Breaking News Live, March 8:
The Budget Session of the Delhi Assembly is set to commence from today. The Budget Session will be held from March 8 to March 16. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Rajya Sabha will function from 9 am to 2 pm while Lok Sabha will function between 4 pm to 10 pm.
PM Modi extends greetings and salutes women’s power on International Women’s Day 2021. “India takes pride in many accomplishments of women of our nation. It’s our Govt’s honour to be getting the opportunity to work towards furthering women empowerment across a wide range of sectors,” Modi said.
Sensex jumped 294 points, trading at 50,700, and Nifty rose over 100 points to 15,040.
India reported 18,599 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total tally to 1.12 cases. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections was recorded above 18,000 for the third consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated this morning.
The recovery rate has dropped further to 96.95%. The active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day and the COVID-19 active caseload increased to 1,84,523 which now comprises 1.65% of the total infections.
