(LiveMint) The number of coronavirus patients in India increased by 19,459 in past 24 hours, taking the tally to 5,48,318, according data released by the Union Health Ministry today morning. The data showed 380 persons succumbed to the covid-19 in the last 24 hours as the toll increased to 16,475. The number of active cases stands at 2,10,120, while 3,21,722 people have recovered. The recovery rate stands at 58.67%. During the last 24 hours, a total of 12,010 COVID-19 patients have been cured. According to medical research body ICMR, about 84 lakh samples have been tested up to June 28 and 1.7 lakh…
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(PTI) STATE-OWNED NTPC reported a 71.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) decrease in its standalone net profit to Rs.1,252.4 crore in the three months ended March, as the company decided to settle pending income tax disputes by opting under the government’s recent ‘vivad see vishwas’ scheme. NTPC’s profit before tax was up 23.9%y-o-yto`Rs 4,383.8 crore in the quarter, but net profit was dragged down by the tax expense of Rs 4,983.7 crore. The company had received Rs 7,189.1 crore tax refunds in the corresponding quarter last year. For full year FY20, the country’s largest power generator recorded a net profit of `10,112.8 crore,…
(HT) State-run oil marketing companies raised the prices of petrol and diesel on Monday, a day after there was no hike in rates that were increased continuously for three weeks. Auto fuel prices were not hiked on Sunday for the first time since June 7 when oil marketing companies resumed the daily revision of rates after 82 days. In Delhi, petrol will now cost Rs 80.43 per litre after an increase by 0.05 paise and diesel remained costlier at Rs 80.53 for every litre after its rate was raised by 13 paise. On Saturday, petrol was priced at Rs 80.38 for…
(PTI) State-run Coal India Ltd on Friday reported a 23 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 4,625 crore in the January-March quarter of FY’20. The miner had posted a net profit of Rs 6,026 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. Its sales during the quarter under review were down by four per cent to Rs 25,597 crore as compared to Rs 26,704 crore registered in the same period of FY19.
(PTI) Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said there is no going back on the decision to privatise the country’s largest oil marketing company BPCL in view of the slump in global energy prices. Speaking at the BNEF Summit, he however said the timing of the privatisation would be decided by the finance ministry. “Whether the government is revisiting disinvestment of BPCL, my answer is very clear no. The government is very firm on one issue (that) government has no business to be in the business,” he said. The government had in November last year decided to sell its 52.98 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL). It…
(ET) Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday virtually inaugurated Product Application and Development Centre (PADC) in Paradip. Constructed on 5-acre of land with a capital expenditure of Rs 43 crore, the PADC has been set up by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) adjacent to its Refinery complex in Odisha’s Paradip. Speaking on the occasion, Patnaik said: “The PADC will not only perform a pivotal role in developing new materials and innovative applications but will also provide support to investors in setting up manufacturing units on the plastic and polymer sectors.” It should emerge as one of the centres of excellence in the field of…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज ‘आत्मनिर्भर उत्तर प्रदेश रोजगार अभियान’ का शुभारंभ करेंगे। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ की मौजूदगी में पीएम मोदी पूर्वाह्न 11 बजे वीडियो कांफ्रेसिंग के जरिए इस अभियान की शुरुआत करेंगे। इस वर्चुअल लॉन्चिंग के मौके पर राज्य सरकार के संबंधित विभागों के मंत्री भी मौजूद रहेंगे। इस अवसर पर प्रधानमंत्री यूपी के छह जिलों के ग्रामीणों के साथ संवाद भी करेंगे। प्रदेश के सभी जिलों के ग्रामीण कोविड-19 के मद्देनजर सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन करते हुए कॉमन सर्विस सेंटरों और कृषि विज्ञान केंद्रों के माध्यम से इस संवाद में शामिल होंगे। यूपी में करीब 30 लाख प्रवासी…
(PTI) State-owned Power Finance Corporation said it sanctioned loans over Rs 1 lakh crore for power projects during the 2019-20 financial year. Out of the Rs 1 lakh crore, it successfully disbursed Rs 68,000 crore loans during the last financial year, PFC said in a statement. PFC, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power, is the largest non-banking financial corporation (NBFC) in power sector in India. “PFC ended FY 2019-20 on a strong note despite numerous challenges, including outbreak of COVID-19 virus. The institution delivered a sound financial performance with loan sanctions of more than Rs 1 lakh crore…
(AU) जम्मू-कश्मीर के पुलवामा में चल रही मुठभेड़ में सुरक्षाबलों ने दो आतंकियों को मार गिराया है। अभी एक और आतंकी के घिरे होने की आशंका है। फिलहाल ऑपरेशन जारी है। बता दें कि सुरक्षाबलों को गुरुवार को पुलवामा जिले के त्राल के चेवा उल्लर इलाके में आतंकियों की मौजूदगी की सूचना मिली थी। इसी सूचना के आधार पर सुरक्षाबलों ने इलाके की घेराबंदी कर तलाशी अभियान चलाया। इस आतंकियों ने खुद को घिरा देख सुरक्षाबलों पर फायरिंग करनी शुरू कर दी थी। जवाबी कार्रवाई करने से पहले जवानों ने आतंकियों से समर्पण करने के लिए कहा। बावजूद इसके आतंकियों की…
(ET) Cooking gas subsidy has fallen to zero for many customers as the net price paid by domestic users has risen 20% in the past year even as crude oil rates are down 40%. Some customers are still getting a small subsidy as the final price depends on local transportation cost. Monthly increase in the net price for subsidized consumers and the recent collapse in global rates has helped end the subsidy. With kerosene subsidy already eliminated since March, the end of the subsidy on liquefied liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a relief for the government at a time its revenue…