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No rate cut yet, but falling inflation keeps hopes alive

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the policy repo rate steady at 5.5% in its August monetary policy review, with all six members of the Monetary Policy Committee voting unanimousl... Read More


Donald Trump announces additional 25 pct tariffs on India, total goes up to 50 pct; MEA calls move 'extremely unfortunate'

India, Aug. 6 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced an extra 25 percent tariff on India as 'penalty' for the continued purchase of Russian crude oil. He vowed similar actions against ot... Read More


RBI plays safe with policy pause; markets mixed as rate path stays cloudy

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday kept the repo rate steady at 5.5% and retained a neutral policy stance, with analysts divided over the central bank's continued silence on forw... Read More


Muhammad Yunus to ask Election Commission to host Bangladesh general polls in February

India, Aug. 6 -- Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said he will ask the Election Commission to organise the general polls in February next year. He announced the possible ... Read More


Pakistan: 71 dead, 86 injured in KP rains, flash floods amid raging Monsoon

India, Aug. 6 -- The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said 71 people, mostly children, died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Paktunkhwa, media reports said. The figure shared... Read More


New Delhi hosts first BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival

India, Aug. 6 -- The first BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival was organised at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Monday. "This first large scale cultural event of BIMSTEC was in fulfilment of the announ... Read More


Ruling party wants to trap us with so many legal hassles: Vivek Agnihotri slams TMC over FIRs filed against The Bengal Files team

India, Aug. 6 -- Director Vivek Agnihotri has responded to the legal actions initiated against his movie The Bengal Files by members of the Trinamool Congress party and accused the West Bengal governm... Read More


RBI keeps repo rate steady at 5.5% as effects of past cuts unfold

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said the Central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold the repo rate at 5.5% in its August revi... Read More


PM Narendra Modi to visit China for first time since 2020 Galwan conflict

India, Aug. 6 -- Indian PM Narendra Modi will visit China later this month, his first trip to the neighbouring nation since the 2020 Galwan clash, media reports said. Ahead of visiting China, Modi wi... Read More


Tamil Nadu: Mother saves lives of premature infants by donating 300 litres of breast milk

India, Aug. 6 -- A mother came out in support of hundreds of premature and critically ill infants whom she will never meet by donating more than 300 litres of breast milk. The woman, who made the hum... Read More