The domestic unit opened sharply lower at 73.77 at the interbank forex market, but recovered slightly to touch 73.74, falling of 16 paise over its previous close

Gold, Silver prices today: Gold, viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement has consolidated around $1,900 mark, amid delay in additional economic relief package in the US

Dr Reddy's has partnered with Russian Direct Investment Fund to conduct trials of Sputnik V and distribute vaccine in India; after the cyber attack, its stock is 2.96% or Rs 149.20 down at Rs 4,897.55 compared to previous session's close of Rs 5,046.75

Vistara plans to operate two more weekly flights on the Delhi-Goa route and one more weekly flight on the Mumbai-Goa route

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Prakriya Hospitals has done so to deter increasing physical assaults on its doctors, staff, and management by COVID-19 patients' families and friends who create ruckus over mounting bills or limited bed availability among other reasons

India Stock Market News Updates Today: ICICI Bank, followed by Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, PowerGrid, Nestle India and SBI were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, L&T and UltraTech Cement were among the gainers

AstraZeneca vaccine trials: An AstraZeneca spokesperson, while declining to comment on the volunteer's death, said that there were no concerns that would lead the trials to be paused

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Notably, Serum Institute of India is working with AstraZeneca and Oxford University to conduct trials and produce their vaccine candidate once it receives the required regulatory approvals

The UNCTAD report also said that it expects South Asia to contract 4.8 per cent and South-East Asia to dip 2.2 per cent. South Asia is expected to recover 3.9 per cent in 2021, while South-East Asia is expected to pull up 4.3 per cent

The Calcutta High Court has eased its order and allowed entry of up to 45 people at a time in a pandal. However, the court upheld its ban on assembly of people inside pandals for rituals like Pushpanjali and Sindoor Khela

Shares of Bajaj Finance opened at Rs 3,279 and fell as much as 4.92% to touch an intraday low of Rs 3,101, as against the previous close of Rs 3,262 on BSE

India has 29,000 storage points, 83,000 deep freezers, 736 district stores and 258 cold rooms to store vaccines, but they have to be scaled up further for India to vaccinate all its people

The domestic unit opened at 73.39 in the interbank forex market, and gained by 13 paise to 73.36, over its previous close

PM Modi had said that India must not weaken the fight against coronavirus till a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and release for use

Gold, Silver prices today: In global markets, the gold prices gained as renewed hopes for a new round of US stimulus drew investors to the metal that is considered as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement

Coronavirus vaccine news: Britain will help fund trials using a manufactured COVID-19 virus to deliberately infect young healthy volunteers with the hope of accelerating the development of vaccines against it

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, SBI, Titan, Kotak Bank and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, Nestle India, HUL and TCS were among the laggards

In its updated list released on October 19, the Department of Home Affairs also included Bangladesh and Germany among the 22 countries it considers are at high-risk for the novel coronavirus