The sixth Corps Commander-level meeting between India and China on the issue of Ladakh stand-off concluded on Monday night after 13 hours of marathon talks.

The Indian representatives at the meeting are now expected to brief senior officials about the discussions with the Chinese.14 Corps Chief Lt Gen Harinder Singh and his likely successor Lt Gen PGK Menon along with a Joint Secretary from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had attended the meeting from the Indian side at Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has reportedly fined more than 2,000 people in nine days for not wearing masks inside station premises and inside the metro, and for a general disregard against following the important coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-necessitated protocols.

According to reports, the DMRC also further counselled more than 5,000 people regarding the importance of following the COVID-19-related procols for cutting down the spread of the coronavirus, especially considering the fact that the pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati through video-conferencing on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall address the convocation of IIT, Guwahati through video-conferencing at 12 Noon, on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Monday.

ICRA has downgraded the rating for Air India Express’ (AIEL’s) short-term loans to A4 from A4+, given the adverse impact of Covid on air travel. The revision also reflects the likelihood of its extended impact, according to the rating agency.

The rating also takes into account AIEL’s stretched credit profile, characterised by negative net worth and a high outstanding to Air India and other vendors.

Attacking the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief for dubbing the BJP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as anti-Muslim, BJP spokesperson NV Subash on Sunday, said Asaduddin Owaisi was attempting to get political mileage in the upcoming Bihar polls by targeting BJP and 'harping' on his old practices of communal opportunism.

Pharmaceutical companies are committed to a science first approach in the development of COVID-19 vaccines even as the pressure piles on to end the pandemic, the representative of a Singapore-based industry body has said.

Vaccine development is a complex process, traditionally it takes as long as 20 years, said Ashish Pal, vice-president of the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI).

Shares of HCL Technologies hit a fresh record high of Rs 835, up 3 per cent on the BSE in the early morning deals on Monday after the company announced its intent to acquire IT company DWS Limited, a leading Australian IT, business, and management consulting group, for $158.2 million (approximately Rs 1,162 crore). The acquisition is expected to be completed by December 2020. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 824 touched on Friday, September 18, 2020.

DWS is a provider of IT, Business, and Management Consulting services in Australia and New Zealand.

A total of eight MPs were suspended from Rajya Sabha on Monday for unruly behaviour on Sunday. The MPs include Derek O Brien, Sanjay Singh, Raju Satav, KK Ragesh, Ripun Bora, Dola Sen, Syed Nazir Hussain and Elamaran Karim.

Condemning the MP’s misbehaviour with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Sunday, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said that it was a bad day for the Upper House of the Parliament.

In another gift to poll-bound Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of nine highway projects through video conferencing on Monday.

The PM will also inaugurate optical fibre internet services under which all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through optical fibre internet service.

In a major tragedy, at least people were killed and several feared trapped after a three-storeyed building in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi collapsed on Monday.

The three-storied building was located in the Patel Compound area in Bhiwandi, Thane and is said to be 43 years old. It had 40 flats with a total occupancy of 150 people.

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