New Delhi India’s monetary policy committee voted unanimously to increase the benchmark repo rate for the first time in more than four years, as it tries to fend off rising inflation pressures. The repo rate was raised by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent. The last time this benchmark rate was raised was in January […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with thousands of youngsters who have made it big in the start-up sector and said it is the youth who have turned out to be the “job creators” of the nation. Describing India as a “youthful nation”, Modi said the government is committed to “harnessing of […]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licenses to women weeks ahead of kingdom official lifting a ban on women drivers. On Monday, the kingdom’s general traffic directorate starting replacing internationally driving licenses held by women with Saudi ones throughout the country. According to the SPA, ten women were given national licenses after handing in their […]
New Delhi While Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is leaving no stone unturned to provide quality services to passengers on train, not all efforts are going down well with the company in terms of revenue. For IRCTC to up the food quality in trains, it says it has to bring down the quantity. […]
Hyderabad As they say, There can’t be two swords in one sheath. That’s quite the issue confronting National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand as he grapples with the task of training Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu at different venues. The coach has been training Sindhu and Saina at separate academies over the last few days as they are no longer comfortable training […]
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will now offer voice calling benefits to its broadband customers. The company has rolled out new unlimited voice calling for all of its fibre broadband (FTTH) users in addition to existing broadband tariff plans on its network. Some of the revamped plans offer the voice calling benefit only on […]
NEW DELHI: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India will honour the Ramzan ceasefire but will retaliate to any unprovoked attack. “When it is an unprovoked attack the Army was given the right to retaliate. We honour the ceasefire but of course, a margin was given to us when there is an […]
Riyadh Saudi Arabia has banned frozen and processed fruit and vegetable imports from Kerala amid concerns over the deadly Nipah virus outbreak. The Nipah virus itself can cause encephalitis – a dangerous swelling of the brain – and common symptoms vary from none to elevated fevers, cough, headache, shortness of breath and confusion, the Gulf […]
New Delhi: Amidst Rising bad loans, the government is eying merger of four Public Sector Banks (PSBs) viz Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank Ltd, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Central Bank of India, as per media reports. These PSBs reportedly have a cumulative loss of Rs 21,646.38 crore for the financial year 2017-18, a Mint […]