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RBI raises India's GDP growth forecast to 6.8 pc for FY26

Mumbai, Oct. 2 -- The RBI has raised its projection of India's GDP growth rate to 6.8 percent for 2025-26 from 6.5 percent earlier, as the implementation of several growth-inducing structural reforms,... Read More


Gold price stays elevated buoyed by US shutdown risks, rate-cut bets

Mumbai, Oct. 2 -- The price of gold is hovering around a record high, amid growing concerns of a US government shutdown, while weak labor data strengthened expectations of further interest rate cuts b... Read More


India added more than 1 billionaire every week in 2025

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- India's billionaire club is growing at a record pace, with the country adding more than one billionaire every week this year, a new report said. The M3M Hurun India Rich List 202... Read More


Pahalgam attack 'revealed India's true friends': RSS chief

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Hailing Operation Sindoor, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said the government of India gave a fitting response after the April 22 Pahalgam attack, in which ... Read More


Bihar polls: EC releases final voter list with 7.42 crore names

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Election Commission has published the final voters' list for the Bihar Assembly elections. According to this final list, 7.42 crore voters have been included in the list, who ... Read More


India to host UN peacekeepers meet

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- India is set to host the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) Chiefs' Conclave in New Delhi from October 13 to 16, 2025. Army Chiefs and senior military leaders from ... Read More


Jaishankar calls envoy appointments in Canada 'welcome step'

New York, Oct. 2 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in New York this week to discuss ways to strengthen diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Ottawa. ... Read More


US shutdown a forced closure: Trump

Washington, Oct. 2 -- The US government shut down much of its operations this week for the first time in six years after the Senate failed to pass a stopgap funding bill, plunging the country into cha... Read More


Lutnick hints at major H-1B visa overhaul before 2026

Washington, Oct. 2 -- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has indicated that the H-1B visa program could see major changes before the $100,000 application fee takes effect in February 2026, calling t... Read More


Taliban imposes indefinite internet blackout in Afghanistan

Kabul, Oct. 1 -- The Taliban have ordered a nationwide shutdown of communications, cutting off internet and telecom services across Afghanistan. Beginning this week, the connectivity collapsed to less... Read More