RBI retains repo rate at 6.5 pc, FY25 growth at 7.2 pc

New Delhi (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday decided to maintain the status quo on the repo rate at the current 6.5 per cent, while retaining India's real GDP growth forecast at 7.2 per cent…

BJP trumps Congress in topsy-turvy trends in Haryana

 New Delhi (IANS) The early trends of the Haryana Assembly elections have turned out to be a thriller, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress witnessing a see-saw battle. When counting started at 8 a.m., the Congress took a modest lead over…

Mixed fortunes for Congress, BJP state chiefs in J&K Assembly polls

Srinagar (IANS) It was mixed fortunes for the J&K unit chiefs of the Congress and the BJP in the Assembly elections as results came out on Tuesday. 

While Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra secured 18,933 votes to win the Central Shalateng seat…

PM Modi congratulates Nayab Singh Saini for Haryana poll victory

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for his party's decisive victory in the Assembly elections. 

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar -- the former Haryana CM --…

New India-UAE bilateral treaty to ensure continuity of investment protection: Centre

New Delhi (IANS) The enforcement of the new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between India and the United Arab Emirates will give continuity of investment protection to people from both the countries, the government said on Monday. 

The earlier…

Karachi blast: Death toll mounts to three as China condemns attack on its nationals

Karachi (IANS) Two Chinese were among three killed and around a dozen other people injured in a massive explosion near Karachi airport late Sunday night. 

Confirming the death of Chinese nationals on Monday, the country's embassy in Islamabad…

US scientists awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for microRNA discovery

Stockholm (IANS) The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional…

Swachh Bharat Mission: Garhwa, Jharkhand town becomes open defecation free

Ranchi (IANS) Garhwa, a non-descript town in Jharkhand has joined the list of open defecation centres, adding yet another success story to the Clean India Mission. 

The Swachh Bharat Mission, launched on October 2, 2014, has achieved many milestones…

JMM protests BJP's 'Gogo Didi Yojana'; Hemant Soren orders action against poll rule violations

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has strongly objected to BJP’s 'Gogo Didi Yojana', announced on Saturday, which promises Rs 2,100 every month to women if BJP comes to power in Jharkhand.  

BJP's scheme appears to counter…

'Will win with or without your support': Netanyahu slams Western leaders amid calls for arms embargo

Jerusalem (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron, who in a recent radio interview called for halting the supply of weapons to Israel for its operations in Gaza, saying all "civilized" countries…