A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.
1. Wall Street refocuses on risk as stocks dip, oil climbs
US stocks on Monday gave back some of the previous week’s gains and oil prices climbed as the conflict in Ukraine continued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 197.09 points, or 0.57 percent, to 34,557.84, the S&P 500 lost 17.31 points, or 0.39 percent, to 4,445.81 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 160.70 points, or 1.16 percent, to 13,733.14.
2. Watch out
Take a look at these key events
Today:
SBI Life board to mull interim dividend
Gate 2022 score card release
DU Academic Council meet
Tomorrow:
Pushkar Singh Dhami likely to oath as Uttarakhand CM
Oppo K10 to launch in IndiaCOVID vaccination for children in 12-14 age group to begin in MP
3. Big Story
Don’t foresee India facing sanctions but RBI’s forex reserves well-diversified, says Governor Das
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) foreign exchange reserves are “well dispersed” and diversified, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on March 21, rejecting concerns about the central bank being crippled if the country faced sanctions similar to Russia in the future.
4. Coronavirus Check
New COVID-19 cases hover below 2k mark for second day in a row
India reported 1,549 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since 30 March 2020, taking the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country to 4,30,09,390 even as active cases continued to decline.
6. Auto
Tata Motors drives in Altroz DCA, price starts at Rs 8.09 lakh
Tata Motors on Monday said it has launched its premium hatchback Altroz with dual-clutch automatic transmission, priced between Rs 8.09 lakh and Rs 9.89 lakh (ex-showroom).