Lok Sabha passes The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
"Yesterday I had said that several doctors and health workers sacrificed their lives while trying to save patients. I had also said that they should be given the status of martyrs," Congress' Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
Yesterday I had said that several doctors & health workers sacrificied their lives while trying to save patients. I had also said that they should be given the status of martrys. If there is God above us, we call doctors 'demigod': Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress MP in Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/GTlhMsXStE— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
National Recruitment Agency expected to conduct Common Eligibility Test from Sept 2021 onwards to screen/shortlist candidates for jobs in Government sector for which recruitment is presently carried out through SSC, RRBs & IBPS: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.
NRA will conduct only preliminary screening of candidates. The final recruitment will be done through domain-specific examinations/tests to be conducted by respective agencies- SSC, RRBs and IBPS: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions https://t.co/zlBKBMd1fh— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Samajwadi Party announces on Twitter that they will support the candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, without forging an alliance with any political party.
आगामी बिहार विधानसभा चुनावों में समाजवादी पार्टी किसी भी पार्टी से गठबंधन ना करते हुए राष्ट्रीय जनता दल के उम्मीदवारों का समर्थन करेगी।— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) September 21, 2020
Government has decided that all produce will be sold in the market at 1% fee instead of the previous 4% fee: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.
Government has decided that all produce will be sold in the market at 1% fee instead of the previous 4% fee: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala https://t.co/Pl1l6LE66V— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand at 9 pm today: National Centre for Seismology.
Meeting b/w Corps Commanders of India and China to discuss standoff in Ladakh started around 10 am and is still going on, reported news agency ANI. 14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh, and Lt Gen PGK Menon along with a Joint Secretary from MEA are attending it from Indian side at Moldo on Chinese side of LAC.
2008 Bengaluru serial blasts: Shoaib - an accused absconding since 2008 - detained by Bengaluru city Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC), with the assistance of central agencies. He was detained in Kerala and is being brought to Bengaluru. A Red Corner Notice was issued against him.
US announces sanctions on Iran's defense ministry, Venezuela's Maduro under contested 'UN' authority.
It will be better for Pakistan to set its own house in order before it speaks about others: Senthil Kumar, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India, Geneva, during India's right to reply at 45th Session of Human Rights Council.
It will be better for Pakistan to set its own house in order before it speaks about others: Senthil Kumar, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India, Geneva, during India's right to reply at 45th Session of Human Rights Council https://t.co/xzC9rDGBxv— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Mumbai, September 21: In one of the biggest news of Sunday, two of the three big-ticket farm bills of the government were passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote amid unprecedented uproar and protests. The opposition claimed the government did not have the numbers and there was a rampant violation of rules that helped the BJP.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said that the ruckus which took place in the Rajya Sabha during the debate on farm bills has tainted the image of Parliament in front of the entire nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated farmers, stating that the passing of the farm bills in the parliament was a "watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture".
Popular video app TikTok announced on Saturday it has proposed an agreement with Oracle as its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner, a potential deal US President Donald Trump touted as "fantastic."
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