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ANI reported that Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will chair a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of the party with the current members of the Legislative Council on March 26 at 10 am at the party office. The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on March 21.

News agency ANI quoted Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, after his first cabinet meeting, as saying, "The Cabinet has passed the proposal of providing a total of 25,000 govt jobs, including 10,000 vacancies in the Punjab Police department & 15,000 vacancies in other govt departments."

ANI reported that Pankaj Khimji has been appointed as the Vice President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) & Mahinda Vallipuram has been appointed as Chairman, Development Committee.

ANI reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Delhi on a two-day visit. He will take part in the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit, besides holding bilateral talks with PM Narendra Modi. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw received Fumio Kishida.

ANI reported that BCCI Secretary Jay Shah's term as President of Asian Cricket Council has been unanimously extended by a year to the 2024 ACC AGM. The decision was taken at the ACC AGM in Colombo today, said a statement from the BCCI.

Four Americans killed in US military plane crash in Norway, reported AFP News Agency quoting the Army.

News agency ANI quoted Radharamn Das, Vice-President ISKCON Kolkata, as saying, "Bangladesh govt has posted 12 policemen in front of our temple... Govt of India has already directed the Indian Embassy to take up this matter with Bangladesh govt." His comments came following the attack on ISKCON Radhakanta Jeev temple in Bangladesh's Dhaka.

ICC Women's World Cup | India's match against Australia in Auckland interrupted due to rain, reported ANI. Australia 225/2 in 41 overs, needing 53 runs to win in 9 overs.

PTI reported that Harpal Singh Cheema, Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh and Vijay Singla administered oath as cabinet ministers by Punjab Governor B L Purohit.

ANI reported that eight people died and more than 20 are critically injured, including students, as a bus overturned near Pavagada in Tumkur district, Karnataka.

News agencu ANI quoted Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge as saying, "Ghulam Nabi Azad has been in the party for years. He knows everything, so he talked to signatories there. He met Sonia Gandhi. He has spoken about keeping the party together. It's a good sign. He said that he wants to strengthen the party. It is a welcome stand."

ANI reported that an NIA Court has ordered framing of charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed & Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, Kashmiri separatist leaders including Yasin Malik, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam under various sections of UAPA.

According to ANI, India reported 2,075 new Covid cases, 3,383 recoveries, and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 27,802 (0.06%)

Daily positivity rate: 0.56%

Total recoveries: 4,24,61,926

Death toll: 5,16,352

Total vaccination: 1,81,04,96,924

China's national health authorities report two COVID deaths, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, reported AP.

ANI reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan at 7:23 am today, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).