Despite a strongly held belief to the contrary, Maharashtra's farmers have never demanded free power. And the suicides in Vidharbha were certainly not linked to this issue. P Sainath finds that the region is really paying the price of political power.

Hundreds of farming families are making a beeline to Karanja from surrounding districts in the hope of a better education for their children. Although this has brought financial as well as a other problems, these families feel they have little choice. Aparna Pallavi reports.

Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday appealed to the state government to provide monetary relief of Rs 7,600 and 10 kilograms of rice to each jobless poor person, besides ensuring jobs to all MGNREGA card holders and bringing towns under the national labour scheme.

Assam has been allotted 1.25 lakh MT of rice per month under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) scheme for three months from April to June for free distribution among 2.49 crores beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state.

Sensex plunges over 1,900 points as oil prices plunge amid Covid-19 fears

Mobile phone prices to go up as GST rate hiked to 18%

Sensex tanks over 1000 points as US oil prices dip below zero dollar a barrel

इंडियन ऑयल ने दिल्ली में डीजल की कीमतों में 7.10 रुपये प्रति लीटर और पेट्रोल की कीमतों में 1.67 रुपये प्रति लीटर की बढ़ोतरी की है. इस बढ़ोतरी के राजधानी दिल्ली में एक लीटर पेट्रोल की कीमत 71.26 रुपये हो गई. वहीं एक लीटर डीजल के लिए 69.39 रुपये चुकाने होंगे.

लॉकडाउन 3.0 के कारण सोना-चांदी की मांग घटी है. मांग कम होने की वजह से दूसरे कारोबारी दिन मंगलवार को सोने-चांदी की कीमतों में बड़ा बदलाव देखने को मिला. सोना 170 रुपये सस्ता हो गया.

BP said it planned to reduce cash costs by $2.5 billion by the end of 2021 relative to 2019. "Some of these cost savings may have associated restructuring charges," the company added.

While storage is rapidly filling up, production cuts by US shale producers, estimated by consultants Rystad Energy at 300,000 barrels per day for May and June, should help slow flows into tanks.

The Energy Information Administration expects jet fuel use to fall 34% in the second quarter. In addition, the agency expects gasoline use to drop by 25% from April to June.

Oil prices have plunged to historic lows in recent weeks as collapsing demand due to worldwide lockdowns prompted a massive glut and led to storage capacity filling up.

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.

The new clause comes as sellers in Asia seek to protect their interests, as prices of some physical crude grades sold in the region have fallen to close to $10 a barrel due to heavy discounts.

Brent crude for July delivery, which started trading on Friday as the new front-month contract, was up $1.10, or 4.2%, at $27.58 a barrel by 0013 GMT.

The outbreak of coronavirus and the lockdowns imposed by nations to curb its spread has evaporated demand for oil, sending international oil prices crashing.

The tweets recall Musk's controversial tweets in August 2018 when he said he had "funding secured" for a quickly-aborted campaign to take the electric car maker private.

Lower crude production due to reduced activity and OPEC+ cuts, coupled with a partial recovery in oil demand, should drive prices higher next year, Goldman Sachs Equity Research said in a note.

Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 71.26 a litre as against Rs 69.59 previously, oil industry sources said.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell as much as 2.1 per cent to $24.05 a barrel and were down 14 cents at $24.41 a barrel at 0201 GMT. WTI has snapped a five-day winning streak.

The investigation brings to light the issue of unverified sellers cashing in on keywords and marketing products against the policies of e-commerce sites.

A finance ministry task force acknowledged stress in the telecom sector and said the SC judgement mandating companies to pay around Rs 1.35 lakh crore.

All four models of the iPhone 12 series will have 5G support and the low-tier iPhone 12 model could be priced at $649.

Follow up to the Redmi Note 8 Pro, the new Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with an improved camera setup, bigger battery, and a slightly refreshed design.

The Samsung Galaxy M21 and Samsung Galaxy A50 have received a price cut India. Read on to know more about them.

The official launch of the Mi 10 5G and Mi Box will be done through a live stream event on Friday at 12 pm IST.

Patrice Evra praised his Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson for giving him a winning mentality.

Patrice Evra was subjected to racism in 2011 by Luis Suarez, for which the latter received an 8-match ban by the FA.

Patrice Evra revealed that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had planned to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to the club in 2013.

Formula One will introduce budget caps, a new car, and rules designed to develop closer and more environmentally-friendly racing come the 2021 season.

The Congress party slammed the Khattar government's move to 'burden people' in the time of a crisis.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks come after the central government hiked excise duty and cess on petrol by Rs 10 per litre and on diesel by Rs 13 a litre.

The cost of a return ticket to India as well as the mandatory 14-day quarantine period has left many Indian students in the UK to rethink their decision.

Rajvinder Singh, owner of the popular Apna Bazaar in California's Pleasanton, had allegedly increased the prices of grocery items during Covid-19.

Rakul Preet Singh clarified that contrary to the common opinion of rice as fattening, it is a meal packed with nutrition.

Gold prices in trade today inched lower on cues from global rates. On the MCX, gold futures price for delivery in June declined by 0.24% or Rs. 111 to Rs. 46050.00 per 10 gm. On Thursday, on weak economic data, gold

Reliance Industries shares in trade on May 8, 2020 jumped 4.5% to an intra-day high of Rs. 1579.7 per share. But the coronavirus-led stock market crash in March, triggered high-order losses in the stock of RIL which recorded its 52-week low

Microsoft has quietly launched the Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7 and the Surface Laptop 3 notebooks in India. The new high-end notebooks will be made available in the Indian market via commercial authorized resellers, authorized retail and online partners at

AMD has officially launched two new entry-level gaming-centric CPUs -- the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and the Ryzen 3 3300X. These are four-core eight-thread processors based on the Zen-2 architecture, which makes them more power efficient when compared to the competition.

We have seen many new cameras and accessories launched in the Indian market recently. A few of them have been listed below. From the list, you can have the Canon EOS 1500D which sports an APS-C CMOS 24.1 MP sensor. It

GoPro has officially announced its latest action cameras -- the GoPro Hero 8 Black and the GoPro Hero MAX. With the new set of action cams, the company has also introduced a couple of features that might come in handy for

GoPro Hero 8 Black and the Hero 8 Max were recently launched and now the Hero 8 Black is available for sale in India starting today. GoPro is a big player when it comes to the action camera market and the

DJI is gearing up for the launch of its upcoming drone - the Mavic Air 2 and the launch event is scheduled for April 27, 2020. However, ahead of its launch, the drone has been spotted at FCC certification, revealing specifications

DJI has finally launched its latest drone camera - the DJI Mavic Air 2 which is the successor to the original Mavic Air. It's a mid-range portable drone which comes with improved camera, sensors, and compact form factor. The Mavic Air

On MCX on Monday, gold futures (June 2020) closed at Rs 46,286 per 10 grams, nearly Rs 1,000 higher than its previous close after touching a new all-time high of Rs 46,385 in intraday trade. On Tuesday, the commodities market was

Vivo has expanded its mid-range smartphone series with the launch of the Vivo Y30. The latest entrant has been announced in the Malaysian market. This comes amidst the rumors suggesting the Vivo Y21 and the Vivo TD2002 under development. The device

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