LIVE: India, China agree to uphold peace on border; more talks soon

Opposition demands include revocation of suspension of the eight MPs and the government bringing in another bill under which no private player can purchase below MSP, said Ghulam Nabi Azad

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Global economy to contract 4.3 per cent in 2020; output worth $6 trillion to be wiped out: UNCTAD report

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Ram temple Trust applies for permission to accept donations from abroad: Trust official

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Lok Sabha adjourned till 6 pm tomorrow

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India, China agree not to send more troops to the frontline in a bid to defuse tensions in eastern Ladakh

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China's Xi: Covid reveals isolationism as a futile pursuit

China's leader took oblique potshots at the US and its foreign policies on Tuesday, cautioning in a UN address that the world must not fall into the trap of a clash of civilizations" - remarks played minutes after delegates heard the American president insist that the United Nations hold China accountable" for how it handled the emergence of the coronavirus.

 

"Major countries should act like major countries, Xi Jinping said in a speech to the UN General Assembly, a speech made remotely and recorded in advance because the pandemic prevented leaders from convening as they have for decades.

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India not in a position to accept concept of Data Free Flow with Trust: Goyal

India is not in a position to accept the concept of Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) as it is neither well understood nor is comprehensive enough in the legislation of many countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

 

He said that in view of the huge digital divide among countries, there is a need for policy space for developing countries which still have to finalise laws around digital trade and data.

 

The minister was speaking at the virtual meeting of the G-20 Trade and Investment Ministers.

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PM Modi visited 58 countries since 2015. Rs 517.82 crores have been spent on these trips: Govt to Rajya Sabha

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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey demands in Lok Sabha that govt bring in bills for Uniform Civil Code and population control to "save the country"

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Lok Sabha passes bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from existing Urdu and English, will be official languages in Jammu and Kashmir

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Removal of pulses, onion, potato from list of essentials will lead to food crisis: TMC

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Navies of India and Australia will carry out two-day mega exercise in Indian Ocean Region beginning tomorrow: Officials

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Momentous day for the people of J&K as Official Languages (Amendment) Bill was passed in Lok Sabha: Amit Shah

9:19 PM

India, China release joint statement on the outcome of sixth round of senior commander talks

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India, Chinese Senior Commanders had candid and in-depth exchanges of views on stabilising situation along LAC

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RS MPs suspension: Fadnavis opposes Pawar's protest fast

Speaking to reporters, Devendra Fadnavis said NCP chief Sharad Pawar had not opposed the Centre's farm bills but was protesting against the suspension of RS MPs.

 

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Sikkim Assembly passes nine bills

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Facebook India Vice President moves Supreme Court

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Will continue protest: Suspended CPI(M) MP

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Opposition claims of MSP regime ending 'white lies': Dushyant Chautala

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday described as "white lies" the claims made by opposition parties that the Centre's farm reforms are aimed at ending the MSP-based procurement regime.

Chautala, a JJP leader whose party is a coalition partner of the BJP in Haryana, said there is no truth in the claims that the farm bills were aimed at benefitting big corporates and ending the minimum support price regime.

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Bihar issues SOP for reopening schools

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Farm bills a bid to enslave farmers to industrialists: Congress

Slamming the Centre over passage of farm bills in Parliament, Congress leader and Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Tuesday said the government was trying to "enslave" farmers to select industrialists and encouraging "company raj"

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Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister welcomes farm Bills

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Farm Bills are 'black laws' that will ruin farming community: Sidhu

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Centre has provided platform to sell produces anywhere in the country: BJP leader

The Centre has provided a platform to the farmers to sell their produce across the country and to anybody with the passage of farm bills in the Parliament, Tamil Nadu BJP vice-president Prof Kanagasabhpathi said on Tuesday.

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Harivansh goes on fast over oppn's 'humiliation' as Modi lauds him

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Harivansh invoked his humble origins in Bihar and socialist inspirations like JP and Karpoori Thakur on Tuesday, as he went on a fast citing opposition members' "humiliating" conduct towards him, which the ruling NDA has made into a political issue in the poll-bound state.

He announced his 24-hour fast in a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, speaking at length about his anguish over the ruckus in the House during the passage of two farm bills on Sunday.

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Five Oppn MPs boycott Rajya Sabha's Business Advisory Committee

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Rajya Sabha: Naidu lauds Harivansh for showing restraint

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Jharkhand Assembly adjourned twice amid din by BJP MLAs

Uproarious scenes marked the last day of the Jharkhand Assembly's monsoon session, with the speaker adjourning the House twice during the day, as BJP members created a ruckus, demanding a discussion over cancellation of a job policy by the high court.