- Bhagwant Mann will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of iconic freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, party sources said Friday after he met the party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on 11 Mar appealed to all the states to implement the New Education Policy 2020 with missionary zeal to bring about transformation in the learning-teaching ecosystem. The NEP 2020 lays special emphasis on vocational, pre-primary and primary education, improving quality of teaching, creative use of technology and flexibility and excellence in higher studies.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, has released the date sheet of the second term Board examination for class 10th and 12th. The board exam will start from 26th of Apr and will conclude on 15th June of this year.
- Sahitya Akademi Awards- 2021 conferred to 24 eminent writers, playwriters and novelists. The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages.
- The Supreme Court on 11 Mar appointed its ex-judge A.K. Sikri as Chairperson of the High Powered Committee, which would consider the cumulative and independent impact of the Chardham project on the entire Himalayan valley.
- Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has allocated 2000 crore rupees to acquire land for the State's proposed semi-high speed rail project "Silver Line"
- Maharastra Government said at least 31.71 lakh farmers have been given benefit of farm loan waiver in the last three years under the state launched farmer’s welfare scheme Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Shetkari Karjamukti Yojana.
- Noted Odia poet and Odisha Sahitya Akademi president Hrusikesh Mallick being conferred with Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of poems ‘Sarijaithiba Opera’ by Akademi president Chandrashekhar Kambara in New Delhi, Friday.
- In a bid to facilitate voters to exercise their franchise in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections, the state government Friday asked the authorities to grant paid holiday to their employees on the poll day.
- Odisha recorded 104 new coronavirus cases Friday, the lowest single-day spike in nearly a year, while two patients, including a teenager, succumbed to the pathogen, the Health department said.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to let MCD elections take place in the national capital, saying postponing polls weakens the democratic system.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is organising a special programme for school children called “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (YUVIKA) or “Young Scientist Programme” to impart basic knowledge on space technology, space science and space applications to young students, especially those from rural areas.
- Offices of the income tax department across the country will remain open on all Saturdays this month after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed them to do so in order to resolve taxpayers' issues and grievances, a senior official said Friday.
- The RBI Friday asked Paytm Payments Bank to stop opening new accounts amid “material supervisory concerns” observed in the bank. The bank has also been directed to appoint an IT audit firm to conduct a comprehensive system audit of its IT system.
- India has been very good at managing its finances but the surge in global energy prices after Russia’s military operations in Ukraine is going to have a negative impact on its economy, according to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
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