Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg steps down after 14 years

Meta Platforms Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is leaving the company after 14 years, she said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, sending the social media firm's shares down 4%. Chief Growth Officer Javier Olivan will replace Sandberg, said Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a separate post. Javier has worked at Meta for more than 14 years and has led teams handling Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.

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After 51 years, Maharaja 'retires' his 'queens of the skies'

Air India’s iconic Boeing 747s may have finally reached the end of the road after colouring international skies in the tricolour for over half a century. The Tata Group recently revamped the airline’s website and the jumbo jets are not shown as part of the fleet.

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Raj Kapoor’s telegram had Gundappa Vishwanath over the moon

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GDP numbers a positive surprise, says SBI report

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ED gets 10-day custody of Jain to verify money trail

A special court here sent Delhi cabinet minister Satyendar Jain to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody for 10 days on Tuesday after the agency claimed his custodial interrogation was important to verify the source of more than Rs 5 crore he had allegedly received from Kolkata-based shell companies in entities controlled by him.

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BJP backs Subhash Chandra for RS seat from Raj

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Vivek Agnihotri threatens to sue Oxford Union

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KK demise: Rahul Vaidya says 'Beyond shocked'

Popular Bollywood singer KK is no more. The singer fell sick while performing at Nazrul Mancha Kolkata and was declared dead after he was brought to the hospital.

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Lower rainfall in coal-producing areas may ease power crisis

India expects rainfall in the biggest coal-producing areas of its east-central region to be below the long-term average this year, potentially easing utilities' coal shortages as there could be fewer disruptions to mining activity due to flooding.

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Determination of embedded value 'work in progress': LIC MD

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Tuesday said the exercise of determining its embedded value as on March 2022 is a "work in progress" and is likely to be completed by the end of next month.

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Vacation courts should be for juniors, SC tells top lawyers

The Supreme Court on Monday pushed top notch lawyers — A M Singhvi, Mukul Rohatgi and Kapil Sibal, each earning crores of rupees every month — to cede turf during summer breaks to provide opportunities to junior advocates to gain experience by arguing before the highest court.

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PM personally ensures last-mile delivery of welfare plans: Nadda

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Live: Russians, Ukrainians fight block by block in eastern city

Russian troops pushed farther into a key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv's forces Monday in a battle the mayor said has left the city in ruins and driven tens of thousands of people from their homes. Military analysts painted the fight for Sievierodonetsk as part of a race against time for the Kremlin. Stay with TOI for more updates --

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PM Modi reaches out to Covid orphans

PM Modi on Monday released benefits under the PM Cares for Children scheme to those orphaned due to Covid-19 and then wrote individual letters to each of the 4,345 beneficiaries where he shared the pain experienced by his mother, who lost her mother in a previous pandemic that occurred about a century ago.

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India finalising consultation paper on crypto: DEA secy

The government will soon finalise a consultation paper on cryptocurrencies with inputs from various stakeholders and institutions, including the World Bank and the IMF, economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth said on Monday.

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Don't litter Kedarnath, PM Modi exhorts pilgrims

In his monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat', Modi said, "I have also seen that some devotees are also very sad because of the filth being spread by some pilgrims in Kedarnath. Many people have expressed their views on social media as well. Going on a holy pilgrimage and coming across a heap of filth there is not right... We go there to experience it (the divinity of Dev Bhoomi), so it is our responsibility to maintain this divinity and spirituality."

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'After Ayodhya, Kashi, Mathura and Vrindavan waking up too'

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that after the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the temple town of Kashi appears to be waking up, as are Mathura, Vrindavan, Vindhyavasini Dham and Naimisharanya Dham. His remarks came amid legal proceedings in the KV Temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute.

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Nepal plane missing, 4 of Indian family among flyers

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Mixed-vax trial has yielded positive data: CMC Vellore

A study by Christian Medical College, Vellore, on the effectiveness of mixed booster doses has yielded positive results and is currently being evaluated by central agencies, officials from the institute have said. “We presented the results to the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) and our interim analysis to the Drugs Controller General of India. NTAGI listened to our findings, but is yet to take a decision,” said principal investigator of the study Dr Winsley Rose.

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Nadal to face Djokovic in French Open quarter-final

Rafael Nadal set up a blockbuster French Open quarter-final against world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday when he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set fourth round epic.

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'Scores dip below 2017 levels across subjects, classes'

The academic disruptions due to the Covid-19 situation, with nearly a quarter of school children not having access to any digital devices, led to further deepening of the learning crisis in the country. When compared to the previous survey conducted in 2017, the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 of over 34 lakh students from classes III, V, VIII and X indicated that the worst hit are those studying in state-government run schools.

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Parties to seek time to file objections in Shringar Gauri case

The lawyers for both parties in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case said on Saturday they won’t be able to file objections on May 31 as they haven’t received the photos and video footage of the court-commissioned videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises. Yadav said arguments by his team of AIM advocates on the maintainability of the case would continue on Monday.

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New variants of Omicron seen in 7 Maharashtra patients

Amidst rising Covid-19 cases in the state, health officials on Saturday said seven patients were found infected with newer Omicron sublineages of BA.4 (four patients) and BA.5 (three patients). These cases were found in Pune. Maharashtra is the third state to report these newer sublineages, which are responsible for the fifth wave in South Africa. A few days back, Insacog scientists announced that two cases of BA.4 were detected in Tamil Nadu and one BA.5 in Telangana.

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Working on making coasts impregnable with new tech: Amit Shah

Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited the National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP) at Okha in Devbhumi Dwarka district after offering prayers at Dwarkadhish temple on the first day of his Gujarat visit. He said the Modi government is working towards making coastal security strong and impregnable by using new technologies. “The Union government is seriously assessing the challenges to coastal security to address maritime threats,” Shah said during his visit to NACP.

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Tata Motors gets Gujarat nod to take over Ford's Sanand plant

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Sky's the limit for Maha's 'first Shia girl' with commercial pilot's licence

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Baghel moots Priyanka to be Congress’s nominee for Rajya Sabha

Suspense peaked over Congress’s Rajya Sabha nominations with the delay in declaration of its official list of candidates and late-night meetings on Saturday between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party managers to finalise the names. There was renewed demand from Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s candidature and an announcement by ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) that it will not cede a seat to the grand old party which has triggered a battle of nerves.

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Have right to levy service charge: Restaurants' body

Defending the right of restaurants to levy service charge, the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India on Friday said it will participate in the meeting called by the department of consumer affairs (DoCA) on the issue on June 2. The DoCA discussion follows complaints by customers on the National Consumer Helpline that restaurants impose 5-15% service charge even though it is different from taxes and is in the nature of a tip.

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SC stays onerous HC riders for Azam Khan's bail in land-grab case

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed onerous conditions imposed by Allahabad HC while granting bail to SP member Azam Khan in the alleged grabbing of enemy property at Rampur, UP, and stopped handing over of land to government to be used for training purposes of paramilitary forces.

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India seen facing wider coal shortages, worsening power outage

India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the quarter ending September over expectations of higher power demand, an internal power ministry presentation seen by Reuters showed, worsening risks of widespread power outages.

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Poor suffered as earlier govts were indifferent to tech, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the government is seeking to use technological aids, including drones, to deliver benefits to the poor and the middle class, something that was missing due to the indifference towards the use of technology in governance. "Har haath mein smartphone. Har khet drone. Har ghar samridhi, (a smart phone for all, a drone for each field and prosperity for each household is my dream)," Modi said, while inaugurating a drone expo on Friday.

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Oil India reports high-ever profit on oil price surge

State-owned Oil India Ltd on Friday reported its highest-ever quarterly net profit in the three months to March as it got nearly $100 per barrel price for oil produced and sold.

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Forex reserves rise $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion: RBI

India's forex reserves increased by $4.23 billion to $597.509 billion for the week ended May 20 on the back of a high accretion of core currency assets, according to RBI data. The country's foreign exchange reserves had declined by $2.676 billion to $593.279 billion in the previous reporting week ended May 13.

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Chained to tree for 8 years, 'violent' Gujarat man, 22, to break 'free' finally

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Twitter to pay $150m fine for privacy breach of user data

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India has no plans to curb rice exports as local supplies surge

India does not plan to curb rice exports as the world's biggest exporter of the staple has sufficient stocks and local rates are lower than state-set support prices, trade and government sources said.

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Cause certified in just 22.5% of deaths registered in 2020

Over three-quarters of registered deaths in India remain without causes being medically certified and in a state like Bihar, that proportion is a scarcely believable 96.6%. While nationally there has been a marginal improvement in certification of deaths with the proportion rising from 20.7% in 2019 to 22.5% in 2020, several states have seen a worsening.

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‘Guardian’ lieutenant governor hits the road after swearing-in

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NEET-UG registrations up 2.6 lakh this year, cross 18 lakh

Making the competition tougher, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET-UG 2022 for the first time breached the 18-lakh registrations mark and recorded an increase of 2.57 lakh aspirants this year from 2021. Moreover, there is a 274.3% increase in the number of candidates taking the exam in 12 Indian languages in the last five years, with Tamil language registering a 60% increase from a year back.

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Govt asks power producers to seek weekly payments

India has asked power producers to bill electricity buyers every week to ensure adequate cash flow as costs surge due to higher imports of expensive coal, according to a federal power ministry letter seen by Reuters.

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SBI economists peg Q4 GDP at 2.7%, FY22 growth at 8.5%

Upcoming release of official data for economic performance is likely to register a 2.7 per cent growth for the January-March period, and the FY22 growth is expected to be 8.5 per cent, economists at SBI said on Thursday.

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36 dead in every 100 accidents, severity at 20-yr high in 2020

The severity of road crashes was at 20 years’ high during 2020 when at least 36 people died in every 100 such accidents, according to a report of the road transport ministry released on Wednesday. The data on road deaths also show that two-wheeler occupants had a huge share of 43.5% of the total road deaths and there was a 79% increase in the number of fatalities due to jumping of traffic lights and 20% rise in deaths due to driving on the wrong side.

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Rohtak girl joins as Army’s first woman combat aviator

Captain Abhilasha Barak from Rohtak in Haryana on Wednesday became the first woman combat aviator of the Army. An engineering graduate from Delhi Technological University, Barak was among 37 Army officers who completed the rigorous flying training at Combat Army Aviation Training School here and were presented the Aviation Wings at the valedictory ceremony of the Combat Aviators Course presided over by Lieutenant General Ajay Kumar Suri, Director General and Colonel Commandant, Army Aviation.

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High inflation may delay rejig of GST rates

Inflation may take a toll on GST rate rationalisation as the Centre and the states may find it prudent to postpone a decision until prices stabilise given that the rejig may see the levy on several items go up, government sources indicated on Wednesday. While a group of state finance ministers has been constituted to look into the issue, it is yet to support the move and the GST Council is unlikely to meet until the second half of June.

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IPL: Rajat Patidar ton takes RCB closer to final

Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as RCB beat debutants LSG by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator. Bangalore will now take on Rajasthan, losers of first qualifiers, in Qualifier 2, while Lucknow's journey ended following today's defeat. Patidar produced an innings for the ages, smashing an unbeaten 54-ball 112 to power RCB to a huge 207/4. In reply, LSG finished at 193/6 in their 20 overs.

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States to save Rs 19,833cr in power dues from amnesty scheme

State discoms ( power distribution companies) will save Rs 19,833 crore on late fee in the next 12 to 48 months from an surcharge-free instalment scheme being rolled out by the power ministry to help them clear their accumulated dues to gencos (generation companies), a major drag on the sector.

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After Pallavi Dey, model-actress Bidisha found dead at her flat

While the industry is still in shock after popular TV actress Pallavi Dey’s alleged suicide on Wednesday came another tragic news. Yet another model-turned-actress Bidisha De Majumdar was found dead at her apartment in Dumdum. The 21-year-old aspiring actress used to live with her parents.

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Cabinet clears sale of govt's 29.58% stake in Hindustan Zinc

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the sale of the government's residual 29.58 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc, which at current prices would fetch over Rs 38,000 crore to the exchequer, sources said.

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Government restricts sugar exports to 10 million tonnes

The government on Tuesday announced a curb on export of sugar beyond 100 lakh tonnes (MTs) during this sugar season ending September. The government said this has been done considering the high increase in exports of the sweetener in the past few months.

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Live: Hungary's Orban imposes state of emergency as result of war

Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, a grim reminder of the horrors still coming to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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Tata Steel says India export tax could alter output targets

Tata Steel is concerned New Delhi's sudden decision to impose an export tax on some steel products could force it to review its production targets, if the levy remains in place for a long time, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Amid coal crunch, NTPC targets 86% rise in output from own mines

Amid a crushing coal crunch, India’s largest electricity producer NTPC is looking at ramping up Black Diamond production by 86% to 26 million tonnes (mt) from its captive mines in the current financial year, even as the power ministry has raised the requirement of domestic coal for the sector by 10% to 742 millions tonnes.

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IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to enter final

David Miller hit three effortless sixes which looked like action replays as Gujarat Titans, under their inspirational skipper Hardik Pandya, made a mockery of all the odds to reach the final of IPL-15 with a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. Royals rode on Buttler's 89 to post 188/6. But Pandya (40*) and Miller (68*) added 106 runs in exactly 10 overs to seal the deal with three balls to spare.

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US: Hyundai recalls 239,000 cars for exploding seat belt parts

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'Rate hikes in next monetary policy meets a no-brainer’

In what may be an indication of another increase in policy rates, Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said that expectations of a rate hike in the forthcoming policy meetings were a “no brainer” and that the RBI would withdraw surplus liquidity over the next two to three years. The governor expressed confidence that the central government would stick to its fiscal deficit target, refuting rumours of a hike in government borrowing.

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District judge to decide sequence of Gyanvapi case pleas today

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Govt likely to stick to fiscal deficit target, says RBI governor

The government is likely to stick to its fiscal deficit target as specified in the budget and there may not necessarily be a need for increasing government borrowing just yet, governor Shaktikanta Das told CNBC-TV18 in an interview on Monday.

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'Inflation fight will hurt growth, risks wider fiscal gap'

The export duty hikes and tax cuts will likely hurt economic growth and raise the chances of the fiscal deficit widening, but do little to bring down retail prices within the central bank's tolerance level, economists and industry officials said.

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Paytm payments bank expects RBI curbs to be lifted in 3-5 months

Paytm Payments Bank, which facilitates transactions on mobile commerce platform Paytm, expects the central bank to allow it to resume taking on new customers in the next few months, a top executive told Reuters.

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Export duty hike: Mining, steel groups warn of adverse impact

The increase in export taxes on iron ore, announced by the government over the weekend, will lead to large surpluses at home, and mainly hit producers of low grade ores that depend on overseas markets, a mining industry body said on Monday.

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PM Modi, Softbank's Masayoshi Son discuss more investments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son met on Monday to discuss more investments by the country's biggest tech backer, as a startup boom appears to cool in India amid worries about the global economy.

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'Construction pace of wider NHs up by 300% in 7 years'

The pace of annual construction of four, six and eight lane national highways (NHs) has increased by more than 300% during the past seven years - from merely 1,289 km in 2015-16 to 3,963 km during 2021-22, government data show. This is set to increase further as the agencies under the road transport and highways ministry, particularly, NHAI, are now more focused on construction of economic corridors and expressways, officials said.

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Entire annual burden of fuel tax cuts to be borne by Centre: FM

A day after announcing a hefty fuel tax cut, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the two rounds of duty reductions—the last one being in November—will cost the exchequer Rs 2.2 lakh crore annually and the states’ share from the tax pool will not be affected as the Centre had opted to cut cess on petrol and diesel, which are outside the divisible pool.

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Hindu side cites 1936 British stand to bolster Gyanvapi claim

Five Hindu women plaintiffs have told the Supreme Court that the entire Gyanvapi mosque land belonged to Kashi Vishwanath temple and cited the British government’s trial court statement repudiating a Muslim person’s 1936 suit for a declaration that the mosque land was a wakf property.

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Probe mass fatality road crashes, nail cause: SC panel

The Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety has directed states to ensure that forensic crash investigations are conducted of all “mass fatality crashes” in each district to detect the exact cause of the mishaps. The panel set up to monitor road crashes and to guide the Centre and states to reduce fatal accidents has also asked all states to plan the deployment of different types of ambulances as per the historic caseload of road crashes in districts.

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45% spike in ice cream sale as temperature soars

Unprecedented demand for ice cream this summer has led to major supply shortages, forcing companies to crank up production by over 30%. The early onset of summer and a prolonged period of heat have resulted in sales soaring by around 45% during the last three months compared to the corresponding period in 2019, showed industry estimates.

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Playback singer Sangeetha Sajith passes away

Noted South Indian playback singer, Sangeetha Sajith passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday morning.

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Govt seeks to cool down steel, plastic and cement prices

The government on Saturday unveiled a series of duty cuts to cool down prices of iron and steel, coal and plastics, while promising to more than double the subsidy allocation for fertilisers to cushion the impact of the Ukraine war on farmers. Along with a reduction in import duty on iron and steel, the finance ministry also imposed import duty on a host of steel products, in a move that will benefit user industries and small-scale players that have been complaining of a massive jump in prices.

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Day after SC order, Gyanvapi files shifted to district court

All files related to the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi mosque lawsuit were transferred to the Varanasi district court on Saturday in compliance with SC’s Friday order to shift the case from the civil judge (senior division) to the district judge. District government counsel (civil) has confirmed the shifting of files and said district judge Ajay Kumar Vishwesh will hear the case from now on. The next hearing is slated for May 23, but the points to be taken up will be stated by the court on Monday.

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Shah outlines steps to turn NE into ‘most-developed’ area

The Centre has adopted a three-pronged approach to rid the northeast of inter-state disputes, insurgency and illegal weapons, thereby laying the platform for the region to reclaim its sense of belonging and become the “most-developed” part of the country, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap on Saturday.

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10-year-old girl from Maharashtra summits Everest base camp

A little 10-year-old champion skater from Worli, Rhythm Mamania, has become one of the youngest Indian mountaineers to summit the Everest Base Camp (EBC) in the Himalayan ranges in Nepal. Rhythm had no coach or formal training, and would practise by running up and down the long flight of steps near Shastri Garden at 5am.

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IPL: RCB seal last playoff berth after MI beat DC

Royal Challengers Bangalore sneaked into the play-offs after Mumbai Indians broke Delhi Capitals' heart with a five-wicket win in their last IPL match on Saturday. Already out of contention, MI played party poppers as they first restricted DC to 159 for 7 with Jasprit Bumrah snapping three wickets and then returned to overhaul the target in 19.1 overs to knock the 2020 finalists out of the tournament.

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In big relief for consumers, Centre cuts fuel tax to pre-Covid level

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Don’t feel guilty about inflation, Rajnath Singh to cadre

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RBI dividend to Centre slashed by 70% in FY22

The RBI has also taken a hit on its foreign investment as the value of debt securities fell due to the rise in interest rates. It has also had to spend over $40 billion of its reserves to stem volatility in the market and will need to set aside more money to replenish reserves.

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3-member panel to probe tunnel collapse

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IGL says CNG prices to stay high, may revise rates monthly

Compressed natural gas (CNG) consumers in Delhi-NCR (national capital region) are unlikely to get any respite anytime soon as Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) may have to revise rates every month as a result of a new gas allocation guideline, even as the company is looking at reducing cost of operation to soften the blow for consumers.

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Piyush Goyal to lead team India at WEF in Davos

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will lead the delegation of ministers, chief ministers and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos from May 23-25, an official statement said on Friday.

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IGL says CNG prices to stay high, may revise rates monthly

Compressed natural gas (CNG) consumers in Delhi-NCR (national capital region) are unlikely to get any respite anytime soon as Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) may have to revise rates every month as a result of a new gas allocation guideline, even as the company is looking at reducing cost of operation to soften the blow for consumers.

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Paytm Q4 loss widens to Rs 761 crore

Digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, on Friday reported widening of its consolidated loss to Rs 761.4 crore for the quarter ended March 2022 on account of rise in payment processing charges and employees benefit expenses.

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SC bats for disabled people in police force, seeks govt review

A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Abhay S Oka and J B Pardiwala said the Centre should allow them to join the force and see how it works out. “Experiment it for a while and if it does not work then you may not continue with it,” the bench said.

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Navjot Sidhu gets 1-year RI in 1988 road rage case

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 1988 road rage case in which a 65-year-old man died from fist-blow injuries.

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Go for universal basic income, says EAC-commissioned study

The study said that looking at the difference between labour force participation rates in rural and urban areas, the urban equivalent of schemes such as MGNREGS that are demand-based and offer guaranteed employment should be introduced so that the surplus-labour is rehabilitated.

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Economic growth likely to be robust at 8.9% in current fiscal: FM

India's economic growth is likely to be robust at 8.9 per cent in the current financial year, reflecting the country's strong resilience and speedy recovery, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

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'Clear dues or lose power supply': Govt tells defaulting states

The power ministry has warned six big defaulting states to clear dues of generation companies (gencos) and Coal India Ltd (CIL) or lose access to electricity as the outstanding amounts were causing supply side strains.

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Explainer: Why is India facing its worst power crisis in over 6 years?

India is facing its worst power crisis in over six years as a heatwave bakes vast swathes of South Asia, causing widespread power outages.

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SC permits OBC reservation in MP local body elections

On May 10, the court had directed that the poll process for 23,263 local bodies in MP be conducted forthwith and rejected the state government’s plea for more time to fulfill the ‘triple test’ criteria to introduce OBC reservation in local self-governed bodies and complete the delimitation process.

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CBI arrests Karti aide in 2011 visa bribery case

CBI has alleged that a bribe of Rs 50 lakh was paid by the power company to Bell Tools through cheque and the amount was paid in cash to S Bhaskararaman. While Karti is expected to be summoned for questioning by CBI, Bhaskararaman was arrested.

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S Jaishankar to attend Brics meet today

Ukraine, pandemic, need for strengthening and reforming the multilateral system and counter-terrorism are among the issues that will be discussed in the meeting. It will also see a ‘Brics Plus’ dialogue with foreign ministers of some other developing countries, said the Chinese foreign ministry.

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BJP’s petty politics led to convict’s release: Cong

Congress said on September 9, 2018, the then AIADMK-BJP government in Tamil Nadu had recommended the release of all seven Rajiv assassination convicts, and the recommendation was sent to the then governor Banwarilal Purohit, a former BJP leader. Purohit “just sat” over the recommendation, before referring the matter to the President.

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Marriage delayed, UP man files dowry plaint against parents

In his complaint to SSP, Kumar wrote: “My parents not only want money but have given a long list of household appliances. She is not financially well-off.” The SSP, who has now directed SHO Kankarkhera to probe the matter, said, “An FIR will be filed only once we get the probe findings.”

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Indrani Mukerjea gets bail from Supreme Court

The bench also took into account that Indrani's ex-husband and co-accused in the case, Peter Mukerjea, had already been granted bail in the case. The bench granted her bail with the same terms and conditions which were imposed on Peter when he was granted bail by the Bombay HC.

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IPL: LSG pull off a last-ball thriller to qualify for playoffs

Quinton de Kock struck a sensational hundred and shared a record opening stand with skipper KL Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants pipped Kolkata Knight Riders by two runs in a last-ball IPL thriller to seal their play-off spot on Wednesday.

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More rain for North East states reeling under floods

The IMD on Monday warned of light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Assam-Meghalaya on Wednesday, as well as thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places.

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Ram Temple’s garbha griha to be completed by Dec 2023

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LIC lists at discount to IPO price, closes 8% lower at Rs 875

The majority government-owned life insurer is now the fifth most valued company in India, behind RIL, TCS, HDFC Bank and Infosys but ahead of giants like HUL, ICICI Bank and SBI, data from BSE showed. It’s also the most valued PSU entity, ahead of SBI, ONGC and NTPC.

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Indians now fifth largest international visitors to US

India emerged as the fifth largest source country for international visitors to the US in 2021 — up five places from pre-pandemic 2019 — despite the deadly delta wave that saw many countries, including Uncle Sam, imposing restrictions on outbound travel from here for many months.

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IPL: SRH keep playoff hopes alive with 3-run win over MI

Rahul Tripathi batted like a man on a mission before Umran Malik sizzled with his pace as Sunrisers Hyderabad kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 3-run win over Mumbai Indians. Tripathi scored 76 from 44 balls to guide Hyderabad to a challenging 193/6. He was ably complemented by Priyam Garg (42) and Nicholas Pooran (38). Umran (3/23) then produced a sensational performance as Mumbai ended up at 190/7 in their chase.

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Competition in telecom sector has brought tariffs down: PM

Emphasising that higher competition had led to lower tariffs in the telecom sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for greater regulatory ease for the aggressive expansion of mobile services and spoke about the immediate rollout of 5G and thereafter 6G by the end of this decade to add almost half a trillion dollars to the economy over the next 15 years.

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Monsoon over Andaman, may hit Kerala early: IMD

Advance of the southwest monsoon over the Indian mainland is marked by its onset over Kerala, beginning the four-month rainy season. “As per the progress and monitoring, it shows that our prediction (of onset over Kerala on May 27) will be correct for monsoon,” said IMD scientist R K Jenamani.

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