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It also reduced the special additional excise duty (SAED) or windfall tax on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to Rs 3.50 per litre from 4 rupees per litre. According to a gazette notification, windfall tax on export of diesel has also been reduced to Rs 5.5 per litre from Rs 6 per litre, while SAED on export of petrol will continue to be zero. These changes will come into effect from September 16 onwards. These taxes are reviewed on a fortnightly basis. Earlier, in the previous fortnightly review on September 2, the government had cut the windfall tax on crude petroleum…

Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took a dig at Shah, saying: “He should come to Bihar every month. In fact, he comes every month. If he stays here in Bihar for 365 days in a year, it will help the INDIA bloc and hurt the BJP.”It will be the fifth visit of Shah to Bihar after the Mahagathbandhan government was formed in the state last year under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav.Jhanjharpur falls under the Mithilanchal region having six Lok Sabha seats, which the BJP is eyeing. Amit Shah had visited Patna, Purnea, Nawada and…

London, Sep 15 (IANS) Wolverhampton and Liverpool will kick off the Premier League’s fifth round of matches on Saturday at lunchtime, presenting a potential challenge for Liverpool’s defense.With Virgil van Dijk suspended and Ibrahima Konate sidelined due to injury, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip might form the central defense for Jurgen Klopp’s team. Facing a Wolverhampton attack spearheaded by the formidable Sasa Kalajdzic, and with European competitions resuming next week, Liverpool’s top-four aspirations will be put to the test.West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta nearly transferred to Manchester City this summer, but an FA investigation into betting irregularities halted the move.Instead, Paqueta…

South Africa made 268 runs in the last 20 overs and 173 in the last 10 as Klaasen plundered 174 off just 83 balls, recording his hundred off 57 deliveries. His 150 came in just 77 deliveries and overall, he hit 13 fours and as many sixes.Klaasen was ably supported by David Miller, who shot a 45-ball 82 and helped South Africa smash their seventh total of over 400 in ODIs, the most by any team, as Australia were at the receiving end of a special batting innings.Klaasen and Miller put on a record double-century stand off just 85 balls,…

Speaking at the special ministerial session of the Fourth International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy here, Singh said that the cost of green hydrogen would be cheapest in India and that it would become a viable energy storage alternative.“Green hydrogen is cheaper than gas and battery energy storage systems. We have come up with a pilot bid for about 100 MW which we hope will establish the benchmark. Once we are able to use green hydrogen for our energy requirements, all supply chain issues such as availability of lithium-ion batteries will be resolved. We will make green hydrogen and…

Both Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and NSUI named their candidates on Friday.ABVP has nominated Tushar Dedha to contest for the post of President Sushant Dhankar for Vice President, Aparajita for Secretary and Sachin Bainsla for Co-Secretary.The campaigning for the student union election is currently underway. Hoardings have been put up along with the names of the candidates who are in the fray.Meanwhile, the National Student Union of India (NSUI) has also announced its candidates for Delhi University Students Union (DUSU).The NSUI on Friday said Hitesh Gulia would contest the election for the post of president.Tushar Dedha said: “We would…

US stocks opened lower on Friday as the major indexes failed early on to build on a late Thursday rally. The S&P 500 was down 0.3 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped by 0.2 per cent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.3 per cent, media reports here said.Analysts feel the US stock slump could have ripple effect on the leading stock exchanges of the world particularly in London, Paris, Germany, France and other parts of Europe and Asia.The stock market’s behaviour was largely influenced by reports that China reported that its economy picked up steam last month,…

In comparison, Covid has only “2-3 per cent fatality rate”, he said at a press conference here. “Nipah is a zoonotic virus (transmission of virus from animal to humans),” said Bahl noting that “fruit bats are the reservoirs” of the virus. “It can be spread via droplets, besides blood and bodily fluids,” he said. Despite the high death rate, Bahl said that the virus is not as transmissible as Covid and has small episodes, with maximum cases going up to 100. Nipah was first recognised in 1999, since then it has made its mark in four or five countries: Malaysia,…

This project will have participation of Indian electronics and associated industries, including MSMEs, which are sub vendors of BEL.The equipment manufactured by BEL for the anti-surface warfare corvettes of the Indian Navy are part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.BEL has also received additional orders worth Rs 886 crore pertaining to the upgrade of AFNET SATCOM N/W, Upgrade of Akash Missiles with RF Seeker, Inertial Navigation System.With this the total value of the orders received by BEL during the current financial year has gone up to Rs.14,384 crore for the current financial year, a senior company official said.–IANSarm/

Taking to Instagram, he shared a snippet of his new single ‘Aparshakti’s Hoor’ and captioned: “Just Warming up before I release my next music single”The teaser features a Punjabi pop sound with a strong romantic tinge, with the actor also wearing a black shirt and glasses, doing the stylistic takes of Punjabi pop artists with full swag, groove and attitude.The teaser, being what it is, doesn’t show the whole thing obviously, but has enough content in it to show what it really is. As mentioned, a Punjabi romantic pop song, for fans of the genre, this will be a treat.The…