Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from Monday for those over 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions

Leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad says farmers have been camping for more than two months and the issue needs to be discussed

The opposition parties had given notice under rule 267 calling for the suspension of business of the day to take up discussion on the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders against three new farm laws

The report comes even as the government considers applications of at least three firms seeking emergency approval to roll out their vaccines against the coronavirus in India

The Parliamentary Standing Committee On Commerce, chaired by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP Keshav Rao, has also suggested a slew of measures for attracting investment in the automotive sector in the country

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday attended the virtual meeting of the eight-member bloc which was also addressed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Patel, who served as the party's backroom strategist for years, passed away at a Gurugram hospital in the early hours of Wednesday

Naidu, who is also Rajya Sabha chairperson, extended condolences to the bereaved family members

The panel-led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will hear officials of pharmaceutical departments on the status of the COVID-19 vaccine

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, this is the first report by any parliamentary committee on the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Many Congress leaders, including Abhishek Singhvi and Tarun Gogoi, had also tested positive for COVID-19 earlier. Besides Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, several Union ministers had also been infected with the novel coronavirus earlier

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Venkaiah Naidu is asymptomatic and is not experiencing any health issues; he is currently under home quarantine

The Centre and several other states have announced seven-day official mourning, from August 31 to September 6 as a mark of respect for the former president Pranab Mukherjee

Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu urged people to take up fitness activities from sports and games to yoga to fortify our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health

Besides staggered sittings, several first-time measures such as the use of both chambers and galleries to accommodate members while following physical distancing norms have been taken

The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in the last week of August or early September, may see several first-time measures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament since 1952 that such an arrangement will be in place, where 60 members will be seated in the chamber and 51 in the galleries of Rajya Sabha and the remaining 132 in the chamber of Lok Sabha

Happy Raksha Bandhan 2020: 'Many wishes to all the countrymen on the holy festival of Raksha Bandhan,' PM Modi tweeted in Hindi

Coronavirus vaccine: The panel was chaired by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, apart from six other members. It was conveyed to the panel that a coronavirus vaccine could only be available by early next year