CNBC TV 18 Oil prices dipped in early trade on Monday on sharp price cuts by top exporter Saudi Arabia and a rise in OPEC output, offsetting worries about escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude fell 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $78.67 a barrel by 0057 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures shed 10 cents, or 0.1%, to $73.71 a barrel. Both contracts climbed more than 2% in the first week of 2024 after investors returned from holidays to focus on geopolitical risks in the Middle East following attacks by Yemeni Houthis on ships in…
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AU इंडिया गठबंधन के साथ सीटों के बंटवारे की चर्चाओं के बीच कांग्रेस ने यूपी की सभी 80 सीटों पर प्रभारी घोषित कर दिए हैं। कांग्रेस पहले भी कह चुकी है कि उसकी तैयारी सभी सीटों पर लड़ने को लेकर हो रही है। हालांकि कांग्रेस के यूपी प्रभारी अविनाश पांडेय यह कह चुके हैं कि लोकसभा चुनावों में कांग्रेस इंडिया गठबंधन के साथ ही मैदान में जाएगी। रविवार को देर रात अखिल भारतीय कांग्रेस कमेटी की ओर से उत्तर प्रदेश की सभी 80 लोकसभा सीट पर प्रभारी नियुक्त कर दिए हैं। उन सभी प्रभारी को निर्देश दिया गया है कि वह…
DJ मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि कड़ाके की ठंड पड़ रही है और हमेशा की तरह केंद्र एवं प्रदेश की डबल इंजन की भाजपा सरकार हर जरूरतमंद के साथ खड़ी है। पूरे प्रदेश में अभियान चलाकर जरूरतमंदों में कंबल एवं ऊनी वस्त्र का वितरण कराया जा रहा है। सभी जिलों को कंबल वितरण के लिए धनराशि उपलब्ध करा दी गई है। इस बात के स्पष्ट निर्देश दिए गए हैं कि कोई भी खुले में न सोने पाए। उन्हें नजदीकी रैन बसेरों में पहुंचाया जाएगा। रैन बसेरों में सभी व्यवस्था बेहतर करने का निर्देश दिया गया है। दो दिवसीय दौरे…
PTI State-controlled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has started oil production from its much-delayed flagship deep-sea project in the Krishna Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal, helping reverse years of decline in output, the company said. ONGC has started producing from the Cluster-2 project in the KG-DWN-98/2 block and will slowly ramp up output. Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said “first oil production commences from complex and difficult” block. He did not indicate the current output but said “production is expected to be 45,000 barrels per day and over 10 million standard cubic metres per day of gas.” Cluster-2 oil production…
TT Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday lauded the Sikkim government for helping the Himalayan state achieve extensive financial inclusion, covering remote villages and habitats. She also congratulated banks and other financial institutions for the success story in Sikkim. “Sikkim has done extremely well to set up bank branches and ATM kiosks in all six districts, covering remote villages and habitats to make the mission of financial inclusion a great success,” Sitharaman said at a credit outreach programme here. The minister said there are 32 bank branches and 36 ATMs in Sikkim per one lakh population in comparison to…
BS India recorded 605 fresh Covid-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the official data. The active cases have increased to 4,002, while the country’s overall Covid case tally stands at over 45 million (45,018,792). The death toll was recorded at 533,396 with four new deaths–two from Kerala and one each in Karnataka and Tripura–reported in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has gone up to 44,481,341, an increase of 648 since Sunday morning. In Kerala, a 70-year-old male with…
HT Haryana tops the list of fake firms per lakh among entities registered with the Goods and Services Tax authorities, followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, according to official data on action taken against bogus firms in the December quarter, even as a special drive since May detected 29,273 fictitious firms defrauding ₹44,015 crores. While the largest number of bogus firms incorporated for input tax credit was detected in Maharashtra (926), in terms of fake firms per lakh, Haryana emerged number one (81), followed by Delhi (61), Rajasthan (59) and Maharashtra (54), according to finance ministry data released on Sunday. In…
Asserting that the growing tourism is a “living example” of the ‘Change in Jammu & Kashmir’, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said here today that the UT has seen a footfall of more than two crore tourists in the last one year. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “And that has happened because terrorism has declined. Previously due to growing terrorism, not many tourists used to visit Kashmir,” he added. Responding to a question on the opposition’s allegations that the government is against elections in J&K, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Home Minister Amit Shah has…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat from 8-10 January 2024. On 9th January, at around 9:30 AM, Prime Minister will arrive at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, where he will hold bilateral meetings with World Leaders, followed by a meeting with CEOs of top global corporations. At around 3 PM, he will inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show. On 10th January, at around 9:45 AM, Prime Minister will inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. Thereafter, he will hold a meeting with CEOs of top global corporations. Prime Minister will then travel to GIFT City where,…
PTI Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the world today wants to engage with India for free trade agreements (FTA), and to expand trade and diplomatic relations with India. Speaking at the inaugural of the maiden Global Investors Meet of the DMK government, the Commerce and Textiles Minister said India’s young population has given a demographic dividend which has become the envy of the world. Batting for women joining the formal workforce in the country, he said, “When women go to work, it will not only add to the GDP but will also add twice to the country’s GDP…