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14 Jul

No fuel price hike for 2nd day in a row

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaFuel, IndianBusiness

The oil marketing companies kept the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Wednesday, the second consecutive day of no change, to analyse the global oil price movement before making further revisions. After crossing $77 a barrel, global crude prices have softened a bit with differences surfacing in oil cartel OPEC over continuation of production cuts and demand concerns over rising Covid cases in several European countries. With price pause on Wednesday, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 101.19 a litre and diesel at 89.72 a litre in the national capital. On Monday, oil companies had raised the…

14 Jul

PM to virtually inaugurate slew of projects in Gujarat on July 16

editor0 CommentsIndiagujrat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually present on July 16 to inaugurate a host of developmental projects in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. There are some new developmental projects and works which await inauguration/public dedication — some railway projects, new attractions at the Gujarat Science City and the newly developed Railway station at Gandhinagar and adjoining hotel. On July 16, the Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate the redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station and a 318 room five star hotel atop the railway station. He will also flag off the superfast weekly Gandhinagar-Varanasi train and the Baretha MEMU train. Besides that, the…

13 Jul

Ganguly moves Bombay HC for enforcement of 2018 arbitration award

editor0 CommentsSportsIndia, Sports

President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, has moved to the Bombay High Court for enforcement of an award by a three-member arbitral tribunal awarding him over Rs 35 crores payable by his former management companies. In the plea, Ganguly has sought that the companies - Percept Talent Management Ltd. and Percept D Mark (India) Ltd should disclose their assets. As an interim relief, he has also sought that the companies should be restrained from doing any transactions on the properties. This is because, Ganguly, through his lawyers, Nankani & Associates raised a concern…

13 Jul

Death toll from Iraq Covid hospital fire rises to 66 as anger mounts

editor0 CommentsInternational, HealthCovid 19, International

The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 66, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there. More than 100 others were injured in Monday night's fire in Nassiriya, which an investigation showed began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said - the second such tragedy in three months. Rescue teams were on Tuesday using a heavy crane to remove the charred and melted remains of the…

13 Jul

Third Covid wave hits world, join hands to avoid it in India: V K Paul

editor0 CommentsCovid19Covid-19, Third Covid wave, V K Paul

The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, NITI Aayog member V.K. Paul on Tuesday appealed to Indians to join hands to avoid its spread in India, warning that a “majority of cases will be reported if the next wave comes”. “The world is witnessing a third wave (of Covid-19). We have to join hands to ensure that the third wave doesn’t hit India. The Prime Minister today clearly said that we should focus on keeping the third wave at bay, instead of discussing when it would come in India,” Paul said. Citing data that mentions 3,90,000 Covid cases in the…

13 Jul

Southwest Monsoon covers entire country after delay of 5 days

editor0 CommentsIndiaIMD, Monsoon

After advancing over Delhi-NCR, the Southwest Monsoon covered the entire country on Tuesday after a delay of five days, the India Meteorological Department said. The Southwest Monsoon usually covers the entire country on July 8. The earlier normal date for the monsoon to cover the entire country was July 15. Last year, the IMD revised its onset date for several areas. The monsoon covered its last outposts - the desert town of Jaisalmer and Ganganagar in Rajasthan - on Monday but evaded Delhi. It covered Barmer, another desert district in Rajasthan some two weeks before its normal onset date. "In…

13 Jul

1st COVID-19 Patient of India Tests Positive again for the Coronavirus

editor0 CommentsHealth, Covid19, Indiacorona, Kerala

Today in Kerala's Thrissur health authorities said that a women who was tested positive for corona virus has tested positive again. she told to the press she tested for corona virus as she was prepared to go to New Delhi for study purposes. Then the test came out as positive. The woman is currently at home and she is ok. It was on January 30, 2020 the third year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for COVID-19, becoming India's first COVID-19 patient, and after that she had returned home following semester holidays. After nearly three weeks of treatment at…

13 Jul

Power demand in India expected to grow 6 pc in FY22: Icra

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaICRA, IndianBusiness

Demand for electricity in India is expected to grow 6 per cent in 2021-22 as compared to the previous fiscal year, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. It has also estimated power generation capacity addition at 17- 18 GW for the ongoing fiscal year. “ICRA Ratings has estimated the all India electricity demand growth at 6.0 per cent for FY2022 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, considering the favourable base effect, relatively lesser impact of the second wave on electricity demand and the pick-up in the vaccination programme,” an Icra statement said. The electricity demand slowed down during the first two…

13 Jul

The NHRC on Tuesday submitted a report in High Court related to the West Bengal post-poll violence case.

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalpost-poll violence, West Bengal

Calcutta High Court's five judges bench while hearing a petition in connection with post-poll violence has ordered a DNA test of the body of BJP trade union leader Abhijit Sarkar to be done in Command Hospital. Police on Saturday night arrested two key accused in the murder of Sarkar on May 2 after poll results were declared. The detective department’s late-night arrests were based on a tipoff that the duo — Sufal Das alias Ruidas and Sanjay Das alias Rana — had been holed up in Hooghly’s Hindmotor. Both are residents of Maniktala Main Road. The NHRC on Tuesday submitted…

13 Jul

Sachin, Sehwag, Shastri & others mourn the death of 1983 WC winner Yashpal Sharma

editor0 CommentsSports, IndiaSachin, Sehwag, Yashpal Sharma

Former India cricketer and a member of 1983 World Cup-winning squad Yashpal Sharma passed away on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 66. He is survived by his wife Renu Sharma, two daughters, and a son. Born in Ludhiana on August 11, 1954, Sharma was regarded as one of the finest middle-order batsmen. After making his international debut in 1979 against England, Sharma played 37 Tests for India, scoring 1606 runs with two centuries and nine fifties. He made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 1978. He had represented India in 42 One Day Internationals in which…