Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Union Home Minister Amit Shah discussed on Monday the state's preparedness for Cyclone Nisarga, which is predicted to hit the west coast on June 3.

Thackeray, in the meeting held through video conferencing, said Mumbai city, its suburbs, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg are on alert for the cyclone.

Punjab National Bank (PNB), the country's second-largest state-owned lender, on Monday said it has reduced its repo-linked lending rate (RLLR) by 40 basis points (bps) to 6.65 per cent from 7.05 per cent.

The bank's marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) has also been revised downwards by 15 bps across all tenors.

US President Donald Trump has sent out of warning claiming the military will be deployed if states and cities failed to end the protests sparked after the death of George Floyd.

Trump, while addressing himself as the law and order president, said that he was deploying thousands of heavily armed soldiers and cops to prevent further protests in Washington.

A terrorist was gunned down by security forces on Tuesday in an encounter at the Saimoh area of Tral in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)'s Awantipora on Tuesday. J&K Police and security forces are carrying out the search operation in the area. The identity of the eliminated terrorist remains unknown.

A top police official said that one terrorist has been killed in the encounter so far while two more are believed to be trapped in the area.

The probe into two Pakistan High Commission has revealed that they wanted to acquire information about the movement of Army units and hardware via trains.

Two officials of Pakistan High Commission, identified as Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir, were arrested and were declared 'persona non grata' by India on charges of espionage.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday deployed nine teams across six districts of Maharastra, including Mumbai as cyclone Nisarga in the Arabian sea got closer to the coast.

Three teams have been deployed in Mumbai, two in Palghar and one each in Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Monday declared that the borders of the national capital will be sealed for the next week, in view of the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases amid this pandemic outbreak. He added that only essential services will be allowed to exempted at the borders.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 1.90 lakh-mark on Monday, while the death toll has topped the 5,300-mark as well. At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 1,90,535 cases, which includes 93,322 active cases; 91,819 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 5,394 deaths.

The new academic year begins today in Kerala. The Kerala government will begin virtual classes for school students from today, in an effort to ensure that they do not miss out on lessons due to COVID-19 induced lockdown.

More than 45 lakh students will be part of this online initiative.

The government has notified new income-tax return forms for 2019-20, making it mandatory for high spenders to file ITR and allowing assesses to avail benefits of extended timelines in view of Covid-19.

People incurring large spending will not be able to escape paying taxes, with the government making filing mandatory in specific cases even in their income is below the taxable limit.

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