Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday launched key women-centric initiatives at the Sashakt Nari, Samriddh Delhi programme, including the free LPG cylinder scheme for ration card holders and the Delhi Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana.

Highlighting education, mobility, and domestic empowerment, she announced that funds for 30,000 girls under the Ladli-Ladli scheme have been disbursed via DBT.

Beijing said Washington gave the government no advance warning of its attack on Iran, as it called for an immediate end to the hostilities.

“I can say that China was not informed beforehand,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday.

The Centre is fully prepared to bring back Indians stranded in the Gulf region and is in touch with Indian missions abroad to ensure their safety, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Monday.

In a statement, Joshi said discussions have been held with senior officials of the concerned embassies to facilitate the safe return of those affected by the war situation.

Amazon Web Services Inc. suffered a disruption to its services after unidentified objects struck one of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates, causing a fire.

While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials.

Hundreds of flights to and from the West Asia have been cancelled, leaving many foreign nationals stranded in India and thousands of Indians stuck abroad. In view of the disruption, the Indian government on Sunday asked foreign nationals in the country to approach the relevant authorities for visa extensions.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued an advisory for foreign nationals affected by the travel disruptions.

The government is closely monitoring the escalating conflict in West Asia after the United Arab Emirates reported that Indians were among those injured in Iranian missile strikes. With hostilities intensifying and airspace across parts of the region shut, any evacuation of Indians from West Asian countries is currently impractical, official sources said.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India would "rebalance" its proposed trade pact with the United States (US) if the circumstances change following the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump's country-specific tariffs.

Speaking at an event, Goyal said Indian trade authorities are closely tracking developments and remain in touch with their US counterparts.

The India-Nepal border will remain closed from midnight of March 2 to midnight of 5 in view of the general elections scheduled in Nepal on March 5, officials said on Friday.

Sudhir Sharma, in-charge of the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Rupaidiha, Bahraich, told PTI that Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an official communication dated February 26 regarding the closure.

A Delhi court on Friday cleared all 23 accused in the Delhi excise policy case, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha, Bar and Bench reported.

Special Judge (PC Act) Jitendra Singh passed the order, bringing to an end the case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Indian cricketer Rinku Singh's father, Khanchand Singh, passed away at a hospital in Greater Noida early Friday after a prolonged illness, family sources and hospital officials said.

Dr. Sunil Kumar, spokesperson of Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida, where the cricketer's father was admitted, said Khanchand Singh was battling advanced-stage liver cancer.

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