There will be no Winter Session of Parliament this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government has said.
School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar said that the decision to reopen schools for Class 10 and 12 students has been taken keeping in view the upcoming board examinations.
The AIIMS Nurses Union announced an indefinite strike from Monday. Putting a hold on hiring on contract and clarity over salary structure are some of the demands of the nurses.
A sessions court in Mumbai has pulled up the Mumbai Police for the manner in which it arrested Republic TV Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani in connection with the TRP scam case a day before his anticipatory bail plea hearing was scheduled.
Veteran aerospace scientist and Padma Vibhushan Professor Roddam Narasimha passes away at the M S Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru. He was 87.
As per a statement from the chief minister's office (CMO), demands of the protesters to rectify salary differences, compensate employees who died of Covid-19, and action against harassment from senior officials were promised to be fulfilled.
The suggestion came during the brief hearing of a plea by advocate Rakesh Malhotra seeking increase in the Covid-19 testing numbers in the national capital and getting speedy results.
So far, women commuters, not working in the essential services sector, have been allowed to travel only during non-peak hours in view of Covid-19.
India's total cases rise to 98,84,100, with 336 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. The updated health ministry data further shows the country's active cases at 3,52,586.
Deputy CM Laxman Savadi ruled out considering striking transport workers' demands to be treated as govt employees, but said other demands will be looked into.
