MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves declined for the first time in eight weeks, falling by $3.7 billion to $701.2 billion in the week ended Oct 4, according to RBI data. Despite the decline, reserves remained above the $700 billion level.The fall comes after reserves reached a record high of $704.9 billion in the week ending…
MUMBAI: Noel Tata, Ratan Tata’s half-brother, has been appointed chairman of the influential Tata Trusts, granting him indirect control over the $165-billion Tata Group, which operates in 100 countries, reports .Ratan, who chaired the Trusts for three decades, did not designate a successor. Noel, who is half-French and an Irish citizen, was already a trustee…
Underlining a “collective desire for restoration of peace and stability in West Asia and Eurasia as soon as possible”, PM Modi iterated that “solutions cannot be found in battlefields”, and that India, in fulfilling its responsibilities as a “vishwabandhu”, would continue to make every effort to contribute to peace efforts.“I come from the land of…
PM Modi with Justin Trudeau There was no substantive discussion between PM Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in Vientiane, govt sources said, adding while India attaches importance to relations with Canada, these cannot be repaired till Ottawa takes verifiable action against Khalistan separatists.Trudeau had earlier said he had a brief exchange with…
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav was stopped on Friday from visiting Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow on security grounds on the socialist ideologue’s birth anniversary, prompting the SP president to garland a bust of the Loknayak (people’s hero) temporarily placed outside his house amid an outcry against Uttar Pradesh’s Bharatiya Janata…
PRAYAGRAJ: A husband or a wife demanding sex from the other does not constitute cruelty, Allahabad HC said while dismissing a dowry and torture case filed against a Noida resident by his estranged spouse as one motivated by “sexual incompatibility” between the couple.“If a man would not demand sexual favours from his wife and vice-versa,…
RAIPUR: A three-year-old leopard, caught in a wire trap, gasped to an agonising death on Thursday as foresters stood watching for 12 hours, waiting for tranquiliser darts to be transported to the site in Chhattisgarh‘s Mohla Manpur, reports Partha Behera.By the time it was rescued and taken to Nandanvan Jungle Safari in Nava Raipur, 160km…
Government is pushing ahead with the rice fortification scheme, which will cost over Rs 17,000 crore, but two members of PM’s economic advisory council (EAC-PM) have written articles or papers citing consumption survey data to argue that fortification may not be the best way to tackle anaemia among women and children. This is in line…
AGRA: A 35-year-old woman who had hired a hitman to kill her 17-year-old daughter as she was “fed up with the teen’s behaviour” ended up being murdered by the man. He turned out to be the girl’s lover. The matter came to light after the older woman’s body was found in a field under Jasrathpur…
Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar clarified that he left a cabinet meeting early to attend a farmers’ event in Latur and denied any friction with CM Eknath Shinde. Opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar criticized the government, alleging attempts to sideline Pawar. Important financial decisions were reportedly made in his absence. MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar…
