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Monsoon set to hit Delhi today. PM Modi will inaugurate employment scheme for 12.5 mn UP residents. Stay tuned with Business Standard for the latest news of today

10:46 AM

"We believe that private sector can play a larger role than be just supplier of parts and components": ISRO chief K Sivan addresses the nation

10:45 AM

Isro chief K Sivan's media address underway

10:22 AM

Rupee slips 4 paise to 75.76 against US dollar in early trade

10:21 AM

UK PM terms Sino-India standoff very serious, worrying situation'; calls for dialogue

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on India and China to engage in dialogue to sort out their border issues as he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as a very serious and worrying situation which the UK is closely monitoring.

 

The first official statement of Johnson came during his weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons here on Wednesday.

 

Responding to Conservative Party MP Flick Drummond on the implications for British interests of a dispute between a Commonwealth member and the world's largest democracy on the one side, and a state that challenges our notion of democracy on the other, he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as a very serious and worrying situation, which the UK is "monitoring closely".

10:17 AM

Naxals set ablaze 6 vehicles including 2 JCBs engaged in road construction in Kukanar area of Sukma district, yesterday.

9:46 AM

75,60,782 samples tested till 24th June. 2,07,871 samples tested in the last 24 hours: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

9:43 AM

Sensex tumbles 343.59 pts to 34,525.39 in opening session; Nifty falls 99.10 pts to 10,206.20

9:28 AM

Monsoon set to hit Delhi today

Monsoon is all set to make an early arrival and hit the national capital on Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said.

 

The normal monsoon date for Delhi revised by the IMD from this year is June 27. Earlier, the onset date for monsoon was June 29.

 

"Monsoon clouds are at the doorstep of Delhi. A few places witnessed rains. As predicted, the onset of the monsoon in the city will be declared on Thursday," IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said.

9:05 AM

FIR registered against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh & 150 other party workers

8:49 AM

Encounter underway in Hardshiva area of Sopore. Police and security forces are on the job: Jammu & Kashmir Police

8:44 AM

Diesel price crosses Rs 80 mark in Delhi

Diesel price crosses Rs 80 mark in Delhi, currently at Rs 80.02/litre (increase by Rs 0.14). Petrol price in the national capital at Rs 79.92/litre (increase by Rs 0.16).

 

8:43 AM

MP CM to expand Cabinet; to meet BJP high command today

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is slated to meet BJP high command in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss the expansion of state Cabinet.

 

This decision to expand the state Cabinet comes at the time when the country is grappling with the rising coronavirus cases in the country.

8:19 AM

Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at a bank in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Firefighting operations underway.

8:10 AM

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate employment programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate a programme designed to provide employment to 1.25 crore people in Uttar Pradesh.