New Delhi

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla decided to refer the matter of holding meetings virtually to the Rules Committees of both the Houses.

Out of these 18 seats, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, two from Jharkhand, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and one each from Manipur and Meghalaya.

Presently, locusts have affected five states- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra-- and the Centre has issued a warning to the border-sharing states.

The estimate has been arrived at with the assumption that the lockdown will extend till mid-July and a restart of the economy will get stretched to August, analysts at Bank of America Securities said.

In the previous session, the BSE barometer finished at 32,424.10, up 223.51 points or 0.69 per cent, while Nifty advanced 90.20 points or 0.95 per cent to close at 9,580.30.

Outlining risks related to the occurrence of COVID-19, Infosys said its profitability may be marginally impacted as some clients have sought price reductions or discounts.

According to the World Health Organisation, every year the tobacco industry spends over $9 billion to advertise its products.

During the virtual hearing, parties would be permitted to rely upon only on documents filed with the application. The tribunal has also asked lawyers and parties to have a stable and smooth connectivity of their devices.

While state governments like Karnataka and Goa will be cheering the opening up of hospitality sector, states like Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh have gone ahead and extended the lockdown.

Narwal, along with another JNU student Devangana Kalita have already been arrested in another case, being investigated by the Crime branch, related to communal violence in northeast Delhi and are in judicial custody till June 11.

Deputy Chief Manish Sisodia and Heath Minister Satyendar Jain in a virtual joint press conference also announced that 13 of the 82 deaths took place on May 27.

KIA Motors said that the investment will be focused on manufacturing SUV vehicles in the state.

According to Worldometer, India has now overtaken Turkey as the ninth worst-hit country in terms of total number of cases. The Health ministry said the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 89,987, while 71,105 people have recovered and one patient has...

The victim was unmarried and his father had passed away. He lived with his mother and worked at a cloth shop in Karol Bagh, police said.

The maximum temperature in Churu, which had recorded 50 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, was 49.6 degrees, followed by 48.9 degrees in Ganganagar and Bikaner districts of Rajasthan.

The force clarified that all 22 infected personnel are under strict quarantine for the last 10 days and are not reporting on duty.