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Crude prices to reach $100 per barrel in the third quarter ?
On January 17, the price of India’s crude oil basket (COB) was at $85.6 per barrel; that number is higher than the monthly average COB since September 2014.Brent crude prices – it is the international benchmark for crude oil prices in the world – breached the $87 level on January 18, touching the highest point since 2014. Goldman Sachs expects crude prices to breach the psychological barrier of $100 per barrel in the third quarter, Bloomberg News reported.. HT
Indian Migrant kids struggles during COVID
For days after India went into complete lockdown, India’s migrants were on the roads, walking, jostling into trucks and buses, struggling to return to their villages with their lives in the big city completely upended. Along with them, went their children, sitting on their parents shoulders, or if they were a little older, carrying luggage disconsolately. It was the beginning of what has been almost two years of a life that has been stop-start — going back to the villages, then returning, and in many cases, after the second wave, going back again. HT
BJP alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Party in UP
Unsettled over the recent exit of prominent OBC leaders, the BJP on Wednesday brought in its allies Apna Dal and Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (Nishad party), both representing backward communities, to announce a joint fight in Uttar Pradesh and to highlight the initiatives taken by the party governments at the Centre and the state for the communities. Indian Express
Government will block any website, YouTube channel conspiring against India
Days after 20 YouTube channels and two websites were blocked for spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday warned that the government will continue to take such action against those “hatching conspiracy” against the country.. Indian Express
The country recorded 3,13,603 new COVID-19 cases on January 19
For the first time in the ongoing COVID-19 wave, the number of cases in India crossed the 3 lakh mark. The country recorded 3,13,603 new COVID-19 cases on January 19, a 27% increase from a week ago. The total number of infections has reached 3.8 crore, and the active cases have crossed the 18.9 lakh mark. Data for Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and Tripura were not available as of 10 p.m. Hindu
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French actor Gaspard Ulliel dies
French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who is set to appear in Marvel’s forthcoming TV series Moon Knight, has died aged 37. His family told news agency AFP he died on Wednesday following a skiing accident in the Alps.
Mulayam Singh’s daughter in law joins BJP
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav is all set to join the BJP on Wednesday, in a major blow to the Samajwadi Party ahead of the high-octane UP elections.
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