Ahead of the roll-out of vaccination of people aged between 18 and 45 from May 1, the Centre on Saturday asked states to register additional private vaccination centres and ensure effective crowd management at sites and stressed on inoculation through only online registration for beneficiaries in the age bracket. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Empowered Group on Technology and Data Management to Combat COVID-19 chairman R S Sharma held a high-level meeting on Saturday to guide states and union territories on effective implementation of the new vaccination strategy (Phase-3) and to review their augmentation plans so as to strengthen the existing hospital and clinical treatment infrastructure for COVID-19 patients.
TOKYO (Reuters) - In its biggest acquisition in a decade, Panasonic Corp on Friday said it will buy U.S. supply-chain software company Blue Yonder in a deal worth $7.1 billion, to tap growing demand from companies as the COVID pandemic tests their resilience to disruption. Panasonic, which bought a 20% stake in Blue Yonder for 86 billion yen ($797 million) last year, will acquire the rest of the stock from shareholders including Blackstone Group Inc and New Mountain Capital, in an agreement, including debt, that values Blue Yonder at $8.5 billion, the company said in a press release. The need for more intelligent, autonomous and edge-aware supply chains has been dramatically heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Panasonic said.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd is quoting at Rs 2314.5, down 1.49% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. The stock jumped 1.38% in last one year as compared to a 57.34% rally in NIFTY and a 18.24% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd fell for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 2314.5, down 1.49% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.02% on the day, quoting at 14403.85. The Sensex is at 48122.65, up 0.09%.Hindustan Unilever Ltd has eased around 0.18% in last one month.Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Hindustan Unilever Ltd is a constituent, has eased around 0.37% in last one month and is currently quoting at 34043.05, down 0.54% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 12.65 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 22.13 lakh shares in last one month.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd recorded volume of 8.98 lakh shares by 10:49 IST on BSE, a 6.71 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 1.34 lakh shares
Symphony Ltd, Indoco Remedies Ltd, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, ACC Ltd are among the other stocks to see a surge in volumes on BSE today, 20 April 2021.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd recorded volume of 8.98 lakh shares by 10:49 IST on BSE, a 6.71 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 1.34 lakh shares. The stock gained 9.32% to Rs.494.40. Volumes stood at 1.3 lakh shares in the last session.
Symphony Ltd witnessed volume of 19657 shares by 10:49 IST on BSE, a 3.78 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 5203 shares. The stock increased 17.89% to Rs.1,344.00. Volumes stood at 6854 shares in the last session.
The Centre on Thursday asked states to make rational use of medical oxygen and ensure there is no wastage while stressing that there is sufficient stock of oxygen in the country. Medical oxygen is a critical component in the treatment of COVID-19 affected patients. An inter-ministerial Empowered Group (EG2) of officers was constituted during the COVID pandemic in March 2020 to ensure the availability of essential medical equipment including medical oxygen to the affected states, the Union health ministry said. Along with the ramped up production of the oxygen manufacturing units and the surplus stocks available, the present availability of oxygen is sufficient, the ministry said, adding that the country is producing oxygen at its full capacity everyday for the last two days.