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- India has reported more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a day for the first time in 2021.
- Delhi HC ordered the Delhi government to release funds due to the three MCDs amounting to nearly ₹900 crore by the end of March.
- Delhi reported 1,254 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest single-day spike this year, according to the health department data.
- Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh digitally ordered mass transfer of 19,905 school teachers under the Teachers Transfer Policy, 2019.
- India is likely to delay the deliveries of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to the GAVI/WHO-backed COVAX facility for March and April, said the programme’s procurement and distributing partner UNICEF.
- Petrol and diesel prices fell for the second consecutive day across the country on Thursday. In Delhi, petrol price fell by 21 paise, while that of diesel slipped by 20 paise.
- Jailed Assam activist Akhil Gogoi alleged that he was offered a ₹20-crore bribe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and was asked to join either RSS or BJP in exchange for bail
- Balkar Singh, father of Jugraj Singh, who is wanted by police for hoisting Nishan Sahib at Red Fort on Republic Day, was honoured, at an event held in Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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