BREAKING: India records 3,614 fresh Covid infections, active caseload dips to 40,559

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• Mar 12, 2022 02:50 PM IST

  Delhi CM announces ex-gratia for kin of 7 people who died in fire

  “I’m saddened by fire incident in which 7 people died. Poor make their shelter after a lot of hard work. Govt will give Rs.10 lakh each to deceased adults’ families, Rs.5 lakh to deceased children’s families and ₹25,000 to those whose shanties were burnt,” news agency ANI quoted Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal as saying.

• Mar 12, 2022 02:47 PM IST

  CBSE issues new marksheet guidelines for Class 10

  As there is no update on the official website as to the total marks secured in Class 10 of Term-1, CBSE in a statement says that the “Board is informing schools only about theory performance of their students of Class 10th in a collective manner.”

  “Being Term – I only, no mark sheet cum passing certificate is being issued now. Only one mark sheet cum passing certificate will be issued after the Term-Il examination to have parity with the previous results,” the statement further read. “This will be comprising of total marks of both the Terms as per weightage decided of Term-I and Term-II examinations,” CBSE added.

• Mar 12, 2022 01:17 PM IST

  Middle-class savings to dip as EPFO cuts interest rate to 8.1% for 2021-22

  Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday decided to lower the interest on provident fund deposits for 2021-22 to an over four-decade low of 8.1% for its about five crore subscribers, from 8.5% provided in 2020-21, sources told news agency PTI. Read more

• Mar 12, 2022 11:04 AM IST

  CM Yogi likely to take oath after Holi, may meet PM tomorrow

  The chief minister is likely to head to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Jaya Prakash Nadda to discuss the formation of the new government on Sunday. Read more

• Mar 12, 2022 09:20 AM IST

  India records 3,614 fresh Covid infections in last 24 hrs

  India reported 3,614 fresh Covid-19 cases & 5,185 recoveries in the last 24 hrs, number of deaths drop below 100 with 89 deaths yesterday.

  Active case: 40,559 (0.09%)

  Daily positivity rate: 0.44%

  Total recoveries: 4,24,31,513

  Death toll: 5,15,803

  Total vaccination: 1,79,91,57,486

• Mar 12, 2022 08:48 AM IST

  7 dead after fire breaks out in shanties of Delhi’s Gokulpuri area

  Seven people died in a fire that broke out in the shanties of Gokulpuri area last night. The fire was brought under control, seven bodies recovered by the Fire Department: Delhi Fire Service

  — ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2022

  7 dead after fire breaks out in shanties of Delhi’s Gokulpuri area, reports ANI citing Delhi Fire Service. Read more

• Mar 12, 2022 07:43 AM IST

  Russian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub

  VIDEO: A shoe factory lies in smouldering ruins after Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s central Dnipro, killing one security guard pic.twitter.com/0Qv3aXDcPF

  — AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 12, 2022

  Russia’s airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow’s forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble, reports AFP.

• Mar 12, 2022 07:11 AM IST

  Encounter in Pulwama, two terrorists killed, reports ANI

  #UPDATE One more terrorist neutralised, total two terrorists have been killed. Search is underway. Further details shall follow: Kashmir Police

  — ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2022

  One more terrorist has been neutralised, total two terrorists have been killed in the Chewaklan area of Pulwama. Search operations are underway, reports ANI quoting Kashmir Police.

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