Employees work all year-round to get their hands on that bonus or earn their appraisals, but this Noida resident got something rather special as a reward for all his hard work.

Darbhanga’s Iftekar Rahmani, a software developer by profession, has become the proud owner of one acre of land on the moon, reported Jagran.

An encounter broke out between the security forces and militants in the early hours of Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. 2-3 terrorists are said to be trapped in the encounter and were offered a chance to surrender.

As per the information, the gunfight started in the Ghat Mohalla area after joint security forces started a cordon and search operation around midnight as they received inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.

In bad news for mobile gamers, the low-end version of the battle royale game PUBG called Lite will officially shut down globally on April 29.

PUBG Lite was introduced in 2019 for entry-level mobile devices. India had banned both PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite on September 2 last year citing security reasons.

The news of PUBG Lite's shut down was confirmed by the developers Krafton via a message on its official website.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold an urgent meeting on April 2 with Health Minister Satyendar Jain along with his department officials to prepare an action plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of an increase in cases.

The meeting will discuss issues like containment zones, vaccination drive, and maintaining the availability of hospital beds. An official release said that after the orders given by the Chief Minister, beds in 33 private hospitals have been increased by 25 per cent for ICU, and 25 per cent for normal ward beds.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday let the ban on foreign workers visa, in particular H-1B, lapse as the notification issued by his predecessor Donald Trump expired, a move which is likely to benefit thousands of Indian IT professionals.

Amidst a national lockdown and the COVID-19 crisis, Trump in June last year issued a proclamation that suspended entry to the US of applicants for several temporary or non-immigrant visa categories, including H-1B, arguing that these visas presented a risk to the US labour market during the economic recovery.

Maharashtra added 6,51,513 COVID-19 cases in March this year, which accounts for 88.23 per cent of the total number of cases reported in the previous five-month period, according to official data.

Between October 1 last year and February 28, 2021, the state recorded 7,38,377 cases of coronavirus.

India saw72,330 new coronavirus infections being reported in a span of 24 hours,the highest single day rise so far this year, takingthe COVID-19tally of cases to1,22,21,665,according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The single-day rise in casesis thehighest recorded since October 11, 2020,while the death toll increased to 1,62,927 with459daily new fatalities, the highest in around 116 days, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Gold price on Thursday fell to Rs 47,180 from Rs 47,450, while silver price was trending at Rs 63,200 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

Tata Steel regained market capitalisation (market-cap) of Rs 1 trillion in Thursday's intra-day trade after the stock hit its highest level since June 2008, on healthy operational performance and expectation of improvement in the company's outlook. In the past one week, the stock has rallied 16 per cent, against 2.2 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Thursday said it sold a total of 15,001 units in March, registering the highest ever domestic sales in the month of March since 2013.

The automaker had sold 7,023 units in March 2020, amid a nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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