NEW DELHI – India’s Hindu festival of Holi was subdued on Tuesday with fears of the coronavirus putting a damper on the usually boisterous celebration marked by the throwing of coloured powder and dousing with dyed water. The two-day spring festival is a rowdy explosion of colour, with […]
New Delhi, Mar 10: Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury on Tuesday said ideology did not matter to Jyotiraditya Scindia, and claimed that “political convenience” and “personal ambition” played a major part in his decision to quit the party. Chowdhury alleged that some sort of “allurement and enticement” offered by the […]
Bhopal, Mar 10: The number of MLAs who have resigned from the Congress in Madhya Pradesh climbed to 20 on Tuesday afternoon with another legislator quitting the ruling party, sources said. While 19 MLAs, most of them believed to be loyal to expelled party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, have sent […]
NEW DELHI – A fall in global crude oil prices will likely reduce inflationary pressures in India, a senior government adviser said on Monday, paving the way for further central bank easing as the coronavirus outbreak hits economic activity. Saudi Arabia slashed its oil prices over the weekend […]
BENGALURU – India’s retail inflation likely cooled from recent highs to a three month low in February, due to moderating food prices, but remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s target band, a Reuters poll of economists found. Inflation eased to 6.80%, significantly lower than January’s 7.59%, according […]
BENGALURU – Indian stocks on Monday recorded their worst single-day fall in more than four years, tracking global markets lower, as panic over the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak intensified and oil prices plummeted. The NSE Nifty 50 index closed down 4.90% at 10,451.45, its worst daily […]
LUCKNOW, India – The top court in India’s most populous state ordered authorities on Monday to remove large displays of the names, pictures and addresses of dozens of anti-government protesters, amid fears that they encourage attacks by vigilante mobs. The government of Uttar Pradesh in northern India put […]
MUMBAI/HONG KONG – The unexpected writedown of some bonds issued by crisis-hit Indian lender Yes Bank Ltd as part of a state-led rescue is set to raise borrowing costs and make capital-raising tougher for other banks, investors and analysts said. The take over of Yes Bank by India’s […]
MUMBAI – An Indian court on Sunday remanded the founder and former managing director of crisis-hit Yes Bank Ltd (YESB.NS) in police custody until March 11 after he was arrested on money-laundering charges. India’s Enforcement Directorate, the country’s federal financial crime agency, arrested Rana Kapoor early on Sunday […]
With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is a feminist powerhouse in a male-dominated industry. But her true ambition is to create an environmentally sustainable company, she says. “Sometimes I wish I could just give up […]
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