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New Delhi World Book Fair to be held virtually from March 6-9 in wake of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions: National Book Trust

Pakistan's National Assembly session summoned for Saturday for PM Imran Khan to seek vote of confidence from the parliament, reports Dawn newspaper

Sensex plunges 598.57 points to end at 50,846.08; Nifty falls 164.85 points to 15,080.75

West Bengal: Singer Aditi Munshi has joined TMC in presence of party MP Sougata Roy in Kolkata. She is the wife of North 24 Parganas Trinamool Youth Congress president Debraj Chakraborty.

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan will be BJP's Chief Minister candidate in the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections 2021: State BJP chief K Surendran

COVID-19 vaccines being donated, sold to foreign countries; not vaccinating own people. Sense of urgency required: HC observes

Supreme Court asks Centre to submit before it the regulations on Over The Top (OTT) platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime while stressing that there should be some screening of programs shown on such platforms.

Shiv Sena has decided not to contest West Bengal polls, and stand in solidarity with Mamata Banerjee, says party leader Sanjay Raut

Delhi: Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur took the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in AIIMS, today.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives her first dose of COVID vaccine, at Fortis Hospital in Delhi, ANI reported.

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & Karnataka continue to report a surge in daily new cases. They account for 85.51% of new cases reported in the last 24 hrs: Government of India

MP, Haryana, Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Odisha, UP, HP, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Assam, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Sikkim, Ladakh, Tripura, A&N Islands, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, D&D & D&N and Arunachal Pradesh have not reported any COVID19 deaths in last 24 hours: GoI

The total number of cases with UK, South Africa and Brazil variants of COVID virus in the country now at 242: Government of India

The Indian rupee slumped 27 paise to 72.99 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday, weighed down by a rebound in the US dollar and lacklustre opening in domestic equities.

India reports 17,407 new COVID-19 cases, 14,031 discharges and 89 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry

Thane has added818 new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 2,66,910,an official said on Thursday.

Police have arrested nine persons for allegedly robbing a trader of Rs 25 lakh here in Maharashtra, an official said.

Sensex tumbles 726.29 points to 50,718.36 in opening trade; Nifty drops 197.05 points to 15,048.55

INDIA v ENGLAND 4th test, day 1: England win the toss and elect to bat first against India at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. India is currently leading the 4 match series 2-1

Team India playing XI for 4th test - Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj and Ishant Sharma

Team England playing XI for 4th test - Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence, Ben Foakes, Dom Bess, Jack Leach and James Anderson