Reliance Industries, TCS and HDFC Bank are the only companies in the $100 billion market capitalisation club; number of companies with a market cap of $10 billion and above is now 54

The 84% of respondents who showed willingness to undergo vaccination in India, preferred recommendation by the doctor and evidence on safety being the key influencers to choose the vaccine, at 24% each

Asian Paints, Axis Bank, ONGC, HDFC, Titan, L&T were the top gainers while SBI, Kotak Bank, Dr Reddy, NTPC, TCS were among the top losers

Just the two shots have been used in what India calls the world's biggest immunisation programme to cover 300 million people by August, starting with healthcare and other workers to reach the elderly and those with existing conditions by March

The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the vaccine is effective against coronavirus variants carrying the N501Y and E484K mutations

Approximately 1.3 million EVs were sold in both China and Europe in 2020, four times the EV sales in the US

Stock Market News Updates Today: Sensex hit a record high of 51,753 and the Nifty hit a record high of 51,753 in early trade today. Both benchmark indices have gained over 11% in seven straight sessions

Sectorally, except for FMCG and PSU Bank, all the indices closed in green territory, with over 3% rise in auto and media index, followed by 2% rise in IT and realty index

The agency said it is essential for insurers to maintain adequate buffers over the regulatory minimum so as to be prepared for any unforeseen risk events

India COVID-19 news: There are 1,48,609 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.37 per cent of the infection count, the data stated

Stock Market Live News Today: Sensex and Nifty continued hitting new all-time highs today. Both benchmarks hit fresh lifetime highs of 51,523 and 15,159 earlier today

Terming the policy a boon, the road transport minister said it would lead to a 30 per cent boost to the Indian automobile industry turnover to Rs 10 lakh crore in the years to come

The study, carried out by the University of Sheffield in the UK, is the largest global review of factors associated with distress amongst health care workers during an infectious disease outbreak

Addressing a workshop at the Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University at Wardha in Maharashtra, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari pointed out that village industries and Khadi generate as much as Rs 88,000 crore on an annual basis

The country is developing seven more COVID-19 vaccines and also working on further vaccine development to inoculate every citizen of India, says Harsh Vardhan

The focus on self-reliance, innovation, research and development, infra capex and digital payments in Union Budget 2021 would definitely help in lifting the Indian economy from under $3 trillion to $5 trillion in the near term

Andrew Pollard of Oxford University, which helped develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, says the shot also appears to reduce the amount of virus in people infected with COVID-19

The study, published in the journal Science of The Total Environment, noted that the southern Chinese Yunnan province and neighbouring regions in Myanmar and Laos form a global hotspot of climate change-driven increase in bat richness

The total cases reached 1,08,14,304 with 11,713 new cases in a day; national recovery rate reached 97.19 per cent on Saturday

Real GDP growth is projected at 10.5 per cent in 2021-22 - in the range of 26.2 to 8.3 per cent in H1 and 6.0 per cent in Q3, RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) stated in its growth outlook