- The CBI Sunday arrested Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the now-scrapped excise policy relating to the sale of alcohol, in a move that could plunge the national capital into a governance crisis and further widen the political rift between the AAP and the BJP-led Central government.
- In a major decision, the state government Sunday appointed senior IAS Officer Pradeep Kumar Jena as new Chief Secretary of the state.
- Veteran singer Debasish Mohapatra being felicitated with 17th Guru Balakrushna Das Samman 2023 during 17th Guru Pranam Utsav at Rabindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar, Sunday.
- The DCP Traffic (Bubaneswar-Cuttack) recently informed people about a list of documents they should carry, and a handful of guidelines they should follow, while driving a two-wheeler in the twin City area to avoid being penalized on the road.
- Veteran journalist Ajit Kumar Mohanty passed away after battling cancer at All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Bhubaneswar Sunday, family sources said, adding that he was 73.
- Former Minister and MLA from Junagarh Assembly constituency Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra got hitched Sunday with Priyanka Agasti as per traditional rituals at a Pipilibased resort in Puri district.
- Indian Air Force will participate in multilateral air exercise ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior’ at the RAF’s Waddington Air Force Base in the UK from March 6 to 24, an official statement said.
- Gujarat’s Amreli district has been the epicentre of an ‘earthquake swarm’ as it has recorded nearly 400 mild tremors in the last two years, according to officials.
- Thirteen papers have been leaked in the Gujarat government’s competitive exams in the last decade. Thursday, the state Assembly passed The Gujarat Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill 2023, which has stringent provisions like a minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 crore for the culprits.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that e-Sanjeevani app, which facilitates online medical consultations, reflects the power of India's digital revolution, noting that over 10 crore people have benefitted from it so far.
- Three government employees, including a schoolteacher recently arrested for allegedly carrying out several blasts, were dismissed from service for their alleged involvement in antinational activities, an official said.
- IndianAmerican Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has vowed that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries like China, Pakistan and Iraq which hate America, saying "a strong America doesn't pay off the bad guys".
- At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast earlySunday, authorities said.
- Gautam Adani was the world’s third and Asia’s richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own wealth by $80 billion and the tycoon slipping to No 30 on the world billionaire index.
- There is no ban on exports of onion and India has shipped the commodity worth $523.8 million during April-December 2022, the commerce ministry said Sunday.
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