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The Central government is Glad to discuss inclusion of petrol, diesel in GST, open to discussing inclusion of petrol and diesel in Goods and Services Tax (GST) if states bring up that topic in the GST Council meeting, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha. The minister was referring to concerns raised about high…

Health officials say the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to surge and accounts for an estimated 83 per cent of US COVID-19 cases. That’s a dramatic increase from the week of July 3, when the variant accounted for about 50 per cent of genetically sequenced coronavirus cases. The best way to prevent the spread…

Delhi has less than a day’s stock left, with nearly 30,000 doses administered on July 19, according to a bulletin issued on Tuesday. As many as 93,83,468 vaccine doses have been administered in the national capital till date, including 22,25,292 are second doses. The national capital, as on Tuesday morning, had a balance stock of…

Covidshield vaccine update: Serum Institute of India (SII) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have announced the completion of enrolment for phase 3 clinical trials of its Covishield vaccine . Covishield has been developed at the Serum Institute Pune laboratory with a master seed from Oxford University/AstraZeneca. As of now, SII and ICMR are…

Notwithstanding a 35 per cent growth in toplines in FY22 on a lower base, Print media revenue to grow 35% in FY22, revenues for the print media industry will touch only 75 per cent of the pre-pandemic levels, a report said on Monday. The sector’s revenue of Rs 31,000 crore in FY20, split 70:30 between…

Despite a surge in Covid cases, several farmer unions have persisted with their protests against the Centre’s three laws for agricultural reforms passed in September last year. Farmers’ Income Can Be Doubled by 2022-23 if Farm Laws are Aptly Enforced Now; A committee appointed by the Supreme Court to study the laws and consult all…

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said people can not just “keep dying” because of the failure of the Maharashtra government and municipal authorities to check the menace of illegal construction. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing a Public Interest Litigation taken up by the court on…

Brokerages turn bullish on IGL stock; Share of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) rose 6 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 544.85 on BSE as brokerages maintained their bullish stance on the stock post announcement of March quarter earnings. It has gained 21 per cent in the last 12 months and risen 6…

UP police books Twitter MD, India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari in a case over a distorted map of India on the career section of the social media platform under the headline “Tweep Life”. In this map, the Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh were shown outside the boundaries of India. An FIR was lodged at…

Chief Economic Advisor Subramanian bats for growth over inflation on Saturday has said that the country requires growth at this juncture, even with economic tradeoffs, as it aspires to increase its dominance and self- reliance in the global economy. Subramanian’s comment comes ahead of the revision of policy framework and inflation targets by the Monetary…