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Slamming Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK for supporting the three controversial farm bills, actor-politician Kamal Haasan said they attack the state's autonomy and urged President Ram Nath Kovind to return them to the floor of the House for discussion.

Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the Serum Institute of India, took to Twitter today to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the United Nations General Assembly on COVID-19 vaccines a day after he highlighted the challenges in vaccine production and distribution in the country.

Addressing the nation through his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about how the new farm bills, passed in the recently concluded monsoon session of the parliament, would benefit the farmers and help create a self-reliant India.

A meeting between former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday has set off a huge buzz, though both sides have denied it was anything political.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation in his Mann ki Baat address today. He began by talking about story telling, which has been a part of our nation for centuries.

The government's claims of rules being followed during voting on farm bills in Rajya Sabha on September 20 and its version of events, has a deep discrepancy with television footage of the proceedings accessed by NDTV.

Former Union minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died today following a long spell of illness. He was 82.

World Tourism Day: Livelihood of millions of people globally are dependent on tourism. There are countries where tourism and industries dependent on it are the biggest revenue earner. The theme of World Tourism Day this year is "Tourism and Rural Development". It encourages the celebration of the unique role played by tourism in job creation in small towns and rural areas. It also in a huge way helps in the conservation of cultural and natural heritage of nations.

India recorded 88,600 new coronavirus cases with 1,124 deaths in the past 24 hours as its coronavirus tally neared the 60-lakh mark, shows the Health Ministry's COVID-19 data. With 92,043 people having fought off the disease in the last 24 hours, the number of one-day recoveries remained higher than new infections, the data shows. The total coronavirus recoveries in India are now 49.41 lakh. The country has 9.56 lakh active cases, and 94,503 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 till now. Around 9.87 lakh Covid tests were also conducted in the past 24 hours.

Actor Rakul Preet Singh on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court seeking an interim direction to the Centre, Press Council of India and the News Broadcasters Association to ensure that the media does not broadcast any programme or publish any article connecting her with the Rhea Chakraborty drug case.

Former Union Minister Jaswant Singh died on Sunday. He was 82.

The media should not be risking lives including their own while chasing cars of actors being questioned in a drug case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, the Mumbai police said in a strict warning on Saturday.

Former union minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh dies at 82. "Saddened by his demise," tweets PM Modi

Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday said that the former presented a strong representation of India's culture and thinking to the United Nations.

Daughters' Day: Today is Daughters' Day in India! This year it's isn't advisable going out with your daughter due to the COVID-19 pandemic but a day in the park with a picnic basket packed with your daughter's favourite goodies and lots of love is a great option - specially on a Sunday. Have a very Happy Daughters' day!