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• Mar 14, 2022 01:57 PM IST

  Vaccination for all children in 12-14 age group to start from Wednesday

  COVID19 vaccination of 12-14-year-olds and ‘precaution dose’ for all those above 60 years to begin from March 16, says Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya pic.twitter.com/LMS3CcKUrR

  — ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

  Covid-19 vaccination for all children between 12-14 age group and ‘precaution dose’ for all those above 60 years to begin from March 16, says Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. Read more

• Mar 14, 2022 01:49 PM IST

  Kashmiri Pandit community faced outcome of Cong blunders: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

  Kashmiri Pandit community was made to leave their homes in the most painful condition. History witness to the fact that all this was a cumulative outcome of a series of Congress blunders beginning from what’s now recorded as infamous Nehruvian blunders:Union Min Dr Jitendra Singh pic.twitter.com/g9bp4WctTC

  — ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2022

• Mar 14, 2022 01:21 PM IST

  BJP MPs in LS welcomed PM Modi with chants of “Modi, Modi”

  Lok Sabha today reverberated with ‘Modi Modi’ slogans after Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the House. The BJP ministers and members greeted the PM with pro-Modi and Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans in the House. Watch.

• Mar 14, 2022 12:19 PM IST

  India’s wholesale inflation rises to 13.11% in Feb

  India’s wholesale inflation rises to 13.11% in February, news agency PTI reported citing govt data.

• Mar 14, 2022 11:40 AM IST

  FM Jaishankar to make statement on Ukraine war in Parl tomorrow

  Foreign minister S Jaishankar will make a statement on Tuesday on the Ukraine war in parliament. The war has entered the third week with Russia’s offensive continuing for the 19th day. Thousands of Indians have returned to their homes from the conflict-hit nation since Moscow began its surprise attacks on February 24. Read more

• Mar 14, 2022 11:19 AM IST

  Banks to remain shut on these 4 days

  Banks will remain closed for four days in a row in several parts of the country this week because of Holi and weekends. Here is the list of bank holidays in the third week of March.

• Mar 14, 2022 10:33 AM IST

  Blast in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, ITBP official killed

  ITBP official killed, head constable injured in Naxal blast in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district: Police

  — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 14, 2022

• Mar 14, 2022 09:51 AM IST

  Sensex climbs 309.91 points  in opening trade; Nifty up by 72.1 points

  Sensex climbs 309.91 points to 55,860.21 in opening trade; Nifty rises 72.1 points to 16,702.55. Read more

• Mar 14, 2022 09:47 AM IST

  LS & RS Business Advisory Committee to meet at 10 am

  Meeting of the Business Advisory Committee for both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is scheduled for 10 am today.

• Mar 14, 2022 09:17 AM IST

  PM Modi wishes quick recovery to Obama after he tested positive for Covid-19

• Mar 14, 2022 08:51 AM IST

  Covid-19: 2,503 new cases , 27 deaths recorded in last 24 hours

  India recorded 2,503 new cases of Covid-19 and 27 deaths in last 24 hours.

  Active cases fell to 36,168, accounting for 0.09% of the confirmed Covid cases in India.

  With 4,377 new recoveries, recovery rate rose to 98.71 in last 24 hours. The Covid-19 death rate currently stands at 1.20%.

• Mar 14, 2022 08:30 AM IST

  Congress to raise issues of inflation, unemployment, MSP in Parl

  Congress is set to raise the concerns over medical students returning from Ukraine, issues of unemployment and inflation, and a minimum support price for farmers’ produce. “We held a discussion on the issues to be raised in the upcoming parliament session. We will try to raise the issues of inflation, unemployment, MSP for farmers and medical students returning from Ukraine,” MP Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Read more

• Mar 14, 2022 08:23 AM IST

  China tightens Covid curbs in two biggest cities- Shenzhen and Shanghai as spike continues

  Amid a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China, two of the country’s biggest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, have imposed strict virus measures.

  The recent spike in coronavirus cases has led to allowing rapid antigen tests for public use and resulted in the dismissal of senior officials for their slack response to the ongoing health crisis. The latest spike, described as the severest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years, has forced several major cities to go into lockdowns.

• Mar 14, 2022 07:13 AM IST

  Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat

  Strong, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital region Monday but no serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warnings were issued, news agency PTI reported.

  In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometres deep struck about 169 kilometres west of Pariaman, a town in West Sumatra province, the US Geological Survey said.

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