INDIA STATES TIMES NEWS DESK
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- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is unable to reduce petrol and diesel prices as it’s burdened by interest payments of oil bonds that the UPA government issued to companies.
- India will repatriate Afghan Hindus and Sikhs amid the Taliban’s takeover and bring them to India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said.
- Delhi reported 27 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest number of cases since April 15 last year. No COVID-19 related deaths were reported from the national capital in the last 24 hours.
- Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will visit Uttarakhand’s Dehradun on Tuesday and address party workers.
- A special Indian Air Force-operated evacuation flight to Kabul returned to India today with at least 45 personnel and some equipment, reports said.
- The Uttarakhand government on Monday extended the COVID-19 curfew in the state from 6 am on August 17 to 6 am on August 24.
- Amid unrest in parts of Meghalaya, petrol bombs were hurled at the residence of CM Conrad Sangma on Sunday night.
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