Mumbai News Live Updates: A day after the Maharashtra government announced reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday termed it as “absolute cheating” and said the ruling dispensation in the state should immediately slash the fuel prices without “fooling the people” anymore. The reduction in price as claimed by the state government is a natural result of the Centre’s decision to cut down excise duty on fuel, Fadnavis said in a series of tweets.
In other news, Maharashtra got its pavilion at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. A delegation from the state government led by Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray are particpating as part of team India to represent Maharashtra’s role in building a five-trillion-dollar economy for the country.
Meanwhile, in the wake of monkeypox cases reported from some countries, the Mumbai civic body has kept a 28-bed ward ready at the Kasturba Hospital here for the isolation of suspected patients, officials said on Monday. As on date, there has been no report of any suspected or confirmed case of Monkeypox in the city, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) public health department said. In an advisory issued about the viral zoonotic disease, the BMC said airport authorities are screening passengers coming from the endemic and non-endemic countries showing outbreaks.
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