interestingly, this is also Singhraj Adhana second medal in the 2020 edition.

The 2+2 dialogue between India and the United States would be held in November later this year, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday.

We're looking at the 2+2 which will happen in November. The exact dates are not yet worked out, Shringla told a group of Indian reporters at the conclusion of his three-day visit to Washington DC, wherein he held meetings with top officials of President Joe Biden's administration, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund has said it received a payment of nearly Rs 149 crore from Vodafone Idea Ltd as interest on its securities investment, which will be distributed among investors of the segregated portfolios.

The interest amounting to Rs 148.75 crore due from Vodafone Idea Ltd on September 3, 2021 for the security...(Non-convertible debenture /NCD) held in the segregated portfolio of five schemes has been received, a Franklin Templeton MF spokesperson said.

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