High gas, diesel prices in India prompt smuggling of fuel from Nepal
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As oil gained more than 1% today after dropping by 2% yesterday in volatile trading, state-run fuel retailers raised the price of petrol by 28 paise and the price of diesel by 29 paise. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint
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. Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 05:53 PM IST Bloomberg
A large oil truck loaded with 1,360 liters of diesel that was being smuggled to India, where pump prices are at a record, was held last week in Nepal, the police said
Ironically, Nepal gets all its petroleum fuels from India, which also exports to neighbours Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
The 400-odd footpath vendors of Sakchi market have finally been shifted to a new address from Tuesday - the sprawling Aambagan ground.
The popular
Mangala Haat , organised every Tuesday inside the market has been shifted to the new venue too. All footpath vendors have agreed to transact business from the new venue. We, therefore decked up the ground with colourful balloons on Tuesday to attract customers, said Md. Shamim, a footwear vendor who has been running a makeshift shop inside the Sakchi market for the last 12 years.
Another garment vendor Arun Kumar said, We are happy to shift to the new venue though many customers are not aware of the change. Gradually, they will come to know and we hope it will be business as usual in the days to come.
Covid test drive held across steel city Health, civic workers team up for three-hour effort
Civic authorities organised Covid-19 tests across several areas of the steel city on Wednesday, the RT-PCR test drive carrying on for a full three hours from 11am.
Officials of the East Singhbhum district health department with the help of police and workers of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) carried out the special drive at Sakchi market, Bistupur-based P&M Hi-Tech City Centre Mall and Golmuri Chowk, in addition to Sitaramdera Bus Terminus, Sonari, Khudiram Bose Chowk and Sankosai (both in Mango), Jugsalai, Baridih, Station Road and Pardih Chowk on NH-33.