On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. The rate has remained unchanged for the ninth time running. The reverse repo rate also remains unchanged at…
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Modi government of selling India’s assets. She also alleged that the government was insensitive towards farmers and appealed to the party to honour the farmers who were killed during the protest that has lasted for over a year now. “Let’s honour…
The search company of residents from Oting village that reached the spot of shooting near the Longkhao stream after hearing the sounds of gunfire believes that there was an attempt to stage the dead civilians. Family members of Shomwang, one of the deceased persons, said that he was found half-naked, and some of the…
Portugal was the first European country to alter its remote working rules as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The new law passed by the Portuguese Parliament that imposes fines on employers for contacting employees outside working hours, will uphold the rights of remote workers and protect their family…
There is little doubt that the repeal of the three contentious farm laws that were hastily passed in September last year is a victory for the farming community, and the triumph justly connotes the popular saying, “Farmers are the backbone of the Indian economy.” However, the about turn made by Prime Minister…
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Ltd (MSEDCL) Tuesday cited arrears above Rs 70,000 crore and asked its consumers to pay their bills regularly. Also known as Mahavitaran, the state-owned discom in a statement said, “An electricity bill is not a government tax or tax levied by the local self government…
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has written to all regional heads that the revenue share percentage for RT-PCR and Rapid RT-PCR tests at airports should be withdrawn. The letter dated December 6 is signed by the executive director of operations, VA Chourey. Under the present arrangement, a percentage of the fee…
Airline SpiceJet is set to be liquidated to pay more than $21 million owed in debt to Switzerland-based firm Credit Suisse AG. The Madras High Court on Monday directed the official liquidator to take over SpiceJet assets and start the process of winding up. SpiceJet had entered into a contract for maintenance, repair…
Taking a dig at the Samajwadi Party (SP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the ‘red caps’ want to form government in Uttar Pradesh to show leniency towards terrorists and to bring them out of jails. PM Modi was in Gorakhpur district in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to dedicate various…
The Popular Front of India (PFI) has designed a new strategy to sustain and push its agenda due to stringent surveillance and monitoring by various central agencies, sources said. Intelligence inputs accessed by India Today reveal that the PFI, which is believed to be the front organisation of banned terror group SIMI,…