Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday retained the inflation forecast for 2023-24 at 5.4 percent, and vowed to take timely measures to prevent any spillovers of global food and fuel price shocks. Stressing that the Reserve Bank has identified high inflation as a major risk to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth, Governor Shaktikanta Das said…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday said India is poised to become the growth engine of the world as it retained the GDP projection for the current fiscal at 6.5 percent. Unveiling the bi-monthly monetary policy review, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said the domestic economy exhibits resilience on the back of…
New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said it has been decided to include PM Vishwakarma under the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme as well as extend the tenure of the scheme by another two years. It is now proposed to extend the PIDF Scheme by a further period of two years,…
Mumbai: Six people, including two minors, were killed and 40 injured after a fire broke out in a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, civic officials said. The blaze started around 3 am at Jay Bhavani building, a ground-plus-seven structure, in Azad Nagar locality of Goregaon West, said an…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said policy consistency, political stability and decisive leadership are essential for the growth and making India the third largest global economy in the years to come. Speaking at the annual day celebrations of the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), the minister said that ‘flip-flop’ policies affect economic…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said anti-terror agencies will have to adopt such ruthless approach that no new terrorist group is formed in the country. Addressing an anti-terror conference here, he also said not only terrorism, but the entire ecosystem of the terrorists has to be destroyed. The home minister said tough decisions…
Amaravati: A local court here on Thursday extended TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s judicial remand in the Skill Development Corporation scam case by a fortnight till October 19. The Anti-Corruption Bureau Court extended Naidu’s remand for the third time today after the second extension of remand ending on Thursday. The court also posted the hearings…
New Delhi: China’s assertiveness is more evident with its rise and India will have to take this aspect into account in its overall “strategic calculus”, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Thursday. Delving into disruptions in global geopolitical order, he also underlined the need for India to continue maintaining “strategic autonomy” in its…
Jodhpur: India’s voice is being heard all over the world today and the Congress has a problem with this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday, accusing the grand old party of beginning to oppose Bharat in its pursuit to oppose the BJP. Addressing a rally here in the poll-bound state, he slammed the Ashok Gehlot government…
Kadapa: A 55-year-old Andhra Pradesh police head constable allegedly shot dead three members of his family – wife and two daughters- and later shot himself to death, an official said on Thursday. The incident, which is entirely due to personal reasons, came to light on Thursday morning and police recovered a suicide note from the…
