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UK extradition judge orders Nirav Modi to be extradited to India to stand trial, ANI reported in a tweet.

UK Extradition judge rules that fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi has a case to answer for in India

The Delhi High Court on Thursday listed for March 26 a batch of petitions related to last year's violence in the national capital.

Communal clashes broke out in north-east Delhi in February last year following clashes between the anti-CAA supporters and protesters, which left at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.

A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice D.N. Patel adjourned the matter and listed it for March 26.

One of the petitions sought direction to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT). It further sought registration of FIR against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Manish Sisodia, Amanatullah Khan, Waris Pathan, Akbaruddin Owaisi and Mehmood Pracha for alleged hate speeches.

For OTT, there should be self-classification of content -- 13+, 16+ and A categories. There has to be a mechanism of parental lock and ensuring compliance that children don't see that: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

There should be a grievance redressal system in OTT platforms and digital portals. OTT platforms will have to have a self-regulating body, headed by retired Supreme Court or High Court judge or very eminent person in this category: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

We have decided to have a 3-stair mechanism for OTT platforms. OTT and digital news media will have to disclose their details. We are not mandating registration, we are seeking information: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

Ceasefire agreement in effect since Wednesday midnight: Statement after talks between Director Generals of Military Operations of India, Pak

Modi-Shah selling country, this is 'anti-people's govt': TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

Students of standard 9th, 10th and 11th will be promoted to the next class without taking exams, in the light of COVID-19 pandemic: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, in the state legislative assembly

After schools in Prayagraj, it is now the prestigious La Martiniere Boys School in Lucknow that has been shut down for two days after six workers in the school tested positive for COVID.

La Martiniere principal, Carlyle Mcfarland, said that of the six workers found positive for Covid, two were staying on the school campus while four were residents of Ashiana locality.

He said that the workers who had tested positive did not have any contact with teachers and students since they were working at a construction site on the campus.

Toolkit case: Delhi court has granted protection to Shantanu Muluk from arrest till March 8, PTI reported in a tweet

India reports 16,738 new COVID-19 cases, 11,799 discharges and 138 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry Total cases: 1,10,46,914 Total discharges: 1,07,38,501 Death toll: 1,56,705 Active cases: 1,51,708 Total Vaccination: 1,26,71,163

China has understood that Mr Modi buckles under their pressure.

They now know they can get whatever they want from him, tweeted Rahul Gandhi

The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.49 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 112,534,393 and 2,497,023 respectively.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 28,334,797 and 505,803 respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 11,030,176.

A man was allegedly beaten to death by his neighbours after he stopped them from plucking guavas from the tree inside his house.

The incident took place in Shekhpura village under Azeem Nagar police station when the man asked his neighbours not to pluck the fruits.

This led to an argument and 27-year-old Mehfooz Ali was beaten brutally by the accused who fled after the incident.

Mehfooz Ali was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed during treatment.

Delhi Police Special Cell filed another supplementary charge-sheet in connection with Northeast Delhi violence, yesterday before Karkardooma court. The charge-sheet reveals how violence was carried out with planning: Delhi Police Special Cell

A 22-member COVID Intensive Vaccination Committee constituted in Puducherry for monitoring and upscaling of COVID vaccination activities. Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to be the Chairman of the Committee.

Australia's laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.

In return for the changes, Facebook agreed to lift a ban on Australians accessing and sharing news.

Rod Sims, the competition regulator who drafted the code, said he was happy that the amended legislation would address the market imbalance between Australian news publishers and the two gateways to the internet.

All signs are good, Sims told Australian Broadcasting Corp.