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  1. Pooja Chavan suicide case: Cabinet minister Sanjay Rathod tenders resignation to Uddhav Thackeray

    Rathod is facing allegations of complicity in the death of Puja Chavan (23), a resident of Beed district, who was found dead in Pune on 8 February, apparently after falling off the building in which she lived

  2. Rare Diseases Day 2021: ‘Orphans’ of the health system, DMD patients are denied access to diagnosis, timely treatment

    Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that damage and weaken your muscles over time.

  3. Watch: PSLV-C51 launches Brazil’s Amazonia-1, 18 other satellites; Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO

    Amazonia-1, which became the first Brazilian satellite to be launched from India, is an optical earth observation satellite of National Institute for Space Research

  4. Odisha govt issues fresh guidelines, allows open-air theatres with cap of 2,000 people

    The state government has also allowed social congregations for marriages and funerals with a maximum of 500 persons and adherence to the COVID-19 norms

  5. Mann ki Baat: Narendra Modi calls for 100-day campaign to clean water bodies, harvest rain water

    The prime minister said there is a need to make science more popular across the country and asserted that science cannot be limited to physics and chemistry, and labs

  6. Krishna Dhaba owner’s son dies days after being shot by terrorists in Srinagar

    Akash Mehra had been undergoing treatment at the SMHS Hospital for the past 10 days. The Muslim Janbaz Force claimed responsibility for the attack

  7. India records 16,752 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours; biggest single-day jump in 30 days

    The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,75,169, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.10 percent

  8. Odisha makes week-long home isolation mandatory for people coming from five ‘high-risk’ states

    The five high-risk states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the state's additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, said

  9. Rakesh Tikait to tour five states in March to drum up support for farmers’ protest

    Tikait, the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, will begin the tour from 1 March, an office-bearer of the union said

  10. Centre caps COVID-19 vaccine price at Rs 250 per dose, releases list of empanelled private hospitals

    While eligible beneficiaries will be able to register in advance on CO-WIN 2.0 portal and Aarogya Setu app, there will be a facility for on-site registration at identified vaccination centres for inoculation

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