The offices can now resume work after proper disinfection, in case COVID-19 cases are reported, without closing or sealing the premises, according to the union health ministry's fresh guidelines.

In order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in office settings, the Union Health Ministry's fresh guidelines for workplace mentions: If there are one or two COVID-19 cases reported at a workplace, the disinfection procedure will be limited to places/areas occupied and visited by the patient in past 48 hours and work can be resumed after disinfection as per laid down protocol.

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) domestic cylinder, commonly referred to as cooking gas, has been increased by Rs 50 per unit in Delhi, reported news agency ANI.

The new price of Rs 769 per 14.2 kilograms LPG cylinder would come into effect from the midnight of February 15, it said.

The Supreme Court on Friday (February 12) held that the consent of the family or community or clan was not necessary when two adults agree to marry each other. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy said that an adult's right to marry a person of their choice should not be affected by the concepts of "class honour" or "group thinking".

The bench gave its order while judging on a case where a woman's father lodged a missing person complaint as she had married a man without informing him.

The UK economy grew at double the pace expected in the fourth quarter, capping a year that delivered the worst slump since 1709.

Gross domestic product rose 1 per cent from the third quarter, fuelled by a boom in construction and government spending. That averted the risk of a second recession early this year but left a 9.9 per cent contraction for the whole of 2020, the biggest slump since a Great Frost killed crops across Europe.

The Shiv Sena, which is in power in Maharashtra, on Saturday accused state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of toeing the BJP's line, and said that if the Centre wants the Constitution to be upheld, it should recall him.

The party also asserted that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation is stable and strong, and added that the Centre cannot use the governor's shoulders to take aim at the state government.

The TMC on Friday called party leader Dinesh Trivedi "ungrateful" after he resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat, while the BJP, jubilant over his decision, invited him to join its camp.

Trivedi's resignation dealt yet another blow to the Mamata Banerjee camp, which is grappling with exodus of party members ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls.

A high-level committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday approved around Rs3,113 crore to five states that faced natural disasters and pest attacks in 2020.

The states and union territory that will get the additional central assistancefrom the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF)are AndhraPradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh, a home ministry statement said.

Vistara on Saturday said it will start flights between Mumbai and Male from March 3 onwards under the air bubble arrangement formed between India and the Maldives.

The airline will deploy its three-class A320neo aircraft on this route, said its press release.

India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 108,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed1.06 crore, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll increased to 155,550 with 103 daily new fatalities, data updated at 8 am showed.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today, February 13. Saturday also marks the end of the first part of the Budget session of the Parliament.

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