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01/03/2022

In 2021-22, GDP is expected to rise at 8.9% rather than 9.2%.

According to the second advance national income estimates released on Monday, India's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at 8.9% in 2021-22, down from 9.2% previously estimated, with year-on-year growth in the October to December 2021 period falling to 5.4 percent from 8.5 percent the previous quarter.

Manipur's phase 1 elections were marred by violence, with a turnout of over 78 percent.

On Monday, violence marred the first phase of elections for 38 of Manipur's 60 Assembly constituencies, with 78.03 percent of the state's 12.09 lakh voters casting ballots by 5 p.m. Officials indicated the number was likely to rise once information from all remote polling locations were received. The voter turnout in the 2017 election was 86 percent, the highest in the state's history.

India is prepared to assist citizens of neighbouring impoverished countries who have become stuck in Ukraine: Tirumurti

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathered in a special session to vote on a resolution asking for Russia's departure from Ukraine, while the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met to discuss the region's humanitarian catastrophe.

02/03/2022

In February, GST receipts increased by 26% over the pre-COVID-19 level.

The Finance Ministry reported that gross goods and services tax (GST) income in February was 26 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels, at 1,33,026 crore. The collections are up 18% from February 2021, and it's the fifth time since July 2017 that GST revenues have surpassed Rs. 1.30 lakh crore.

Ilker Ayci has declined the position of CEO of Air India.

Ilker Ayci, the former Chairman of Turkish Airlines, has turned down Tata Sons' offer to lead Air India as CEO, citing "reports in some sectors of the Indian media aiming to colour my appointment with unfavourable colours." "As a business leader who has always prioritised professional credo... I have come to the conclusion that accepting the post under the shadow of such storey would not be a practical or honourable decision," he said in a statement.

For students in Eastern Ukraine, tensions are rising.

Hundreds of students were riveted to their phone screens and cowering in bunkers in cities on the country's eastern border that are witnessing severe combat between Russian and Ukrainian military when word of a fellow Indian dying in a bombardment in Kharkiv spread quickly. On the one hand, they are facing the cold and a serious food shortage, while on the other, they are afraid of being hit by a missile or a bomb if they attempt to flee.

03/03/2022

The curtain rises on the most important and penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

The destiny of five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, will be decided on Friday, when voters in 57 constituencies across ten districts of Purvanchal cast their ballots in the state's last election.

Students are enraged by the Embassy's request that they leave Kharkiv "immediately."

Hundreds of Indian students and professionals in Kharkiv are angry and frustrated after the Indian Embassy in Kyiv issued an advise on Wednesday ordering them to leave the city on "short notice."

On March 2, the IAF dispatched four C-17s for evacuation.

According to Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, Vice Chief of Air Force, the Indian Air Force (IAF) launched three C-17 transport aircraft to Romania, Hungary, and Poland in the morning of Wednesday. Later in the day, a fourth C-17 was dispatched. The C-17 was dispatched since it can fly nonstop to these countries.