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Mumbai: Reserve Bank Wednesday raised its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year by 40 basis points to 7.1 per cent, while cautioning that lingering global geopolitical tensions could pose a risk to the economic outlook. Unveiling the October bi-monthly monetary policy, Governor Sanjay...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 per cent Wednesday, its first increase in nearly four years, and signalled that further hikes could follow as rising inflation and a weakening currency prompt a policy...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and their supporters for allegedly forcibly entering Akashvani Bhawan during the Opposition's march against the CEC October 6, officials said Wednesday. The FIR was registered after police received...

Accra: India and Ghana have discussed multilateral cooperation and Delhi's deepening engagement with the African Union and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Ghanaian counterpart Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa. Jaishankar, who arrived in Ghana on Tuesday on the...

United Nations: Rejecting the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's remarks regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi's actions against terror infrastructure in Pakistan, India said the group is "unable to distinguish between the victim and perpetrator". Lok Sabha MP from West Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb delivered India's...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Shri Vinayaka Temple in New Delhi Wednesday to mark the completion of 25 years as head of government and renewed his pledge to serve the country with utmost dedication. Modi has been continuously serving as...

New Delhi: Tremors were felt in Delhi and adjoining areas late Tuesday after a 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS) -- the nodal government agency monitoring earthquake activity -- the epicentre was located at a depth of...

Dubai: Indian Captain Smit Machchhar is making "steady progress" and is "regaining his health", the Indian Embassy in the UAE said Tuesday. On flydubai flight FZ1073 Wednesday, Machchhar was attacked by his co-pilot, an Omani citizen, with a crash axe, typically kept in the cockpit...

Accra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Ghana Tuesday on the first leg of his three-nation tour to African countries to explore ways to shore up bilateral ties in trade and investment, and infrastructure development. "Delighted to arrive in Accra, Ghana today. Appreciate the...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders, who were detained after their over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan premises, were released by police a little after 10 pm, the party said. The leaders were taken to Kingsway Camp police lines after being...