India

Mumbai, Aug 6 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday opted for a status quo and left interest rates unchanged, but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in future if the need arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis

The benchmark repurchase (repo) rate has been left unchanged at 4 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the decisions taken by the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

KANPUR: One family invites another family at the festival. All of them converge, talk and have snacks. The elder lady of the host family asks the guests to have an evening walk on the park within the campus of the housing complex. 

The guests being energetic and spirited do not mind covering a little longer length of distance. The good thing was that the senior host showed no sign of tire during the course of the walk. She even said: "I do not want our walk to tire you too much."

New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) A transformation is underway in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the Centre's decision to revoke the special status of the region.

Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar highlighted application of progressive laws, delivery of social justice, empowerment and support for vulnerable sections and rolling out of development projects as part of the transformation.

Ayodhya, Aug 5 (PTI) The wait of centuries has ended, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after performing the groundbreaking ceremony here for a temple at the spot where many devout Hindus believe Lord Ram was born.

Across the country, people remained glued to their television sets as Modi performed rituals at the Ram Janmabhoomi, the site of a bitter Hindu-Muslim conflict that lasted decades before being settled by the Supreme Court last year.

New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) As many as 197 women are among the 829 candidates who have qualified in the prestigious civil services examination 2019, officials said on Wednesday.

The number of successful women candidates is slightly more than in the 2018 civil services exam.

Of the total of 829 candidates selected for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among other services through the civil services exam 2019, 632 are men and 197 women, the officials said.

Bhopal, Aug 5 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was discharged from a private hospital here on Wednesday after recovering from coronavirus infection, an official said.

Doctors have advised Chouhan, who was in the hospital for 11 days, to stay in home-quarantine and monitor his health for a week, the official added.

Chouhan, 61, tested positive for coronavirus on July 25.

He tweeted on Sunday that he did not have any symptoms of the infection and would be discharged if he tested negative in the latest test.

Kanpur: The Municipal Corporation has taken a decision to distribute as many as 16500 masks to its safai employees in view of the high incidence of the deadly corona cases.

Detailing the announcements Dr Amit Singh Nagar Swasthya Adhikari said that each safai Karamchari of the KMC would get three face masks and two pairs of gloves. 

He added that these necessary items have been dispatched to all the six zones of the Nagar Nigam. 

City dwellers have felt that sanitation would be improved after the distribution of the masks and gloves to the safai staff.

AYODHYA, India (AP) — Despite the coronavirus restricting a large crowd, Hindus were joyful Wednesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared to break ground on a long-awaited temple of their most revered god Ram at the site of a demolished 16th century mosque in northern India.

“It’s an emotional and historic moment. Wait has been worthwhile,” said Lal Krishna Advani, a 92-year-old leader of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party who was in the forefront of the party’s temple campaign in 1990s.

New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) A new book gives a peep into the heroic covert operations carried by India's external spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and thereby narrates a gripping account of what actually happens behind the grey walls of the secret society.

New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The expression of opinion, however outspoken, disagreeable or unpalatable to some , cannot constitute contempt of court, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan said on Monday in his reply to a show cause notice issued by the Supreme Court.

The top court on July 22 issued notice to Bhushan for hearing on August 5 the criminal contempt proceedings initiated against him for his two alleged derogatory tweets against the judiciary, observing his statements prima facie brought the administration of justice in disrepute .