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Experts cheer repo rate cut, budgetary boost for real estate and investments

New Delhi , February 7 (ANI): In a move that is expected to boost residential real estate, business investments, and overall economic growth, experts...

Markets trade higher as RBI cuts policy rate by 25 bps

Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in the positive territory on Friday after the RBI under new Governor...

Banks to have ‘bank.in’ internet domain name, non-banks ‘fin.in’: RBI

Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) In order to check cyber security threats, the Reserve Bank on Friday decided that Indian banks will have exclusive internet...

RBI projects 6.7% growth for FY 26 on better Rabi harvest, tax relief by govt

Among key drivers on demand side, household consumption expected to remain robust aided by Budget tax relief, RBI Guv said.

RBI projects FY26 inflation at 4.2 pc, down from 4.8 pc estimate in 2024-25

Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Friday projected the retail inflation at 4.2 per cent for next financial year beginning April while...

Experts applaud RBI’s repo rate cut as ‘well-timed’ and ‘pro-growth’ measure

New Delhi , February 7 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25...

RBI announces exclusive ‘.bank.in’ domain to tackle financial frauds, expands digital security measures

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , February 7 (ANI): RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has introduced an exclusive '.bank.in' internet domain for Indian banks to combat financial fraud,...

RBI cuts policy rate by 25 bps to 6.25%, first reduction in five years

Rate cut comes within week of Union Budget which provided biggest-ever tax break to middle class to boost consumption after economy slowed to lowest pace since pandemic.

Oil set for third straight weekly decline amid tariff concerns

By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose marginally in Asian trade on Friday but were on track for a third straight week of decline, hurt by U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed trade war

RBI projects GDP growth at 6.7% for FY26; Inflation in FY25 to remain at 4.8%

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , February 7 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India on Friday has projected real GDP growth for FY25 at 6.4 per cent,...

On Camera

How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.