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Oil falls on demand concerns, posts second monthly decline

Oil prices fell on Friday and posted a second consecutive monthly drop as rising Covid-19 cases in Europe and the United States heightened concerns over the outlook for fuel consumption.

 

Brent crude dropped 19 cents to settle at $37.46 a barrel, after touching a five-month low of $36.64 in the previous session. The front-month Brent contract expired on Friday and the January contract settled down 32 cents.

 

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 38 cents to settle at $35.79 a barrel, after dipping to its lowest since June on Thursday at $34.92.

 

WTI fell 11 per cent for the month, while Brent dropped 10 per cent.

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Foreign Secretary discusses growing strategic partnership with French Minister in Paris

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Amit Shah to visit West Bengal on November 5-6 to take stock of party's organisational strength ahead of 2021 assembly polls

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BJD leaders insensitive to Odisha people's plight during Covid-19 pandemic: Pradhan

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On election night, Trump says he would probably stay at White House

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would probably stay at the White House on Election Night, if there are restrictions on celebrations at his Trump International hotel here.

 

Trump is facing Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the November 3 presidential elections.

 

"We haven't made a determination. We have certain rules and regulations. You know Washington DC is shut down. The mayor has shut it down. So we have a hotel (Trump International Hotel).. I don't know if it's shut, if you're allowed to use it or not, but I know the mayor has shut down Washington DC,' Trump told reporters here, when asked where would he be staying on Election Night.

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Time for a change to America, on our clocks and watches

It's time for a change for most of the United States.

 

The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday.

 

Until almost next spring, in states red and blue and in between, it'll be lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in the evening.

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Will fight politically, legally for restoration of articles 370, 35 A: Omar Abdullah in Ladakh

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Delhi cabinet approves over Rs 40 crore to give insurance to lawyers

The Delhi cabinet has approved over Rs 40 crore to provide medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh and term insurance of Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, who are residents of the national capital, Law minister Kailash Gahlot said Friday.

 

The lawyers will be insured under the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme, which was announced by the city government in December 2019. The AAP government had set aside a corpus of Rs 50 crore for the welfare of lawyers under the scheme.

 

"Honble CM @ArvindKejriwal had last year announced CM Adv Welfare Scheme with an allocated budget of Rs 50 Cr. As a final step towards implementation of Scheme, Delhi Cabinet on 29.10.20 has approved expenditure of more than 40.60 Cr for purchase of Life Ins & MediClaim Policies," Gahlot said in a tweet.

 

The chief minister had in November last year set up a 13 member committee, headed by the Supreme Court Bar Association president Rakesh Kumar Khanna, to recommend ways for utilisation of the fund for welfare of advocates. READ ON...

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Coronavirus LIVE: Highest single-day spike of 5,891 Covid-19 cases in Delhi

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PM Narendra Modi visits Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Kevadia

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Uttar Pradesh sets record in sanitiser production, over 17 million litres made since March

Uttar Pradesh has set a record of sorts by producing over 1.7 crore litres of sanitizer since March when the lockdown was imposed following the Covid-19 pandemic. Additional Chief Secretary, Cane Development and Excise, Sanjay Bhoosreddy said that the sanitizer production capacity of the state was around six lakh litres per day.

 

"The demand was rather high in the beginning and sanitizer production escalated. The demand has now stabilized," he said.

 

He further said that the total production of sanitizer in the state was highest when compared with other states. He said that cane mills and distilleries had been roped in by the state government in the production of sanitizer which was not only supplied to the government departments and hospitals in the state, but also exported to other states, including Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

 

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Reliance Jio Q2 net profit up nearly 3 times to Rs 2,844 crore; revenue zooms 33% to Rs 17,481 crore

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Air quality 'very poor' in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad

The air quality largely remained "very poor" in Noida Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad in the National Capital Region on Thursday, according to a government agency. Concentration of major air pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained high in the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air quality index (AQI) maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

 

According to the index, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.

 

The average 24-hour AQI was 394 in Greater Noida, 382 in Ghaziabad, 379 in Noida, 367 in Gurgaon, 337 in Faridabad, according to the CPCB's Sameer app at 4 pm on Friday.

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Latest News LIVE updates: 120 injured, four dead after earthquake in Turkey

A strong earthquake struck Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkey's western Izmir province and leaving at least four people dead.

 

Dozens more were injured, while some damage to buildings and the road network, and four light injuries were also reported on Samos.

 

Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted that four people were killed in Izmir and 120 were injured. He said 38 ambulances, two ambulance helicopters and 35 medical rescue teams were working in Izmir.

 

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 with an epicenter 13 kilometers (8 miles) north northeast of the Greek island of Samos. The United States Geological Survey put the magnitude at 7.0. It is common for preliminary magnitudes to differ in the early hours and days after a quake. Multiple aftershocks struck the region.

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120 injured, four dead in earthquake: Turkish Health Minister