Top headlines: EPFO at 8.5% for private sector; steel capacity set to fall

From subscribers likely to get 8.5% EPF savings interest at one go on 'market boost' to Serum in talks to finalise Covid-19 vaccine price, here at top headlines this morning

Subscribers to get 8.5% EPF savings interest at one go on 'market boost'

Private sector employees will soon get the declared interest rate of 8.5 per cent on their Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) savings for the financial year 2019-20 at one go. The current bull market prompted the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to offload its equity investments and gain higher-than-expected returns in December – leaving it with double the surplus projected three months back, a senior EPFO official said, requesting anonymity. Read More

Expert panel set to review Pfizer-BioNTech, SII vaccine applications today

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International