Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar is unwell and will be admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday (March 31) to undergo a surgery.

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said that doctors at Breach Candy hospital have detected a "problem in Pawar's gallbladder and he will undergo a surgery for the same.

The Elisabeth Pharmacon lab has discovered a new strain of the coronavirus, Czech biologist Omar Sery, who is the company's founder, said on Twitter.

Thanks to the sequencing of samples from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, our laboratory discovered a hitherto undescribed mutation of the spike protein, Sery said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that banks will conduct special clearing operations exclusively for government cheques on March 31 to facilitate accounting of all the government transactions for the current financial year.

In a notification to all scheduled banks along with small finance banks and the National Payments Corporation of India, the central bank said that it is mandatory for all banks to participate in the special clearing operations on March 31, 2021.

In a major blow to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday (March 28) gave his assent to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) (GNCTD) Bill, that says 'Government' in Delhi means 'Lieutenant Governor'.

According to the recently-passed legislation, the government in Delhi means the Lieutenant Governor and Delhi government will now need to take opinion from the L-G before taking any executive action.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (March 29) took to Twitter to greet people on the occasion of Holi and wished that the 'festival of colours' infuses new vigor and energy in everyone's life.

"Wishing you all a very Happy Holi. This festival of happiness, exaltation, joy and glee should infuse new vigor and new energy into everyone's life," PM Modi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has been shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday for further treatment. His condition is stated to be stable.

He is being referred to AIIMS, Delhi for further investigation, Indian Army's Research and Referral Hospital said in a statement.

In a major tragedy, over 500 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at the Fashion Street market in Pune.

No casualties have been reported as of now. However, hawkers and shop owners have suffered heavy losses.

As per the fire department, around 16 fire tenders and two water tankers were utilised to douse the fire which broke out on Friday night.

If you have an account in State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank, then there is very important news for you, because in the coming days you may face problems in banking services. Banks will be closed for 7 days from March 27 to April 4, but in the meantime, another worrying news is that you may face problems in online banking as well.

Assam recorded a 24.48 per cent turnout till 11 am across 47 assembly constituencies in the first phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission of India.

The Charaideo constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage till now with 32.40 per cent turnout, while the Gohpur constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage with a 16.35 per cent turnout.

During the first phase of West Bengal assembly elections, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for the Salboni constituency, Sushanta Ghosh, was attacked by unknown miscreants.

Ghosh was attacked at Salboni by unidentified men before being escorted away by security.

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