Jan 27 (Reuters) The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) said on Monday it has superseded the board of Aviom India Housing Finance due to governance concerns and payment defaults and plans to start bankruptcy proceedings against the company. The RBI has appointed Ram Kumar, the former chief general manager of state-run Punjab National Bank as the administrator for the housing finance company, the bank said. It did not specify the nature of the governance concerns. An email sent to Avioms grievance redr

NEW DELHI, Jan 27 (Reuters) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pouring billions into ailing state-run firms after slowing ambitious divestment plans that were intended to reduce the role of the state in business, according to government sources and a document reviewed by Reuters. Less than a month into 2025, New Delhi has plans to invest about $1.5 billion in financial rescue packages for two state-owned firms after failing to sell them to private companies. It has also decided to put in ab

New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar surrendered before the jail authorities on January 24 as the operating doctor was not available till January 30. Delhi High Court on January 22 granted interim bail to Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who had to undergo cataract surgery at AIIMS in Delhi on January 24. He is serving a life sentence in the Unnao Rape case and ten years imprisonment in a custodial death case. The court also had said that if in any case, it doesnt take p

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the partys manifesto, titled Kejriwal ki Guarantee, ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections. Speaking at the manifesto launch, Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP, accusing it of copying AAPs promise-based governance. We coined the term guarantee first in the country. After us, the BJP stole it, but the difference is, we fulfil our guarantees, and they do not, he said. The manifesto outlines 15 guarantees, wit

MUMBAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) The Indian rupee resumed its downtrend on Monday, pegged by likely equity outflows and corporate hedging. The rupee quoted at 86.3675 to the U.S. dollar at 11:24 am IST, down from 86.2050 on Friday. The local currency had managed a 0.5% recovery last week, hitting the highest in two weeks, on relief in the emerging market currency space over U.S. tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump did not immediately levy tariffs on its trading partners. Each passing day with no

Hyderabad, Jan 26 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said he would see the draft UGC guidelines as an attack on Constitution and demanded that the Centre withdraw them. Reddy, who said he is speaking to Chief Ministers of other southern states over the issue, vowed to put up a collective fight. Reddy, who spoke after unveiling a statue of Ambedkar at the BR Ambedkar Open University here, also expressed strong dissatisfaction over the Centre allegedly ignoring the state gove

Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, Jan 26 (PTI) Farmers from various organisations under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday took out a tractor parade at multiple locations across Punjab in support of their demands. These demands include a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP), which is based on the C2 plus 50 per cent formula given by the Swaminathan committee, a comprehensive loan waiver scheme for farmers and farm workers, no privatisation of electricity, withdrawal of the Nat

January 26, 2025 (AP) Top Taliban officials met Irans foreign minister on Sunday to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran and water rights. It was Irans foreign minister first visit to the Afghan capital since 2017. Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said Iran was committed to the return of some 3.5 million Afghan refugees and had no intention of interfering in its neighbors domestic politics, according to a statement from the Afghan governments deputy

NEW DELHI, January 26, 2025 (AP) India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a colorful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity on a boulevard in the heart of countrys capital. Indonesian president was the guest of honor. Tens of thousands of people lined the road on a cold Sunday morning to watch the long parade to mark the anniversary of the official adoption of Indias Constitution on Jan. 26, 1950, nearly three years after independence from British colonial rule

Srinagar, Jan 26 (PTI) National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said peoples aspirations should be respected and statehood restored to Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state attended a Republic Day function in Srinagar. It is an auspicious day India is a republic. We hope that the Constitution will be protected and the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir respected Statehood should be restored, Abdullah told reporters at Baks

Dhaka, Jan 25 (PTI) Bangladeshs deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasinas Awami League would not be allowed to participate in elections, a key adviser of Muhammad Yunuss interim government said on Saturday. The elections will be contested among pro-Bangladesh groups only, said Mahfuz Alam, a top leader of the Anti-Discrimination Movement, which spearheaded the mass uprising that toppled Hasinas Awami League regime and forced her to flee the country on August 5 last year. Addressing a street rally at

Melbourne, Jan 25 (The Conversation) Most of us are fortunate that, when we turn on the tap, clean, safe and high-quality water comes out. But a senate inquiry into the presence of PFAS or forever chemicals is putting the safety of our drinking water back in the spotlight. Lidia Thorpe, the independent senator leading the inquiry, says Elders in the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay in New South Wales are buying bottled water out of their aged care packages due to concerns about the health impac

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Health experts and social activists have raised concerns over the alarming rise in preterm deliveries among immigrant families in the US, including Indians, reportedly driven by fears surrounding proposed changes to birthright citizenship laws. According to media reports, families are opting for early cesarean sections to ensure their children are born before the potential legal shift takes effect on February 20, putting maternal and neonatal health at significant risk. P

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): The United States (US) Supreme Court denied the petition of Tahahwwur Hussain Rana, convicted for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, paving the way for his extradition to India. Reacting to this, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said it was time that Nirav Modi, who is facing charges of fraud and money laundering, be brought back to India. He said that other fugitives including Gangster Dawood Ibrahmin, and

January 25, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump stepped back into the presidency this week moving quickly to set a new agenda, but from his inaugural address continuing through a flurry of executive actions, press conferences and interviews Trump relied on an array of false and misleading information to support his case. Heres a closer look at the facts. Trump misrepresents election results CLAIM: Speaking to attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he won by millions

SEATTLE, January 24, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trumps executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests. It didnt fare well. A Justice Department lawyer had barely started making his arguments in a Seattle courtroom Thursday when U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour began blistering him with questions, calling the executive order blatantly unconstitutional. Coughenour went on to temporarily

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New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Amid huge ruckus, all the Opposition MPs that are part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, have been suspended from Fridays sitting. The suspended MPs include Mohammad Jawaid, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kalyan Banerjee, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader A Raja, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Nasir Hussain, Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders Mohibbullah Nadvi, M. Abdullah, Shiv

Jan 24 (Reuters) Gold prices touched near three-month highs on Friday and were set to post a fourth straight weekly gain, buoyed by uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trumps tariff plans and his calls to lower interest rates weighing on the dollar. Spot gold jumped 0.7% to $2,773.57 per ounce, as of 0505 GMT, and has gained more than 2% so far this week. Earlier in the day, prices rose to $2,777.10, their highest since Oct. 31, when they hit a record high of $2,790.15. U.S. gold futures cl

Lucknow, Jan 24 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged a glaring disparity in the representation of backward castes, Dalits and minorities in administrative postings in Ayodhya. Sharing a chart on X that highlights the alleged under-representation, Yadav targeted the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government for discrimination in governance. In his post, Yadav said, Under BJP rule, the inverse arithmetic of bias prevails. Despite the PDA (a combination of backward castes, Dalits

SEATTLE, Jan 23 (AFP) A federal judge blocked Donald Trumps attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new presidents hardline agenda. The ruling imposes a 14-day stay on the enforcement of one of the most controversial executive orders Trump signed in the hours after he was sworn into office for a second term. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order, US District Judge John Coughenour was reported as sa

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking scrapping of TDS (tax deducted at source) framework under the Income Tax Act, saying this is levied everywhere. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, however, permitted lawyer petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay to move the Delhi HC with his plea. The bench observed that the plea was very badly drafted and should be moved in the Delhi High Court. Sorry we will not entertain it It is

BENGALURU, Jan 24 (Reuters) Indias business activity grew at the slowest pace in over a year in January, a survey showed, highlighting emerging cracks in its world-beating economic growth at start of 2025 although firms hired new staff at a record pace. The services industry is the major engine of Asias third-largest economy and the latest data raises concerns about the sustainability of a strong economic performance with government estimates pointing to slower overall growth of 6.4% this fisca

New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday accepted a closure report filed by the CBI in an alleged case of irregularities by the ICICI Bank in accepting loan repayment from NDTV, saying it appeared to be satisfactory. Special judge Shailender Malik accepted the closure report after going through the report, and the submissions made by the CBI, and the complainant in the case, who said he did not want to file any protest petition as he was satisfied with the investigation. The CBI filed t

ANKARA, Turkey, January 23, 2025 (AP) Turkeys central bank lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 45% on Thursday, in its second rate cut in as many months as official figures showed inflation was easing. The banks Monetary Policy Committee said it was reducing its benchmark one-week repo rate to 45% from the current 47.5%. In its previous reduction in December, the bank also cut the rate by 2.5 percentage points. Despite the significant rate cut, the central bank reaffirmed

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Jan 23 (Reuters) Gold prices eased on Thursday from a near three-month peak hit in the previous session, as the dollar regained strength, while investors awaited further direction from U.S. President Donald Trumps administration regarding trade policies. Spot gold eased 0.1% to $2,752.76 per ounce by 0755 GMT. Prices rose to $2,763.43 on Wednesday, their highest since Oct. 31 when they hit a record high of $2,790.15. U.S. gold futures shed 0.4% to $2,761. Its just a technical pullback because t

NEW DELHI, Jan 23 (Reuters) An Indian appeals tribunal on Thursday put on hold the antitrust authoritys five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms other applications such as Facebook and Instagram for advertising purposes. Meta is seeking to quash the Competition Commission of Indias (CCI) November directive that imposed a five-year ban on WhatsApp on sharing data with Meta entities for advertising purposes, arguing it would have a negative impact on its business in th

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak the truth to US President Donald Trump and protect the rights of over 20,000 fellow Indian immigrants, who face deportation after Trumps announcement to deport all illegal immigrants. In a post on X, he also tagged a video of a US Bishop urging President Trump to protect the immigrants and not separate them from their children, while asserting that all immigrants are not

January 22, 2025 (AP) January is traditionally a month for fresh starts and resolutions, many of which center around self-care. And if youve spent any time watching television or scrolling social media this month, youve likely been bombarded with diet and exercise pitches. But theres another route to self-care that influencers rarely mention: gardening. A few hours spent outdoors nurturing fruits, flowers and vegetables each week can provide physical exercise, stress reduction, vitamin D and eve

Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 23 paise to close at 86.35 against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by positive domestic equities and soft American currency index. Forex traders said the rupee is likely to witness high volatility with a negative bias ahead of key events in the global and domestic economic landscape. Moreover, the overall uncertainty about the global economy continued to weigh on both currencies and commodities, keeping investors on edge. At the interbank foreign

MUMBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) Indias market regulator has proposed that fund houses launch sachet-sized investments plans, offering small investors a way into the financial markets. In a consultation paper released on Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) asked fund houses to launch systematic investment plans (SIPs) starting at 250 rupees or around $3 with lower costs and easier customer identification processes. The objective, SEBI said, is to promote financial inclusion, in

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Allegations against former councillor and February 2020 riots accused Tahir Hussain were grave and reprehensible but as of now they were allegations, Supreme Court judge Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said on Wednesday. While opining Hussain should be released on interim bail, Justice Amanullah, who was on a division bench with Justice Pankaj Mithal said the petitioner was in custody since March, 2020 and secured bail in majority of cases. The bench delivered a split verdi

BEIJING, January 22, 2025 (AP) Chinas relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House. The change of leadership in Washington on Monday could be an opportunity for China, which has long railed against Bidens strategy of building partnerships with like-minded countries to counter its growing influence. Biden reinvigorated a grouping known as th

Jan 22 (Reuters) Prices of safe-haven gold rose to a near three-month high on Wednesday, boosted by uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Trumps policies and a softer dollar. Spot gold added 0.6% to $2,759.83 per ounce as of 0941 GMT. The price hit its highest since Nov. 1 earlier in the session and is close to its record peak of $2,790.15 hit in October. U.S. gold futures gained 0.4% to $2,771.10. Spot silver rose 0.1% to $30.89, hovering near a one-month high hit on Jan. 16. The dollar index

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) Indian and U.S. diplomats are trying to arrange a meeting in February between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, two Indian sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. India, a strategic partner of the United States in its efforts to counter China, is keen to enhance trade relations with the U.S. and make it easier for its citizens to get skilled worker visas, two topics that will be on the agenda if the leaders

Belagavi (Karnataka), Jan 21 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra represented Stree Shakti and likened her with historic freedom fighters Kittur Rani Chennamma and Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmi Bai. Kharge also hailed Rahul Gandhi as a symbol of Yuva Shakti. Addressing the Gandhi Bharat event here, Kharge said the Congress has organised the event to commemorate the centenary of the lone Congress session held in Belagavi, which Mahatma Gandhi had

Beijing, Jan 21 (PTI) China on Tuesday expressed its firm support for the World Health Organisation (WHO) after US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the UN health body, accusing it of mishandling the Covid-19 crisis and failing to carry out reforms. Soon after his swearing-in on Monday, Trump signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing America from the WHO, the second time in less than five years that the US has ordered to withdraw from the world body. Re

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hit the ground running on Tuesday, hosting a meeting in Washington of his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan one day after President Donald Trump started his second term in office. The meeting of the so-called Quad, four countries sharing concerns about Chinas growing power, will happen at the State Department and is designed to signal that countering Beijing is a top priority for the new president. It could also se

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, booked in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for allegedly posting an edited video of a provocative song. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Gujarat government and complainant Kishanbhai Deepakbhai Nanda on an appeal filed by Pratapgarhi. The Congress leader has challenged January 17 order of the Gujarat High Court which dismissed his petition for quashing the FIR fil

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) The attendees at a U.S. presidential inauguration do not often resemble the annual gathering of the worlds richest in Davos, Switzerland, which kicked off on Monday, but the parallels were hard to ignore as Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President. The globes wealthiest individuals attended Trumps inauguration in Washington on Monday and the glamorous balls to celebrate with the new president afterwards. Among those seated prominently were the three richest men i

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Trumps action, hours after he was sworn in to a second term, echoed his directive in 2017, when he announced that the U.S. would abandon the global Paris accord. The pact is aimed at limiting long-te

NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) The United States will exit the WHO (World Health Organization), President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states and required unfairly onerous payments from the U.S. that are disproportionate to the sums provided by other, larger countries, such as China. Wo

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) Sugar prices hit their lowest in more than three years on Monday on news that India, the worlds second largest producer of the sweetener, will allow 1 million metric tons of sugar exports in the current season that runs through to end-September. Reuters reported on Sunday that New Delhi was set to allow the exports in a bid to support sugar mills and prop up local prices of the sweetener, which had come under pressure in recent months. Although there had been speculatio

QUETTA, Pakistan, January 20, 2025 (AP) Pakistans largest airport, funded and built in the countrys restive southwest by Beijin g, has become operational, officials said Monday. Gwadar airport is in the province of Balochistan, which has for decades been the scene of an insurgency by separatists demanding autonomy or outright independence. Pakistani Defense Minister, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, and Chinese officials were among those attending a ceremony at Gwadar airport and watched the arrival of t

KOLKATA, Jan 20 (Reuters) An Indian court awarded the life sentence on Monday to a civic police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata, rejecting demands for the death penalty saying it was not a rare crime. The womans body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug. 9. Other doctors stayed off work for weeks to demand justice for her and better security at public ho

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) Indias state-run miner NMDC is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near a tiger reserve, after receiving mining clearances last year, two sources said. The miner faced delays in securing environmental clearances and had to halt mining for over three years at the Panna mine in the central state of Madhya Pradesh due to its proximity to the tiger reserve. The Supreme Court later permitted NMDC to mine,

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 20, 2025 (AP) Billionaires wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the worlds political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up over the next decade. A year ago, the group forecas

Toronto/New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) US short-seller Hindenburg Research has said it is not under investigation by the US SEC as it rubbished alleged links of its founder to a hedge fund for preparing reports targeting companies. Hindenburg is not under investigation by the SEC, to our knowledge, and any suggestion to the contrary is false, the firm said after a Canadian portal cited documents filed before a court in Ontario to allege that its founder Nate Anderson was under cloud for alleged links w

Kolkata, Jan 20 (PTI) Sanjay Roy, convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Monday claimed in court that he was innocent and had been wrongly held guilty. Roy was on Saturday held guilty of sexually assaulting the doctor and throttling her to death in August last year. I am being framed, and have not committed any crime. I have not done anything and still, I have been held guilty, Roy told the court ahead of sentencing in the case