The hunger strike which began from 8 am and will go on till 5 pm on Monday is part of the farmers' plan to intensify their agitation from December 14.
The farmers are protesting against the recently enacted Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020.
The Reserve Bank of India had announced that the Real-Time Gross Settlement System or RTGS facility will now be available for round the clock transactions, with effect from 12:30 am on December 14.
The first of the Project 17A stealth frigates built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata will be launched on Monday.
Nadda said his health is fine, adding that he is following all the guidelines in home isolation on the advice of doctors.
During his interaction at The Economic Times Global Business Summit on Saturday, Poonawalla said he expected everyone in India to be vaccinated by October 2021 which would pave the way for the return of the normal life.
The ministers were accompanied by BJP leaders from Punjab. However, it was not immediately known what transpired in the meeting.
On December 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a new Parliament building and also performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the structure, which is expected to be completed by 2022.
The number of daily Covid deaths countrywide dropped below 400 on Saturday — only the third time since July 2 when fatalities were reported at this level.
The stand-off between road corporation workers and the State government, which continued on Sunday, has caused much inconvenience to people, who have either put off their travel plans or made alternative arrangements.
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