A look at the headlines right now:
- Sensex, Nifty end lower ahead of Assembly election results: Aviation stocks traded higher after the Delhi government, in its Budget, announced that it will slash tax on jet fuel to 1% from 25%.
- Anti-India protests erupt along border after Sashastra Seema Bal is accused of shooting Nepali man: Tensions rose near UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri after Indian border guards objected to Nepal constructing a culvert on disputed territory.
- Reliance Jio, Paytm apologise for using Narendra Modi’s picture in ads without permission: The central government had sent notices to the two companies.
- Nasa says it has found India’s ‘lost’ Chandrayaan-1 orbiting the moon: They said they had also detected its own Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter using a ground-based radar technique.
- Centre withdraws Bill to declare countries, including Pakistan, ‘sponsors of terrorism’: Officials said the proposal made by BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar violates provisions of the Geneva Convention.
- Chargesheet against Union minister Babul Supriyo after TMC MLA alleges he ‘outraged her modesty’: The Kolkata Police submitted footage of the TV show on which Mahua Moitra claimed the BJP leader made fun of her with his words and gestures.
- Industrial output rose 2.7% in January: The jump was backed by positive growth in the electricity, mining and manufacturing sectors.
- YouTube blocks Gujarat riots documentary maker Rakesh Sharma’s channel: The filmmaker said the website had not informed him of the decision and alleged a ploy to prevent his movie from reaching the masses.
- Air India plane goes off radar over Hungary, fighter jets escort it to Heathrow: The Ahmedabad-London flight was carrying 249 people.
- Hand over video footage of trust vote chaos to MK Stalin, HC tells Tamil Nadu government: The court will take up the matter again on March 24.
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