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New Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai: Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Kerala have decreased VAT on petrol and diesel after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's call to provide further relief to consumers following a cut in excise duty by the Centre, though some other states appeared reluctant citing their inability to take...

Sydney: Australians awoke Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the centre-left Labour Party leader whose ascension to the nation's top job from being raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension was said to reflect the changed fabric...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 52.71 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 62.8 lakh and vaccinations to over 11.44 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and...

New Delhi: India logged 2,226 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,36,371, while the active cases dipped to 14,955, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,413 with 65 fresh fatalities, the data...

Manila: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Batangas province on the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 5:50 a.m., hit at a depth of 132...

Paris: A tourist plane crashed near the town of Les Adrets in southeast France, officials said. Five dead bodies, including a child, were discovered at the site of the crash on Saturday afternoon, French news channel BFMTV reported. Local media reported that four people were...

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has unveiled a long list of 963 US citizens, who are permanently barred from entering Russia, including previously named US President Joe Biden. The blacklist was formed in response to constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions by the United States, the Ministry said...

Bhopal: Following the Supreme Courts permission to conduct the local body polls with Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in Madhya Pradesh, the political slugfest attempting to show their respective strength alongside with accusations continued between the BJP and the Congress in the state. While the...

New Delhi: The Congress is likely to decide on the candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls slated next month as the notification of the election is to be issued this week. The Congress can win eight seats on its own, but the fate of a...

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge M B Lokur Saturday said that the May 11 order of the top court on sedition is "important" even as he voiced his concern over misuse of a provision in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act saying it will be like...