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Sydney, June 3 : The Australia WWF Monday released an economic study proposing that Australia could increase its emissions reduction target from 5 to 25 percent by 2020 via the carbon price at very little cost to the economy.

The analysis by Vivid Economics and Monash University found a small additional impact on gross domestic product (GDP) of 0.01 percent, and around 0.06 percent on gross national income.

Seoul, June 3 : South Korea's consumer prices rose 1 percent in May from a year earlier due to a fall in farm goods and oil product prices, a government report showed Monday.

Consumer prices rose 1 percent on-year in May after gaining 1.2 percent in the prior month, according to a report by Statistics Korea.

The figure was the lowest since September 1999 when the prices increased 0.8 percent, and stayed in the 1-percent range for seven straight months, reported Xinhua.

Mumbai, June 3 : Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh says his forthcoming film "Shortcut Romeo", in which he plays a negative character, is a chance for him to take the hatred and vengeance of his character in the 2007 film "Johnny Gaddaar" one step ahead.

In "Johnny Gaddaar", Neil played Vikram, a member of a gang which runs a gambling club and conducts other underhand deals. In the film, his character goes to any extent to make money. Neil's performance was appreciated.

Delhi BJP President Vijay Goel has blamed Congress government alleged nexus with power discoms and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) for the high tariffs in the national capital, and reiterated that BJP would break the nexus and bring down the tariffs in case it was elected to power.

Goel claimed that breaking the nexus would immediately bring down tariffs by 30 per cent and stressed that BJP was committed to do that. He also accused Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of patronizing the unholy nexus.

Mumbai, June 3 : It's been 40 years since Amitabh Bachchan married his "Zanjeer" co-star Jaya. The megastar looks back at the "lifetime" and says god has been kind to give him the family that he has.

Amitabh and Jaya are celebrating their anniversary Monday.

"40 years! 40 years of marriage on the 3rd of June 2013! Jaya and I in marriage for 40 years! A lifetime almost," the 70-year-old posted on his blog srbachchan. tumblr. com.

Rio de Janeiro, June 3 : Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said its domestic oil output climbed 4.2 percent in April compared to the previous month to a daily average of 1.92 million barrels.

In a statement, Petrobras said the figures only included fields where the company is the operator and does not include others where it merely has an ownership stake in a block.