The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) raised the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 5.50% and shifted its stance to calibrated tightening from neutral, signalling that rate cuts are off the table in the near term.…
The Viksit Bharat -Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB–G RAM G] Act, 2025, providing for 375 permissible works under the new rural works framework by the Ministry of Rural Development. Source: PIB Read More…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi completes 25 years in public office on October 7, marking a political journey that began when he was sworn in as Gujarat chief minister in 2001. The BJP is celebrating the milestone through its month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, with programmes, outreach initiatives and yatras linking Modi’s birthplace Vadnagar with his…
Union Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan, The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, stressed on the effective implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) projects during the National Brainstorming Workshop held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Source: The News Mill Read More…
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon confirmed reports Sunday that the United States has withdrawn all B-1 bomber planes from Royal Air Force Fairford, the UK airbase where a suspicious incident triggered nearby evacuations. A statement from a Pentagon official said “we can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to…
USTR Jamieson Greer says negotiations are in the final phase but India and the US have identified a “universe of items” that remain unresolved. Source: The Indian Express Read More…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage and presence of mind during the Flydubai incident, citing Israel’s assessment. He said that the Indian pilot prevented “9/11-style tragedy”, and the whole nation was proud of him. Source: indianexpress Read More…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to Washington is over, but China watchers in Congress and the US-China policy community are still parsing a wide range of outcomes, with two more leadership summits expected before the end of the year. The talks between Xi and US President Donald Trump produced a series of joint…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that India-based Essar Group will build a USD 15 billion steel plant in Iowa, describing it as the “largest steel plant” in American history. Trump made the announcement at the Oval Office alongside Essar Group co-founder Ravi Ruia and his son Rewant Ruia, chairman of the group’s…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has justified the pending US arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world, even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for US arms, Trump’s ambassador to China said on Sunday. David Perdue said Trump…