India logs 12,781 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours; Maharashtra, Kerala worst-hit

India registered 12,781 new cases in the last 24 hours, 0.9 per cent lower than yesterday. The total caseload has now reached 4,33,09,473. A total of 18 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,24,873. The top five states that have registered maximum cases are Maharashtra (4,004 cases),…

Paytm shares recover for 2 straight sessions, rise over 16%

Shares of One97 Communications, Paytm’s parent firm, recovered sharply for the second straight session after falling sharply for the first two days. Paytm shares were trading nearly 16 per cent higher on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at above Rs 1,700 apiece at 12:50 pm. On the NSE, too, the shares of the leading…

Three bodies recovered after boat capsizes in MP lake

The bodies of three men, who went missing after their boat capsized in a small lake at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, have been retrieved, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Sonwani Tekad at around 4 pm on Thursday. The body of one of them, Dipankar Bisen, was fished out on late…