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  • Google Doodle marks beginning of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

    Google Doodle marks beginning of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing0

    The Winter Olympics 2022 begin on February 4 in China’s capital city Beijing. Google is marking the event with an animated doodle displaying some of the events that are scheduled to take place during the Olympics. The Google Doodle on February 4 shows cartoon animals participating in sporting events like ice hockey, figure skating and skiing. “The

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  • Oil cos likely to absorb Rs 2 per litre excise duty on unblended petrol

    Oil cos likely to absorb Rs 2 per litre excise duty on unblended petrol0

    The Rs 2 per litre excise duty on unblended fuel is not likely going to impact most consumers according to officials from oil marketing companies. This additional duty on petrol proposed in the Budget 2022-23 will have to be absorbed by the oil companies instead. Highlighting Centre’s focus, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “Blending of fuel is

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  • Budget bets big on public infra: Subsidy bill falls as Covid concern eases0

    While presenting the Union Budget on Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed the “overall sharp rebound and recovery” of the Indian economy from the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet this optimism did not extend to the Budget’s numbers, which assumed that nominal growth in 2022-23 would be 11.1 per cent in spite of a global inflationary environment and the

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