For the nine-month period ending December 31, 2021, the PAT grew by 6.2 percent to Rs 1,228 crore as against Rs 1,156 crore registered in same quarter previous year. Total income during the quarter under review grew to Rs 5,093 crore as compared to Rs 3,521 crore registered in same period of last financial year.

Omicron News Highlights: With 1,72,433 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,18,03,318, while the active cases decreased to 15,33,921, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,98,983 with 1,008 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases constitute 3.67 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.14 percent, the health ministry said. A reduction of 87,682 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 10.99 percent while the weekly positivity rate was 12.98 percent, according to the health ministry. The number of recoveries rose to 3,97,70,414, while the case fatality rate was 1.19 percent.

With the ruling BJP fiercely defending its throne and the opposition Congress desperate to avenge its 2017 humiliation, a do-or-die battle is on the cards on February 14, when the two parties grapple with each other yet again in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the Chinese side has chosen to politicise an event like the Olympics and that the Charge d'Affaires of the Indian embassy in Beijing will not be attending the opening or the closing ceremony.