Brazilian President announces diesel price cut to end drivers’ strike
Brasilia, May 28: Brazilian President Michel Temer has announced a new reduction in diesel prices to end the transport strike that has paralyzed the country for the past one week.
Temer's administration on Sunday decided to cut the diesel price by 0.46 reais (about $0.13) per liter and freeze it for 60 days, after the truckers' refusal to accept the 30-day diesel price freeze that had been agreed on May 24, reports Efe news.
In the first agreement, the price had been reduced by 0.23 reais.
The new diesel price will be valid for 60 days without any change. After that, monthly adjustments will be made so that each truck driver can better plan their freight costs.
In order to lower the diesel price, the government will waive one of the taxes imposed on fuel, which will eventually decrease the price by almost 20 per cent.
In addition, truckers will also be exempted from paying road tolls for trucks that travel empty and with some of their their axles lifted, and the government will also establish a minimum price for road freight.
The new measures were announced late Sunday night by Temer himself via a national radio and television network after a full day of negotiations at the Planalto presidential palace.
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Tumakuru: The Karnataka Police have arrested two women, aged 23 and 27, on charges of honey trapping a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Tumakuru.
According to a report by The Indian Express, BJP leader Annappa Swamy claimed that he was befriended by one of the women on Facebook, who introduced herself as a beautician. Their conversations later shifted to a land deal, and intimate exchanges followed.
Swamy alleged that the woman threatened to expose their conversations unless he met her in person. They then met at a lodge, where consensual sex took place, but the accomplices of the woman recorded them, the report added.
The suspects allegedly demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh, threatening to release the recordings. The complainant has alleged that after paying Rs 70,000, he was allowed to leave with the agreement to pay the remaining amount later.
Ashok K V, Superintendent of Police, Tumakuru, said that although the women have been arrested, two male collaborators of the accused were absconding.
Police official suggested that Swamy, being a wealthy individual, was targeted by the gang for the honey trap.
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