Election campaign time limits eased

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Efforts to stabilise the structure in Chintels Paradiso, Gurugram

Two days after the ceilings of multiple flats in Chintels Paradiso condominium in Sector 109 caved in, killing two residents, authorities retrieved the body of a woman trapped under the debris late Saturday night. They said the operation was risky because some chunks of rubble and plaster had started falling from the upper floors and the entire load of the structure was now on the basement and the first floor. They added they were working to stabilise the structure, even as they freed the trapped body . HT

Employment rate falling

The employment rate (or share of the working population in the total population, which is constantly rising) has fallen from nearly 43 per cent in 2016 (already low by global standards) to 37 per cent in just four years. Deccan Herald

Election campaign time limits eased

Election campaign time limits have been eased, rallies with attendance caps have been okayed, the Election Commission announced this evening as it lifted Covid restrictions citing the “substantial reduction” in cases across the country as well as the poll-bound states. Election campaigns, says the poll body, can now be conducted between 6 am and 10 pm instead of earlier 8 am to 8 pm. Telegraph

Rahul Bajaj passed away

Veteran industrialist and head of the Bajaj group, Rahul Bajaj, passed away on Saturday. Bajaj, 83, who had pneumonia and also a heart problem, was admitted to the Ruby Hall Clinic a month ago and breathed his last at 2.30 pm on Saturday. Indian Express

Sending of 50,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan

India signed an agreement with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) for the distribution of 50,000 MT of wheat that it has committed to sending Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian assistance, with diplomatic efforts under way to begin sending truck convoys through Pakistan by road, expected to begin after Punjab elections on February 20 are completed. Hindu

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India wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan became the most expensive player in the IPL 2022 auction after Mumbai Indians secured his service for Rs 15.25 crore.

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