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Another massive round of layoffs at the Facebook founder Meta is expected any day now. This comes just a few months after Meta laid off more than 11,000 people from its work force. We'll be looking at the crisis in the IT sector in the United States - remember, many Indians have also been impacted. Why would a boom sector see so many retrenchments?

 

Bihar police have arrested a man for sharing fake videos - the same fake videos that prompted statewide panic among North-Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu police and fact checkers have dismissed the videos - which showed attacks on migrant workers - as old videos from other states, while Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav have condemned the videos as propaganda intended to sway the public against the ruling governments in both states. On Left, Right & Centre, we explore how fake news may or may not have sparked thousands of Bihari migrants to flee Tamil Nadu.

On a special NDTV programme ahead of Women's Day, we speak to five brave women Indian Army officers from across the world on their struggle to rise in the armed forces.

Eight opposition parties have written to the Prime Minister alleging that central investigation agencies are deliberately targeting them. This comes amid the political war over the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia. The letter's signatories include the leaders of BRS, NCP, Samajwadi Party and others - but Congress is most notably absent. While the letter aims to put political intimidation under the lens, can BJP use it to their advantage using the fight-against-corruption argument to hit back?

There is panic among migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. People are being seen in large numbers leaving for their home states largely in north India. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has said deliberate rumours are being spread to create panic. He reassured his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar that all migrant workers are safe in the state and that swift action would be taken against rumour-mongers spreading panic. From the Chief Minister to the police, everyone has made appeals in Hindi for calm and for migrants to not leave. A case has been filed against BJP spokesperson from Uttar Pradesh Prashant Umrao for spreading rumours on social media about the "killing" of Bihar migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. An editor of a newspaper and owner of a local daily have also been named separately by the Tamil Nadu police.

Tomorrow is a key day at the G-20 meet in India - with foreign ministers of several countries coming in. The goal is to get a joint resolution out ... something which could not take place last week during the Finance Ministers' meeting because of sharp differences on the Ukraine issue between western countries and Russia and China. Can Indian diplomacy pave the way for an agreement among foreign ministers ahead of the all important summit of world leaders in Delhi in September?

Days after the sensational daylight killing of a murder witness in Uttar Pradesh, bulldozers showed up at the home of a close relative of gangster Atiq Ahmed, who is accused of plotting the killing. By all means bring down the mafia but is there any legal basis or for that matter any sense in razing the homes of those accused in a crime. Is this the way that law enforcement should work and do these attacks primarily target one community in Uttar Pradesh?

After being arrested, another setback for Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Manish Sisodia. The Supreme Court has directed AAP to raise the plea against Manish Sisodia's arrest in lower courts. However, later, Mr Sisodia and jailed minister Satyendar Jain resigned from the Delhi cabinet. With two key ministers in jail and out of the cabinet, a key question arises: can Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP cut through the crisis? We discuss on Left Right and Centre.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking the renaming of all cities and historical places which have reportedly been named after "invaders". The petition was filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who wanted a 'renaming commission' to find out the original names of 'ancient historical cultural religious places', named after 'barbaric foreign invaders'. The Supreme Court's words were important - the judges asked the petitioner whether he would like to keep the country on the boil. "Don't dig up the past which will only create disharmony," the court said. We decode the Supreme Court order and its significant ramifications. Watch Left Right and Centre. 

The voting has ended and the results for the three northeastern states will be declared on March 2. But before that, what do the exit polls suggest? Will BJP come out victorious or will it be the regional parties that will take over a national party. We decode on Left Right and Centre .