Petrol prices on Friday crossed the Rs-80 mark in Delhi as fuel compnaies announced the 20th hike in a row. Petrol price was increased by 21 paise to Rs 80.13 per litre in Delhi. Diesel jumped by 17 paise to Rs 80.19 per litre.

In Mumbai, the price of petrol touched Rs 86.91 a litre and diesel went up to Rs 78.51 a litre. In Kolkata, the prices were at Rs 81.82 a litre and Rs 75.34 a litre, respectively.

IndiGo announced a flexible payment option allowing customers to secure booking on a domestic flight by paying 10 per cent of the ticket price upfront or minimum Rs 400 per passenger. Customers will have to pay the balance upto fifteen days from date of booking or fifteen days before departure, the airline announced said.

The move will help customers lock in fares and help IndiGo grow bookings as it expects a shift in demand from other airlines.

Even though the country is witnessing a rapid day-by-day increase of coronavirus cases, the central government is likely to ease more restrictions as it looks to issue guidelines for Unlock 2.0 around June 30.

Sources in the government said that it is likely to allow international air travel on certain selected routes. As per reports, international flights are set to resume by Mid July as several airlines have raised objection to Air India’s monopoly in Vande Bharat Mission. India may start flights to the US, UK, France, and Germany.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan' for migrant workers returning to UP on Friday. The scheme is part of the government's nationwide initiative 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan' which was launched on June 20.

The project is aimed at generating employment with a thrust towards creating infrastructure in backward regions of the country.

A terrorist has been killed by security forces in an ongoing encounter that broke out late evening on Thursday in Chewa Ullar village of Tral in Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

Informing about the development, a top police official said, one body of terrorists visible at encounter spot and searches are going one.

At least 24 people died while 12 were injured in the different parts of Uttar Pradesh due to lightning, according to a release by state's Information and Public Relation Department.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences and announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday raked up yet another controversy as he referred slain terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden as a shaheed (martyr) while addressing the National Assembly.

Bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in Pakistan's Abbottabad in May, 2011.

Shares of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC RE) surged as much as 8.5 per cent to Rs 165.75 on the BSE on Thursday after the company's net profit jumped 98 per cent to Rs 1,197 crore in Q4FY20 compared to 603 crore in the same period a year ago due to lower tax provisions.

The reinsurer’s pre-tax profit for the March quarter stood at Rs 1,101 crore compared to Rs 1,194 crore in Q4FY19.

Hospital administrators and health care experts warned desperately Wednesday that parts of the US are on the verge of becoming overwhelmed by a resurgence of the coronavirus, lamenting that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are letting a disaster unfold.

The US recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new Covid-19 cases, just short of the nation's late-April peak of 36,400, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Price of diesel has crossed Rs 80 mark for the first time in Delhi. On Thursday, the price of diesel in the city was reported to be Rs 80.02 a litre, up 14 paise, while that of petrol increased by 16 paise to Rs 79.92 a litre.

The price of diesel continued to be higher in the city for a second straight day on Thursday. This was for as 19th day in a row that fuel prices saw no downward trend in India. In Mumbai, the price of petrol touched Rs 86.7 a litre and diesel went up to Rs 78.34 a litre.

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