LIVE updates: LS passes amendments in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

I want to make it clear these laws are not against agriculture 'mandi', it will continue like it always has, says PM Modi on farm bills

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects in Bihar through video conference and also inaugurated optical fibre internet services through which, the state’s all 45,945 villages will be connected.

On the education front,  Supreme Court has quashed Bengaluru-based National Law School of India University's decision to hold NLAT-2020 and directed it to admit students based on CLAT. With this "a student sitting in a corner of his small house in a village will get a chance to appear for the premier law entrance exams," a lawyer said.
 

Amid the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Congress general secretaries and state in-charges will meet today to discuss important organisational issues in the absence of party interim chief Sonia Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi.

Stay tuned for the latest news of the day.

2:27 AM

Oil falls 5% as economic outlook dims with rising Covid cases

Oil prices plunged about 5 per cent on Monday, weakening as rising coronavirus cases stoked worries about global demand, and a potential return of Libyan production bolstered oversupply fears.

 

Crude oil followed other equities and commodities markets in turning risk-averse on Monday as rising Covid-19 infection rates in Europe and other countries prompted renewed lockdown measures, casting doubt over economic recovery.

11:27 PM

With pillows, mosquito repellents, ambulance on standby, 8 suspended MPs ready to sit-in all night

10:43 PM

India would like new form of globalisation, based on fairness, equality and humanity in post-Covid world: Foreign Secretary

10:43 PM

Farm reform bills will push farming sector into hands of private firms: AAP

10:34 PM

Modi govt moved from 'production centric' to 'profitability centric' approach so that farmers get maximum benefit from their produce: Jal Shakti Minister

10:14 PM

Computerised over 16,000 lower courts, more than 5.1 million cases pending in High Courts: Law Minister

10:13 PM

Lok Sabha passes Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill; govt says bill not against any religion

10:11 PM

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan slams suspension of eight opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha for protesting against Farm Bills, says it's attack on democracy

10:11 PM

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh rejects Centre's 'paltry' hike in MSP of wheat and five other Rabi crops as 'cruel joke' on farmers

10:10 PM

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand at 9 pm today: National Centre for Seismology

10:06 PM

PM Modi's address at high-level meeting to mark 75th anniversary of UN

9:47 PM

Fiscal stimulus, faster bank recapitalisation needed to return to 7 per cent growth rate: Arvind Panagariya

9:44 PM

AAP decides to support September 25 Punjab 'bandh' call given by various farmers' outfits

9:43 PM

BJP president J P Nadda says decision to hike MSP of various crops has exposed those 'misleading' farmers

9:41 PM

Deputy Rajya Sabha Chairman Harvinash nearly assaulted by opposition members: Govt