The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Thursday raised India’s FY2025 growth forecast to 6.6% from an earlier estimate of 6.2%. “Despite relatively sluggish private consumption growth, strong investment and improving business confidence in India are projected to propel real GDP growth to more than six and a half per cent in both FYs…
A 67 year-old father and his 41 year-old daughter are undergoing treatment in critical condition after eating chicken rice. The hotel providing rice was sealed by the district administration on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. On Tuesday night, Bhagavathi (20), a Devarayapuram resident and engineering student, had dinner at a hotel run by Jeevanandam (32) near…
The Bombay High Court has refused bail to a man found guilty of usually raping a girl since she was 10 years old, observing the victim has developed the symptoms of a “nymphomaniac” due to the ordeal of the horrendous crime. A single bench of Justice Prithviraj Chavan in the judgment on Monday(29, April) while…
Revenue growth of Indian industries is likely to slow to 5.4% in January to March 2023-24, the third slowest quarterly growth since the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in September 2021, a CRISIL study said. Revenue growth stood at 7.9% in the December quarter of FY24 and 10.6% in March 2023. However, this softening comes…
Actor Sahil Khan’s four-day, nearly 1,800-kilometer journey across five states to evade arrest in connection with the Mahadev betting app case came to an end on Saturday when he was taken into custody in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh. After a court denied his request for anticipatory bail, Mr. Khan left on April 25. The actor first left…
Phurba Tamang, fondly known as the “Marathon Girl of Sikkim,” hailing from Lingmoo, South Sikkim, secured a prestigious Silver medal in the 25-29 Age category at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru Marathon. The 16th edition of the renowned Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10K Bengaluru commenced with great fervor, featuring a revamped route that challenged…
An exciting story started at Manas National Park on April 29 when forest rangers were involved in a close call with a rhinoceros that was charging, leading to moments of intense panic and a stressful chase. The majestic rhinoceros suddenly charged toward the safari jeep, which was carrying watchful forest rangers. This led to an…
Congress General Secretary Jairam Rames said that Goebbels had said that “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually start believing it.” Mr. Ramesh said he had also written in 1941 that “the British follow the principle that when one tells a lie, one must tell a big lie…
Rejecting petitions for full cross-verification of votes cast with electronic voting machines (EVM) through Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines, the Supreme Court noted that it is not advisable to take any part of the system for granted as this can breed unjustified suspicion. Judges Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta’s bench noted that “democracy is…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and thanked her for inviting him to the G-7 meeting in June if he is re-elected. The invitations New Delhi has received immediately after the election results in June include an invitation to the Prime Minister or the External Affairs Minister to…
