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Fuel prices rise for second day-in-row

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New Delhi, The prices of petrol and diesel rose again for the second consecutive day on Sunday.
In the four metropolitan cities of the country the prices of petrol and diesel rose by 35 paise and 26 paise respectively.

According to the leading oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation, the price of petrol in the national capital Delhi rose by 35 paise and 25 paise and reached the highest level so far of Rs 98.46 and Rs 88.90 respectively.

In the month of June the prices of petrol and diesel have increased by Rs 4.23 and Rs 3.75 respectively. Before this the prices of petrol and diesel had risen by Rs 3.83 and Rs 4.42 in the month of May.

In the financial capital Mumbai the prices of petrol and diesel rose by 34 paise and 26 paise and have reached record levels of Rs 104.56 per liter and Rs 96.42 per liter respectively.

In Chennai the prices of petrol and diesel rose by 30 paise and 23 paise respectively and have reached Rs 99.49 per liter and Rs 93.46 per liter respectively.

In Kolkata the prices of petrol and diesel have risen by 33 paise and 25 pasie respectively and reached Rs 98.30 per liter and Rs 91.75 per liter respectively.

The prices of petrol and diesel are reviewed everyday and based on that every morning at 6 am new prices are fixed and implemented.

The prices of petrol and diesel in the four metros were as follows:

Name of City————Petrol/liter———–Diesel/liter

Delhi————— 98.46—————— 88.90

Mumbai-—————104.56—————— 96.42

Chennai—————-99.49-—————–93.46

Kolkata————98.33—————-—91.75

 

(Agencies)

 

TRF terrorist arrested with 5-kg IED in Jammu, terror attack foiled

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Jammu, Jammu Police have foiled a major terror attack by arresting a terrorist of “The Resistance Front” (TRF) with 5-kg improvised explosive device (IED) in Narwal area here in the city’s outskirts, officials said.

A senior police officer said that the Special Operation Group team have arrested a terrorist with explosives.

“The terrorist was arrested from near a prominent shopping mall with arms, ammunition and five-kg IED,” the officer said.

He said that a major terror plot in Jammu City has been averted with this timely arrest.

“The terrorist was immediately whisked away to a safe house for sustained interrogation to ascertain whether their other contacts have also managed to sneak into Jammu or not,” he added.

 

(Agencies)

NIA team arriving in Jammu to probe Air Force Station blast

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Jammu, A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) is arriving here to investigate the twin blasts at Air Force Station Jammu, officials said.

A police official told UNI that an NIA team reportedly from Delhi is arriving here to take over the Air Force Station, Satwari to probe twin blasts.

However, he said that initially use of local contacts cannot be ruled out in carrying out these attacks on Condors Museum station building.

“We are investigating all angles including the use of drones as well, but at present nothing can be confirmed,” he said.

Two low intensity blasts took place at Jammu Air Force Station early morning on Sunday in which two personnel sustained minor injuries and a portion of building was also damaged.

 

(Agencies)

Maharshtra carries out over 3 cr vaccination

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Aurangabad/Mumbai, Maharashtra state has recorded the highest 7,26,588 Covid vaccination in a single day evening, Dr Pradip Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary, health department said.

With this, the total number of vaccination carried out in the state so far has gone up to 3,09,79,460.

Maharashtra has been at the forefront of vaccination in the country.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Health Minister Rajesh Tope have lauded the health officials and staff for their remarkable performance in carrying out the vaccination process.

The vaccination drive in the state has gained momentum in the last few days, leading to significant number of people receiving the Covid jab, added Dr Vyas.

(Agencies)

Drones attack rocks Jammu Air Force Station, 2 injured

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Jammu, In a first-of-its-kind attack in India, two blasts occurred by explosives dropped from a drone rocked the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Jammu, in the wee hours leaving two persons injured.

A preliminary investigation into the twin blasts inside the high-security zone of Air Force Station Jammu confirmed that drones were used to carry out the attack.

An official said that two low-intensity blasts took place at around 0140 hours at Air Force Station Jammu.

Indian Air Force, said that the two low-intensity explosions were reported early morning in the technical area of Jammu Air Force Station.

“One caused minor damage to the roof of a building while the other exploded in an open area,” the Air Force tweeted.

“There was no damage to any equipment. The investigation is in progress along with civil agencies,” the tweet read.

 

Meanwhile, an official here said that the Heli disbursal building has been targeted at two places, roof and the side, which is next to the Air Force Signal complex.

“The ceiling and window panes have been damaged due to blast,” said the official.

Two Air Force men WO Arvind Singh and LAC S K Singh have suffered minor injuries and were given first aid.

(Agencies)

Don’t buy on rumours, vaccines are safe: PM Modi

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New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that anti-Covid-19 vaccines are safe and people should not fall prey to rumours at all and everyone should be vaccinated at the earliest.

Addressing the nation on the 78th edition of his monthly radio programme” Man Ki Baat”, Mr Modi urged the countrymen to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

Talking to the villagers in Betul in Madhya Pradesh, Mr Modi asked the villagers to get corona jabs at the earliest and said “I have taken both doses, My mother is almost a hundred years old, she has taken both vaccines too. Please do not believe any rumours relating to vaccines”.

Advising them not to care for those who are spreading false information, he said that in some cases there would be little fever or similar ailments, but it is safe. He also took word from the villagers that after completion of vaccination, they will inform him by post.

The Prime Minister also urged the people to trust science and trust scientists.

 

Many people have taken the vaccine and let us never believe the negative words related to the vaccine.

He also mentioned the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra who was infected with Covid-19 and despite, being admitted to the hospital, he was coordinating with many Government agencies to enhance the supply of oxygen day and night.

“He was handling many fronts remaining on the hospital bed as he was concerned for the countrymen and despite his illness, he used to join the meetings via video conferencing without caring for himself”, Mr Modi said, adding that it is really painful for us that he succumbed to this pandemic.

 

(Agencies)

Three dead in separate incidents in Palamu

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Daltonganj, Three people lost their lives in separate incidents which took place under different police station areas of the Palamu district, officials said.
The first incident took place in Karamdih and Kajru Khurd villages under Pandu Police Station area of this district, where two people identified as Vashisth Singh (58) and Shivpujan Chandrvanshi (40), who were standing outside their homes when it started raining and before they could get back inside lighting fell on them killing both of them on the spot.

In the second incident in Sikki village under Patan Police Station area the body of a man identified as Jitendra Bhuiyaan was found in the field. Family members said that he was mentally challenged and had died due to electrocution. The body was later sent for postmortem.

 

(Agencies)

Vaccination important to defeat Coronavirus: Deepak Prakash

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Ranchi, State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash said that vaccination was important to defeat coronavirus.
He said that corona vaccine  is completely safe and therefore people should not fall prey to any rumours and apart from taking the vaccines themselves they should also encourage the others to do the same.

He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi world’s largest free vaccination drive was on across the country. He lauded the initiative for organising a special vaccination camp for the labourers.
Deepak Prakash interacted with the labourers and workers who had gathered for vaccination at the special camp organised at the FCI Centre.

 

(Agencies)

Five rifles and cartridges recovered from house of PLFI zonal commander in Lohardaga

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Lohardaga, From the house of a PLFI zonal commander located in Semardih village under Kisku Police Station area, rifles and cartridges have been recovered.

Police said that from the house of Sandeep Oraon alias Sandeep Bhagat five rifles of .315 bore and 10 cartridges of 8 mm have been recovered.

Police said that to execute a major incident the ultras had accumulated the weapons in the home of the zonal commander however police acted promptly and managed to make the seizure.

SDPO B N Singh said the PLFI zonal commander managed to flee from the spot however raids were on to nab him.

 

(Agencies)

Press law expert gave many information in selecting special areas according to interest and tendency

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Ranchi: Sanjay Pandey, an expert in press law and senior journalist, told the students of journalism and Mass Communication. He said that the diversity of life and the abundance of ever-increasing resources have made journalism multi-dimensional.  Today journalists are choosing their special areas according to their interest and tendency. Because this is an era of uniqueness. Giving information about investigative journalism, he said that journalism is espionage and is a powerful tool of advocacy. With Burnstyle and Woodwork, two Washington Post correspondents, on the strength of their talent and promptness, did a splendid task of intelligence, which resulted in the change of power from the Watergate scandal. In America, such journalism is known as investigative journalism.  Through this, a systematic micro survey of contemporary topics, events, situations and facts is concluded on the basis of study and research. Told about economic journalism that the present life is influenced by meaning from every field.  Economic journalism today has been fully developed to highlight all the activities related to Artha.  He gave information by presenting many examples related to media economics.  Giving information about rural journalism. senior Journalist Sanjay Pandey said that Apna Desh is the country of the village.  There is still unprecedented backwardness in the village. At its core lies the communication gap.

The voice of new consciousness and scientific development in the remote village can be conveyed only through letters.  He said that it is expedient to call journalism devoted to the overall development of the village through traditional folk art, promotion of folk culture, cottage industry, rural health, green revolution and white revolution.  Journalists regularly contribute to the rural society and contemporary needs through regular newspapers-magazines or mass media such as radio and television, they are called rural journalists.  And in this way, the activism of such works of his can be termed as rural journalism.  Sanjay Pandey gave many important tips to the students while giving information about interpretive journalism, development journalism, parliamentary journalism, sports journalism, radio and television journalism and photo journalism.

(EW News Desk)