Mumbai

India has been under lockdown since March 25 and confirmed nearly 50,000 coronavirus cases and some 1,694 deaths.

Raj Thackeray, in a letter to the CMO, said allowing wine shops to remain open does not mean trying to cater to the needs of alcohol consumers, but to ensure revenue inflow during difficult times.

After swinging 784 points intra-day, the 30-share index settled 222.80 points or 0.73 per cent higher at 30,602.61.

National Stock Exchange (NSE) data said Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte-ODI bought 14 lakh shares of the private lender, at an average price of Rs 430.3 apiece.

Employees of the K B Bhabha Municipal General Hospital in suburban Bandra gathered outside the hospital and staged a protest, after a woman undergoing treatment there died due to COVID-19 infection, an employee said.

The sharp rally in the shares helped the company's market valuation zoom Rs 87,576.98 crore to Rs 6,85,433.30 crore on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Domestic market was also enthused by recovery in global stocks after the US Senate and White House reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy.

The appointment, effective March 26, will be for two years, the Reserve Bank said in a statement which comes a day after the private sector bank resumed full operations.

Students who are out of the country for a longer duration and depend upon prepaid cards for meeting their requirements, also seemed to be affected, with many of them tweeting for help.

As many as 40 items went under the hammer, marking the completion of auction of items seized by the Enforcement Directorate.

The country's high number of diabetics - 77 million - and high rates of problems like kidney disease could lead to higher morbidity, or protracted treatment, experts said.

The Congress leader also said that despite the BJP's attempts to poach MLAs, there was no threat to the Madhya Pradesh government as Kamal Nath was a 'very able' chief minister.