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After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

Bring petrol, diesel under GST: Ajit Pawar urges Centre

8:47 pm March 10, 2021

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and said the move would benefit the state governments as well as the Centre. He also assured the Maharashtra government’s support on this move if it is implemented. Speaking in the state […]

Rupee settles marginally higher at 72.91 against USD

8:22 pm March 10, 2021

Mumbai: The Indian rupee recovered from the day’s lows to end higher by a marginal 2 paise at 72.91 against the American currency on Wednesday, tracking positive investor sentiment globally in the wake of easing bond yields. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 72.97 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day […]

9,927 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 56 deaths

9:31 pm March 9, 2021

Mumbai: Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 9,927 new COVID-19 cases which took the caseload to 22,38,398, while 56 fatalities pushed up the death count to 52,556, said a health official. On the other hand, 12,182 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the tally of recoveries to 20,89,294, he added. There are 95,322 active […]

Mumbai senior citizen dies after COVID-19 vaccination

9:00 pm March 9, 2021

Mumbai: A 65-year-old man died some time after he was given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in a private hospital in Andheri in Mumbai on Tuesday, a health official said. The senior citizen was inoculated at 3:50pm, after which he fainted and was rushed to the ICU in the same facility, and was […]

Rupee spurts 32p to 72.93, ends 3-day losing streak

7:31 pm March 9, 2021

Mumbai: Ending its three-day losing run, the rupee on Tuesday spurted by 32 paise to close at 72.93 against the US dollar on the back of a rally in domestic stocks and the greenback retreating from three-month highs in global markets. Expectations of a swift economic rebound, a fall in US bond yields, and global […]