- Business
ADB cuts India GDP forecast for FY23 to 7.2 pc on Covid
New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday trimmed India’s economic growth forecast for current fiscal year to 7.2 percent from 7.5 percent as pandemic and war impact is weighing down alongside…
- India
Kejriwal and Paatil engage in verbal duel over AAP’s free electricity promise
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gujarat unit chief C R Paatil and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal got into a verbal duel on social media on Thursday over the…
- India
Uranium found beyond permissable limits in 409 groundwater samples: Govt
New Delhi: The occurrence of uranium in groundwater beyond the permissible limits was observed in around 409 samples against 14,377 samples analysed in 18 states, the Jal Shakti Ministry said. Responding to…
- Stock Market
Rupee rises 20 paise to close at 79.85 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee recovered from its all-time low of 80.06 to close 20 paise higher at 79.85 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday following overall weakness in crude oil prices and…
- World
China says ‘progress’ made over ‘early return’ of stranded Indian students
Beijing: China said on Thursday that “progress” has been made in facilitating the return of thousands of Indian students stranded back home due to Beijing’s COVID visa bans and efforts were on…
- India
Medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike
New Delhi: Medical students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, will hold a five-day hunger strike from Saturday over their demand of admission in Indian medical colleges as a one-time measure, according…
- Kashmir
COVID-19: J&K reports 505 new cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continued to see a substantial rise in new Covid cases as 505 fresh infections surfaced on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 4,58,456, officials said. No fatality was…
- India
Court directs Sonia to appear on Aug 3 in suit by Cong member against suspension
Kollam (Kerala): A court in Kerala has directed Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appear in person or through a lawyer, before it on August 3 in a plea filed by a party…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 20 pleas on Gyanvapi mosque, says will await decision of Varanasi judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will await the Varanasi district judge’s decision on the Gyanvapi mosque committee’s application raising objections to the maintainability of the civil suit…
- Politics
BJP has hurt Krishna devotees by imposing GST on milk products: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP government for bringing milk products under Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying it has “hurt” Krishna devotees…
- India
Govt spent Rs 911.17cr on advertisements over last three years
New Delhi: The government spent Rs 911.17 crore on advertisements in newspapers, television channels and web portals in the past three years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Rajya Sabha…
- India
NEET row: 2 more arrested for ‘forcing girl students to remove innerwear’
Kollam: Two more persons, who oversaw the NEET exam held in an educational institution in Kerala, were arrested by police on Thursday for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque case: Next hearing on July 25
Varanasi: The Hindu side on Thursday completed its arguments in the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri temple case in the district court here, which fixed July 25 as the next date of hearing. Arguments…
- India
Rajasthan govt agrees to close down mining sites after sadhu sets himself on fire
Jaipur: The year-and-a-half agitation by seers over illegal stone mining in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur was called off on Thursday after the state government assured to close down the mines in Adi Badrinath and…
- India
Over 26,500 appeals, complaints pending with CIC: Centre
New Delhi: Over 26,500 appeals and complaints are pending with the transparency watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) as on July 18, 2022, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Central Information Commission…
