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Mother Dairy to hike milk prices in Delhi-NCR by Rs 2 per litre from Sunday

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Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy has increased milk prices in Delhi-NCR and other cities by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Sunday due to higher input costs. It had last raised the milk prices in December 2019. From July 1, Amul had hiked its milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. Mother Dairy said it is “compelled to raise its liquid milk prices by Rs 2/litre in Delhi-NCR with effect from July 11, 2021.” The new prices will be applicable for all milk variants. “The company has been experiencing…

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Indonesia short on oxygen, seeks help as virus cases soar

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 Just two months ago, Indonesia was coming to a gasping India’s aid with thousands tanks of oxygen. Today, the Southeast Asia country is running out of oxygen as it endures a devastating wave of coronavirus cases and the government is seeking emergency supplies from other countries, including Singapore and China. A shipment of more than 1,000 oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ventilators and other health devices arrived from Singapore on Friday, followed by another 1,000 ventilators from Australia, said Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the government minister in charge of Indonesia’s pandemic response. Beside…

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Maha govt sets up panel to probe phone-tapping allegations made by state Cong chief

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The Maharashtra government has appointed a high-level committee headed by state DGP Sanjay Pandey to probe the phone-tapping allegations levelled by state Congress chief Nana Patole. State intelligence department commissioner and additional police commissioner (special branch) will be part of this three-member panel. During the two-day monsoon session of the state legislature held earlier this week, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had made the announcement about setting up a high-level inquiry while speaking in the Legislative Assembly. Patole has claimed that his phone was tapped during 2016-17 when he was…

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PM Modi reviews progress of oxygen augmentation, availability across country

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More than 1,500 PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) oxygen plants are coming up across the country, the government said on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of augmentation and availability of the life-saving gas The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in a statement, said Modi asked officials to ensure that these plants are made functional at the earliest and also told them to work closely with state governments in this regard These upcoming oxygen plants include those being built with the contribution from the PM CARES fund as well…

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Oxfam: 11 people die of hunger each minute around the globe

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The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam says 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year. In a report titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies,” Oxfam said Thursday that the death toll from famine outpaces that of COVID-19, which kills around seven people per minute. The statistics are staggering, but we must remember that these figures are made up of individual people facing unimaginable suffering. Even one person is too many, said Oxfam America’s President and CEO…

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Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UN

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Stressing on the need for localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda, India has said that there is no “one size fits all” approach but countries can certainly share experience and learn from each other. Speaking at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on “How can localisation of SDGs contribute to Leaving no one behind? , India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti said that due to the localisation efforts, the path to implement the 2030 Agenda will be relatively smooth even…

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CBI should widen probe into FIR against Anil Deshmukh: HC

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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it expects the CBI to widen its investigation into the FIR filed against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, and added that the head of the administration cannot claim innocence and was equally responsible. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar said if true meaning has to be given to the April 5 order of the high court, directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hold a preliminary inquiry against the allegations of corruption levelled against Deshmukh,…

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Dilip Kumar imitated Helen’s dance moves with ease: Saira Banu

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 Dilip Kumar was a great mimic and used to imitate the dance moves of Helen with effortless ease, according to his wife Saira Banu. She recalled this trait of her husband in his autobiography “The Substance And The Shadow”. Banu, who wrote the foreword to the book published in 2014, wanted his admirers to be acquainted, through incidents and episodes, with Dilip Kumar’s “innate simplicity, straightforwardness and immeasurable goodness of heart”. She considered her husband, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 98, a man full of joie de…

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Brazil vs Argentina final, more than just Neymar vs Messi

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A contest between Neymar and Lionel Messi is how many fans perceive the Copa America final between Brazil and Argentina. The players themselves, though, see the bigger challenge on Saturday at Maracana Stadium will be between one of the toughest defensive lines to break in world soccer and the protection around one of the best players in history. With a dash of pepper off the pitch to spice up the rivalry. Neymar’s Brazil lineup has conceded only two goals in six matches at the Copa America. Veteran Thiago Silva, Marquinhos…

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Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic

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Spanish police said Wednesday that they had arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of the craft that was reached by Spanish rescue services on June 30 after 13 days adrift. Only 29 people were found by rescuers. Police believe that between 52-60 people had boarded the boat from its departure…

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