Seven persons were killed and 23 others injured when a tree fell on a tin shed under which people were standing in a temple premises after heavy wind and rains in Maharashtra's Akola district, local administration said on Monday.

The incident took place at around 7.30 pm on Sunday at Babuji Maharaj temple located in Paras village under Balapur taluka when the people had gathered for the 'maha aarti', they said.

Shares of oil & gas companies were in focus and trading higher by up to 4 per cent on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade after the Government of India accepted several key recommendations made by the Kirit Parikh Committee with respect to the pricing of natural gas produced from the administered pricing mechanism (APM) fields, that are legacy fields and largely held by PSUs like ONGC.

Going forward, natural gas produced from legacy fields will be priced at 10 per cent of the Indian crude basket’s price, subject to dynamic floor and ceiling prices.

The Jio Platforms has secured a Rs 350-crore contract to manage and improve the cloud services of Centre's National Informatics Centre (NIC) for five years for onsite maintenance, according to the Economic Times.

NIC, which falls under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), is the government of India's technology partner. Established in 1976, NIC's objective is to provide technology-driven solutions to Central and State Governments

India set to get its first homegrown production line for Apple products as Tata Group is likely to complete its takeover of Wistron's iPhone plant by April end, the Business Line reported.

Once the takeover of the Begaluru-based plant is completed it will become the country's first homegrown production line for Apple products.

Elon Musk has sparked a row with the BBC after labelling the broadcaster as a "government-funded media" organisation, however, Britain`s national broadcaster was quick to push back against the categorization, reported CNN.

The label now appears on outlets that receive some government funding, including BBC, PBS, NPR and Voice of America. However, it does not appear on other government-backed outlets, such as Canada`s CBC or Qatar`s Al Jazeera.

Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL), part of billionaire Gautam Adani’s group of companies, on Saturday reduced prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) by ₹8.13 per kg and those of piped natural gas (PNG) by ₹5.06 per standard cubic metre (scm).The new prices are effective as of today.

This comes a day after the Union Cabinet announced new gas pricing guidelines for the bulk of domestically-produced natural gas by state-run explorers.

Both houses of Parliament adjourned sine die, marking a near-washout of the Budget session. One of the major issues that stalled the working of the Houses was the Opposition's high-pitched demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to investigate the business affairs of a top Indian conglomerate, Adani Group, and alleged its links with the government.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and veteran politician Sharad Pawar held a difference in opinion with the Opposition.

Karnataka Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections is going to be his last electoral battle and he will retire from politics.

Talking to ANI, Siddaramaiah said, "I am contesting from Varuna assembly constituency as my native village comes under this constituency. This is going to be my last election. I will retire from electoral politics."

A 40-year-old drunk passenger has been booked for allegedly trying to open the emergency door flap of the Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo flight, said an official release from IndiGo.

According to the release, the incident took place in flight number 6E 308 from IGI Airport at around 7:56 AM on Friday.

Gold price fell Rs 110 from yesterday's close during Saturday's early trade with 10 grams of 24-carat gold trading at Rs 60,870, according to the GoodReturns website. Meanwhile, silver prices rose Rs 110, with 1 kg of the precious metal selling at Rs 76,600.

The price of ten grams of 22-carat gold fell by Rs 100 to Rs 55,800.

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