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1.The Centre Saturday increased export duty, or windfall tax, on diesel to Rs 55.5 per litre and on aviation fuel ATF to Rs 42 a litre.
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2.The combined voters’ list of nine states and three Union territories has been pruned by 10.2 per cent following the SIR exercise carried out by the Election Commission, with over 60 lakh dead voters removed, data shared by the poll authority and its state officials shows.
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3.The Delhi government has proposed a 100 per cent exemption on road tax and registration fees for electric cars with an ex-showroom price of up to Rs 30 lakh, valid till March 31, 2030.
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4.A five-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a 35-year-old man who later put her in a sack and dumped her near a well in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district
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5.Mineral-rich Keonjhar district continues to lack development in mining-affected areas despite the availability of substantial funds under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
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6.A record 85.96 per cent of Assam’s 2.50 crore electorate exercised their franchise in the April 9 Assembly polls, the Election Commission said Saturday.
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7.UPI accounted for 81% of all retail digital transactions in India. India now accounts for 49% of global real-time payment transactions.
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8.The Bihar government Saturday announced a complete ban on private practice by doctors employed in government hospitals. According to a notifi cation issued by the state Health Department.
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9.A 24-month-old Indian-born cheetah gave birth to four cubs at the Kuno National Park Saturday, marking the fi rst recorded cheetah birth in the wild at the sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, offi cials said.
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10.FICCI FLO Bhubaneswar Chapter has announced Biyot Projna Tripathy as its Chairperson for 2026–27.
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11.The Regional Directorate of Education (RDE) has directed all colleges under RDE, Bhubaneswar to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and submit a compliance report within seven days.
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12.The EC Saturday said that the Assembly polls in Kerala, Puducherry and Assam drew global attention as 38 delegates from 22 nations witnessed fi rsthand the electoral process in India.
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13.Britain's government said Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - home to the US-British Diego Garcia air base - which has been criticised by US President Donald Trump.
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14.Iran wants a ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israeli attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have killed nearly 2,000 people since the start of the fighting in March. Israel and the US have said the Lebanon campaign is not part of the Iran-US ceasefire while Tehran insists it is.
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15.A US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance held historic face-to-face talks with top Iranian negotiators in Pakistan Saturday to reach a peace agreement to end the war in West Asia that has paralysed global energy markets and disrupted trade.