03:42 PM
Rupee rises 19 paise to close at 82.94 (provisional) against US dollar
03:41 PM
Sensex closes marginally up by 3.94 points at 65,220.03; Nifty edges up 2.85 points to settle at 19,396.45
03:38 PM
Party linked to ex-Prime Minister Thaksin secures votes to lead Thailand hours after he is imprisoned, reports AP
03:35 PM
Vikram Misri calls on Foreign Minister Park Jin of the Republic of Korea
Vikram Misri called on Foreign Minister Park Jin of the Republic of Korea. Both reiterated the strong desire to further strengthen and enhance multifaceted bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Park mentioned that President Yoon is looking forward to his first visit to India to participate in the G20 Summit in September and the bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi. Both agreed that Critical and Emerging Technologies is an area where both countries can enhance collaborations. Deputy NSA Misri is in Seoul for the Fourth India-RoK Strategic Dialogue at the Deputy NSA- level.
03:30 PM
BSE postpones Jio Financial’s index inclusion to Aug 29
03:27 PM
Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi demands lifting of liquor ban in the state
Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi demands lifting of liquor ban in the state. “Five lakh people have been jailed, out of which 3.5 lakh are labourers who may have consumed little liquor after a day’s work. We don’t want such a law,” says Manjhi.
03:26 PM
US commerce secretary to visit China from August 27 to 30: Beijing
AFP
Instead of report card, BJP should release a rate card mentioning how much money to take for any work.
– Congress leader Kamal Nath in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
02:56 PM
Jindal Worldwide appoints 50 dealer networks to increase EV Sales and its Market Reach
Jindal Worldwide Limited through its subsidiary Jindal Mobilitric Private Limited has appointed 50 dealer networks to increase EV Sales and its Market Reach. Company to start commercial production by the end of the year.
Few people are trying to change the constitution, but this can’t happen. There are 140 crores of people alive to protect it.
– INC President Mallikarjun Kharge
02:52 PM
CBI registers another FIR against GTL Infrastructure for allegedly defrauding consortium of banks
CBI registers another FIR against Mumbai-based telecom infrastructure major GTL Infrastructure Ltd and unknown public servants for allegedly defrauding a consortium of banks for an amount to the tune of Rs 4760 crores. The first FIR was registered in January 2023: Central Bureau of Investigation
02:51 PM
Marksans receives USFDA approval for Guaifenesin Extended-Release Tablets (OTC)
02:50 PM
Madhya Pradesh Polls LIVE Updates: Current MP government is an illegal government, says Kharge
INC President Mallikarjun Kharge says, “This (MP government) is an illegal government. They (BJP) stole our MLAs. On the other side, they say that they have built a government on their principles…They always ask what Congress has done in 70 years. We saved the Constitution that’s why he became the Prime Minister…By showing ED’s fear to people you built your government. A similar thing happened in Karnataka and Manipur. They (BJP) do this everywhere they aren’t elected.”
02:32 PM
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Polls: Cong promises Rs 500 LPG; free electricity to 100 units, and more
INC President Mallikarjun Kharge said, “I promise that when Congress will come into power farmers will be in debt relief. LPG will be available at Rs 500. Women will get Rs 1500 per month. For government workers old pension scheme. Till 100 units no Electricity bill. We will also have a caste census in the state as well. Now we have 6 backward-class people on our working committee…”
02:29 PM
South Africa: 3-D image of Swami Narayan Mandir in Johannesburg, will be showcased by Indian community before PM Modi
02:24 PM
Official rape case: Delhi Min alleges Delhi police did not arrest the culprit because of some pressure from BJP
Delhi government official rape case | Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj says, “Delhi police are so coercive that they are not letting Delhi Women Commission’s Chief meet the victim. What is it that the BJP and the Delhi police are trying to hide? Are they connected to it? Is there some kind of collusion? Did Delhi police not arrest him because of some pressure from them (BJP). What is the reason for not letting Swati Maliwal meet the victim?… Any government official who is arrested like this would be suspended. They remain suspended till the case goes on. Delhi government will try to appoint the best lawyer and make sure that the culprit gets the appropriate punishment.”
02:14 PM
Jadavpur University student death: BJP MLAs stage a walkout of the West Bengal assembly
02:13 PM
ED raids Former Minister A C Moideen’s premises in Money Laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate raided premises of former minister and CPI(M) MLA A C Moideen at Wadakkancherry in Kerala’s Thrissur district as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged Rs 100 crore fraud in the party-controlled Karuvannur cooperative bank.
02:07 PM
Air India enters an intermodal interline agreement with AccesRail to boost connectivity options across Europe
Air India has entered an intermodal interline agreement with AccesRail to boost connectivity options for Air India guests across Europe, including smaller cities without airports. The agreement enables Air India guests to travel on a single intermodal ticket and take on-ground train and bus connections to more than 100 cities and towns in Austria, Belgium, Germany, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom via its European gateways of Amsterdam, Birmingham, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Milan, and Vienna
02:02 PM
DBS Bank India has today announced its partnership with five exceptional badminton stars – Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly, and Gayatri Gopichand
01:59 PM
India Food Secy says to sell fortified rice through free food program
01:58 PM
India says no plan to import Russia wheat via diplomatic deal: ET Now sources
01:48 PM
Congress will conduct caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning assembly elections: Mallikarjun Kharge
01:46 PM
Children stranded in chair lift 900 feet above ground in northern Pakistan
Eight people, including six school children, were trapped in a malfunctioning chair lift in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, and a military helicopter has been dispatched to rescue them, reproted Reuters
01:46 PM
South Africa: Security arrangements made near Convention Centre where BRICS Summit will begin today
Digital screens showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi put up near Convention Centre in Johannesburg where BRICS Summit will begin today. Around 10 such screens are placed across Johannesburg. Pushpender Singla, Executive Director, Vedanta Africa operations says, “…We are very excited about PM Modi’s arrival in South Africa…I am looking forward that how our company Vedanta can also play a bigger part to bring South Africa and India together by bringing a lot of synergy in the business…The opportunities between South Africa and India are huge…”
Kamal Nath does what he says. I will leave ‘Kamal’ as it is related to BJP but ‘Nath’ is within us. Vote for Nath and make Congress win
– Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at a public meeting in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
01:17 PM
Amazon office vandalised in Nagpur by MNS workers for selling Pakistani flag
Workers demanded a stop on the sale of Pakistan’s flag and further apologise for it.
01:14 PM
SC asks Kerala HC to decide appeal of Lakshadweep administration against suspension of conviction of MP Faizal in 6 weeks
01:14 PM
Congress Nana Patole reacts to govt’s Rs 25/kg onion price announcement
Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole said, “They are lying to our farmers. My question is to Devendra Fadnavis and Piyush Goyal, that why do you raise the export tax? Onions get stale and if NAFED doesn’t buy them immediately, farmers will be at a loss. The BJP government is against farmers…BJP doesn’t care about the people and farmers of our country. They care about importing arrangements like Adani. BJP increased the price of fertilizers, seeds and insecticides, and they plan how farmers will get less price.”
01:06 PM
SC sets aside Kerala HC order suspending conviction, sentence of Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Faizal in attempt to murder case
Approach of Kerala HC was erroneous in suspending conviction, sentence of MP Mohammed Faizal in attempt to murder case, says SC.
01:06 PM
There has been demand to increase Mahila Mohalla Clinics in Delhi, govt working to expand them: CM Arvind Kejriwal
01:05 PM
Greaves Retail partners with Usha Financial Services Ltd. to provide financing services for electric three-wheelers
This is the time when we have the highest priority for how we can save lives of the people, and road safety is the most important thing for that. Road engineering is a big problem somewhere; out total process of making detailed project report is a completely wrong methodology. We are trying our level best to educate our engineers about the types of mistakes we are repeating in road engineering.
– Union minister Nitin Gadkari at New Car Assessment Program (Bharat NCAP)
12:50 PM
Punjab Congress protests in Mohali, against the State Government in the wake of the farmers’ protest in the state today and the death of a farmer in Sangrur yesterday
12:49 PM
Delhi Police who have the work to give security to women doing hooliganism, alleges Swati Maliwal
Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal says, “It’s been more than 24 hours and they haven’t let me meet the victim or her mother. Delhi police are the police of goons. They are not able to arrest the rapists. I wanted to meet the girl to understand that she is not going through any pressure. I wanted to make out compensation and legal aid. But Delhi police aren’t allowing it. It’s shameful for Delhi Police who have the work to give security to women doing hooliganism. But we have issued notice for Delhi police…I have got two important phone calls right now. In two different localities of Delhi, two major crimes have happened, and victims are waiting for me. But I’ll come back and meet the victim and her mother…”
12:37 PM
Dhami reviews situation in view of the two-day ‘Red’ alert warning in seven districts
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the State Emergency Operation Center located at the Secretariat to review the situation in view of the two-day ‘Red’ alert warning in seven districts of the state by the Meteorological Department. The Chief Minister is reviewing the situation with senior officers.
12:35 PM
Excise Policy Case: CBI case related to the case adjourned for September 20
CBI case related to excise policy adjourned for September 20 by Rouse Avenue Court. The court directed to give copies of the documents related to the charge sheet to all the accused.
12:34 PM
EC decides to hold by-election to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh on Sept 15
Election Commission of India has decided to hold a by-election to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh on 15th September to fill up vacancy following the demise of Hardwar Dubey.
12:21 PM
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court allows Sisodia’s application to release money from the MLA fund for development
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court allows AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s application to release money from the MLA fund for development. Sisodia’s lawyer told the court that earlier also the court had allowed the application in regard to the release of money from the MLA’s fund. Manish Sisodia’s application was not opposed by the CBI. Manish Sisodia had filed an application in the court seeking court permission in regard to the release of money from the MLA fund for development.
12:19 PM
Govt procured 300,000 trillion onion, NCCF, NAFED selling onion at Rs 25/kg: Piyush Goyal
12:17 PM
Delhi government official rape case: Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal leaves the hospital in Delhi where the minor girl has been admitted
12:02 PM
India’s new safety ratings for passenger cars to start on Oct. 1: Govt
11:51 AM
Karnataka Water War LIVE Updates: Scuffle breaks out between farmer associations and Police in Mandya
11:47 AM
Kejriwal, Swati Maliwal are staging drama, says Poonawala
“Instead of being answerable and accepting their fault, Arvind Kejriwal, AAP, Swati Maliwal and Delhi Commission for Women are staging drama to divert attention. When the FIR was lodged on August 13, was the Delhi government and DCW unaware of it?” says BJP spokesperson Shehzad on a Delhi government official being accused of raping his friend’s minor daughter.
11:44 AM
Akhilesh Yadav chairs meeting with the minorities leader at Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow
“The meeting is being chaired by Akhilesh Yadav. The minorities, whether Muslims, Christians or Sikh farmers, have seen how they have been humiliated in the BJP rule. Discussion will be held today on how to strengthen Akhilesh Yadav’s PDA slogan to dislodge the BJP from power in 2024,” says Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ameeque Jamei on meeting of minority leaders in Lucknow.
11:31 AM
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar plants a sapling at Sainik School in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
BJP and the central government have been completely exposed on the issue of caste-based survey in Bihar. First, they tried to stop the survey through PILs from Patna High Court to Supreme Court, now the Centre wants to submit its views on the survey.
– Bihar minister Vijay Chaudhary
11:28 AM
Jadavpur University student death:
Kolkata Police says, “A case has been registered at Jadavpur Police Station in Kolkata on the complaint lodged by LoP and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari. Yesterday, notice was sent to him by Jadavpur PS to furnish further details related to his complaint to the IO of the aforementioned case at the earliest.”
11:27 AM
ED raids premises of MLA A C Moideen, others in Kerala in Rs 100 cr cooperative bank “fraud” linked money laundering case: Officials
11:27 AM
Road Transport & Highways Minister Launches ‘Bharat New Car Assessment Program’ (Bharat NCAP), New Delhi
11:19 AM
“Mahatma Gandhi once said ‘there is enough in this world, but not enough for everyone’s greed’. This divide between need and greed is sustainable,” says BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad at Sustainability Summit 2023 in Delhi
11:16 AM
Maharashtra’s Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde meets Piyush Goyal today
Maharashtra’s Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde met Union Minister Piyush Goyal today and handed over a memorandum to him regarding onion growers of the state. Goyal said, “…We all know that in the past few days, as per the orders by Govt of India, NAFED and NCCF purchased 3 lakh tons of onion from Nashik, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and this region…40% export tax has been imposed on onion so that there is an adequate quantity of onion available in India…From 11 am today, NCCF and NAFED will begin the purchase of 2 lakh more tons of onion from Nashik, Pimpalgaon, Lasalgaon, Ahmednagar and the entire region. More purchases will be made in future if needed. NCCF and NAFED will also purchase onions from Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and other areas where onions are grown so that farmers get the right price for their produce. The price for purchase today has been decided to be Rs 2410 per quintal…No farmer needs to worry…”
11:11 AM
Imports of tur dal are expected to moderate pulses inflation: Fin Min
Though food inflation in July is perhaps the third highest since the new CPI series began in 2014, only 48 per cent of food items have inflation of above 6 per cent, and this includes 14 food items with inflation in double digits. Items like tomato, green chilli, ginger and garlic witnessed inflation of more than 50 per cent. Hence, the abnormal increase in prices of certain specific items led to high food inflation in July 2023. Tomato prices are likely to decline with the arrival of fresh stocks by the end of August or early September. Further enhanced imports of tur dal are expected to moderate pulses inflation.
11:09 AM
Government has taken pre-emptive measures to restrain food inflation: Fin Min
The government has already taken pre-emptive measures to restrain food inflation which, along with the arrival of fresh stock, is likely to subside price pressure in the market soon, said Finance Ministry in its Economic Review.
11:07 AM
Rural demand sustained sequential momentum in Q1 of FY24: Fin Min
Rural demand has sustained sequential momentum in Q1 of FY24, as seen in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and two-three-wheeler sales, as a good rabi harvest strengthens purchasing power. Going forward, increased minimum support prices and prospects of healthy kharif crops will further add strength to the rural demand.
11:06 AM
India’s growth prospects been strong, inflationary pressure re-emerged, reports Finance Ministry
Though growth prospects have been strong, inflationary pressures have re-emerged, driven primarily by global disruptions, along with domestic factors. While domestic factors like white fly disease and uneven monsoon distribution exerted pressure on vegetable prices in India.
11:05 AM
India to maintain steady economic growth: Finance Ministry
Geopolitical and geo-economic concerns have not abated, and they may be an enduring reality for quite some time. Consequently, maintenance of macroeconomic stability is paramount to keep interest rates from rising too much, to underscore the relative attractiveness of India as a zone of performance and promise for domestic and international investors and to maintain steady economic growth, thus: Finance Ministry Economic Review.
11:04 AM
Though growth prospects have been strong, inflationary pressures have re-emerged, driven primarily by global disruptions, along with domestic factors: Finance Ministry Economic Review
11:03 AM
Global and regional uncertainties and domestic disruptions may keep inflationary pressures elevated for the coming months, warranting greater vigilance by Government and the RBI.
Finance Ministry Economic Review
11:02 AM
AAP spokesperson on the Delhi govt official, accused of raping minor:
“There should be an investigation into why there was a delay in arresting an official against whom such serious complaint was lodged on August 13. As soon as Arvind Kejriwal was apprised of the matter, he suspended that official,” says AAP spokesperson on the Delhi government official, accused of raping and impregnating his friend’s minor daughter.
