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1.Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has called a meeting with the Union Home Secretary, the Legislative Secretary and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to explore linking of voter ID with Aadhaar.
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2.The 1,643-km-long border with Myanmar will be entirely ringed with an “anticut, anti-climb” fence in the next 10 years, according to government officials and a parliamentary panel report.
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3.The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups.
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4.Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday held a meeting with the party leadership and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to add 25 lakh ‘fake’ voters in the State’s voter list before the Assembly poll due in 2026.
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5.A preliminary survey by the Odisha government has found that 44,743 rural households lack land, posing a major hurdle in providing houses under the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) scheme.
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6.A film festival in Kolkata that has gained prominence over the years, focusing mainly on political documentaries and short fiction, will begin on March 20, and go on for four days, with screenings including works from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
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7.Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Panneerselvam on Saturday presented the agriculture budget with a total outlay of Rs 45,661 crore.
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8.Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, also the Chancellor of State universities, is scheduled to attend a senate meeting of the University of Calicut on its campus in Malappuram district on March 22.
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9.Noting the rising numbers of farmers ending their lives in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has urged the Union government to frame policies that will help farmers facing persistent distress.
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10.Hailing Tamil as a “sweet” language, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said it is one of the assets of the country and the world.
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11.Justice Joymalya Bagchi, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, will on Monday be sworn in as a Supreme Court judge. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna will administer the oath of oce to Justice Bagchi in the presence of other Supreme Court judges at a ceremony on the apex court premises.
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12.Sri Lanka’s Parliament will debate a nearly three-decade-old report probing allegations of unlawful detention, torture, and extrajudicial killings by the state between 1988 and 1990, the ruling National People’s Power [NPP] government has said.
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13.Nine persons including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes in the territory’s northern town on Beit Lahia on Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a “blatant violation” of the fragile ceasefire.
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14.The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months.
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15.Manchester City could only muster a 2-2 Premier League draw with Brighton on Saturday, dropping points in a blow to its hopes of playing European football next season.