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NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Six patients died when a massive fire broke out inside an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a government-run hospital in India's western state of Rajasthan, confirmed the local police on Monday. The fire broke out during the night intervening Sunday and Monday at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Rajasthan's capital city of Jaipur. The fire was caused by a short-circuit, added the police. The ICU was located on the second floor of the hospital. According to the police, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Indian central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday announced several measures to help exporters. The RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, in his statement after the culmination of the bank's three-day Monetary Policy Committee deliberation, said the export sector remains a vital part of India's economy. "To further strengthen the sector and enhance ease of doing business, we shall extend the time period for repatriation from foreign currency accounts of I ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- India's central banking institution, Reserve Bank of India, on Wednesday announced it has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent. Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks in the event of a shortfall of funds. "After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial developments and the outlook, the Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment faci ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 4.0 percent in August, the government data showed Monday. "The IIP growth rate for August 2025 is 4.0 percent, which was 3.5 percent (quick estimate) in July 2025," reads the data issued by the federal ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI). "The growth rates of the three sectors, mining, manufacturing and electricity for August 2025 are 6.0 percent, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- India's Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed that as many as 2,417 nationals had been deported from the United States this year so far. Announcing the figure before media persons, the ministry's spokesman Randhir Jaiswal stated that India stood firm against illegal migration and was committed to promoting legal pathways for migration. "Wherever there is a person who does not possess legal status in any country and he or she is referred to us and a cl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- India's federal commerce ministry Friday said trade discussions with the United States will continue with a view to achieving an early conclusion of an agreement. The announcement was made following the federal Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal's visit to the United States from Sept. 22 to 24. Goyal held meetings with Jamieson Greer, U.S. trade representative, and Sergio Gor, U.S. ambassador-designate to India. Apart from meetings with the U.S. government represent ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- India's total exports, including merchandise and services, were estimated at 69.16 billion U.S. dollars in August, a 9.34 percent increase compared to the same month last year, official data showed on Monday. The figure also revealed that total imports, including merchandise and services, for August were estimated at 79.04 billion dollars, 7 percent less than the same month last year. According to the data, India's total exports in the April-August period stayed ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Eight school students at a hostel in India's eastern state of Odisha were hospitalized after fellow students put instant glue in their eyes when they were sleeping, local media reports said Monday. The incident took place on Friday night at a boarding school in Salaguda of Kandhamal district, about 248 km west of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. Reports said the boys, with their eyes shut, were seen crying as doctors were carefully trying to separate the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose to 0.52 percent in August, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday said. The wholesale inflation turned positive in August after remaining negative in the past two months. The August figure marks a four-month high. "Positive rate of inflation in August 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of food products, other manufacturing, non-food articles, other non-metallic mineral products a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rains in India's financial hub Mumbai, said media reports. An online report by the Indian Express said heavy showers battered Mumbai for the second consecutive day on Monday, with the Colaba coastal observatory recording over 100 millimeters of rainfall between Sunday and Monday morning, triggering intense waterlogging and traffic snarls. Movement of trains w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's retail inflation rose to 2.07 percent in August, the latest government data showed Friday. According to data released by the federal Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, inflation based on the consumer price index in August is 2.07 percent, compared with 1.61 percent in July. The inflation, according to the ministry, is well within the target inflation rate of the Reserve Bank of India. Food inflation remained negative in the third conse ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The police in India's financial capital, Mumbai, are on high alert after receiving a WhatsApp message threatening dozens of blasts across the city, the police said Friday. The threat message received on Thursday claimed that human bombs had been planted in 34 vehicles, and it would shake the entire city. The sender of the message further claimed that 14 terrorists had entered the city and planted 400 kg of RDX in vehicles for blasts. Senior police official Anil D ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the national governing body of the sport of cricket in India, on Monday ended the sponsorship association with the country's fantasy online sports platform Dream11. The decisions followed the passage of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 in both houses of parliament last week. The confirmation was made by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia while speaking to the media. "Looking at the current situ ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and a few others are feared trapped after a portion of a building collapsed on Wednesday in the Indian capital, police said. The building, consisting of ground and two floors, collapsed near Sadbhavna Park in Daryaganj area of the city. The victims were identified as laborers. Rescuers are searching for more people trapped there. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. ■ ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is exploring the possibility of hosting India for a white-ball series in early August, taking advantage of a rare opening in both nations' schedules. Final discussions are expected to take place this week on the sidelines of the ICC meetings in Singapore. This follows after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) mutually agreed to defer the white-ball series, three ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 schools across India's southern city of Bengaluru on Friday received bomb threats via email, prompting the worried administration of these institutions to alert police. The threatening messages claimed that explosive devices had been planted inside classrooms in black plastic bags. Police swiftly rushed their teams, along with the bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs, to these institutions to carry out search operations. However, no explosives were f ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Freida Pinto is all set to star in streaming giant Netflix's upcoming series "Unaccustomed Earth," an adaptation of the Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection. Pinto will play Parul Chaudhury in the series, which was originally announced in April. As previously reported, Netflix has commissioned eight episodes, reports variety.com. The official tagline for the show states that it is "an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian A ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 18 (Xinhua) -- At least seven persons were injured in an incident involving a cylinder blast and subsequent collapse of a portion of a three-storey building in which it was kept, in India's financial capital Mumbai on Friday, a local police said. The incident was reported from Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East in Mumbai. Those injured were admitted to a local hospital. Eight fire-trucks were rushed to the spot to carry out search and rescue operation. Further details were awaite ...Read More >
Jammu- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the ongoing restoration work of the historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which was the power centre of the Dogra kings in Jammu, and stressed on enhancing its heritage appeal. The Mubarak Mandi Complex is one of Jammu's most significant architectural heritage sites and is envisioned as a comprehensive cultural centre, housing museums, conference venues and heritage hospitality services. Accompanied by Advisor Nasir Aslam Wan ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 18 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 schools across Delhi received bomb threats via emails on Friday morning, as a result of which such schools were evacuated and thoroughly searched to ensure that there was no bomb or any other explosive material placed inside the premises. As per the latest reports, no bomb or any other explosive material was found inside such schools. The threat emails triggered panic among the security agencies. ■ ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) investigating last month's plane crash that killed 260 people on Thursday slammed some international media for attempting to draw conclusions through "selective and unverified" reporting of the incident. The AAIB statement came shortly after a report by American publication The Wall Street Journal claimed audio from the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed plane said the senior pilot had cut fuel to the engine ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court observed that Hindu marriages, regarded as spiritual unions, are increasingly under threat from trivial disputes and prolonged litigation. While quashing a dowry harassment case filed in December 2023 against a Nagpur man and his family, the court noted such discord often causes irreversible damage to families and must be resolved with dignity, where reconciliation is not possible.The division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahendra Nerlikar pass ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen people died and several others were injured in two separate road accidents in northern India on Tuesday, confirmed official sources. In the first accident reported from the northern hilly state of Uttarakhand, eight persons, including four women and three children, died and five were injured when the vehicle carrying them fell into a river. The mishap occurred in the state's Pithoragarh district. All the victims belonged to the same village. The injured w ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday during which they will interact with party functionaries of the state. State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said the district, block and mandal presidents of the party will be able to present their views before its top leadership during Kharge and Gandhi's visit. Also Read | Did Lucknow Court Judge Take Selfie With Rahul Gandhi During Hearing of Indian Army ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Indians were elated on Tuesday as the country's astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla returned to Earth along with three others. The crew had spent 18 days in the International Space Station (ISS). Their space mission "Axiom-4" was launched on June 25. Along with three other astronauts, Shukla's capsule splashed down off California. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in welcoming Shukla. "I join the nation in welcoming Group Captain Shubhanshu S ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Tesla, a U.S. automotive and clean energy company, opened its first showroom in India on Tuesday, marking the company's official entry into India's electric vehicle (EV) market. The inauguration of the showroom, located at Maker Maxity Mall in Bandra Kurla Complex in India's financial capital Mumbai, was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. As of now, Tesla will only sell its Model Y SUVs in India, with plans to expand to other models as sale ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Indians were elated on Monday as the news of undocking of spacecraft "Axiom-4" from the International Space Station (ISS) spread on social media. Indian Air Force's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts completed their 18-day stay at the ISS, and they were expected to return to Earth on Tuesday. Hailing from Lucknow, the capital city of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Shukla piloted the Axiom-4 mission. Media reports quoted the Indi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- India's wholesale price index (WPI) declined to -0.13 percent in June, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Monday. The WPI inflation dropped to a 21-month low of -0.13 percent in June, marking the first negative reading since October 2023. "The annual rate of inflation based on All India WPI number is -0.13 percent (provisional) for the month of June 2025 (over June 2024)," reads a statement issued by the ministry. Negative rat ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 11 others injured after a lorry carrying a load of mangoes overturned in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said Monday. The accident occurred on Sunday night in the Pullampeta area of Annamayya district, about 387 km southwest of Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. "The accident took place when the lorry lost control and turned turtle. The lorry was carrying an overload of mangoes of about 40 tons, ...Read More >
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