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Congress demands review of E20 move, says ‘anti-people’ fuel policy unacceptable to country

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Hitting out at the Modi government, the Congress on Friday demanded an immediate review of the E20 policy and asserted that an “anti-people” fuel policy that makes both vehicle operation and kitchen expenses costly is unacceptable to the country. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a screenshot of a media report in a Hindi daily which claimed that sugar prices in the country rose by 40 per cent in three months, jaggery became costlier by 24 per cent, rice by 16 per cent and maize flour by 11 per cent. “Due

Canadian provincial leader says Trump is a ‘bad person’ as Canada weighs concessions for trade deal

TORONTO (AP) — The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Canada has leverage in the talks even as his province weighs restoring U.S. alcohol sales at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s urging to help secure a deal that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs. “Everybody knows the American president by now, he’s erratic, he’s irresponsible, and he’s not to

Stock markets trade marginally higher amid elevated crude oil prices

Mumbai, Aug 21 (PTI) Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading marginally higher in early deals on Friday as elevated crude oil prices due to geopolitical uncertainties and a sharp fall in US markets made investors cautious. After a positive beginning to the trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex turned flat and was down 25.97 points to 77,506.51 in early deals. The 50-share NSE Nifty also skidded 5.75 points to 24,223.10 after a positive start. However, both the benchmark indices bounced back and were trading marginally higher. The BSE benchmark quoted 62.60 points higher at 77,595.14, and the Nifty was

Sibal asks Shah if Modi as CM, Vajpayee as PM sang full version of Vande Mataram

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah for his “anti-national” barb at the Congress over its decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram, asking whether Narendra Modi as the Gujarat chief minister or Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the prime minister sang its full version. Sibal questioned if the BJP leaders who did not sing the full version of Vande Mataram were also “anti-national”. “Amit Shah on: CWC decision on two-stanza Vande Mataram. Calls it ‘anti-national’. My question: Did: BJP in private or official functions sing all

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