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RBI at fork in the road, experts back chasing headline inflation

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- India's central bank is facing a crucial question: Should it continue to target headline inflation, even when volatile food prices are largely beyond its control? The answer, acc... Read More


Saturday Feeling: How street dogs inspire art, Gen Z toys with micro-retirement, and other stories to read this weekend

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- I was chatting with another journalist about this week's Lounge stories-which came from the team trying, and failing, to imagine a city without community dogs following Supreme C... Read More


The week in charts: India's RCEP re-entry, job cuts at banks, GST revamp, ethanol blending debate

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- From the Centre's proposed ban on online gaming to India's possible return to an eastern trade bloc, a slowdown in private banks' hiring, and a reboot of the GST regime-here are ... Read More


Dutch foreign minister resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel

Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned, after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza. Veldkamp had informed the country's Parliament he i... Read More


Family in distress as pregnant Bengal woman, kin land in Bangladeshi jail after 'pushback'

India, Aug. 23 -- Family members of the eight-month-old pregnant woman from Birbhum in West Bengal, who was allegedly "pushed back" into Bangladesh, don't know that she, her husband, and child are beh... Read More


"Rahul Gandhi and Congress have no respect in Bihar," says Jan Suraaj's Prashant Kishor

Vaishali, Aug. 23 -- Jan Suraaj Founder Prashant Kishor took a sharp dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said he has 'no respect' in Bihar and that the Congress party is just a follower of the RJD... Read More


BMC releases draft ward formation plan for 2025 civic polls

India, Aug. 23 -- In a key step towards the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the civic body has released the draft ward formation plan for public scrutiny. The document, al... Read More


Telangana speaker issues notice to 10 defected BRS MLAs

Hyderabad, Aug. 23 -- Following the Supreme Court's direction, the Telangana Assembly Speaker, G Prasad Kumar, on Saturday, August 23, issued notices to the ten defected BRS MLAs. On July 31, the top... Read More


Is the new online gaming bill aimed at keeping the poor out?

India, Aug. 23 -- India's parliament just told its poor that their dreams are illegal. Amid much sound and fury, lawmakers passed the Online Gaming Bill. The ruling benches claimed they were "protecti... Read More


अधीक्षण अभियंता को जूतों से पीटा, बिजली दफ्तर में BJP नेता ने किया हमला, VIDEO वायरल

नई दिल्ली, अगस्त 23 -- बलिया में शनिवार को बेहद चौंकाने वाली घटना सामने आई है। यहां बिजली विभाग के दफ्तर में घुसकर एक भाजपा नेता ने अधीक्षण अभियंता (एसई) लाल जी सिंह की जूते से पिटाई कर दी। अचानक हुए ... Read More