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Fitch cuts India's GDP growth forecast for current fiscal to 6.4%

New Delhi, June 9 -- Fitch Ratings on Tuesday lowered its GDP growth projections for the current fiscal to 6.4 per cent from the earlier estimate of 6.7 per cent, saying that the US-Iran war will slow... Read More


Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat

Kolkata, June 8 -- The National Health Authority and West Bengal government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi for the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aro... Read More


TMC moves Cal HC against Speaker's decision on LoP

Kolkata, June 8 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the Speaker's decision to recognise Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition instead of the party'... Read More


State dissolves TMC-led KMC board, appoints administrator

Kolkata, June 8 -- The West Bengal government on Monday dissolved the Trinamool Congress-led board of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and appointed Municipal Commissioner Smita Pandey as Admin... Read More


US-blacklisted tanker MT Marivex attacked off Oman

New Delhi, June 8 -- All 24 Indian crew members of a Palau-flagged tanker that caught fire after it was attacked by the US Navy off the coast of Oman on Monday were rescued with the help of Omani auth... Read More


Yamuna cleanup: Shah chairs high-level meeting, calls for inter-state coordination

NEW DELHI, June 8 -- Union Home minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna River, stressing that coordinated efforts by Delhi, Haryana and Uttar... Read More


Physical relationship among consenting unmarried adults no ground to show poor character, says SC

New Delhi, June 8 -- The Supreme Court has held that physical relationship between two consenting unmarried adults cannot be a ground to draw an adverse impression about the character of the person in... Read More


Animal rights groups question SC dog relocation order, announce protest on June 13

New Delhi, June 8 -- Animal rights activists on Monday raised concerns over the recent Supreme Court directions on the relocation of stray dogs from public spaces, alleging that it could weaken safegu... Read More


Cong's Praveen Chakravarty set to be elected unopposed to RS from TN

Chennai, June 8 -- The ruling TVK-backed Congress candidate Praveen Chakravarty is set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. The 53-year-old Congress leader from Kesavaperumalpu... Read More


Cong accuses BJP of denying RS nomination to ex-PM Deve Gowda

Bengaluru, June 8 -- The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Monday took a dig at the BJP, accusing the party of denying a Rajya Sabha nomination to JD (S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gow... Read More