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    Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    AA Edit | High fuel prices point to a much deeper malaise

    The revenue in 2020-21 to the union govt from levies on petrol and diesel was Rs 3,89,622 crores, up from Rs 2,39,452...

    18 Aug 2021 1:52 AM IST

    Gold prices edged higher on Monday, holding above the key $1,800-per-ounce level. (PTI Photo)Business
    Gold rallies Rs 446; silver zooms Rs 888

    In the international market, gold was trading higher at USD 1,793 per ounce and silver was flat at USD 23.88 per ounce

    17 Aug 2021 4:20 PM IST

    The case relates to the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging apps new privacy policy. (Photo: PTI/File)Technology
    Facebook bans all Taliban supporting content

    The policy will apply for all of its platforms, including its flagship social media network, Instagram and WhatsApp

    17 Aug 2021 2:21 PM IST

    : Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI PhotoWorld
    US eases travel advisory for India to second-lowest level

    In April, the US issued a level 4 travel health notice for India as the country was reeling under the second wave of...

    17 Aug 2021 1:01 PM IST

    Afghan nationals line up to board a military transport plane at the Kabul airport on August 17, 2021, for evacuation from Afghanistan after the Talibans military takeover of the country. (AFP)India
    India announces emergency e-visa for Afghans nationals

    All Afghans, irrespective of their religion, can apply for the 'e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' online

    17 Aug 2021 12:43 PM IST

    U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.India
    Afghan crisis: India bringing back its envoy, officials from Kabul

    The ambassador and his Indian staff will move to India immediately considering the current circumstances in Kabul

    17 Aug 2021 12:32 PM IST

    New Zealand has been widely praised for its handling of the pandemic, with just 25 deaths from 1,927 confirmed virus cases in a population of five million. (Representational Image/AFP)World
    New Zealand records first local virus case in six months

    The country will move into a snap three-day lockdown, as authorities suspect presence of Delta variant

    17 Aug 2021 12:23 PM IST

    Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs informed that the Indian Ambassador in Kabul and his Indian staff will move to India immediately, in view of prevailing circumstances in the war-torn country. (MEA picture)India
    IAF aircraft carrying 120 Indian officials lands in Gujarat's Jamnagar

    Earlier on Sunday, an Air India flight AI244 carrying 129 passengers had arrived in Delhi from Kabul

    17 Aug 2021 11:59 AM IST

    Passengers travel in a suburban train after the government allowed fully vaccinated people against the Covid-19 coronavirus of all ages to travel in local trains in Mumbai on August 15, 2021. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)India
    India records 25,166 new COVID-19 cases, 437 deaths

    The active cases have declined to 3,69,846, the lowest in 146 days

    17 Aug 2021 11:19 AM IST

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