Oil marketing companies have reduced the price of aviation turbine fuel for international flights by 27%. With this, the rates of jet fuel for international operations have come down to levels similar to those for domestic flights.Jet fuel for domestic flights currently costs Rs 104,927 per kilolitre in New Delhi. This has been kept unchanged in June for the second consecutive month after airlines urged the oil marketing companies not to hike rates further till the end of the war in West Asia.The war has pushed up global oil prices and led to airspace restrictions that have increased operating costs. Aviation turbine fuel accounts for about 40% of an airline’s operating expenses. Read on.The price of a 19 kg commercial liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was increased by Rs 42, bringing its cost in Delhi to Rs 3,113.5. Prices of domestic cooking gas cylinders are unchanged.Additionally, prices of 5 kg Free Trade LPG cylinders were raised by Rs 11, taking the retail price in Delhi to Rs 821.5. Free Trade 5 kg LPG cylinders are designed for easy purchase without mandatory address proof and are primarily used by migrants in urban and semi-urban areas. Read on. How Modi has recast a decade of policy failures as an opportunity for citizens to make sacrifices, writes Vishal R ChoradiyaAbhijeet Dipke, the founder of satirical political campaign Cockroach Janta Party, said that he will return to India on June 6 and launch a peaceful protest seeking the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. A 30-year-old political communications strategist who was part of the Aam Aadmi Party’s social media team, Dipke lives in the United States.He has called for Pradhan’s resignation in the wake of the cancellation of the undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for medical college admissions following allegations of a paper leak. Students and job seekers have also alleged irregularities in the Class 12 exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Staff Selection Commission test for government posts. Read on. Why INDIA bloc is welcoming the Cockroach Janta Party – but Congress is not, reports Anant GuptaThe Trinamool Congress expelled MLAs Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay and Sandipan Saha on charges of “anti-party activities”. This came minutes after West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed that they had complained about the signatures of TMC MLAs being forged on a party letter endorsing Sovondeb Chattopadhyay as the leader of opposition in the Assembly.After the action against him, Saha claimed that the TMC “supports those who do unethical things” and expels those who act ethically. “We did not even know that a signature in an attendance register would be passed off as a signature on a proposal,” he claimed. Read on.If you haven’t already, sign up for our Daily Brief newsletter.