- Innovation in farming is the need of the hour, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Releases 10th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme of over 20 thousand crore rupees.
- Home Minister Amit Shah says Government is committed to make farmers self-reliant.
- Terrorist killed in encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police to conduct DNA test of a militant killed in Anantnag encounter as he resembles ultra involved in 2019 Pulwama attack.
- Registration for COVID vaccination of children between 15 and 18 years begins on CoWIN portal.
- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches nationwide 100 days reading campaign “Padhe Bharat”.
- Prime Minister to lay foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut tomorrow.
- UPCM said during Samajwadi Party rule in Uttar Pradesh, famous ‘Rampuri’ knives were used only for grabbing land of poor while present state government is promoting them under ODOP scheme to enrich people.
- Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir orders high-level inquiry into today’s stampede in Vaishno Devi; Ex-gratia of two lakh rupees to be given to next of kin of deceased from PM’s Relief Fund.
- PDP terms stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine “man-made tragedy” and blames Jammu and Kashmir administration for it, demands high-level probe into incident in which 12 people were killed.
- According to Shrine Board stampede at Vaisho Devi happened because of “scuffle between two groups”.
- Congres slams Modi government for increase in Goods and Services Tax (GST) in several categories from footwear to food delivery and urges voters to defeat BJP in upcoming assembly elections to tame inflation.
