Latest News, Updates & Breaking Headlines
NEW DELHI: While asserting that Indian macroeconomic fundamentals are strong and tax cuts will help boost private sector investment, Anant Goenka, the newly elected Ficci president and vice-chairman of the RPG Group, on Tuesday suggested that the Reserve Bank of India should lower interest rates.“The situation is ripe for a rate cut. Inflation was better…
Experts sound red alert as Delhi air turns ‘life-threatening’ NEW DELHI: As capital wakes up each morning to skies the colour of ash and an AQI brushing the ‘severe’ zone, scientists, doctors, parents and protest groups warn that Delhi’s pollution crisis has now crossed into a life-threatening public health emergency. Despite stubble-burning contributing only a…
US President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on India’s exports to the US. (AI image) India and the US may soon agree on a trade deal, a senior Donald Trump administration official has said. However, Kevin Hassett who is the National Economic Council Director under the Trump administration has noted that the situation is…
Scenes around the explosion area (AP) The United States on Monday said it is closely tracking developments following the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station, which killed at least eight people and injured several others.“We are aware of the explosion near Red Fort in Delhi. We are closely monitoring the situation and stand…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken stock of the incident, after a car blast near Red Fort rocked the national capitial on Monday evening, as per government sources. He was briefed by home minster Amit Shah on the situation.At least eight people and 24 have been injured in the blast. The cause is…
Donald Trump felt “badly” for the UK royal family after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was stripped of his titles and called the situation “tragic.“He made the remarks when asked by an AFP reporter aboard Air Force One about the recent saga. “It’s a terrible thing that’s happened to the family,” Trump…
NEW DELHI: With NDA and Mahagathbandhan engaged in a game of one-upmanship, Bihar’s weak fiscal situation is set to turn precarious no matter which alliance wins the assembly polls on November 14. Bihar is already in the category of worst-performing states, fiscally, along with Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Prohibition, in force for almost a…
Blake Lively’s situation worsens.(Image via Getty Images, Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have maintained their distance from Blake Lively ever since the actress found herself in a scandalous legal mess with her former co-star, Justin Baldoni. While Blake Lively deals with her reported fallout with Taylor Swift, it seems things have gotten…
Leading Marathi actress Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya MUMBAI: Leading Marathi actor Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya, the man who took 17 children, a 75-year-old grandmother, and a studio staffer hostage inside a Powai recording studio on Thursday.In an Instagram post, she said she had been contacted…
Kane Williamson is yet to make a decision on his New Zealand future past the three-match ODI series against England set to commence on Sunday (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) Veteran New Zealand batter Kane Williamson has said discussions about his availability for the rest of the home summer are ongoing as he prepares to…
