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The department for the promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) will soon launch a new wholesale price index (WPI), with 2017-18 base year and a revamped product basket, to better capture the structural churns in the economy, DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain told FE.

“The new index will have many more products, which will be reflective of the changes in the economy. The new base year will help improve the quality and representative character of the index. Since there will be more items, the weight assigned to each of them, in most cases, will drop. Prices will be collected from a larger number of establishments as well,” Jain said in an interview.

An Okinawa Praise Pro electric scooter caught fire in Hosur, Tamil Nadu on April 30 while the owner was driving the EV. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), battery maker, and dealer shared exclusive details about the incident and the company is not to be blamed this time. 

It has been discovered that the e-scooter, namely the Okinawa Praise Pro which was purchased last year, had not been brought for service for many months, as reported by IANS. 

"At the time of delivery, customers are informed about EV scooter usage, battery maintenance, and regular preventive services, and the same is also clearly stated in the company's owner's manual. We conduct vehicle health checkup camps and awareness campaigns at regular intervals to ensure the smooth running of the vehicle," the dealer told IANS.

Russia on Sunday said it had struck at weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odesa, news agency Reuters reported. The defence ministry said it used high-precision Onyx missiles to strike the airfield, after Ukraine accused Russia of knocking out a newly constructed runway at the main airport of Odesa.

Firefighters operate at an oil refinery which caught fire following a missile attack near the port city of Odesa in Ukraine. (REUTERS file)

The defence ministry also said its air defence systems had shot down two Ukrainian Su-24m bombers over the Kharkiv region overnight. 

Delhi is an example for all cities to grow while ensuring equity, ecological sustainability and fiscal prudence, said AAP MLA Atishi while addressing the UN General; Assembly today.

Atishi said, “All of us present here come from different cities and countries, but face common challenges, such as how to provide our citizens high quality public services while ensuring equity, ecological sustainability and fiscal prudence.”

She added, “From the early 90s, there has been a growing belief that the provision of education, health care, water, electricity to all citizens is far too expensive, and that governments which provide these services to all citizens end up spending too much and going into debt. So governments, especially in the developing world, have started withdrawing from the services.”

More than a year after India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire along the Line of Control, Indian Army chief General M M Naravane has said that “ceasefire violations along the border are in no one’s interest” and India is “more than keen to have good relations with Pakistan”, but “they (Pakistan) have to first rein in their support to terrorism and attempts to draw international attention to J&K”.

This is the strongest endorsement of the ceasefire between the two countries and a positive articulation from the Indian Army chief, weeks after Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said the situation on the LoC has been “fairly peaceful” the past year and Pakistan stands ready to address the Kashmir issue with India through diplomacy and dialogue.