Indian economy exceeds all expectations: Experts

August 31, 2025 10:33 AM

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Indian economy exceeds all expectations: Experts

Experts have hailed India’s robust growth in the April-June quarter, saying that the economy has exceeded all expectations.   On India's GDP growing to 7.8 per cent in Quarter One, of current fiscal, Professor Yashvir Tyagi, an economist, said that he believes the performance shown by the India...

India will become the world’s third largest economy soon: RBI Governor

August 31, 2025 10:33 AM

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India will become the world’s third largest economy soon: RBI Governor

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said that India will become the world's third largest economy soon, and credited the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana for boosting the country's growth. His remark came at a time when India's GDP grew 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter of th...

Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead

August 31, 2025 10:02 AM

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Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead

In Ukraine, former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the western city of Lviv yesterday. The Prosecutor General's office said a gunman had fired several shots at Parubiy, killing him on the spot.   A special operation, codenamed Siren, has been launched by the authorities to...

Telangana cabinet approves Panchayat Raj Act amendment

August 31, 2025 9:40 AM

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Telangana cabinet approves Panchayat Raj Act amendment

The Telangana State Cabinet has decided to amend the state’s Panchayat Raj Act of 2018 to allow the state to exceed the 50 per cent cap on overall reservations in rural local body polls. The polls are scheduled to be held in September.   After the Cabinet meeting, State BC Welfare and Revenue M...

Houthis confirm their PM Ahmed al-Rahawi killed in Israeli strike in Yemen

August 31, 2025 8:21 AM

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Houthis confirm their PM Ahmed al-Rahawi killed in Israeli strike in Yemen

Yemen's Houthi group has said that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi of the Houthi-backed government, along with several other Ministers, was killed in Israeli airstrikes on the capital Sanaa earlier this week.   The officials were hit during a workshop reviewing government activities over the pas...