The Indian government has raised the windfall tax on petroleum crude to Rs 6,000 ($71.91) per metric ton from Rs 3,250, with effect from July 2, according to a notification issued on Monday.
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ICICI Bank names Pradeep Kumar Sinha as non-executive part time chairman
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Petrol sales up 4%, diesel 1% in June
Petrol consumption increased 4.2 per cent year-on-year in June while diesel sales expanded 0.7 per cent, according to provisional sales data published by the petroleum and natural gas ministry. Sales of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) increased 8.7 per cent and 5.1 per cent respectively in June.
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HDFC UPI unavailable on 13th July
HDFC Bank said that their UPI systems will be unavailable on Saturday, 13th July 2024 from 3:00 AM to 3:45 AM and from 9:30 AM to 12:45 PM. The Bank is migrating its Core Banking System (CBS) onto a new engineered platform with the aim of enhancing customer experience. This migration will allow the Bank to improve performance speed, expand its capacity to handle high traffic volume, boost reliability and scalability.
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Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm on the Caribbean island of Carriacou
A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of its strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
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German inflation eases to 2.5% in June
German inflation eased to 2.5 per cent in June, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on Monday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a reading of 2.6 pe cent, after a year-on-year increase in consumer prices of 2.8 per cent in May, based on data harmonised to compare with other European Union countries.
The statistics office gives more details on its website.
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Delhi court sentences activist Medha Patkar to 5 months of imprisonment in defamation case
Social activist Medha Patkar was sentenced to five months of simple imprisonment by the Delhi Saket Court in a criminal defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena
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News update: Delhi court sentences activist Medha Patkar to 5 months of imprisonment in defamation case
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June 28 rainfall in Delhi not a result of cloud burst: IMD
June 28 rainfall in Delhi was not a result of cloud burst, but quantum of rainfall (91 mm) from 5 am to 6 am was quite high, says IMD.
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India registered below-normal cumulative rainfall in June: IMD
India recorded below-normal cumulative rainfall in June, with deficit standing at 11 per cent, India Meteorological Department stated today.
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Delhi registers hottest May and June on record
The national capital faced its most intense peak summer months of May and June in at least 74 years. Read here for more details.
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NEET UG Row: Students indefinite sit-in called off at Jantar Mantar
The students protest at the Jantar Mantar here against the irregularities in NTA held examinations -- NEET UG, PG, and UGC NET -- ended Monday.
Scores of students under the banner "India against NTA" started an indefinite sit-in strike against reports of rigging in the said examinations on Wednesday last week.
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Kangaroo court justice being delivered in broad daylight on Bengal streets, BJP slams Mamata Govt
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for the "kangaroo court justice" in north Bengal where two people, including a woman, were beaten by a man in "broad daylight" in Uttar Dinajpur district. Poonawalla alleged that the accused is said to be a close aide to the TMC MLA there. He said that the TMC MLA defended the accused by saying that the woman, who was beaten up, had a very "evil character."
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Congress leader's brother shot dead in Faridabad
The brother of a local Congress leader was allegedly shot dead here over a rivalry involving monetary transactions, police said on Monday. Kunal Bhandana (32), a resident of Nawada Koh village, was killed at around 11.15 pm on Sunday near Masjid Chowk here, the police said.
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Find solutions to address drain overflow issue in central Delhi: Atishi
"The water of central Delhi goes to Yamuna from drain No 12 near ITO. When Delhi received 228 mm of rainfall on June 28, the drain overflowed and caused waterlogging in the surrounding areas," the senior AAP leader said in a post in Hindi on X.
"Today, I along with Mayor Shelly Oberoi and senior officials, inspected this drain and gave instructions for finding short- and long-term solutions to stop the overflow," she added.
The Indian government has raised the windfall tax on petroleum crude to Rs 6,000 ($71.91) per metric ton from Rs 3,250, with effect from July 2, according to a notification issued on Monday.
A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of its strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
A Delhi court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months in jail in a defamation case filed against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. The judge said that excessive punishment of one year or two years is not being given, taking into consideration Patkar's age and health condition.
The country's justice system will see three new criminal laws -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam -- come into effect today. These laws are set to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively. Judgments are now required to be pronounced within 45 days of completion of trial and charges framed within 60 days of first hearing. The three new laws will let any person file a Zero FIR at any police station, regardless of jurisdiction and will allow online registration of police complaints and digital serving of summons.
The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen in France is eyeing a chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative polls with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third. The far right would need to win the absolute majority of seats in the new National Assembly in the July 7 second round to be assured of taking power.
Two women died and 11 people were injured after being buried under the debris of an overhead water tank that collapsed in a densely populated area of Mathura district on Sunday, officials said. One of the injured, identified as Nawab (35), has been sent to SN Medical College and Hospital in Agra as his condition was serious, they said. The incident took place at around 6 pm in Krishna Vihar Colony developed by the Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad.
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