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- India reported 15,388 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 77 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry .
- The Indian High Commission in London has criticised the debate held in British Parliament on the farmers’ protest in India.
- PM Narendra Modi has approved an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the tragic fire in Kolkata, his office said.
- Average levels of various pollutants in Delhi in 2020 were the lowest since 2014, according to Delhi Economic Survey’s report.
- Six boys have scored 100 percentile in the JEE (Main) 2021 held in February and the results of which were declared .
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while talking on the occasion of International Women’s Day at an event in Lucknow, said, “When we formed the government, there was a lack of awareness regarding crimes against women.
- 10,113 firms were shut down voluntarily in the country from April 2020 till February this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as per government data.
- A memorial will be built in the UK’s Southampton in memory of all Indians who fought in World Wars and it’ll have a sculpture of 20th-century Sikh fighter pilot Hardit Singh Malik.
- At least six labourers were killed and three were injured after a wall of a school building in Bihar’s Khagaria collapsed on Monday. As many as 12 labourers were buried under the debris.
- Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said that India has been at the forefront in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and “really stands out” in terms of its vaccine policy.
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