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 Centre admits to earning Rs 33 on every litre of petrol, Rs 32 on diesel As for whether petrol and diesel prices in India were higher than those in international markets, Thakur said that the government doesn't maintain a record of factors that determine fuel prices abroad Advertisement BusinessToday.In Mar 15, 2021, Updated Mar 15, 2021, 7:35 PM IST Central government has confessed to earning Rs 32.98 on every litre of petrol and Rs 31.83 per litre of diesel in the form of excise duty. In response to a question, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha that the excise duty rates have been calibrated to generate resources for development projects. Responding to a question on tax levied on petrol and diesel from consumers, Thakur also divulged that consumer price inflation has halved in January 2021 as compared to the year-ago period, the same in petrol and diesel has grown substantially during the same period. Thakur told the Lower House that central excise d...

 Not possible to bring petrol, diesel in GST regime even for next 8-10 yrs: Sushil Modi PTINEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2021 15:54 IST UPDATED: MARCH 24, 2021 15:54 IST SHARE ARTICLE 5PRINTA A A BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi. File   | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that she would be "glad" to discuss the suggestion of bringing petrol and diesel under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax at the next meeting of the GST Council. Bringing petrol and diesel under the GST regime is not possible for the next 8-10 years as no state is ready to face the annual revenue loss of over ₹ 2 lakh crore on this account, BJP member Sushil Kumar Modi said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Speaking in support of the Finance Bill, the former finance minister of Bihar dared the opposition to raise the matter in the GST Council, saying no chief minister or finance minister from non-NDA ruled states has opposed any decision of the GST Council. The Centre ...

 Bill Gates hosted nude pool parties and 'got drunk pretty easily,' insiders say MELKORKA LICEAJUL 1, 2021, 03:18 IST Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Bill Gates went to a Seattle all-nude strip club and invited them to come swim in his pool, according to biographer James Wallace. Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage in May. Reports that Gates had an affair and accusations he had hit on Microsoft employees quickly followed. During Microsoft's early days in the late 80's and early 90's, Bill Gates had a propensity for partying, insiders said. On more than one occasion, during nights he wasn't working his usual 17-hour days, he invited friends and dancers from local all-nude nightclubs to swim naked at his Laurelhurst bachelor pad overlooking Lake Washington, James Wallace, who wrote two biographies on Gates, said. TOP VIDEOS FOR YOU 03:44 VIDEO: Why the Miami condo may have collapsed, and how ...

 Supreme Court pulls up government on COVID-19 ex gratia Krishnadas RajagopalNEW DELHI: , JUNE 30, 2021 12:35 IST UPDATED: JUNE 30, 2021 22:39 IST SHARE ARTICLEPRINTA A A A view of the Supreme Court of India. File   | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium It gives the National Disaster Management Authority 6 weeks to fix rules for compensation to COVID-19 victims’ kin. The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), of which the Prime Minister is the ex officio chairperson, for “failing to perform its duty” to recommend ex gratia assistance for families of those who lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also read: ₹10 lakh corpus fund for every child orphaned by COVID-19 “The National Authority [NDMA] failed to perform its duty,” the Supreme Court held. A Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan gave the NDMA six weeks to frame the guidelines for fixing the ex gratia meant for these families. The court, however, left it to the “wisdo...

 Bill Gates-Melinda Gates divorce: Major TWIST in split of billionaire couple - Read here The divorce means that Bill and Melinda Gates will now split their USD 148 billion fortune that includes private mansions and other assets. Bill Gates-Melinda Gates divorce: Major TWIST in split of billionaire couple - Read here SHARE    WRITTEN BY DNA Web Team   EDITED BY Tanweer Azam SOURCE DNA webdesk Updated: Jun 16, 2021, 10:27 AM IST Sponsored LinksYou May Like People in Medak Are Choosing to Donate Meals Like This Akshaya Patra Now A Term Plan Which Also Gives Your Premiums Back Max Life Insurance Quotes This Cricket Batsman Was one of the Greatest Who Ever Lived Stadium Talk by Taboola Billionaire power couple Bill Gates and Melinda Gates left everyone in deep shock when they took to Twitter on May 4 to announce their separation after remaining married for 27 years. The divorce means that Bill and Melinda Gates will now split their USD 148 billion fortune that includes p...

Unmaking of Bill Gates: Covid 19 vaccine views, divorce, Epstein link, alleged affairs taint a tech legacy Bill Gates is a hard-working tech genius, a quintessential family man and the world's top philanthropist. Or so it seemed before 2021, the year when a divorce, controversy over Covid-19 vaccines and allegations of office affairs surround him. ADVERTISEMENT Yasmin Ahmed  New Delhi May 18, 2021UPDATED: May 18, 2021 13:08 IST   (Picture: Reuters) HIGHLIGHTS Recent reports allege that Bill Gates made advances towards women at Microsoft. The reports come just weeks after Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce. Earlier, Bill Gates was under fire for his stance on Covid-19 vaccines and related patents. In world technology, the enfant terribles are plenty. It is considered the price a genius pays. Or in other words, it is what geniuses are: flawed. Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Mark Zuckerberg. Sergei Brin and countless others. But in the midst of all of them, one man pers...

 ‘Vaccine racist’: Bill Gates says no to sharing vaccine tech with developing nations, draws ire Bill Gates was asked if it would be better to share intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines with developing countries. To this, he answered no. REGINA MIHINDUKULASURIYA 1 May, 2021 11:36 am IST Bill Gates File image of Bill Gates | Wikimedia Commons Text Size: A- A+ New Delhi: As India battles the deadly second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates’ recent remarks on patents in vaccine technology have sparked a row. Gates, in an interview on 25 April with British news broadcaster Sky News, was asked if it would be better to share intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines with developing countries. To this, he answered, no. “The thing that’s holding things back, in this case, is not intellectual property… It’s not like there’s some idle vaccine factory, with regulatory approval, that makes magically safe vaccines,” Gates was quoted a...