Fuel prices in Delhi were hiked by the oil marketing companies on Tuesday for the 17th day in a row. From now on, petrol and diesel will cost Rs 79.76/litre and Rs 79.40/litre respectively in Delhi.

The price of petrol is increased by 20 paise a litre while that of diesel by 63 paise a litre.

The Supreme Court on Monday modified its earlier order and allowed the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri to be held with the coordination of the Temple committee, state and Central government without compromising with the health issue pertaining to COVID-19.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde said that the apex court is only considering conducting the yatra in Puri and not anywhere else in Odisha.

Tamil Nadu has surpassed yet another grim milestone of 60,000 total coronavirus cases. This comes on a day when the state saw its highest yet tally of 2,710 cases.

Currently, the total COVID-19 cases in the southern state stand at 62,087. It was on June 3 that Tamil Nadu’s total case count had breached the 25,000-mark and it has taken barely 18 days for the state to record over 35,000 new cases.

China on Monday declined to reveal the details of the number of Chinese soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh on June 15-16.

India lost 20 of its soldiers in the violent face-off in the Galwan Valley and 10 Indian soldiers also were held captive and later released. Indian intercepts have revealed that the Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including dead and seriously injured.

Reliance Industries on Monday became the first Indian firm to hit a market valuation of $150 billion, helped by a continuous rally in its share price.

In morning trade, the company's market valuation jumped Rs 28,248.97 crore to Rs 11,43,667 crore ($150 billion) on the BSE.

State-run ONGC is looking at opportunities for optimising its capital and operational expenditures as the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the progress of its projects.

The short term liquidity position was managed by raising short term borrowings to the extent required. The onset of Covid-19 itself will impact project progress to some extent and the Company is identifying opportunities for Capex and Opex optimisations, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) said in a regulatory filing.

As the coronavirus cases in India continue to spread rapidly, India is now just behind the United States, Brazil, and Russia in terms of the total confirmed cases. It is, therefore, the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Asia and the fourth worst-affected nation in the world.

With over 14,800 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Monday crossed the 4.25 lakh-mark, while the death toll has almost touched the 13,700-mark as well.

A soldier of the Indian Army has lost his life in unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops at the Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday, officials said.

The identity of the martyred soldier has been confirmed as Havildar Dipak Karki of the Indian Army. He was deployed along the LoC in Kalal where he attained martyrdom in Pakistan's ceasefire violation.

Gold prices jumped to Rs 47,960 from Rs 47,950 per 10 gram, while silver went up to Rs 48,670 from Rs 48,660 per kilogram on Saturday, according to the Good Returns.

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

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia discussed key strategies with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on making contact tracing more robust and further strengthening of medical services in severely impacted areas.

In a tweet, AAP said that government is closely monitoring COVID-19 situation in Delhi.

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