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Petrol, diesel price unchanged for 2nd consecutive day as OMCs observe mood

Fuel prices in the country remained unchanged on Saturday as oil marketing companies decided to go on a pause mode and analyse the global developments on oil prices before effecting a revision

US: Oversight Board delays decision on Donald Trump's Facebook ban

The independent Oversight Board has announced to delay its decision on former US President Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram that will now arrive "in the coming weeks"

West Bengal election: 16.27% polling recorded in first 2 hrs in 5th phase

Brisk polling much on the line of the other phases was recorded in the fifth phase of polling in West Bengal where 45 constituencies across six districts including are going for the polls on Saturday

J-K: Srinagar's S.M.H.S. hospital shuts OPDs after Covid-19 surge

Following the alarming surge in Covid-19 cases in the city, Srinagar's main hospital, S.M.H.S. hospital decided to close its out patients departments (OPDs) from Saturday onwards

No weekend lockdown in Haryana, says govt amid unabated Covid-19 surge

Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Haryana, the state government has clarified that there would be no weekend lockdown

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 139.6 mn, death toll surge past 2.99 million

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 139.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.99 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

IAF to reorient for future challenges, prep roadmap for asset utilisation

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to reorient itself for future challenges across all threat domains and prepare a roadmap for effective utilisation of assets and future inductions

SRH eye stability in batting against Mumbai Indians after early losses

There have already been calls for including Williamson, with former India cricketers Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Manjrekar saying that he is required in the SRH line-up

Canada's Covid-19 cases surpass 1.1 million, death toll reaches 22,532

Canada's cumulative Covid-19 cases surpassed 1,100,000 as of Friday, with the total hitting 1,103,067, including 22,532 deaths, according to CTV

SpaceX wins $2.9 billion NASA contract to build commercial moon lander

NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday

Russia to expel at least 10 US diplomats, puts officials on no-entry list

Moscow plans to expel 10 diplomats from the US and ban several high-ranking officials from entering Russia, in retaliation for sanctions imposed by Washington this week

Germany: Angela Merkel receives first jab of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received on Friday her first dose of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, she announced via government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Twitter

Global coronavirus infection rate approaching highest, says WHO

The number of new Covid-19 cases per week worldwide has nearly doubled over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate seen so far during the pandemic, the WHO said

Qualifying for Olympics just the start, says sailor Nethra Kumanan

Kumanan, who created history by becoming the first Indian woman sailor to secure an Olympics quota place in the Laser Radial event, said she wants to 'do the absolute best' at the quadrennial games

AITA U-14: Arya Ganapathy wins boys' title, Snigdha Kanta girls' champion

Second seed Snigdha Kanta created a minor upset, overcoming top seed Zynah Amber Salar 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to win the girls' U-14 title

Ashok Leyland supplies bullet proof vehicle to Indian Air Force

The firm has delivered the first light bullet proof vehicle to Indian Air Force (IAF)

Amazon Prime hits 200 million users globally, says CEO Jeff Bezos

Amazon Prime has reached a user base of 200 million, according to the outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos, which is an increase of over 50 million during the pandemic only

China's OPPO to launch in India a 5G smartphone in under Rs 20k on April 20

Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Friday said that it is all set to launch A74 5G in India on April 20

NASA set to launch SpaceX Crew-2 from International Space Station on Apr 22

US space agency NASA is set to launch SpaceX Crew Dragon second flight to the International Space Station on April 22, it said

Apple event 2021: 5G iPads with better screen, services upgrade likely

Apple is all set for its first event of the year on April 20 and media reports suggest that new iPads with 5G support and Apple TV upgrades along with a deep dive into iOS 14.5 are on the anvil