Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: COVID-19 Vaccinations In India Cross 1-Crore Mark For Fifth Time
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, September 27, 2021: This blog brings to you the latest breaking news from across India and the world. Refresh the page to find the latest updates.
India administers 1 crore vaccines for 5th time.
UP Govt allocates portfolios to the ministers who took oath yesterday. Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada has been given Technical Education Department, tweets CM Yogi Adityanath
India is committed to goal of nuclear weapons-free world & complete elimination of nuclear weapons, consistent with highest priority accorded to nuclear disarmament by Final Document of 1st Spl Session of UNGA on Disarmament (SSOD-I): Foreign Secy Harsh V Shringla at UNSC.
Former Goa Chief Minister and MLA Luizinho Faleiro in his resignation letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi writes: "I see absolutely no hope or even the will to prevent the collapse of the party and change for the better".
Punjab CM calls emergency meeting on the farmers' issues in the wake of 'Bharat Bandh'.
United Nations, Sep 27 (PTI): Afghanistan and Myanmar will not address the UN General Assembly's high-level General Debate on Monday, a top UN fficial has said.
According to the latest list of speakers for the last day of the high-level General Debate of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Afghanistan and Myanmar are not listed as speakers to address the session.
On Friday, spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric had said that as for now, the Afghanistan representative inscribed on the list for Monday is H E Mr Ghulam M. Isaczai.
Following the coup in Myanmar, its military rulers have said the country's Ambassador at UN Kyaw Moe Tun has been dismissed and they want Aung Thurein to replace him.
Last week, the Taliban had written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's ambassador to the UN and had asked to participate in the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari files an application at Calcutta High Court, seeking dismissal of Mukul Roy from the post of MLA under the anti-defection law.
"Today, Dilip Ghosh went to an area where there's resentment against him. There was a spontaneous protest against him. Dilip Ghosh escaped & his security personnel pointed guns at the crowd": TMC MP Saugata Roy said on the ruckus during BJP's campaign in Bhabanipur earlier today.
"Ultimately no harm was done to him as I saw pictures of him smiling & chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' & going away. All this was a drama to get attention. We want to see a peaceful campaign during whatever time is left," he added.
CBI questioned TMC MLA Madan Mitra in Kolkata today in connection with the chit fund case and will quiz his son in the case tomorrow, ANI reported.
Bharat Bandh was a success, the public supported it. It's okay if the public experienced some inconvenience, let one day be in solidarity with farmers who have been experiencing troubles (protesting against farm laws at Delhi border) under the sun, heat for the last 10 months: Rakesh Tikait, BKU said, as quoted by ANI.
"While I was campaigning in Bhabanipur today, TMC workers hurled abuses at me. I was meeting some people at a vaccination centre when some people suddenly surrounded me & started jostling. One of our workers was badly beaten": BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said. "I was also attacked. My security tried to stop it & they brought out their guns to scare the attackers. Arjun Singh was also surrounded and he was forced to leave the area amid 'go back' slogans. Local police didn't help," he added.
New Delhi: About 25 trains have been affected due to the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions on Monday to protest the Centre's three agri laws, officials said.
"More than 20 locations are being blocked in Delhi, Ambala, and Firozepur divisions. About 25 trains are affected due to this," a spokesperson for the Northern Railway said.
Officials said the Delhi-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab, New Delhi-Moga Express, Old Delhi-Pathankot Express, Vande Bharat Express from New Delhi to Katra, and Amritsar Shatabdi are some of the trains that have been affected.
The bandh started at 6 am and will continue till 4 pm.
In the North-Western Railway zone, rail traffic on the Rewari-Bhiwani, Bhiwani-Rohtak, Bhiwani-Hisar and Hanumangarh-Sadulpur-Sriganganagar-Fatuhi sections has been affected due to the farmers' agitation.
According to Lt. Shashi Kiran, Chief Public Relations Officer, North-Western Railway, due to the bandh train, the Bathinda - Lalgarh special train service has been cancelled on Monday along with the Sriganganagar-Ambala special train service.
Partially cancelled train services include the Jaipur - Daulatpur Chowk Special train service which left Jaipur on Monday but will operate only till Dhulkot station.
While the Daulatpur Chowk Jaipur Special will leave Ambala on Monday, instead of Daulatpur Chowk, this train will run partially between Daulatpur Chowk-Ambala stations.
Other partially operated services include the Tilakbridge Sri Ganganagar Special train service which will operate from Rewari in place of Tilak Bridge, the Rewari Jodhpur Special train which will operate from Sadulpur instead of Rewari and the Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bikaner Special train service which will leave Delhi Sarai on Monday but will operate up to Sri Ganganagar station.
Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 ended flat with a positive bias on Monday. BSE Sensex ended at a record closing high at 60,078, while the Nifty 50 index ended flat at 17,855, a new closing high.
West Bengal | Several BJP workers injured in an alleged clash at a bypoll campaign in Kolkata. "TMC govt including CM Mamata Banerjee are intolerant, not allowing us to campaign. TMC hooligans tortured our workers,beat them. Decide before you vote on Sep 30..," Agnimitra Paul,BJP
Today we have launched an app which contains all the information about all historic & famous places of Delhi, it also has the feature of booking tickets. Anyone from Delhi or any tourist can use this app to plan their tour of Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal.
This app will especially help international tourists who lack information & we're hoping that this will boost the tourism in Delhi.
Some agitating farmers, at Ghazipur border, ask Delhi Congress chief Anil Chaudhary to leave from their site of protest where he had come to join them.
Dombivli gang-rape case | One more accused arrested by the Police. All 33 accused, including two minors, have been arrested. The two minor accused have been sent to Child Correction Home: Thane Police
Indian shares were flat in volatile trading on Monday as IT stocks slipped from recent highs and offset gains in the auto and bank sectors.
The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index (NSE)rose 0.09% to 17,869.1 by 0458 GMT, and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (BSESN) was up 0.14% at 60,130.4.
The Nifty volatility index (NIFVIX) rose 4.1%. Higher market volatility and occasional corrections could continue as the festive season rolls in, said AK Prabhakar, head of research at IDBI Capital.
Indian equities, however, have continued to outperform emerging market peers so far this year, helped by flush liquidity and quickening COVID-19 vaccination drives.
Auto stocks (NIFTY AUTO) were up 1.3%, as Tata Motors (TAMO NS) rose 3% to top the Nifty 50, while peer Maruti Suzuki (MRTI NS) rose 2.6%.
Public sector banks advanced 1.3%, with Bank of Baroda jumping more than 2%.
Supreme Court grants four months' time to Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to complete the election process of Urban Local Bodies in the State The state poll panel has sought time till April 2022 for carrying out the preparatory works to complete the election process
Tamil Nadu: Protesters agitating against the three farm laws break police barricade in Anna Salai area of Chennai.
Train operations affected in Delhi, Ambala and Firozpur divisions as people are sitting on railway tracks. More than 20 locations are being blocked in Delhi division. About 25 trains affected in Ambala and Firozpur divisions: Northern Railway
Andhra Pradesh: Various parts of the Srikakulam district continue to receive heavy rainfall due to Cyclone Gulab.
Cyclone Gulab | Deep Depression over north Andhra & adjoining south Odisha moved westwards during last 6 hrs, lay centered at 5:30 am of 27th Sept over south Odisha & adjoining north Andhra, about 110 km south-SE of Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) & 140 km west-NW of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), says IMD
It is likely to move nearly westwards and weaken further into a Depression during the next 12 hours
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade on Monday, led by strong gains in index majors HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid a largely positive global markets.
After touching another lifetime high of 60,339.28, the 30-share Sensex eased slightly but was still trading 245.62 points or 0.41 per cent higher at 60,294.09. Similarly, the Nifty surged 69.90 points or 0.39 per cent to 17,923.10.
Maruti was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank, SBI, Bajaj Auto, M&M, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank.
On the other hand, Nestle India, Tech Mahindra, Dr Reddy's and ITC were among the laggards.
Diesel has become costlier by 70 paise a litre on Monday after state-run fuel retailers raised its rates by another 25 paise a litre, the third price hike of the fuel in the last four days as international crude oil prices head towards $80 a barrel on rising demand and supply concerns.
Pump prices of petrol, however, remain frozen at ₹101.19 per litre since September 5. Diesel prices, which had softened to ₹88.62 per litre three weeks ago after climbing to record ₹89.87 a litre in mid-July, have been priced at ₹89.32 on Monday in Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on Monday at 11 am and address people via video conferencing on the occasion, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Sunday.
“Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information. The Mission will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent,” the statement read.
Maharashtra: Extortion case registered by Thane Police against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, DCP Parag Manere, builder Sanjay Punamia, businessman Sunil Jain and one Manoj Ghatkar and three officers transferred to state Crime Investigation Department (CID).
Maharashtra: Extortion case registered by Thane Police against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, DCP Parag Manere, builder Sanjay Punamia, businessman Sunil Jain and one Manoj Ghatkar and three officers transferred to state Crime Investigation Department (CID).
India has emerged as Dubai's second biggest trading partner after China with the overall volume touching 38.5 billion dirham in the first half of 2021, according to official data released on Sunday.
According to a Dubai government statement, the emirate had a trade volume of 86.7 billion dirham with China in H1 (first half) of 2021, followed by India and the US at third position.
Trade with India grew 74.5 per cent year-on-year to 67.1 billion dirham from 38.5 billion dirham in H1 2020.
China recorded 30.7 per cent growth year-on-year with total trade with Dubai standing at 66.3 billion dirham in H1 2020.
In H1 2021, the USA traded 32 billion dirham with Dubai, up 1 per cent year-on-year from 31.7 billion dirham.
Saudi Arabia came fourth with 30.5 billion dirham up 26 per cent from H1 2020, followed by Switzerland at 24.8 billion dirham.
Heavy rain is likely to pound most of the districts in southern West Bengal on Tuesday owing to a low-pressure area that is developing in the Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday.
Some of the districts in the region will also receive heavy rain on Wednesday, it said.
A cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge near the Myanmar coast on Monday and under its influence, a low-pressure area will be developed in the subsequent 24 hours, the weatherman said.
Heavy rain is likely in one or two places in Kolkata, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Howrah, Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia districts on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, heavy rain is likely in one or two places in Paschim Bardhaman, Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia districts, it said.
Owing to cyclone Gulab, which will cross the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts, heavy rain will occur in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts till Tuesday morning, the MeT department said.
It said that sea conditions will be very rough due to the two weather systems and warned fishermen not to venture into the deep sea till further notice.
Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel.
The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 26.0% of the vote, ahead of 24.5% for Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc, projections for broadcaster ZDF showed, but both groups believed they could lead the next government.
Delhi-Amritsar National Highway blocked at Shahabad in Haryana's Kurukshetra by protesting farmers, agitating against farm laws.
The Congress has asked all its workers, state unit chiefs and heads of frontal organisations to take part in the Bharat Bandh. Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said party workers will extend "full support to the peaceful Bharat Bandh". "We believe in the right of our farmers and we will stand by them in their fight against the black farm laws," he tweeted.
Background
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, September 27, 2021: The cyclone Gulab weakened into a deep depression over north Andhra Pradesh and is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards, weakening further into a depression during the next six hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. At least three people were killed in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Gulab made landfall in the coastal region of the two states on Sunday evening.
"The Cyclonic Storm 'Gulab' over north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha, weakened into a Deep Depression at 0230 hrs IST of 27th Sep over north Andhra Pradesh. It is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards and weaken further into a depression during the next 06 hrs,” IMD tweeted at 4:15am.
Protesting farmers have called a "Bharat Bandh" today as their protest against the new farm laws completes 10 months. The farmers have been pressing for constitutional guarantee on MSP or minimum support and alleged that the new laws will allow the private firms to take over the agriculture sector.
A day before the proposed Bharat Bandh, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said farmers should leave the path of agitation and opt for dialogue.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said farmers are ready to protest for 10 years, but will not allow the "black" legislations to be implemented. "It has been 10 months of this agitation. The government must listen with open ears that even if we have to agitate for 10 years we are ready," Mr Tikait said at a farmers' gathering in Panipat.
"I would like to appeal to farmers to leave the path of agitation and follow the path of dialogue. The government is ready to consider the objections raised by them. There have been several discussions earlier. If there is anything left, the government is definitely ready to talk," he said.
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