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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicRBI rate cut

Topic: RBI rate cut

RBI’s 5th repo rate cut this year decade’s lowest, making home and auto loans cheaper

The repo rate cut, the 5th in a year the economy has seen a slowdown, is aimed at pushing up consumption during festival season by lowering borrowing costs.

RBI has done its bit to boost India’s economic growth, now the govt needs to do its share

The govt should restore Department of Economic Affairs’ role of pushing for reform & productivity growth by looking beyond short-term & sectoral issues.

Sensex slump by 286 points after RBI slashes lending rate & lowers growth projection

Markets witnessed some choppy trade, with the 30-share BSE index settling 286.35 points. The broader NSE Nifty also fell 92.75 points

RBI governor Das says economy in a ‘cyclical and not structural’ slowdown

With the deeper repo rate cut, RBI expects more lending rate cuts by the banks in the coming weeks, leading to growth reviving in the second half

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.