Day: August 7, 2019

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Cloudburst in Himachal’s Kullu

1:48 pm August 7, 2019

Shimla: A car was washed away in flash floods after a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Wednesday, police said. The Maruti 800 vehicle has been washed away near New Sabzi Mandi in flash floods after the cloudburst at Hallan Badgran. Two people in the car are safe and are being rescued, district Superintendent […]

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RBI lowers GDP growth forecast to 6.9 pc for FY’20 on demand, investment slowdown

1:44 pm August 7, 2019

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday marginally lowered the GDP growth projection for 2019-20 to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent forecast in the June policy, and underlined the need for addressing growth concerns by boosting aggregate demand. The RBI has cut the repo rate by an unusual 0.35 percentage points […]

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