Petrol, Diesel Prices Are Breaking Records Again On Friday

Fuel cost in India is derived by taking into consideration the international crude price, Value Added Tax (VAT), excise duty and dealer commission.The weakening of the rupee against the US dollar has contributed to the continually rising fuel prices.  NEW DELHI: The prices of petrol and diesel touched a new high on Friday with Mumbai paying the maximum among the four metros. While petrol costs Rs 87.39 a litre, diesel is priced at Rs 76.51 a litre, an increase of 48 paisa and 55 paisa respectively over Thursday’s price. In Delhi,…

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Gay Sex No Longer A Crime In India: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: In a historic decision, India’s Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence.The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an “unnatural offence”. The judgment was delivered by a Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices Rohinton Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra. The decision to repeal the law is a major victory for India’s LGBT activists and supporters after years of determined struggle.…

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Sushma And Sitharaman Hold High-level Talks With US Secretaries Mike Pompeo And James Mattis

NEW DELHI: India and the United States held the inaugural edition of the twice-deferred 2+2 dialogue on Thursday, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meeting their US counterparts Michael R Pompeo and James Mattis. The talks were scheduled to last just a few hours and focus on strategic and security topics. They came amid a series of divisive issues, including Washington’s demands that India stop buying Iranian oil and a Russian air-defense system. Iran is India’s third-largest oil supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia.The US’…

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Money Series: Part16

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group If you are enjoying this journey and you have resolved to create the foundation of a new energetic world by awakening inactivated limitless abilities. You have seen how your inactivated savings begins to wear and diminish after some time. We have made small bricks of our small savings, but we still have to learn the art to save our bricks from reduction. To make them strong, we will have to add coat of extra income to them so that we can, at first,…

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REALISE YOUR INNER HAPPINESS….

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Just who on earth does not want to be happy. Not only that we all are always trying to be happy, day  in and day out. The efforts alas are targetted towards materialistic possessions.   On a most common chartered path one thinks if he gets admission to a particular course and then  gets employed or start his business and then gets married and then get a son and then own a house, then a vehicle, all furnishings, all modern and electronic gadgets  and so…

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REVIEW OF THE BOOK: RABIA, THROUGH ALL JOYS AND SORROWS (A NOVEL)

Published by Lifi Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2016 Price: Rs. 295 Reviewed by: Eram Fatima, Sub Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Mohammad Aleem ( Editor-ICN Group) the writer of the novel Rabia: Through all joys and sorrows has written a remarkable piece. No doubt! He delves unflinchingly into the confounded realities of the women through his book. This culture where we live in has certain restrictions and traditions which are constrained to its doctrines about the rules of marriages, including the choice of groom by one’s own parents only. The writer has…

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6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan

Japan, situated on the “Ring of Fire” arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Basin, accounts for about 20 per cent of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater. The magnitude 6.7 earthquake on Hokkaido early Thursday morning also knocked out power across the northern island. At least two people were killed and 32 were missing after a powerful earthquake paralyzed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. The entire island was without power…

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Bharat Bandh Against SC/ST Act Today, High Alert In MP’s 35 Districts

Nearly 35 upper caste bodies have called for a Bharat Bandh in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.Around 150 organisations of upper castes and OBCs will take part in the Bharat Bandh. NEW DELHI: The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote, had got the nod of the Lok Sabha on 6 August. As upper caste groups continue to protest against the Act that provides protections to the SC and ST community.The groups also demanded quota system…

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Hit New High

Fuel cost in India is derived by taking into consideration the international crude price, Value Added Tax (VAT), excise duty and dealer commission.Petrol and diesel prices were hiked Thursday after a one-day gap. NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, petrol was at Rs 79.31 and diesel at 71.34 per litre in Delhi. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol was retailed at Rs 86.72 and diesel at 75.74 per litre. After remaining unchanged for a day, petrol and diesel prices rose by around 20 paise across the major cities on Thursday. In Delhi…

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Ajay Kapoor ropes in Jacqueline Fernandez opposite Kartik Aaryan for the Hindi remake of Kirik Party

Producer Ajay Kapoor of Kyta Productions recently joined hands with Gen-X sensation Kartik Aaryan, for the Hindi remake of Kannada blockbuster Kirik Party. All eyes were on the coming of age, romantic film ,especially since the original went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada films of all time, running in cinemas for an impressive 150 days. Directed by National Award winner Abhishek Jain of Wrong Side Raju and Bey Yaar fame, the makers have now cast Jacqueline Fernandez as the female lead opposite Kartik Aaryan. Confirming the…

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