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New Delhi: The festive season has brought in some relief for the fuel industry. Diesel sales are up by 6.6 per cent and petrol has risen by 4 per cent. The demand for jet fuel too has recovered at 13 per cent month-on-month even though the…

Bengaluru: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a process to produce hydrogen fuel without combustion from biomass. The technology has been developed in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Limited's Research and…

New Delhi: Gross GST collection in October was ₹ 1,05,155 crore including Rs 2,419 crore from Odisha. According to a Ministry of Finance release, of the total GST collection, CGST accounted for ₹19,193 crore, SGST ₹25,411 crore, IGST…

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech's vaccine Covaxin is expected to be launched in Q2 of 2021 pending approvals from authorities. The phase 3 trials will be started at the earliest across the nation, according to reports. Covaxin has been…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised a four-year-old girl in Mizoram for singing a contemporary version of the national song “Vande Mataram”. The girl, Esther Hnamte, had also caught the attention of Mizoram Chief Minister…

New Delhi: A sedition case was lodged against Jharkhand BJP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash in bypoll-bound Dumka on Saturday. Prakash is accused of trying to destabilise the JMM-Congress-RJD government in the state, police said.…

Panjim: At a time when the price of onions in the country is going north and hovering around Rs 100 per kg, the Goa government has decided to supply the staple at a highly subsidized rate. According to a senior official, the state…

New Delhi: India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed that the mean minimum temperature in Delhi in October this year was 17.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest since 1962. The average minimum temperature of Delhi in October is 19.1…

Bhubaneswar: For the convenience of passengers, the Indian Railways has decided to run Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Tata, Adra and Jharsuguda instead of Tata only. According to a release, Rajdhani Special via Tata will leave…

Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Saturday moved the Supreme Court, challenging Election Commission of India’s (ECI) order revoking his ‘star campaigner’ status for the upcoming bypolls in…