As the world continues to struggle with the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is unrealistic to expect the pandemic to be over by the end of 2021.

I think it will be very premature, and I think unrealistic, to think that we're going to finish with this virus by the end of the year, Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said at a press conference here on Monday, as per a report by news agency IANS.

With the petrol-diesel and LPG prices already skyrocketing, the common man has suffered another blow as the prices of CNG used in vehicles as well as PNG (Piped Natural Gas) which is the domestic cooking fuel, have been hiked. The new prices came into effect from 6 am on Tuesday.

Indraprastha Gas Limited has said that it has increased the price of CNG by 70 paise/kg in Delhi-NCR. The price of CNG in Delhi has now gone up to Rs 43.40 per kg. At the same time, CNG has reached Rs 49.08 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Patna.

Coincidentally, today is also the chief minister's birthday. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Kumar on his birthday and praised him for undertaking numerous measures for the development of the state.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Monday reported a 26.4 per cent increase in total sales at 61,800 units in February.

The company had sold 48,910 units in the same month last year, HMIL said in a statement.

Domestic sales were up 29 per cent to 51,600 units as against 40,010 units in February 2020, the company added.

Bajaj Auto on Monday reported 6 per cent rise in total sales at 3,75,017 units in February, as against 3,54,913 units in the same month last year.

Total domestic sales declined by 2 per cent to 1,64,811 units last month, as compared to 1,68,747 units sold in February 2020, Bajaj Auto said in a regulatory filing.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserted on Sunday that the BJP will win the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, and Mamata Banerjee will lose her chief ministership on May 2 -- the day the votes will be counted.

Offering puja at the Dakshineswar Temple on the banks of the Hooghly on the northern fringes of Kolkata, Chouhan said he prayed for a violence-free Bengal.

The AIADMK top leadership held seat-sharing talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

Chief Minister K Palaniswsami, who is the AIADMK joint coordinator, and his deputy O Panneerselvam, who is the party's coordinator, called on Shah at a star hotel in Chennai late on Sunday.

India's COVID-19 tally surpassed1.11 crore on Monday with 15,510new infections, while the active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day and were recorded at 1,68,627, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The total coronavirus cases reached 1,11,12,241 in the country, while the death toll rose to 1,57,157 with 106 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am on Monday showed.

The second phase of India’s Covid-19 vaccination started on Monday and the Co-WIN portal also started a self-registration process for the 270 million people eligible for these shots. Under this phase, people above 60 years of age – and those over 45 years of age and with co-morbidities – are to be inoculated. The registration portal could be accessed at https://selfregistration.cowin.gov.in/.

The government has issued a list of 20 specified co-morbidities to determine the eligibility of people who can be administered a vaccine shot on priority.

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This is a Level-10 government job and the pay will be linked to the 7th pay commission.

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