Hundreds of contract workers of India’s largest steel producer and most profitable state-run company have lost jobs, and many more suffered wage loss.

In recent times, Bollywood has witnessed a series of crossovers with big names from the southern film industries making debuts in Hindi.

The wholesale price-based inflation shot up to over 8-year high of 7.39 per cent in March on rising crude oil and metal prices.

State capital Lucknow witnessed the biggest spike with 5,183 cases, followed by 1888 in Prayagraj, 1859 in Varanasi, 1263 in Kanpur and 750 in Gorakhpur.

While most political observers are sanguine that the former CEC who demitted office this week will be rewarded soon with a plum political appointment, his tenure as CEC was mired in controversies.

India reported a record single-day rise of 1,84,372 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of cases to 1,38,73,825, while the active cases surpassed the 13-lakh mark.

Gautam Adani-owned Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has been removed by S&P Dow Jones Indices from its sustainability index citing its ‘business ties with the Myanmar military’.

The curfew, which excludes essential services, will come into effect from 8 pm on Wednesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in his address via social media to people of the state.

The move of the GFP, which has three MLAs in the 40-member House, will not impact the stability of the Pramod Sawant government.

At the current pace of vaccination, the vaccines in stock would have lasted a week from April 8 and those in the pipeline would last for five more days.