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Saudi, Iranian FMs meet in China, signaling warming of ties after 7 years

The rapprochement lowers the chance of armed conflict between the Mideast rivals both directly and in proxy conflicts around the region

Fight against inflation far from over: RBI projects FY24 inflation at 5.2%

For the June quarter, the retail inflation is expected to average 5.1%, and rise to 5.4% each in the September and December quarter

RBI expansion of NDF access to help manage rupee volatility: Analysts

They were earlier permitted to transact in rupee NDF forex derivatives contracts with non-residents and with other eligible banks

Why's govt unable to seek release of ex-Navy personnel from Qatar: Congress

The Congress on Thursday raised concerns over the detention of eight former Navy personnel by Qatar and sought to know from the government why it could not seek their release even after seven months.

MP govt appoints chairmen of 3 development authorities ahead of state polls

Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls due this year-end, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has appointed chairmen of three development authorities in the state

Current account deficit to remain moderate, eminently manageable: RBI Guv

Das said India's services exports continued to grow at a healthy pace in the first two months of 2023

'RS chairman allowed subversion of standing committee's basic function'

Ramesh said when he was the environment minister he had got referred the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, to the standing committee dealing with environment and forests

First lot of women officers to join Army's artillery regiments this month

The Centre has approved the Indian Army's decision to induct women officers in the artillery regiments, Minister of State for Defence, Ajay Bhatt informed the Lok Sabha on March 31

Google, Amazon struggle to cut jobs in Europe due to labour protections

In Europe, mass layoffs among tech companies have stalled because of labour protections that make it virtually impossible to dismiss people in some countries without prior consultations

As RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, here's a timeline of it since June 2000

The standing deposit facility rate and the marginal standing facility rate also remained unchanged

Godrej Consumer regains Rs 1 trn m-cap, hits 52-wk high on strong Q4 update

On a consolidated level, the company expects to deliver double-digit growth in rupee terms led by mid-single digit volume growth

No change: MPC presses 'pause' after hiking rate by 250 bps since May 2022

RBI governor makes it clear that if required, MPC could hike rates in future meetings

RBI to set up portal to search across multiple banks for unclaimed deposits

In order to improve and widen the access of depositors or beneficiaries, it has been decided to develop a web portal to enable search across multiple banks for possible unclaimed deposits

SBI, DLF: Trading strategies for rate sensitive stocks post RBI policy

An unchanged repo rate may propel rate sensitive stocks to rise up to 15 per cent

Pb govt introduces millets in menu of State Institute of Sports centres

The Punjab government has introduced millets in the menu for players at all centres of Punjab State Institute of Sports to provide them with a balanced and nutritious diet

CRPF to recruit 130,000 constables with 10% reservation for Agniveers

A total of 1,29,929 posts of Constable (General Duty) which includes 4667 posts for women in General Central Service, Group 'C', Non-Gazetted, (Non-Ministerial Combatant) have been announced

Delhi HC dismisses Satyendar Jain's bail plea in money laundering case

The court also rejected the bail pleas of co-accused in the case -- Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain

LS Budget session ends, House adjourned sine die following Oppn protest

The speaker Om Birla said the behaviour of opposition members had lowered the dignity of the House and they had "systematically" disrupted proceedings

Karnataka Minister Munirathna booked for hate speech against Christians

"If they come (for conversion) then kick them out or give complaint at the police station," Munirathna had purportedly said in an interview

Macrotech sells properties worth Rs 12,064 cr in FY23, sales rise 34%

Realty firm Macrotech Developers' sales bookings rose 34 per cent to a record Rs 12,064 crore in the last fiscal, on better demand despite rise in interest rates on home loans.