RS adjourned till Monday amid oppn protest

by Argus News

New Delhi, July 30: The proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till Monday amid opposition's demand for discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue,farm laws, fuel price hike and inflation.

The House proceedings started with the Chairman expressing concern over whistling in the House and warned members of action. Naidu said that if this is allowed then it would become a tradition or action should be taken against such acts. He appealed to members to desist from unparliamentary norms.

The opposition members on Thursday had resorted to sloganeering. After a sound of whistle was heard in the House during the sloganeering, Deputy Chairman Harivansh warned that he will name the member.

Chairman of the House M. Venkaiah Naidu also said that he was examining the privilege notice against MoS Health moved by K.C. Venugopal.

"I moved a Privilege notice under rule 187 today in Rajya Sabha against MoS Health regarding her misleading statement on whether there were any deaths due to oxygen shortage during the Covid second wave," Venugopal said.

Soon after the papers were laid, the House was adjourned till 12 noon. After the House assembled again, the question hour was continued for some time but was adjourned till 2.30 p.m. and when it assembled for the third time in the day, Deputy Chairman Harivansh asked the members to move private member Bills to which only members from the treasury benches moved while opposition MPs did not move. The opposition continued with its protest. In the din, Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed and the Bill on deposit insurance was introduced in the House.

Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament commenced, only on one day the opposition participated in the discussion on the Covid situation. On the rest of the days, the opposition has not allowed the House to function and forced repeated adjournments.

The opposition has joined forces to corner the government. On Friday, the floor leaders of like-minded opposition parties in both the Houses met and decided to continue their protest.

The like-minded opposition parties have been meeting at the office of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, to discuss strategy during the ongoing session. The opposition is pressing their demands to discuss the Pegasus snooping issue, fuel price hike and inflation apart from the farm laws.

The government is passing Bills amid din and without discussion which has further upset the equations between the government and the opposition.
(IANS)

Odisha To Witness Rain In Next 5 Days; 9 Districts Get Yellow Warning

by Pabitra Mohan Senapaty

Bhubaneswar, Sep 21: Southwest monsoon has remained active in Odisha and, thus, light to moderate rain is very likely to lash north and south interior Odisha in the next five days.

A bulletin issued at 1.30 p.m. today by the India Meteorological Department revealed that the low-pressure area over Southeast Jharkhand & neighbourhood with the associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level is tilting southwestwards with height persists. The monsoon trough at mean sea level passed through Jaisalmer, Kota, Tikamgarh, Sidhi, the center of the low-pressure Area over Southeast Jharkhand, Digha and thence southeastwards to the East-central Bay of Bengal.

With this, the southwest monsoon is active in Odisha, said the IMD.

The weatherman issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh and Jharsuguda till tomorrow morning. Besides, it also issued a yellow warning of heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) to very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

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Similarly, the IMD issued a yellow warning of heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh and Jharsuguda till September 23 morning.

Similarly, light to moderate rainfall has been predicted to occur in north, south and coastal parts of Odisha in the following three days till September 26 morning, predicted the IMD.

India To Host International Congress On Chemistry Of Cement In 2027

by Hemanta Pande

New Delhi, Sep 21: India will host the International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) in the year 2027 in New Delhi, officials said on Thursday.

The Commerce and Industry Ministry today announced that the country won the bid to hold this event on a presentation from the National Council for Cement and Building Materials along with IIT Delhi.

The decision was announced on 20th September 2023 at Bangkok, Thailand during the 16th ICCC.

India defeated Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates to win the bid. The ICCC is regarded as the largest and the most prestigious event in the area of Cement and Concrete.

India is the fifth largest economy today and is likely to become third largest by the next five years and its cement industry is second largest in the world with installed cement capacity of 600 million tonnes, sources said.

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Nifty Fell 2.2% In Last Three Days Amid Profit Booking At Higher Levels

by Hemanta Pande

Mumbai, Sep 21: Domestic equities declined for the third straight day on Thursday after the US Fed’s hawkish stance in its policy meeting.

Nifty continued its downward journey to close with a loss of 159 points (-0.8 per cent) at 19,742 levels, while Sensex plunged 570.60 points (-0.85 per cent) to settle at 66,230, said Siddhartha Khemka, Head of Retail Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Selling was seen across the sector including broader markets. Banking, auto, financial services, and realty were the major losers on Thursday.

The market fell by 2.2 per cent in the last three days amid profit booking at higher levels, Khemka said.

Uncertain global cues and persistent selling by FIIs are likely to keep markets under pressure in the near term. It would be better to prefer defensive sectors for some time until the market stabilises. Investors should also take cues from the Bank of England’s interest rate decision that is due later on Thursday, he added.

Kunal Shah, Senior Technical & Derivative Analyst at LKP Securities, said that Bank Nifty experienced a significant correction during the day, with the banking benchmark index dropping below the 45,000-mark for the first time in several days.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is signalling bearishness with a bearish crossover on the daily timeframe. In the short term, it could potentially move towards 44,000 on the lower end, while encountering resistance at 45,000 on the higher end, Shah said. (IANS)

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