India News LIVE Updates, 27 June 2026

A vehicle is crushed at a building that collapsed after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

India News LIVE: Union Minister of State for Agriculture Bhagirath Choudhary received a Rs 99 lakh subsidy for a cucumber farm in Rajasthan under a horticulture scheme run by his own ministry. As MoS Agriculture, Choudhary is ex-officio Vice-President of the board that approved his project — one of only 467 approvals issued last year. His aide has said further details will be disclosed to the government. The list of beneficiaries under the Centre’s scheme also includes the wife, son and mother of an IAS officer.

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