Several studies throw up structural, logistical and financial challenges to the growth of crop insurance in India, jeopardised by apparent profiteering by insurance companies

State laws may delay progress of Centre's agri-marketing reforms, but won't be able to halt them

Bihar Election 2020 Vote Counting Live Updates: Bihar election officer HR Srinivas says of the total 4.10 crore votes cast, 92 lakh counted so far. The counting of votes to have around 35 rounds; will go on till late evening

The 94 constituencies in the second phase of elections will decide the electoral fate of RJD leader and grand alliance's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav and more than 1,450 other candidates

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank, followed by Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, PowerGrid, Nestle India and SBI were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, L&T and UltraTech Cement were among the gainers

Rural economy is struggling with job and income losses, the true extent of which are not known since India isn't tracking or compensating; credit and liquidity risks to small businesses and crop loss due to excess rain

JEE Main result: A total of 8.58 lakh students registered for the JEE Mains exam for admission into engineering courses in IITs, NITs, and Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), while only 74% of them appeared for the exams

The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Mains for admission to engineering colleges was conducted from September 1 to 6, amid stringent precautions and social distancing measures in view of COVID-19 pandemic

SBI has said that candidates should only fill the application forms once. If they don't comply and fill multiple application then only the last valid (completed) application will be retained

Telangana TS SSC Results 2020: Check Manabadi Class 10th results through the official sites bse.telangana.gov.in and results.cgg.gov.in, manabadi.co.in

Telangana TS Inter Result 1st, 2nd year 2020 declared: Manabadi Telangana Board (TSBIE) can be accessed at official website tsbie.cgg,gov.in or manabadi.co.in. Full list of toppers to be available soon

Telangana TS Inter Result 2020: Manabadi Telangana Board (TSBIE) will declare the 1st and 2nd year exam results today at manabadi.co.in, tsbie.cgg,gov.in. check full details here

Tamil Nadu government had faced strong criticism from the opposition parties in the state as well as the Madras High Court for holding exams by jeopardizing the lives of students in the midst of a pandemic.

Stocks to watch today on May 18: Airtel, RIL, M&M Financial, Cipla, L&T Financials, Future Consumer, Tata Chemicals, DLF, ITC among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

Coronavirus in India live updates: President Ram Nath Kovind after contributing one month's salary to the PM-CARES Fund in March, has decided to forego 30% of his salary for a year. India's total number of confirmed coroanvirus cases stand at 78,003, as per the Union Health Ministry. Maharashtra is worst-hit with 25,922 cases, followed by Gujarat with 9,267 cases

Coronavirus India live updates: The Supreme Court (SC) will reopen its court premises and resume work from the courtrooms from next week. However, the lawyers will argue cases from their chamber, said sources. The total count of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped to 70,756 on Tuesday, as per the Union Health Ministry

The bank's earnings are likely to be under stress owing to muted net interest margins (NIMs) and higher provisions for bad loans

A Reuters poll showed the Indian economy is likely to suffer its worst quarter since the mid-1990s in the April-June quarter, contracting 5.2 per cent

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Bharti Airtel, ONGC, NTPC, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel were among the gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, ITC, Axis Bank, Titan, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, M&M, L&T and IndusInd Bank were among the was the top losers.

Coronavirus in India live updates: Home Affairs Secretary Ajay Bhalla has chided West Bengal for inadequate COVID-19 testing and highest mortality rate among states; Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state, followed by Gujarat and Delhi