LIVE News Updates: 3 ‘black’ ordinances of Modi govt- another anti farmer conspiracy, says Rahul Gandhi

Question Hour is the golden hour but you say that it can't be held due to the circumstances. You conduct the proceedings but single out Question Hour. You are trying to strangulate the democracy: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress MP in Lok Sabha

Farmers are the ones who buy in retail and sell their produce at wholesale prices. The three 'black' ordinances of the Modi government are a fatal attack on farmers and agricultural laborers so that neither they get MSP nor their rights and finally they are forced to sell their land to capitalists. Another anti-farmer conspiracy by Modi ji, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

Police seeks 10-day custody of ex-JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Deepak Kochhar, arrested in connection with ICICI Bank-Videocon Case, tests positive for COVID-19; admitted at AIIMS, Delhi.

New members of the Rajya Sabha, including JMM's Shibu Soren and DMK's T Siva, take oath as Monsoon Session begins. Pens used by MPs to sign being changed after every use, in view of COVID-19.

Rajya Sabha proceedings begin on the first day of Monsoon Session. The session began with Lok Sabha assembling in the morning.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will not attend today's session as he has fever since last night, says Speaker Ram Niwas Goel in Delhi Assembly

Three Andhra Pradesh government employees, including one working on contract, were killed when a car they were travelling in plunged into an irrigation canal in Tanuku in West Godavari district on Monday morning.

Odisha registered 4,198 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day spike so far, taking the state's total tally to 1,55,005, a health official said on Monday.

Govt seeks nod for additional spending of Rs 2,35,852 crore in first batch of Supplementary Demand for Grants

Yoshihide Suga elected as new ruling party leader, virtually securing him parliament vote as Japan's new prime minister

Security forces on Monday detected explosive device planted by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district which was later defused, police sources said.

Maximum cases & deaths primarily reported from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, UP, Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha, Assam, Kerala and Gujarat. All these reported more than 1 Lakh cases, says Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, in Lok Sabha, on COVID-19.

With our endeavour to manage COVID-19, India has been able to limit its cases and deaths per million to 3,328 cases per million and 55 deaths per million population respectively, which is one of the lowest in the world as compared to similarly affected countries, says Health Minister

77,512 recoveries registered in last 24 hours in India taking the total number of recoveries to 37,80,107 & recovery rate to 78%. More than 60% of active cases are concentrated in 5 States- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Tamil Nadu, says Health Ministry

I think the biggest challenge right now in the country is the State of the economy & unemployment. I think on the first first day, what we should have debated today in Parliament is the state of the economy, pandemic & challenges of unemployment: NCP's Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha.

This is a global scenario & we're not the only country going through it. But it should be priority of govt. I don't see this govt at the Centre talking extensively either about the economy or unemployment challenges. We should put it on priority: NCP's Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha

Mizoram's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,428 as 14 more people have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, an official said on Monday.

Telangana reported 1,417 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the overall infection tally to 1,58,513, while death toll rose to 974 with 13 more fatalities.

It's extraordinary situation. When Assemblies aren't ready to meet for a single day, we -with around 800-850 MPs- are meeting here. There are so many ways to question the govt, govt isn't running away from discussion. We're ready for discussion, says Pralhad Joshi, BJP MP in Lok Sabha

A inter-state online sex racket running for past few years was busted when police raided a house in a Kanpur locality and rescued nine girls , including one each from Assam and Delhi.

A Class 10 student of a private school has been booked for allegedly sending 'obscene messages' to his teacher during an online class.

India's COVID-19 case tally crosses 48 lakh mark with a spike of 92,071 new cases & 1,136 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total case tally stands at 48,46,428 including 9,86,598 active cases, 37,80,108 cured/discharged/migrated & 79,722 deaths: Ministry of Health

Three children were killed in Chitrakoot district after being struck by lightning in the Chilimal village.

Govt is accountable to Parliament. When have they reported to us on talks b/w Defence & Foreign Ministers (of India & China)? Nation needs to be taken into confidence by govt. Question of support for military beyond debate we're very strongly with our Army, says Shashi Tharoor,Congress

MPs pay tribute to ex-President Pranab Mukherjee, legendary Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj, ex-Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, MP Governor Lalji Tandon, UP Ministers Kamal Rani & Chetan Chauhan and ex-union minister Rahguvansh Prasad Singh & others who passed away this year.

RSP's N Premachandran has given Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha over the 'inclusion of names of prominent leaders in Delhi Police chargesheet on Delhi riots'.

DMK and CPI(M) have given Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha over 'suicide of 12 teenage students due to NEET'.

Congress MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and K Suresh have given Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha over Chinese incursion in Eastern Ladakh

“Parliament session is beginning in distinct times. There's Corona & there's duty. MPs chose the path to duty. I congratulate & express gratitude to them. This time RS-LS will be held at different times in a day. It'll be held on Saturday-Sunday too. All MPs accepted this,” says PM Modi

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 28.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 922,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 28,891,676 and the fatalities rose to 922,441, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US accounted for the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 6,519,121 and 194,041 respectively, according to the CSSE.

India is currently in the second place in terms of cases at 4,754,356, while the country's death toll stood at 78,586.

In terms of cases, Brazil ranks third (4,330,455), and is followed by Russia (1,059,024), Peru (722,832), Colombia (708,964), Mexico (668,381), South Africa (649,793), Spain (566,326), Argentina (555,537), Chile (434,748), France (402,893), Iran (402,029), the UK (370,928), Bangladesh (337,520), Saudi Arabia (325,651), Pakistan (301,481), Turkey (291,162), Iraq (290,309), Italy (287,753), Germany (261,737), Philippines (261,216), Indonesia (218,382), Ukraine (158,122), Israel (155,604), Canada (138,640), Bolivia (125,982), Qatar (121,740), Ecuador (118,594), Kazakhstan (106,803), Dominican Republic (103,660), Romania (103,495), Panama (101,745) and Egypt (101,009), the CSSE figures showed.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the Brazil (131,625), Mexico (70,821), the UK (41,717), Italy (35,610), France (30,903), Peru (30,526), Spain (29,747), Iran (23,157), Colombia (22,734), Russia (18,517), South Africa (15,447), Chile (11,949), Argentina (11,352) and Ecuador (10,864).