Secunderabad: Eleven workers were killed in a huge fire at a godown in Secunderabad, Telangana. The deceased were migrant workers from Bihar. The preliminary conclusion is that the cause of the fire was a short circuit. The fire also spread to a nearby shop. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed condolences over the death of a migrant worker in a fire at a godown.

The Chief Minister has announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased. The Chief Secretary was directed to make arrangements for transporting the bodies to Bihar.

New Delhi: The Center has directed the states not to register cases in the country if they do not wear masks. The central action is seen as a first step in preventing the mask from being used in public places. The proposal is to lift the restrictions under the Disaster Prevention Act. The central government has said it will follow other guidelines from the health ministry. There are reports that the state order will be issued soon.

New Delhi: The government has so far seized assets worth Rs 19,100 crore in connection with absconding businessmen Vijay Mallya, Neerav Modi, and Mehul Choksi. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary said that out of the total assets seized, more than Rs 15,113 crore was transferred to public sector banks. He also said that the Indian government had seized assets worth over Rs 335 crore. The minister said the three fugitives had defrauded public sector banks and embezzled money through their companies, causing a total loss of Rs 22,585 crore.

New Delhi: Novavax, the fourth vaccine for 12 to 18-year-olds in the country, has been approved. The DCGI approved the immediate use of the vaccine.  This has been confirmed by the Serum Institute of India and Novavax.
The vaccine is developed by the Serum Institute. Adar Poonawala, CEO of the Serum Institute, said he was pleased that the protein-based vaccine was approved for adolescents.

Kolkata: Seven people have been killed in a fire at five houses in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. The incident took place this morning. According to local sources, the house was set on fire in retaliation for the killing of a Trinamool Congress leader. Authorities say the house caught fire after it was locked.

Birbhum District Magistrate, Fire Force, and Local Police reached the spot following the incident. On Monday, unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs at TMC panchayat leader Bhadu Pradhan in Rampurhat in Birbhum.

New Delhi: UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar has said that central universities will make public university entrance examination (CUET) scores compulsorily for admission of students to degree programs this year. Speaking to media persons, Kumar said that from the academic year 2022-23, the National Testing Agency will conduct CUET for NTA undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He said the syllabus of the CUET would be similar to the 12th class model syllabus of the NCERT. The UGC chairman said the CUET would be held in the first week of July.

The application process for the graduate CUET will begin in the first week of April. CUET will have Section 1A, Section 1B, General Examination, and domain-specific subjects. The examination will be conducted in Section 1 F and 13 languages.
Students can choose the language of their choice. Options are English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

New Delhi: The government has hiked the price of cooking gas by Rs 50 per cylinder. With this, in Kochi, the price has gone up to Rs 956 per cylinder. The price has also been increased by Rs 13 per five-kilogram cylinder. Fuel prices also rose yesterday. The revised price will come into effect at 6 am today.

Crude oil prices have soared in international markets since the Russia-Ukraine war. As part of this, there are reports of a change in fuel prices in India as well.

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices have been hiked in the country after four months. Fuel prices have remained unchanged since the election in five states. Petrol price was hiked by 87 paise per liter. Diesel price has been hiked by 85 paise per liter. Despite reports that fuel prices will rise sharply after the election results, the current hike comes more than a week after the results came out.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has informed dealers that the new change in fuel prices after 137 days will take effect from 6 am on March 22. Despite the record high of $ 130 per barrel, crude oil prices have not risen in India so far.

New Delhi: The Central Government has said that there should not be even a slight drop in the covid defense amid concerns that a new wave of covid is spreading around the world. The central government has asked the states to focus on five areas: test, track, treatment, vaccination, and covid protocol. The alert comes in the wake of rising cases in Southeast Asia and other European countries.

In the last 24 hours, 2528 covid cases were reported in the country. Adequate testing should be done to detect new variants on time. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter to the states and union territories that the importance of vaccination should be made known to the public and the remaining should be vaccinated. Ensure that adequate samples are submitted for genetic sequencing. The Center also demanded that the clusters be closely monitored. The necessary covid awareness should be created in the states.

Ensure that covid meets standards, including mask and sanitizer and social distance. The Center’s key proposal comes amid active discussions on the removal of covid restrictions, including the removal of masks in public places. The BA2 virus, a subspecies of the covid omicron variant, is currently being challenged in China. BA2, also known as stealth omicron, is more potent than omicron. Some preliminary studies have suggested that stealth omicron may be able to easily overcome the immunity acquired through vaccination and previous covid infection.

Authorities are cracking down on the spread of covid in China. Lockdowns have been announced in several cities, including Jill, in the northwestern province. The virus has spread to both rural and urban areas. Schools in Shanghai province were also closed. Covid cases have been reported in the US, South Korea, and other European countries.