The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 114.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 114,417,054 and 2,537,563, respectively.

Twitter has announced to label Tweets that may contain misleading information around Covid vaccinations and will permanently suspend repeated offenders.

The micro-blogging platform has introduced a strike system against such misleading tweets and five or more strikes will result in permanent suspension of the account.

E-commerce giant Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has expanded its grocery services to more than 50 cities in the country through its pan India marketplace. This expansion will provide users of 7 metro cities and over 40 neighbouring cities access to high-quality grocery products, quick deliveries and a seamless shopping experience.

In the grocery space, Flipkart competes with players such as BigBasket, Swiggy, Amazon, Grofers and Reliance’s JioMart.

Drug major Cipla on Tuesday said it has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Sumatriptan Nasal Spray, indicated for the treatment of migraine attacks.

The newly approved product is a generic therapeutic equivalent version of GlaxoSmithKline's Imitrex Nasal Spray.

Delhi/Islamabad: An Indian passenger plane made an emergency landing on Tuesday morning in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi after a passenger on board suffered a cardiac arrest.

Indigo Flight 6E1412 was coming from Sharjah and was bound for Lucknow. Unfortunately, the passenger who suffered cardiac arrest could not be saved and was declared dead on arrival.

Lucknow: To maintain law and order in the capital city, the Uttar Pradesh administration has imposed section 144 of the CrPC with immediate effect till April 5.

The decision was taken in view of the protests that could be organised by politicians, or students against the farm laws. In a statement issued on Monday evening, Lucknow Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Naveen Arora said that there is a strong possibility of the farmers' agitation aggravating which can create a law and order situation in the city.

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.

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