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National lockdown can dent GDP growth by 2%, states should do with local curbs: Report

Fitch cuts India’s FY20 GDP growth forecast to 5.5 pc

2:21 pm October 24, 2019

New Delhi: Fitch Ratings on Thursday slashed India’s GDP growth forecast in the current fiscal to 5.5 per cent saying a large credit squeeze emanating from shadow banks has pushed economic growth to a six year low. Fitch, which had in June this year put India’s GDP growth at 6.6 per cent for the fiscal […]

One held for selling firecrackers in Greater Noida

Man held with 870 kgs of firecrackers in Delhi

11:11 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi: A man was arrested after 870 kgs of firecrackers were recovered from his shop in northwest Delhi’s Mahindra Park area, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Pankaj Kansal, who also lives in Mahindra Park, was arrested on Tuesday, they said. Following a tip-off, a raid was carried out at a shop, Kansal Fireworks, […]

Rajkummar Rao on taming ‘The White Tiger’, talking sex and heading to China

7:12 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi : “The White Tiger” will be a second book-to-screen adaptation for Rajkummar Rao and the actor hopes the audience cherishes the English-language film set at Netflix more than the bestseller. The actor along with Priyanka Chopra Jonas will soon start shooting the film, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Aravind Adiga, […]

Modi to address BJP workers of Varanasi on Oct 24

3:02 pm October 22, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address BJP workers of Varanasi constituency on October 24, the day the result of two state assembly elections will be announced. In a tweet, Modi urged all workers to join the interaction and asked them to share any suggestion or question they may have on his NaMo app. […]

‘English-speaking liberal media’ didn’t present ‘fair picture’ on Art 370: Jaishankar

11:54 pm October 21, 2019

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that by the time he visited the US after abrogation of Article 370 provisions, it was the “English-speaking liberal media” that posed a much more difficult challenge than others as it had “preset views” and did not present a “fair picture”. Jaishankar, while speaking at […]