Morning digest: 9 dead in fire at Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata; AIADMK promises 6 free LPG cylinders in a year and ₹1,500 per month, and more

AIADMK co-coordinator and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday introduced the availability of six cooking fuel (LPG) cylinders in a year free to every household and ₹1,500 per month to the woman-head of each household, as a part of his social gathering’s promises for the Assembly ballot.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday introduced the outcomes of the primary spherical of the JEE-Main held final month. The six toppers from the February exams have been — Saket Jha from Rajasthan, Pravar Kataria and Ranjim Prabal Das from Delhi, Guramrit Singh of Chandigarh, Siddhant Mukherjee from Maharashtra and Ananth Krishna Kidambi from Gujarat, the NTA stated.

Courts in 5 nations together with the U.S. and the U.K. have given recognition to an arbitration award that requested India to return $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy plc — a step that now opens the opportunity of the British agency seizing Indian property in these nations if New Delhi doesn’t pay, sources stated.

Multiple adjournment motions marred the working of the Rajya Sabha on the primary day of the second a part of the Budget session, with Opposition leaders demanding a debate on the “huge and frequent” improve in petrol, diesel and LPG costs. The Lok Sabha, too, noticed disruptions on the problem of a separate dialogue on gas worth hike.

The Supreme Court on Monday might have opened up the opportunity of reconsidering the ceiling imposed on complete reservation, a transfer that will impression the problem to the legality of a Tamil Nadu reservation regulation which permits 69% quota in State authorities jobs and instructional establishments.

Seven folks, together with 4 firefighters, have been killed in a fire at the Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata late on Monday night. The blaze broke out on the thirteenth flooring of the 14-storey constructing positioned on Strand Road. Two individuals are reported lacking after the blaze.

Nearly 17 lakh COVID vaccine doses have been administered until 9 p.m. on Monday making it the very best single day protection for the reason that starting of the drive in January, stated the Health Ministry on Monday.

The DMK, on Monday, signed seat-sharing pacts with CPI (M) for six Assembly seats and for one seat every with the Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK), Adhi Tamilar Peravai (ATP) and Makkal Viduthakai Katchi (MVK). Candidates from the final three events will contest on the ‘Rising Sun’ image, as per the settlement.

In in the present day’s podcast we proceed our dialogue across the new guidelines that the federal government has launched to control the digital area, referred to as the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media) Ethics Code Rules of 2021.

(*9*) in Myanmar’s largest metropolis got here out Monday evening for his or her first mass protests in defiance of an 8 p.m. curfew, looking for to point out assist for an estimated 200 college students trapped by safety forces in a small space of 1 neighborhood.

Four of India’s prime 5 batsmen didn’t fire persistently. The pacers hardly had any position to play. But it didn’t matter ultimately. India nonetheless bounced again in model after a hiccup in the opening Test to roll England over and seal its spot in the World Test Championship closing towards New Zealand.