Amid a fresh surge of COVID-19, Delhi recorded 312 new cases of coronavirus with three deaths on Friday. This is the highest number of cases in nearly one-and-a-half month's time. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.53% after authorities conducted 59,122 tests.

This takes the Capital's infection tally to 640,494 and fatalities to 10,918. Daily infections crossed the 300-mark in Delhi for the first time on Friday since January 14, 2021, when 340 cases were reported in the city.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kevadia today, to address the closing ceremony of the National Director-General (DG) conference on national security, being held at the Statue of Unity Tent city from March 3 to 6. Prime Minister is scheduled to reach Kevadia from Ahmedabad at 8.50 am by Air Force helicopter.

The PM will review the operational situation on the China and Pakistan fronts as well as the progress towards setting up tri-Service integrated commands and structures during the CCC, which is being held with all top commanders of the Army, Navy, and IAF at Kevadia in Gujarat from March 4 to 6.

The farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws on Saturday will complete 100 days. The protests, which started on November 26, are still going on as eleven rounds of talks held between the government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand to repeal farm laws yielded no results.

To commemorate the day, plans are in works to block a major expressway outside New Delhi today.

Calling the inflated fuel price a 'dharam sankat' (dilemma) for the government, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the state and the Centre both earn revenue on petroleum products and both sides should discuss it.

Ideally, it is a matter which both States and Centre should discuss because it's not just Centre which has duties on petroleum price, States are also charging. When the Centre draws revenue, 41 percent of it goes to the state. This is a layered issue and therefore, I would like both state and Centre to discuss together, said the Finance Minister while answering a media query during the 'Indian Women's press corps' event.

The Income Tax Department's raid at filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actress Taapsee Pannu's house and office premises are still on. This is the third day of the raid after the I-T department first carried out searches at over 30 locations in Mumbai and Pune, including the premises of the above-mentioned two celebrities and filmmaker Vikas Bahl. Premises of the Phantom Films and former partner of Phantom Films, Madhu Mantena and some executives of Kwann Talent management were also raided.

The Supreme Court on Friday said that the new guidelines formed by the government regarding the regulation of content on OTT platforms likes Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have 'no teeth' as there's no provision of prosecution.

The apex court added that a law has to be framed to put in place a mechanism to control OTT platforms instead of mere guidelines.

The Indian Railways have announced a fare hike for platform tickets across its network. The fresh notification by the railways stated that the platform ticket price has been increased from Rs 10 to Rs 30.

The present increase in platform ticket prices at some stations is a 'temporary' measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through crowding.

Ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday has released a list of 291 candidates. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released the list of all 291 candidates from her Kalighat residence in Kolkata. Along with this, she told that the party has left three seats for its ally Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.

Moscow [Russia], March 5 (ANI): Russia on Thursday said that it is monitoring the situation at the India-China border and welcomed the agreements reached between the two sides within the existing framework of the multi-level mechanisms of bilateral dialogue.

We continue to monitor the situation at the China-India border, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

As many as 16,838 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Friday.

With 13,819 new discharges, the cumulative recoveries reached 1,08,39,894.

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