India recorded 40,715 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the nationwide infection tally to 1,16,86,796, while the active caseload at 3,45,377 registered an increase for the 13th day in a row, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

The active caseload now comprises 2.96per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 95.67 per cent, the ministry data updated at 8 am stated.

Jeh Wadia has stepped down as Managing Director of the low-cost carrier (LCC) GoAir, while industry veteran Ben Baldanza has joined its board as vice-chairman.

The airline, in a statement, said Ben Baldanza, who has been an advisor to the company since 2018 and director since 2019, has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of the board.

Joint Venture of Tata Consulting Engineers Limited, Consulting Engineers Group Ltd., Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants Private Limited, PADECO Co. Ltd. has quoted the lowest bid for an amount of Rs 1,111 crores for the work 'Project Management Consultancy Services' for the construction of civil works packages for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project.

The Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd., India's largest private ports and logistics company and flagship transportation arm of the diversified Adani group, is acquiring the 58.1 per cent stake held by DVS Raju and family in Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL). The acquisition is valued at Rs 3,604 crore and subject to regulatory approvals.

At least six people, including a police man, were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Colorado, US on Tuesday (March 23). The law enforcement officials said that the suspect has been taken into custody and escorted away from the scene of crime.

THe incident occurred at a supermarket in Boulder, the US state of Colorado. Earlier, it was reported that the law enforcement officials took away a shirtless man from the supermarket.

Amid rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (March 22) decided to shut all schools for students up to class 8 from March 24 March till March 31.

An announcement in this regard by many by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government on Monday. An order issued by the state government said that all other educational institutions where exams are currently not underway should also remain closed till March 31.

A digital countdown clock has been installed at the entrance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party headquarters Anna Arivalayam in Chennai in the run-up to the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

The clock, which has been set to May 2, 2021, the date on which counting of votes will be held in Tamil Nadu, was seen atop the entrance of the headquarters building.

Setting stage for his party's campaign in the Punjab Assembly elections due next year, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday addressed a Kisan Maha Panchayat in the state's Moga district.

In his address, he hit out the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government, accusing it of not keeping its poll promises and deceiving the people of the state.

The Future Group has moved the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (HC) against the order passed by a single-member Bench, which directed to stay its Rs 24,713-crore deal with Reliance Industries to sell the firm’s retail and wholesale business.

The Kishore Biyani-led group firm, Future Retail (FRL), has now filed an appeal before the higher Bench of the same HC against the orders passed by a single-member Bench of Justice J R Midha, Future Retail said in a regulatory filing.

In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, the state government has ordered to close schools for students of classes 9, 10 and 11 from Monday (March 22).

In an order, state Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan said, The government of Tamil Nadu hereby order that schools shall be closed for classes 9th, 10th and 11th with effect from March 22 until further orders.

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