- India on Monday reported a total of 4,362 COVID-19 infections, taking the Covid tally to 4,29,67,315. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases dipped to 54,118.
- As the RussiaUkraine war entered its 12th day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sought their support in the safe and quick evacuation of the Indian students stuck in Ukraine's embattled Sumy city.
- Several exit polls Monday forecast a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab with some of them giving an edge to the saffron party in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
- The Higher Education department has announced further extension of the deadline for online application and validation for all categories of ‘e-Medhabruti’ and ‘Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Bhasabruti’ scholarship for 2021-22
- A Special PMLA Court Monday remanded Maharashtra Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik to judicial custody till March 21 in an alleged money-laundering case arising out of a tainted land deal nearly 20 years ago.
- The war between Russia and Ukraine is likely to cost India’s military capabilities dearly with delivery of many platforms like nuclear powered submarine, Grigorovich class frigates, Fighter jets, Triumf S400, AK 203 assault rifle and others are expected to be delayed.
- In a major political development, the Maharashtra Legislature Monday unanimously passed two bills to defer the upcoming elections to the civic and local bodies till the OBC quotas are restored in the state.
- The Polish government plans to create an 8 billion zloty ($1.75 billion) fund to help war refugees from Ukraine, a government official said Monday. The United Nations estimates more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked its neighbour Feb 24.
- On the occasion of International Women’s Day, JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power, launched a special programme ‘Jindal Swayam Sampanna Nari’ on women’s skill and education in Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
- Pramod Bhagat bags gold medals in all three events he participated in the Spanish Para badminton International II meet.
- Two days after her chartered flight experienced mid-air turbulence, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said another aircraft had come in front of her plane, and it was the prompt action of the pilot that averted a head-on collision.
- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked the Governor to deliver his speech, but amid protests the Governor could not read his speech and was about to leave when Trinamool Congress MLAs gathered near his seat and prevented him from leaving the house without reading the address. He finally tabled it in the assembly after reading the first and the last lines.
- The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that induction of women cadets in National Defence Academy (NDA) has been a major policy decision and it needs at least three months for deliberating implications in the long term for induction and deployment of ex-NDA women cadets in the Indian Armed Forces.
- Elections for 13 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on March 31 this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced .
- The Supreme Court on Monday warned against the misuse of its order to get ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 death on the basis of fake medical certificate and observed that it would order an independent probe to catch those who have done so
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