Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today, February 13. Saturday also marks the end of the first part of the Budget session of the Parliament.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, is being procured by the government at a lower price of Rs 210 per dose, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.

Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey was responding to a question on whether the government is aware that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is being sold to European Union nations at comparatively lower price that to India.

A total of 97.72 lakh healthcare workers and 71.64 lakh frontline workers have been registered on Co-WIN application till February 9, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Till 9th February 2021, a total of 65.28 lakh beneficiaries have received 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine, he said in a written reply.

Shares of Ashok Leyland on Friday tumbled 8 per cent after the company reported a net loss of Rs 19 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020.

The stock tanked 8 per cent to Rs 124.10 on BSE.

On NSE, it plunged 6.77 per cent to Rs 125.90.

Several reports have claimed that due to people being cautious about the higher denomination notes, those running a racket of counterfeit notes have shifted their focus on circulated the lower denomination notes like Rs 100 and Rs 50.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come forward to raise awareness about fake currency notes of 50 and 200 being in circulation and has informed about how to identify them.

In another shocker for West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, All India Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Trivedi on Friday announced his resignation on the floor of the House (Rajya Sabha) citing the reason that he was unable to do anything over the violence in West Bengal.

I am resigning from Rajya Sabha today. There is violence happening in my state. I feel suffocated that we are not able to do anything about the violence happening in the state. My soul tells me that if you can't do anything sitting here, you should resign. I will continue to work for the people of West Bengal, Trivedi said.

The fuel prices in Assam are going to get cheaper by Rs 5 per litre. This is after the state finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, withdrew the additional cess levied on petrol and diesel on Friday (February 12). It is to be noted that the state government's decision comes months before the state witnesses its Legislative Assembly elections.

Sarma also proposed that an additional cess of around 25 per cent imposed on alcoholic beverages in the previous year be withdrawn.

The temperature in the national capital touched the 30 degree Celsius mark in early February for the first time in 15 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the IMD's data, maximum temperature last crossed 30 degree Celsius in the first half of February 2006.

And as winters come to a close in Delhi, the forecast for temperatures is to rise for most of the month.

Onions may once again disappear from your plate. The effect of unseasonal rain and unbridled petrol-diesel prices have resulted in an increase in the prices of onion as well. So much that onion prices have increased more than double in the last few weeks. The onion which was being sold at the beginning of the year for Rs 25-30 per kg is being sold for Rs 60-70 rupees per kg.

Congress workers in Madhya Pradesh have threatened Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, saying that they will not let her shoot for the film 'Dhaakad' if she does not apologize to farmers over her tweets before Friday.

Shooting for the movie is currently underway in the Sarni area of MP's Betul district.

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