Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced free travel arrangements for all students from Madhya Pradesh who are set to appear in the NEET, JEE examinations.

The students will be provided free travel arrangements from the block or district headquarters to the examination centre by the government.

The Supreme Court on Monday will pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya seeking a review of its May 2017 order holding him guilty of contempt for transferring USD 40 million to his children in violation of the court's order.

A bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ashok Bhushan will pronounce the judgment today.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended greetings to the countrymen on the occasion of Onam.

The President called it a "symbol of our rich cultural heritage and an expression of our gratitude to Mother Nature at the arrival of the new crop" and urged the people to take care of people belonging to the weaker sections of society and follow guidelines to contain COVID-19.

Expressing confidence that India's coronavirus situation will be 'under control' by Diwali this year, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the country was much ahead in tackling the problem.

The minister made the remark while inaugurating the 'Nation First' webinar series, organised by the Anathkumar Foundation.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said that while Air India has been an asset, the government should not be running airports and airlines.

The minister added that he is hopeful of completing Air India's privatization process within 2020.

Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the CBI's Special Investigation Team for eight hours on Sunday, on issues including the medical treatment and medicines administered to Sushant Singh Rajput and mention of drugs in her chats, and is likely to be questioned again as her answers were not satisfactory.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has been questioning Rhea daily since the last three days. According to the CBI officials, Rhea, accompanied by brother Showik, arrived at the DRDO guest house around 10:15 am on Sunday and left at 7 pm.

Gold prices today fell to 54,440 from Rs 55,200 per 10 gram a day before, while silver jumped to Rs 66,300 from Rs 65,500 per kg, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

India has received the highest rainfall in August this year since 1976 -- 25 per cent more than the average, after recording 10 per cent less downpour than the average in July, thus setting a new record after 44 years, the IMD said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however, has forecast that the monsoon may slow down in September.

India's COVID-19 tally raced past 34 lakh with a single-day spike of76,472 cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 26,48,998, pushing the recovery rate to 76.47 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry.

The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to62,550 with 1,021 people succumbing to it in a span of24 hours, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her 'Act of God' remarks on the economy, saying will the FM as the Messenger of God answer how should the mismanagement of the economy before the coronavirus pandemic be described.

Sitharaman on Thursday had said the economy has been hit by the pandemic, which is an 'Act of God', and it will see a contraction in the current fiscal.

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