Politics
Highways to be blocked; farmers to sport black bands on ploughs
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) To mark the 100th day of the agitation on Saturday, the farmers are preparing to block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway ...Read more
Dalai Lama takes first dose, appeals to get Covid-19 jab (Lead)
Dharamsala, March 6 (IANS) Appealing to get themselves vaccinated, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is revered as a 'living god', on Satur...Read more
Lebanese banks witness mass layoff
Beirut, March 6 (IANS) As the continuing economic crisis heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic was deepening, banks in Lebanon were witnessing mass layo...Read more
US deploys new defence systems in Syria
Damascus, March 6 (IANS) The US forces have started deploying new defence systems in its bases in northern and eastern Syria to protect against any po...Read more
Hungarian PM justifies new restrictions
Budapest, March 6 (IANS) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has justified the newly-implemented stricter regulations to flatten the curve of the th...Read more
'YouTube removes 5 TV channels run by Myanmar's military'
San Francisco, March 6 (IANS) In the wake of further violence in the country, video-streaming platform YouTube has taken down channels connected to fi...Read more
Shah to launch door-to-door campaign in TN on Sunday
By Navneet Mishra
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala once again.
On Su...Read more
Tokyo region's state of emergency extended again
Tokyo, March 6 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has extended the state of emergency covering the Tokyo metropolitan area by two weeks to ...Read more
Bihar govt committed to promote industrial farming: Shahnawaz Hussain
Patna, March 6 (IANS) Bihar Industry Minister Shahnawaz Hussain during the budget speech said that his department is making every effort to promote in...Read more
Delhi govt urges RWAs to adopt EV policy
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday sought Residents Welfare Association (RWAs) participation in its ongoing 'Switch Delhi' campa...Read more
Petrol, diesel prices steady even as crude boils
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Oil marketing companies have spared consumers of yet another petrol and diesel price hike even though the global oil market is on the boil with crude reaching within touching distance of year-high-level of $70 a barrel.
Petrol continues to be priced at Rs 91.17 a litre and diesel Rs 81.47 a litre in the capital on Saturday. Across the country too, the petrol and diesel price remained unchanged.
This is seventh consecutive day when pump prices of auto fuels have remains unchanged.
After a spike in global oil prices seen over last two weeks with crude price jumping close to $67 a barrel, prices had fallen to around $63 a barrel but it rose again to cross $69 a barrel mark now after after the OPEC+ decision to continue with crude production cut in April.
Petrol and diesel prices have been rising continuously since February 9. In the 14 increases since then, price have gone up by Rs 4.22 per litre for petrol while diesel rate has risen by Rs 4.34 a litre in Delhi.
The increase in the previous weeks has taken petrol to cross historic high levels of Rs 100 a litre in several cities across the country.
The petrol and diesel prices have increased 26 times in 2021 with the two auto fuels increasing by Rs 7.46 and Rs 7.60 per litre, respectively so far this year.
Oil companies executives said that petrol and diesel prices may increase further in coming days as retail prices may have to be balanced in line with global developments to prevent OMCs from making loss on sale of auto fuels.
--IANS
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