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• Congress Gives Adjournment Notices in LS
  
  Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, Gaurav Gogoi and Manish Tewari on Friday gave adjournment notices to discuss some important issues in the Lok Sabha -- air quality crisis in Delhi, Cyclone Michaung impact in Tamil Nadu and the fate of eight ex-navy men in Qatar jail.Gogoi gave...
• NCRB Report on Atrocities against Dalits, Tribals Expose BJP-RSS'S Conspiratorial Agenda to Divide Society: Kharge
  
  Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday took a swipe at the government over crimes against Dalits, SC, ST communities saying that it exposes the BJP-RSS's conspiratorial agenda to divide the society.In a post on X, Kharge said: "According to the National Crime...
• RBI Retains Repo Rate at 6.5%, GDP Growth at 7%, Inflation at 5.4%
  
  As predicted by economists, the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) did not change the repo rate from 6.5 per cent.Announcing the decision of the MPC after its three-day deliberations, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday that the committee...
• Air Quality Remains 'very Poor', Delhi Records Min Temp of 9.4
  
  The air quality in the national capital continued to remain 'very poor' at several AQI stations across the city on Friday morning.The India Meteorological Department said that the minimum temperature was registered at 9.4 degrees Celsius, a seasonal average.The weather...
• RBI Retains Repo Rate at 6.5%
  
  As predicted by economists, the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) did not change the repo rate from 6.50 per cent.Announcing the decision of the MPC after its three-day deliberations, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday that the committee...
• President Accepts Resignations of 3 Union Ministers, Gives Additional Charge to 4 Ministers
  
  President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday accepted the resignations of Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel, and Renuka Singh Saruta from the Union Council of Ministers.The President, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved their resignations as the three had...
• India Inc Needs to Invest More Instead of Sitting on Funds: CEA Nageswaran
  
  India's corporate sector needs to invest more to make a comeback for rebalancing the country's economy towards investment and manufacturing, the government's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Thursday.Speaking at apex business chamber CII's Global...
• SC to Deliver Verdict on Monday Pleas against Abrogation of Article 370
  
  The Supreme Court will deliver on December 11 its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.A Constitution Bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai, and Surya Kant...
• IBA Inks Agreement with Unions; Bank Staff Pay to Increase by 17%
  
  For the employees of public sector banks (PSBs), 2023 ends on a happy note as the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) on Thursday inked a 17 per cent annual wage hike agreement with bank unions.The wage revision will be effective from 1.11.2022 for a period of five years.The...
• Govt Going for Vote on Account on Feb 1, No Big Bang Announcements: Sitharaman
  
  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the upcoming Union Budget on February 1, 2024 to be presented in Parliament ahead of the Lok Sabha elections will not be a regular budget but only a vote on account so the government is not likely to make any "spectacular...
• Pranab Said Modi Only PM after Indira with 'the Ability to Feel the Pulse of People'
  
  Two years after Pranab Mukherjee became India's 13th President, the BJP led by Narendra Modi was swept to power. This made Sharmishtha Mukherjee, his daughter and biographer, wonder if the two could ever have a pleasant working relationship in view of their divergent...
• India Has Zero Tolerance Policy towards Deepfakes: MoS IT
  
  As AI-driven deepfakes continue to alarm lawmakers around the world, the Indian government has stressed it has a zero tolerance policy towards any online information which is patently false, misinformation and against national security.Responding to a question in Lok Sabha,...
• Don't Call Me 'Modiji', I Am Modi: PM Gives Credit of Poll Victories to BJP Workers
  
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday said that the recent electoral victories in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan were not solely his triumph but the victory for all party workers.The meeting...
• Low Quality Small and Midcap Stocks in Bubble Zone
  
  Weak (low growth plus low quality) mid Caps and small Caps are in bubble zone and caution is advised. Strong (high growth plus high quality) Mid Caps and Small Caps present an opportunity for long term investors, says Vinay Paharia, CIO, PGIM India Mutual Fund in a...
• Yogi Govt to Host Music Competitions from Village to State Level
  
  The Uttar Pradesh government will now organise music competitions at village, district and state levels under the 'Uttar Pradesh Parv: Hamari Sanskriti-Hamari Pehchan' programme.The competition, which will be organised from December 25 to January 26, seeks to provide a...
• Cong Questions BJP over Delay in Declaring Names for CMS of MP, Raj & C'garh
  
  Even as Congress Chief Minister designate A. Revanth Reddy is all set to take oath for the top post on Thursday, Congress took potshots at the BJP for not declaring its CM designate for three states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.In a post on X, Congress...
• Maha Ex-Minister Nawab Malik Joins Ajit Pawar-led NCP Faction
  
  Former Minister Nawab Malik, who was jailed for 18 months in an alleged money-laundering case, is understood to have joined the breakaway Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, here on Thursday.Malik, 64, spent time in prison from...
• 11 Ministers Likely to Oath with Revanth Reddy
  
  Senior leaders C. Damodar Rajanarsimha, Uttam Kumar Reddy and Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka are among 11 newly-elected Congress MLAs in Telangana set to take oath as ministers along with A. Revanth Reddy, who will be sworn in as the chief minister Thursday afternoon.Komati Reddy...
• 'Prove Charges, Will Leave Country; If Not, You Resign & Go to Pak', Muslim Sufi Preacher to K'taka BJP MLA
  
  Syed Tanveer Hashmi a.k.a Tanveer Peera, a Sufi Muslim spiritual leader, on Thursday challenged BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal that if terror link allegations were proved against him, he will leave the country and if not then the leader should go to Pakistan.Tanveer Peera...
• ED Takes Custody of Tower Ponzi Group Chief
  
  Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that their sleuths have taken Ramendu Chattopadhyay into their remand from judicial custody.Sources aware of the development said that Chattopadhyay serving his judicial custody at a correctional home at Bhubaneswar was brought to...
• Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka Reach Hyderabad for Revanth Reddy's Swearing-in
  
  Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Hyderabad Thursday morning to attend the swearing-in of A. Revanth Reddy as the chief minister of Telangana.Revanth Reddy received the Gandhi family at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. They...
• Air Quality Still 'very Poor' at Several Places, Delhi Records Min Temp of 9.2 Degree Celsius
  
  The air quality in the national Capital continued to remain under the 'very poor' category at several AQI stations across the city on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department said that the minimum temperature in the national Capital was registered at...
• NFRA Debars Two CAs for Lapses in DHFL Audit
  
  The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has debarred two statutory auditors of erstwhile Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL) for 10 years and five years respectively, and imposed fines on them for professional misconduct in the discharge of their audit...
• IDF Surrounds Hamas Gaza Leader Sinwar's Residence, Confirms Netanyahu
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have confirmed that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has surrounded the residence of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar in Khan Younis area.Netanyahu, in a televised address, said that Sinwar, however, was not at his residence but it's just...
• Bihar Guv Nominates Transgender Reshma Prasad as Patna University Senate Member
  
  Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has nominated transgender activist Reshma Prasad as a senate member of the Patna University (PU) for three years on Wednesday.Prasad has become the first transgender person who has been nominated as a senate member of a university...

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