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Pause on price hike of petrol and diesel continued on Saturday for the third day in a row after rising consecutively on Tuesday and Wednesday increasing pump prices for both auto fuels by 60 paisa per litre in Delhi. ....

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that vaccines are now giving a window of opportunity to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control, but they may also exacerbate the inequalities in distribution across the globe.....

Encrypted messaging app Telegram which added over 100 new million users in January has made it official to bring your chat history to its platform from apps like WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk. ....

The Bihar government has approved school uniforms made by the Jeevika women's group for children of government schools under the Chief Minister's scheme. The weavers of Bhagalpur will prepare the cloth for the dresses though the cloth material has not been approved yet.....

The world has become a masked wonder, feels Amitabh Bachchan. His observation comes at a time when masking up before stepping out has become the new normal amid the Covid pandemic. ....

Ajinkya Rahane said that he didn't cut a kangaroo-shaped cake after returning to India after the Test series win in Australia out of respect for the opposition. Rahane, who was captain for the last three Tests in the series, received a hero's welcome upon his return to Mumbai and could be seen refusing to cut the cake in visuals from the celebration. ....

The Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Monday with the BSE Sensex surging over 800 points. ....

The rise in the petrol and diesel price has paused for the last couple of days as oil marketing companies have decided to wait and watch the developments on the global oil market before finalising their India retail strategy. ....

Australian cricket team coach Justin Langer's "headmaster-like" approach is not going down well with a number of players in the national team, with allegations of players "being bombarded with statistics and instructions about where to bowl" being levelled against him. ....

Australian opener David Warner on Saturday posted a photo of his daughter wearing India captain Virat Kohli's Test jersey. He also thanked Kohli for gifting the jersey and joked that the latter is his daughter's favourite player, besides himself, and Australia limited overs captain Aaron Finch. ....