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Oil marketing companies have cut the price of 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinders by Rs 58.50, effective 1 July. In Delhi, this brings the new price down to Rs 1,665 per cylinder.— ANI (@ANI) LPG price cut in JulyEarlier, in June, oil firms had announced a Rs 24 cut for commercial cylinders, setting the rate at Rs 1,723.50. In April, the price stood at Rs 1,762. February saw a small Rs 7 reduction, but March reversed this slightly with a Rs 6 increase.A company official said, “The rate of 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinders has been reduced by Rs 58.50, effective from today.” For small businesses, this cut brings much-needed relief. Hotels, restaurants and other commercial users rely heavily on this fuel for their daily operations.However, households will see no change in their
U.S. manufacturing remained sluggish in June, with new orders subdued and prices paid for inputs creeping higher, suggesting that the Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods continued to hamper businesses' ability to plan ahead. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Tuesday that its manufacturing PMI nudged up to 49.0 last month from a six-month low of 48.5 in May. It was the fourth straight month that the PMI was below the 50 mark, which indicates contraction in the sector that accounts for 10.2% of the economy. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the PMI little changed at 48.8. The survey joined weak data on the housing market, consumer spending and swelling unemployment rolls that have suggested the economy's underlying momentum slowed further in the second qu
Look out for random alphabets scribbled on a piece of paper or long strings of what may seem like gibberish, sprinkled with alpha numerals. Watch out for ‘wallet.dat’ or 'key.dat' files and pen drives tucked in closets. Gently remind a person of interest of possible imprisonment for holding back passwords they have memorised instead of jotting them down somewhere -- a trick that techies call ‘brain wallets’.As cryptocurrencies are increasingly used to store and hide wealth, tips like these are being passed on by the Income tax (I-T) department to its investigators to trace and freeze this complex, little-understood digital asset. Tax officials, many of whom are probably innocent of cryptos, are being groomed to spot the clues they may stumble upon during a search and seizure operat
