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Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes off Russia's Kuril Islands

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck offshore 218 kilometers south-southeast of Severo in Russia's Kuril Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said it was analyzing the event. (Reuters)

Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing a 10% stake in Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio

Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing a 10% stake in Reliance Industries’ upstart telecom operator. The social network would join the likes of Saudi Aramco helping India’s richest man deleverage his oil-to-retail empire. Mukesh Ambani is building an enviable network of partners. (Reuters Alert)

People at the protest site in Shaheen Bagh were requested today to clear the site as lockdown has been imposed. But after they refused, action was taken against violators as the assembly was unlawful. Protest site has been cleared. Some protestors have been detained, saysDCP South East.

Govt suspends domestic air travel from March 25 over coronavirus scare

The Government, on Monday, ordered the suspension of domestic commercial flights beginning Tuesday midnight as it moved towards enforcing a complete lockdown to contain the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

“The operations of domestic schedule commercial airlines shall cease with effect from midnight that is 23.59 hours IST on 24/3/2020. Airlines have to plan operations so as to land at their destination before 23.59 hours on 24/3/2020,” the civil aviation ministry said in a statement.

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30 states and Union Territories impose complete lockdown covering a total of 548 districts in the country: Govt

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