Islamabad: Pakistan has missed three out of the five targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the second review of the USD 7 billion bailout package, a media report said on Wednesday. According to a fiscal operations summary released by the Ministry of Finance, the provinces fell short of saving the targeted PKR…
Washington: In a significant development, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed an additional 25% tariffs on India over Russian oil. With this the total tariff on India increased to 50%. Notably, Trump signed a nine-section order while outlining the details of various aspects, such as the background, the tariffs, the scope of duties, and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan, the first of the ten upcoming Common Central Secretariat buildings to house the bureaucracy. The ambitious project is aimed at bringing ministries and departments under one roof for efficiency. Kartavya Bhavan-03, the first to be inaugurated, will house the Home Affairs, External Affairs, Rural…
London: Scientists from the UK have been able to recreate extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space and said the unstable behaviour of water revealed can help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity across celestial bodies in the solar system. In the near-zero pressure environment of space, water reacts very differently from how…
Bilaspur: A tragic accident occurred at the NTPC power plant in Sipat, Chhattisgarh, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to four others on Wednesday (August 6). The incident unfolded when a trolley, reportedly used for industrial purposes inside the plant, suddenly fell, trapping several workers underneath. According to officials, the trolley collapse…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China from August 31 to September 1 for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. This will be his first trip to Beijing since the Galwan clash in 2020. Before visiting China for the SCO summit, PM Modi will first visit Japan on August 30, where he will participate…
New Delhi: A 28-member group of tourists, comprising natives of Kerala, including 20 settled in Maharashtra, has gone missing following catastrophic mudslides triggered by a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday (August 5). Relatives reported that the tourists last made contact as they set out from Uttarkashi to Gangotri, a route that was later…
Mumbai: After three successive interest cuts, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday decided to keep policy rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and retained the neutral stance, weighed by concerns over tariff uncertainties. Announcing the third bi-monthly monetary policy of the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the growth rate projection for FY26 has…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. “Rahul Gandhi ji appeared before the court…
New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers, and chemicals. Trump made the comments on Tuesday while responding to a question on India’s statement on American imports of these commodities. “I don’t know anything about it. I’d have to check, but we’ll get…
