Market capitalisation on BSE rose to Rs 166.29 lakh crore  today against market cap of Rs 157.18 lakh crore on October 30

Sensex rose to 43,118 gaining 521 points against earlier close of 42,597. Nifty climbed 137 points to 12,598 against previous close of 12,461

The domestic currency opened up at 74.04 per US dollar at the interbank forex market, although, edged slightly lower to 74.05 in early deals, rising 10 paise over its last close

Wipro employees to get single digit pay hike effective December 1 IT major Wipro will offer a single digit salary hike as well as promotions to its high quality performers effective December 1. Pay hike and promotions will be rewarded to employees in bands up to B3 account, who constitute about 80 per cent of the company's total workforce. The company is yet to take a decision on offering salary increments to senior employees above B3 band. Tanishq withdraws another Diwali ad after Twitte...

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank followed by ONGC, HDFC, L&T, SBI, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers on Sensex today. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech, TCS, Nestle India and Maruti were in the red

Sputnik V vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology, was registered by the Russian Health Ministry

Pfizer said that the vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis

In premarket trade on Monday, BioNTech SE shares rallied over 24 per cent, while Us-based Pfizer Inc. stock jumped over 14 per cent after their COVID-19 vaccine candidate achieved positive results in first interim analysis from Phase 3 study

Among sectoral indices, banking indices closed 2-3% higher today, followed by a 1.8% gain in metal and 1.5% in IT, metal. Barring metal index, all sectors ended in the green

Third wave of COVID-19 cases worst so far, says Satyendar Jain; Royal Enfield aims to launch 28 new bikes in 7 years; Looking at sustaining growth through COVID-19 pandemic: Cipla; Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to win US presidential election. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Wipro employees to get single digit pay hike effective December 1

As President Trump's regime comes to an end, global trade tensions look set to de-escalate and 'de-globalisation' concerns will likely abate meaningfully

India reported 45,903 fresh cases of coronavirus and 490 new fatalities on Monday. With this, COVID-19 caseload has jumped 85.53 lakh and the death toll from the disease has surged to 1,26,611 to date

Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to win US presidential election77-year-old Democratic nominee Joe Biden beat out Republican Donald Trump to become the US president in a hotly contested election. According to the Associated Press, Biden has won the 20 electoral votes from Pennsylvania pushing his tally to the magic number of 270. Joe Biden also carried Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan on his path to the presidency, flipping states that President Donald Trump won in 2016. Biden's projected victory...

US Election 2020: The task force and Vivek Murthy's appointment comes at a time when the US is reeling under a record number of coronavirus cases

India Stock Market Highlights Today: All Sensex stocks were trading in green led by ICICI Bank, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Hindustan Unilever

Delhi air pollution: The average AQI was 475 at 8 am Monday in Gurugram; 483 in Ghaziabad; 482 in Greater Noida; 486 in Noida; and 462 in Faridabad

Share market this week: Investors will react to US presidential election results, corporate earning numbers, COVID-19 cases, macro data, foreign fund flow, rupee and oil price movement

Welcoming Joe Biden's big win in the US election 2020, India Inc said that a democratic process voted for a change while hoping for stronger relations and cooperation between India and the United States

According to Jain, aggressive testing and contact-tracing were the reasons for the high number of coronavirus cases, adding that laxity on the part of people also increased the transmission rate

Joe Biden's remarks are significant as incumbent US President Donald Trump has been accused of not listening to his own health experts on how to combat the deadly disease, allowing it to spread across the nation