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High-interest rates sacrifice growth: RBI monetary policy member Varma favoured rate cut

New Delhi , April 19 (ANI): Professor Jayanth R Varma, one of the six members of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy...

Blockchain technology to transform healthcare in India

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , April 19 (ANI): In response to India's urgent healthcare challenges, IIT Bombay and Blockchain for Impact (BFI) have established a strategic...

Food prices a challenge for final descent in inflation: RBI policy minutes

New Delhi , April 19 (ANI): Pressure in food prices has been interrupting the ongoing disinflation process in India, and posing challenges for the...

Inflation remains main concern against rate cuts: RBI policy minutes

New Delhi , April 19 (ANI): Inflation continues to remain the main concern for the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee members before...

Oil slips after Iran plays down reported Israeli attack

By Noah Browning and Deep Kaushik Vakil (Reuters) - Oil slipped on Friday following an earlier price spike of more than $3 after Iran played down reported Israeli attacks on its soil, in a sign that

India’s forex exchange reserves decline after seven-week rise

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , April 19 (ANI): India's foreign exchange reserves declined in the week that ended on April 12, after having risen for the...

Rush to Swiss franc and yen calms after Iran plays down Israeli strike

By Harry Robertson and Rae Wee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Currency markets settled into an uneasy calm on Friday after the Swiss franc and Japanese yen jumped on reports that Israel had attacked Iran

Stocks off two-month low as fear of Middle East escalation eases

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares hit a two-month low on Friday after Israel's attack on Iran triggered a rush into safe haven bonds and gold, lifting Wall Street's 'fear index' to its

Escalating Middle East tensions a fresh jolt to world markets

By Lucy Raitano and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Reports of an Israeli attack on Iranian soil that possibly drags the Middle East into a deeper conflict has jolted world markets with

India’s Tata Group seeks waiver from listing NBFC, Bloomberg News reports

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian conglomerate Tata Group has sought a formal waiver from the central bank to avoid listing Tata Sons, its holding company and non-banking finance firm, on stock exchanges,

On Camera

Why the future of cars does not look electrified

Making a jump from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is the kind of romantic prospect that would appeal to India, which jumped from a shortage of landline phones to an abundance of smartphones.

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.