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Lucknow, Feb 25 (PTI) There is no proposal to reduce tax on petrol and diesel as revenue is needed to ensure betterment of health services and other development works due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Thursday.

23 Feb 2021; MEMO: A top Hamas member demanded Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority disclose details of an agreement it signed with Egypt regarding a natural gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported.

23 Feb 2021; MEMO: Since the restart of exploratory talks between Turkey and Greece this year, Greece has continued to escalate tension in the region, Anadolu reported sources from Turkish National Defence Ministry saying yesterday.

According to the sources, Greece "has carried out many activities from exercises to submarine missions aimed at escalating tension in the Aegean, and continued its uncompromising attitude."

22 Feb 2021; MEMO: Russia and the UAE have completed a deal that will see the Emirates' Tawazun company buy a 50 per cent stake in Russian helicopter manufacturer VR-Technologies, RT reported yesterday.

VR-Technologies is a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters and was set up in 2014 to develop helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

Kanpur: Fare increased threefold in the name of a special express train running between Kanpur Central and Charbagh railway station in Lucknow.

Daily commuters usually travelling by MEMU are now coughing up the extra fare beyond their imagination. Like a spiral hike in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, the railways too has given a jolt to the MEMU train passengers.

If the previous fare up to Charbagh was 20 rupees it has gone up to forty-five rupees now.

21 Feb 2021; MEMO: The Turkish president on Saturday said that Ankara is keen to "strengthen" cooperation with Washington following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the new US president, Anadolu Agency reports.

"We want to further strengthen our cooperation with the new US administration on a win-win basis in the long term," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a video message sent to an event which marked the launch of a TV channel by the Turkish American National Steering Committee or TASC.

21 Feb 2021; MEMO: Pressures in relations between Russia and the West have recently become so strained that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of the possibility of a complete break in ties, reports Anadolu Agency.

In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Andrey Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council, a Moscow-based academic and diplomatic think tank established upon a presidential decree, assessed how real the threat is and what consequences it could lead to.

19 Feb 2021; MEMO: Turkey's defence industry has hired one of the United States' most prestigious law firms in efforts to re-enter into the F-35 fighter jet programme it was kicked out of almost two years ago.

New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India stating that the centre and states need to work closely to boost economic growth.

Addressing the Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, the Prime Minister said that the private sector should be given full opportunity to become a part of government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme.

Jaipur, Feb 20 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said fuel prices have been increasing for 11 days and the common man is suffering as a result of "wrong" economic policies of the Centre.

In a series of tweets, Gehlot targeted the Centre and cleared his stand on the rumours that Rajasthan levies highest tax on fuel prices.