The Reserve Bank of India hiked its key lending rate by a more modest 35 basis points to 6.25 percent, citing slowing inflation after three consecutive 50-bps (basis points) increases to manage price pressures that have remained persistently above the upper end of its target band. The monetary policy committee (MPC), which is made up … Read more
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on Wednesday, got its first transgender councillor after Aam Aadmi Party’s Bobby Kinnar won the civic polls from the Sultanpuri-A ward. READ | Delhi MCD Election Results: AAP gets majority, ends BJP’s rule in civic body Bobby (38) was given a ticket from Sultanpuri A (ward 43) seat. … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it has the power to examine the manner in which the decision for demonetization was taken adding that the judiciary cannot fold its hands and sit just because it is an economic policy decision. The court’s remarks came when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) counsel … Read more
Mumbai: Sara Ali Khan will soon be seen romancing Aditya Roy Kapoor in an upcoming romantic film ‘Metro…In Dino’. Producer Bhushan Kumar and ace director Anurag Basu have joined forces for an anthology ‘Metro… In Dino’. While the music will be scored by Pritam, the film will boast an ensemble cast of Aditya Roy Kapur, … Read more
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party crossed the halfway mark gaining a majority in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections on Wednesday, thus uprooting the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 15-year-long rule in the city’s civic body. According to the latest data shared by the Election Commission, the AAP won 126 wards out of 250 so … Read more
The season of warmness and laziness is loved by many of us. We get busy attending various functions, family get-to-gather, and festivals in winter. We have plenty of options to celebrate this season due to its warmness. Though winters come with loads of joy, it create several safety risks for us. Recognizing and preventing those … Read more
Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban government indicated Tuesday — even though they have been banned from classrooms since the former insurgents took over the country last year. According to two documents from the Taliban ministry of education, obtained by … Read more
An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides. The penalty was less than a regulator wanted. READ | India is the world’s largest democracy, home to great diversity of faiths: US The Australian arm of the … Read more
Bangkok: Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy will look to display fearless brand of badminton against the best in the business in his quest for glory on his maiden BWF World Tour Finals appearance, here from Wednesday. With double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu skipping the event due to an injury, Prannoy will be the lone … Read more
Mumbai: Malaika Arora talked at length about her first marriage with Arbaaz Khan and her current relationship with actor Arjun Kapoor in the first episode of her reality show Moving In With Malaika. During her interaction with director Farah Khan, Malaika was asked if she is planning to tie the knot again. To this, she … Read more
IIT Madras researchers have created a device, ‘Ocean Wave Energy Converter’, to generate electricity from sea waves and the trials have already been successfully completed in the second week of November 2022. The device was placed at a depth of 20 metres around 6 kilometres off the coast of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Within the next … Read more
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to deploy female umpires for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2022, according to a report in the Indian express. Vrinda Rathi, Janani Narayanan and Gayathri Venugopalan will be the trio who will be standing from the second-round onwards as India’s domestic season reaches its peak … Read more
Kirstie Alley, the two-time Emmy-winning actress who rose to fame in her role on the hit TV series ‘Cheers’, died on Monday after a short battle with cancer, her representative told Reuters. She was 71. READ | Elon Musk could be half Chinese: Kanye West after Twitter suspension Her death was also confirmed through a … Read more
Vivek Agnihotri, the director of ‘The Kashmir Files’, on Monday, took to Twitter and lamented once again the remarks by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who called his film ‘vulgar’ and ‘propaganda’. Agnihotri posted a series of tweets after a terrorist outfit allegedly threatened Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley once again. READ | The Kashmir … Read more
Scholarships are a blessing for meritorious students who may be financially weak. Not only can they give you the opportunity of studying in top-notch colleges and universities, but also give you access to peers who challenge you along with brilliant mentors, and even industry experts at times. Scholarships can be general or specific to certain … Read more