Category: India News

Rupee ends flat against US dollar

Mumbai, Aug 13:  The Indian rupee reversed all its intra-day losses to close almost flat at 74.24 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a strong rally in domestic equities. Besides, a weak American currency against its major rivals and lower crude prices also helped the rupee […]

Indian state launches assault on drugs as UN warns of Bangladesh-like crisis

Summary UN body warns India’s northeast facing risk of surge in meth use Assam launches big assault on drugs under new chief minister Assam says drug trade in and via state worth millions of dollars Opposition alleges human rights abuse; ties with neighbour sour GUWAHATI, India, Aug 12 […]

India recovery not yet at point for pulling back liquidity -finance minister

NEW DELHI, Aug 12 – Indian economy has not reached the level where the central bank can begin pulling back liquidity as Asia’s third largest economy is still recovering from the shock of two major waves of coronavirus, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. “I am glad […]

Indian rocket fails to launch earth observation satellite

BENGALURU, Aug 12 – An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to fire fully on Thursday, the state-run space agency said, in a setback for the country’s space programme. The satellite, meant for quick monitoring of natural disasters such as cyclones, cloudbursts and thunderstorms, was […]

Arjuna Awardee para shuttler moves Delhi HC against non-selection for Tokyo games

New Delhi, Aug 9 : Arjuna Awardee para shuttler Raj Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court against his non-selection for the mixed doubles badminton event in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, which the court Thursday said will be heard on August 10. Justice Rekha Palli deferred hearing on the […]

Lok Sabha adjourns sine die

New Delhi, Aug 11:  Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, bringing an end to the stormy Monsoon session. Opposition protests over the Pegasus snooping row, farm laws and other issues had continuously marred the proceedings since the start of the session on July 19. The Question […]

Man sentenced to life for murdering, sodomising boy

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 11:  A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering a boy after sodomising him. Special Judge, Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on the convict Sonu. […]

COVID-19: Active cases in country lowest in 140 days

New Delhi, Aug 11:  India logged 38,353 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,36,511, while the active cases have declined to 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to […]

India’s daily COVID-19 cases near five-month low

NEW DELHI, Aug 10 – India reported on Tuesday 28,204 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16, according to government data. India’s overall case load touched 32 million, the health ministry data showed. Overall deaths in the country increased by 373 overnight, pushing […]

India’s retail inflation likely cooled to 5.78% in July – Reuters poll

Summary reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=INCPIY%3DECI poll data for retail inflation CPI and industrial output data due Aug. 12 at 1200 GMT BENGALURU, Aug 10 – India’s retail inflation likely slowed to a three-month low in July, bringing it back within the central bank’s target range, on falling food prices and an […]

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