(B.S) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said discussions with regard to private cryptocurrencies and central bank-backed digital currency have been going on with the Reserve Bank and a decision will be taken after due deliberations. Sitharaman, in her Budget speech on February 1, had announced that Digital Rupee or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would be issued by the RBI in the coming fiscal year. She had also announced the government will levy 30 per cent tax on gains made from any other private digital assets from April 1.”On crypto, I have said that we are in the process of consultation. Whatever decision the government is…
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(F.E) Petrol and Diesel Rate Today in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow: Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain unchanged for over 100 days in a row on Tuesday, 15 February 2022 with oil marketing companies (OMC) keeping prices steady. Today, petrol in Delhi retails at Rs 95.41 per litre while diesel in the city is priced at Rs 86.67 per litre. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol and diesel cost Rs 109.98 and Rs 94.14, respectively. Fuel prices have been stable since the central government cut excise duty to bring down retail rates from record highs in November last year. Public…
(D.J) सूत्रों ने कहा कि भारत और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात 18 फरवरी को एक मुक्त व्यापार समझौते (FTA) पर हस्ताक्षर कर सकते हैं, जिसके तहत दोनों देश विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के कई उत्पादों का शुल्क मुक्त तरीके से व्यापार कर सकेंगे। पिछले साल सितंबर में, भारत और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (UAE) ने औपचारिक रूप से समझौते पर बातचीत शुरू की थी, जिसे आधिकारिक तौर पर व्यापक आर्थिक भागीदारी समझौते (CEPA) के रूप में करार दिया गया था। इस तरह के समझौते के तहत, दो व्यापारिक साझेदार अपने बीच व्यापार किए गए माल की अधिकतम संख्या पर सीमा शुल्क को कम या समाप्त कर देते हैं। इसके अलावा, वे…
(NDTV) The New India will function according to the Constitution, not the Shariat law, and the dream of “Ghazva-e-Hind (ultimate conquest of India)” will never come true, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in comments that emerged today as round 2 of seven-phase voting in the state took place. Yogi Adityanath also claimed in the interview that his “80 versus 20” comment was meant to differentiate between “those who back progress and those who oppose everything”. “I can say with utter clarity that this is new India, this is the India of world’s most popular leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi.…
(M.C.) The wholesale price-based inflation eased for the second consecutive month in January at 12.96 per cent, even though food prices hardened, the government said on Monday. WPI inflation has remained in double digits for the tenth consecutive month beginning April 2021. Inflation in December 2021 was 13.56 per cent, while in January 2021, it was 2.51 per cent. Inflation in food articles, however, spiked to a 10.33 per cent in January 2022 from 9.56 per cent in December 2021. Vegetable price rise rate jumped to 38.45 per cent, against 31.56 per cent in the previous month. In the food…
(M.C) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has transferred 4% of Saudi Aramco shares worth $80 billion to the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the government said. The shares will bolster the Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) strong financial position and high credit ratings in the medium term, the crown prince said in a statement. The fund is the prince’s vehicle of choice to transform the Saudi economy and diversify away from oil revenues. The state remains the largest shareholder in Saudi Aramco after the transfer process, as it retains more than 94% of the company’s shares, the statement said. The transfer…
(NDTV) Fuel prices remained unchanged for 101 days in a row across metro cities on Monday, February 14, 2022. This is the longest duration when the rates have remained static, ever since the daily revision of prices began in June 2017. Earlier there was an 82-day break in rate revision between March 17, 2020 and June 6, 2020, when the national lockdown was in place. The central government had cut excise duty on November 4, 2021, to give relief from prices that had reached an all-time high levels. The government had slashed the duty on petrol by ₹ 5 per litre and on diesel by ₹ 10 a litre,…
(B.S) The two companies will form a joint venture with Jio Platforms Ltd and SES owning 51 per cent and 49 per cent stake, respectively. Reliance Jio has announced its foray in satellite-based broadband communication with a tie up with Luxembourg-based firm SES. The partnership will enable Jio to offer next generation affordable and scalable broadband services in India leveraging satellite technology, it said. The two companies will form a joint venture with Jio Platforms Ltd and SES owning 51 per cent and 49 per cent stake, respectively. The joint venture will use multi-orbit space networks that is a combination of geostationary (GEO) and medium…
(Hindustan) क्रूड ऑयल 2014 के बाद पहली बार 100 डॉलर प्रति बैरल की तरफ पहुंच चुका है। इससे जल्द ही आपको झटका लग सकता है और तेल की कीमतों में बहुत ज्यादा बढ़ोतरी संभव है। क्रूड ऑयल की कीमतों में उछाल ग्रोथ को कम करने के साथ मुद्रास्फीति को बढ़ा सकता है। यह अमेरिकी फेडरल रिजर्व के साथ दुनिया भर के केंद्रीय बैंको के लिए एक चिंताजनक है क्योंकि बैंक अभी भी अर्थव्यवस्था को महामारी के दबाव से उबारने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं। G-20 के वित्त प्रमुख इस साल पहली बार इस सप्ताह बैठक करने जा रहे हैं और…
(D.J) उत्तराखंड, गोवा और उत्तर प्रदेश में विधानसभा सीटों के लिए मतदान शुरु हो गया है। मतदान से पहले प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने ट्वीट करके जनता से अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग करने की अपील की है। प्रधानमंत्री ने जनता से अपील करते हुए ट्वीट पर लिखा कि, उत्तराखंड, गोवा और उत्तर प्रदेश के कुछ हिस्सों में आज मतदान हो रहा है। मैं सभी लोगों से आह्वान करता हूं, जो आज मतदान करने के योग्य हैं। वह रिकार्ड संख्या में मतदान करें और लोकतंत्र के त्योहार को मजबूती दें। इसके अलावा, यूपी के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने भी जनता से मतदान की…