As India-China tensions continue despite the efforts being made to resolve the border issue, the government has said that as many as 80 Chinese companies are actively doing business in the country.

Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha regarding the restrictions on Chinese firms from doing business in the country, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Anurag Thakur said that 92 Chinese companies are registered in India at present out of which, 80 companies are having the status of 'active' at present.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the Rajya Sabha on the farewell of four MPs. During his address, PM Modi became emotional while he was praising the MPs. Along with this, he narrated the anecdote of Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, when he talked to PM Modi on the phone crying. It may be noted that Ghulam Nabi Azad, Shamsher Singh, Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nadir Ahmed's tenure in Rajya Sabha is complete.

The United States continues to remain the worst affected due to COVID-19 as cumulative cases in the country has surpassed 27 million on Tuesday.

According to Johns Hopkins University, as many as 27,083,808 people have detected positive for the COVID-19. The death toll in the country stands at 464,840.

Nearly 70 persons from Uttar Pradesh are reported missing after the Uttarakhand catastrophe.

The maximum number of missing persons belong to Lakhimpur district. Majority of the labourers had gone to work on the Tapovan project in the farming off-season.

Indian Prime Minister Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will hold a virtual summit today (February 9). This will be the first virtual summit of PM Modi in 2021. In 2020, PM Modi had several virtual summits with his counterparts from Australia, EU, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam.

Both India and Afghanistan share a close partnership. Amid the pandemic, India sent 75,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan and was also able to send more than 20 tonnes of life-saving medicines and other equipment to address the Covid-19 challenge.

26 bodies have been recovered in Tapovan so far and 171 persons are missing after a glacial break in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered an avalanche and massive flooding of Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday morning, said state Director General of Police Ashok Kumar on Monday.

Taking to Twitter, Kumar informed that 35 people are supposed to be in the Tunnel where the rescue operation is still going on.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has shown limited efficacy against mild disease caused by the variant first identified in South Africa, according to early data in a small phase trial.

Efficacy against severe Covid-19 cases, hospitalisation and deaths hasn’t yet been determined, given that subjects were predominantly young healthy adults, a spokesperson for AstraZeneca said in a statement.

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) slipped 9 per cent to Rs 39.55 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade, in an otherwise strong market, after the company reported a loss of Rs 231 crore in the December quarter (Q3FY21) due to poor operational performance. The state-owned heavy equipment company had posted a profit after tax of Rs 159 crore in Q3FY20.

Bajaj Electricals shares zoomed 20 per cent to hit a new high of Rs 1,106 in intra-day trade on the BSE on Monday. The stock has now rallied 50 per cent in three days after the company reported robust consolidated net profit of Rs 98 crore in the December quarter (Q3FY21), on strong performance by consumer products (CP) business. The household appliances maker had recorded a profit of Rs 9 crore in the year-ago quarter.

Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) rallied 10 per cent to Rs 952 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade after the firm reported a healthy operational performance in the October-December quarter (Q3FY21).

The stock of cars and utility vehicles company surpassed its previous high of Rs 893 touched on February 4.

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