Several health authorities in Germany announced Tuesday that they are again suspending the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for residents under age 60 amid fresh reports of unusual blood clots in people who recently received the shots.

Officials in Berlin, Munich and the eastern state of Brandenburg took the decision to temporarily halt vaccinations ahead of a meeting later Tuesday of representatives from Germany's 16 states.

West Bengal BJP wrote to the state's Chief Electoral Officer, complaining against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and demanding action against her.

The state BJP said, On 29th March while addressing a public rally in Nandigram she was heard openly threatening BJP workers, leaders and sympathizers to beware after 2nd May. (i.e. the day of counting).

As many as 53,480 fresh infections pushed India's COVID-19 tally to 1,21,49,335, while 354 new fatalities, the highest single-day spike so far this year, took the death toll to 1,62,468, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The country had recorded 355 deaths on December 17.

German auto major Volkswagen on Wednesday commenced bookings for the second batch of its SUV T-Roc in India priced at Rs 21.35 lakh (ex-showroom) as part of its plans to launch four SUVs in the country this year.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars India said customer deliveries of the T-Roc will start from May 2021.

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) on Wednesday said it has secured new orders worth Rs 625 crore in domestic and overseas markets.

The company said it has won orders in power transmission and railways business.

PepsiCo will make its flagship carbonated drink Pepsi less sweet and more fizzy, changing its formulation for the first time in India, reported the Economic Times.

The move will place Pepsi at par with rival brands Coke and ThumsUp, which have stayed less sweet in comparison, the report said. The rework also comes at a pivotal summer quarter (April-June), which accounts for more than half of the packaged beverage industry's annual sales of Rs 28,000 crore in India.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has acquired the balance 50 per cent equity stake in HPCL Shapoorji Energy Private Limited (HSEPL) from SP Ports Private limited company.

Post acquisition, HPCL's stake in HSEPL gets enhanced to 100 per cent, making HSEPL a wholly-owned subsidiary of HPCL.

Amid a massive spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the Health Ministry in a press conference on Tuesday (March 30), said that there is a need to exponentially increase tests in states, Union Territories that are reporting a rise in caseload. The ministry also said that the COVID-19 situation going from bad to worse recently, it is a huge cause for worry.

The deadline to link your PAN to your Aadhaar ends on March 31 (Wednesday). The Central government had extended the deadline to link PAN Card with Aadhaar to March 31, 2021, from the previous deadline of June 30, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, if the PAN is not linked with the Aadhaar number by March 31, 2021, then the PAN will become inoperative from April 1, 2021.

The country’s largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank, on Tuesday said some of its customers are facing intermittent issues while accessing net banking and mobile banking facilities.

Customers facing outages took to social media to vent out their frustration.

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