In Lok Sabha, two-term MP Gaurav Gogoi was appointed deputy to legislature party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu was appointed Whip.

This is the blueprint being adopted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) at 660 test sites for JEE (Main), the first national-level entrance examination since the Covid outbreak.

State finance ministers, who in the meeting insisted on the borrowing to be done by the Centre to make up for revenue shortfall, later said there was lack of clarity regarding the proposals that were brought towards the end of the five-hour meeting.

The Bench, also comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah, and Anirudha Bose, disagreed with a 2004 judgment of the Supreme Court in E V Chinnaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh.

While the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar has seen 2,985 Covid cases (676 of which are active) and 41 deaths so far, the Great Andamanese is the first among its vulnerable tribes to be hit by the coronavirus.

In a statement issued following the GST council’s meeting on Thursday, Finance Minister Ajit Pawar blamed the delays in the release of the compensation payments by the Centre for the worsening economic condition of states.

In 2018, Pune’s Command hospital attempted western India’s first double hand transplant on a serving soldier, but the transplant failed due to hyper acute rejection.

The AMC has deployed around 15,000 Covid management health paramedics in the city, of which over 500 are with Dhanvantri Raths, which have started doing Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) only since July, covering all 48 wards.

Notably, the BJP was in power in all the six municipalities. However, with the revolt of 38 members, BJP lost power in five of them and managed to retain power in one by a single vote.

The government is hoping that the concession will kickstart home buying in Maharashtra. Tax income from property transactions is the second highest revenue grosser in the state after Goods and Service Tax.

JEE Main, NEET Exam 2020: Over the last week, several chief ministers, political leaders and activists have joined students in demanding a further delay in conducting JEE (Main) and NEET.

“Mark my words, any war with China will be a collusive one, with Pakistan as well,” Amarinder said during an online Idea Exchange at The Indian Express on Wednesday.

Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura are among states reporting delays in salary payments to healthcare workers. In Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, salaries have been delayed to staff of educational varsities.

Among the top 10 spenders in this category are four other advertisers who are linked to the BJP, including three that share the same address in Delhi as the ruling party's national headquarters, according to the tracker.

At meeting called by Sonia, say will put up united front against BJP

Oxford Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine Trial: One of the volunteers was a 48-year-old gynaecologist at a private hospital in Pune who had also volunteered 10 years ago for clinical trials for a vaccine against the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.

The bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, while considering a supplementary statement filed by Bhushan, said criticism is welcome, but one “should not attribute motives to judges” since they cannot go to the press to defend themselves and “can only speak through our judgments”.

Police are yet to ascertain the amount of money involved. But they have made five arrests — among the first in a racket involving e-SIM frauds.

Raigad Police have registered a case against five persons, including the builder, architect, consultant, and two officers of the Mahad Municipal Council for granting an occupation certificate.

“Private consumption has lost its discretionary elements across the board, particularly transport services, hospitality, recreation and cultural activities,” the RBI said in its Annual Report for 2019-20.

Om Birla's letter drawing the attention of Committee chairpersons to the rules comes a few days after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey wrote to him seeking the removal of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as chairman of the Standing Committee on IT for allegedly “flouting”rules.

Underlining that laws have been violated “as if the Rule of Law does not exist”, HPC chairperson Ravi Chopra, in an August 13 letter to the Environment Secretary, said the project has caused “incalculable and long-term damage to the Himalayan ecology”.

As investment activity has further weakened in the economy, the RBI has suggested “targeted public investment” funded by asset monetisation and privatisation of major ports as a viable way to revive the economy.

The Bihar Deputy CM heads the ministerial panels on Integrated GST (IGST) settlement, IT challenges in implementation of GST, and analysis of revenue from GST.