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CNN News18 reported that Russia expelled 10 diplomats from Baltic nations as a retaliatory move.

Assam, Meghalaya sign pact to resolve decades old border dispute, reports NDTV. ANI quoted Home Minister Amit Shah as saying, "Today, a 50-year-old pending boundary dispute between Assam and Meghalaya has been resolved. 6 out of 12 points of the dispute has been resolved, which comprises nearly 70% of the boundary. The remaining 6 points will be resolved at the earliest."

Rampurhat, West Bengal | CBI team brings the Birbhum violence accused to its camp for probe, reports ANI.

News agency ANI quoted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as saying, "21,000 students of West Bengal have been provided credit cards for their educational expenses upto Rs 10 lakh, we are in the process of adding more students to the list gradually."

At least two dead after Russian strike on Mykolaiv government building, reported news agency AFP.

News agency ANI quoted Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as saying, "We demanded a CBI probe into the Birbhum violence in the High Court. 'Didi' is scared as she is entangled in the Birbhum violence, which is why she is calling on everyone... why couldn't the Bengal govt catch the guilty?... she should work on her home."

News agency ANI quoted TMC MP Dola Sen as saying, "Modi Ji-led central govt is using central agencies like CBI for their party's benefit & against the Opposition, it's unfortunate. They've also sent a partisan governor to all non-BJP states, to increase problems further. It's unethical, unconstitutional."

Two BJP MLAs, Vijender Gupta and OP Sharma, were marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly "for allegedly obstructing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members from raising law-and-order and other issues", reported NDTV.

ANI reported that the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court that it had opposed the bail plea of Ashish Mishra; submission of the petition that State did not effectively oppose the bail application of the accused Ashish Mishra is completely untrue.

ANI reported that in the 2017 Malayalam actress molestation case, Kerala High Court rejected the bail plea of Pulsar Suni, the prime accused in the case. The petitioner contended that there are security threats inside the prison, but the Court observed that bail can't be granted at this stage.

PTI quoted UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar as saying, "NTA will consider conducting Common University Entrance Test (CUET) twice a year from 2023." He added that the students from state boards will not be at disadvantage and that the exam will give a level playing field to all students. "CUET will be completely based on class 12 syllabus, no questions will be asked from class 11 course. Top private universities interested in using CUET for admitting students in undergraduate courses. CUET will not make board exams irrelevant, not to give push to ‘coaching culture’," he added.

Ukraine says restarting evacuations after pause over Russian 'provocations', reports AFP.

Turkey's Erdogan tells Russian, Ukrainian negotiators that both sides have 'legitimate concerns', reports AFP.

ANI reported that the Revenue officers of Punjab are going on an indefinite strike from March 29 alleging hostile treatment by farmers in Lambi, said the Punjab Revenue Officers Association.

PTI reported that the Rupee jumped 23 paise to 75.93 against the US dollar in early trade today.

AP reported that the UN chief wants Ukraine humanitarian cease-fire.

ANI reported that the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 316 was commissioned in the presence of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar, at INS Hansa in Dabolim, Goa.

ANI reported that the Sensex jumped 317.22 points to 57,910.71 in opening trade today, and while Nifty gained 93.45 points to 17,315.45.

According to ANI, India registered 1,259 new Covid cases, 35 deaths, and 1,705 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases stands at 15,378.