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India cuts prices of cooking gas by 200 rupees per cylinder

A man carries an LPG cylinder on his shoulder at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

India on Tuesday cut the price of cooking gas for households by about 18% to rein in inflation ahead of crucial state and general elections. The government has decided to cut prices by 200 rupees ($2.42) on a 14.2-kilogram (33 pounds) cooking gas cylinder sold to 330 million households, Information Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters. The latest reduction will double the subsidy support provided to the 960 million poor under a welfare programme. This will double the subsidy to 400 rupees per 14.2 kilogram cylinder of cooking gas sold to the poor under a federal welfare programme called the “Ujjwala

Islamabad High Court suspends ex-PM Imran Khan’s conviction in state gifts case

Imran Khan

Islamabad, Aug 29 (PTI) The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday suspended former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case. A division bench comprising Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the much-anticipated reserved verdict. On Monday, the IHC reserved the verdict on Khan’s plea challenging his conviction in the Toshakhana corruption case. A trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5. The cricketer-turned-politician was sentenced on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts acquired

Sedentary behaviour but not sleep duration factors in diabetes risk

Aug 29 (Mims): Sedentary behaviour appears to contribute to increased risk of diabetes, while having a long or a short sleep duration does not, according to a study. The study included 3,355 participants (mean age 56.6 years, 57.6 percent women), all of whom completed a questionnaire to provide information about sleep and sedentary levels. Sleep was categorized into three: short (9 h/day). Incident diabetes was defined according to fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), or any diagnostic criterion (FPG, HbA1c, or medical diagnosis). Over a median follow-up of 9 years, a total of 136, 110, and 142 incident cases

China includes Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin in new map

Beijing, Aug 28 (PTI) China on Monday officially released the 2023 edition of its “standard map” incorporating the disputed areas including its claims over Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea. India has repeatedly said that the state of Arunachal Pradesh has “always been” and will “always be” an integral part of the country. “The 2023 edition of China’s standard map was officially released on Monday and launched on the website of the standard map service hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources,” state-run Global Times said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “This

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