The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively on Monday; Tesla Inc shares rose to a record high in the first trading session of 2021, extending last year's more than eight-fold surge that helped it become the world's most valuable carmaker; Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: SBI, Jio have more customers than US population

Centre-farmers' talks inconclusive; next meeting on January 8 as agitation continues The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively on Monday, January 4, as farmer leaders insisted on the repeal of the three contentious farm laws right from the beginning, even as the government listed various benefits from the Acts. The next meeting will take place on January 8, farmer leaders said. GST compensation shortfall: Centre releases 10th ins...

During the meeting, the government listed various benefits from the three laws enacted a few months ago, but farmers kept insisting that the legislation must be withdrawn

Farmers' protest: The government refused to repeal the three farm laws and asked the union leaders to point out what they considered objectionable

After five rounds of inconclusive talks, the government and 40 farmer unions reached some common ground during the sixth round of negotiations on December 30 to resolve protesting farmers' concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning

The last few decades saw MNCs from abroad do business and prosper in India but this decade will belong to the Indian MNCs, he said, after laying the foundation stone for the permanent campus of IIM-Sambalpur in Odisha through video conference

While AstraZeneca says it expects 2 million doses of the Oxford University vaccine to be ready each week in just over a fortnight, Pfizer BioNTech said the number of doses it has now sent to the UK is 'in the millions'

IIM Sambalpur foundation stone laying ceremony: It is our responsibility to get 'brand India' global recognition. Those who will be part of this institution need to encourage development and focus on inclusivity of all, said PM Modi

IIM-Sambalpur foundation stone laying ceremony today:The IIM-Sambalpur virtual foundation stone laying ceremony will be attended by around 5,000 invitees

The Centre and farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday but remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP

Even as farmers and the government continue to be in a deadlock over the three contentious farm laws, farmers' union leaders and Union ministers were seen having lunch together during a break at Vigyan Bhawan. Visuals from inside the venue showed the agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal being served the langar that the farmers arranged from outside. The sixth round of talks were held between the protesting farmer unions and the Centre on Wednesday.Also Read: President Kovind, PM Modi greet people on New Year 2021

Punjab Kisan Union state president Ruldu Singh Mansa announced the Centre's decision to accept two of the four demands of the farmers

The meeting between representatives of the Centre and 40 farmer unions began at 2:00 pm on Wednesday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Thursday, December 24, that the scheme will ensure universal health coverage and concentrate on providing financial risk protection and assuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals and communities of J&K

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presided over the virtual function. Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, V K Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kailash Choudhary and former Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore also attended the event

PM-KISAN: The PMO said that the Prime Minister will also have a conversation with farmers from six different states during the event. The event will take place virtually

The order was based on a petition filed by an NGO, People's Union of Civil Liberties, challenging the government decision to withdraw prosecution of 61 cases under section 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said over 900 km NH length has been added in Karnataka during last six years, and it now stands at 7,652 km

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan was speaking while chairing the 22nd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 through video-conferencing on Saturday

The event was presided over by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and was attended by former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi, Sadanand Gowda, Gen Dr VK Singh, ministers from the State and senior officers