The second part of the Budget Session of Parliament begun today; External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed both Houses on the conflict in West Asia.
The Indian market’s benchmark index, the BSE Sensex, crashed nearly 2,500 points on Monday morning to hit a low of 77,057, while the NSE Nifty50 fell more than 750 points to below the 23,700 level.
Iran continued attacks on Gulf countries with Bahrain reporting strikes on its Al Ma'ameer oil facility on Monday, which caused fire and material damages.
Earlier, opposition parties' floor leaders met in Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Kharge's chamber in Parliament House complex to deliberate on the strategy for the second half of the Budget s ...