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repo rate, the Monetary Policy Committee is not keeping rates unchanged, but actually raising the real repo rate, which is adjusted for inflation, Jayanth Varma, an external member of the rate-setting panel. Varma, who has expressed concerns about growth sacrifice due to restrictive monetary policy, voted for a 25-basis-point rate cut in the MPC's June policy review. Edited excerpts from the interview with Bhaskar Dutta: The RBI has been placing emphasis on the arduous and slow manner in which inflation is declining to the 4% target. Is the emphasis on reaching 4% and thus keeping rates unchanged a matter of ensuring the credibility of the monetary authority? First of all I think it is important to keep a sharp focus on the real policy rate and not on the nominal repo rate. It is a mistake to think that we are keeping rates unchanged by maintaining the same nominal repo rate; the fact is that, we are actually increasing the real repo rate. Second, there is no reason to worry about credibility at this point of time. Inflation expectations are well anchored, and the inflation targeting regime is working quite well. I do not find any merit in the proposition that an excessively high interest rate is needed to establish the credibility of monetary policy.

Star Sports, former Aussie captain said, “I loved what Rohit said it’s about having an impact on the game. It’s not about having 50s or 100s, it’s about changing the game and putting Bangladesh on the backfoot from the second over itself. It’s a change of mindset for youngsters who’re told to get hundreds, get fifties, get two hundreds whereas the modern game and you see the youngsters who’re 18,19 and 20 coming into the game now.

Bangladesh opener Litton Das. Pandya has enjoyed the trust of the Indian fans at the stadiums in the USA and West Indies after facing many incidents of booing during the IPL 2024 season.Social media users were quick to share their appreciation for Pandya after Saturday's all-round show.

summer heat is drawing people out to cafes serving cold beverages like iced coffee and tea as well as summer-specific products, according to multiple industry executives. National chains such as Third Wave Coffee, Chaayos, AbCoffee, and Boba Bhai said they are registering increasing footfall at their cafes — across northern India in particular — offering a stark contrast to reports of dipping sales at restaurant chains in the region that is battling record summer temperatures. While the availability of cold beverages and expansion of the on-premise menu is boosting sales, these cafes are also recording a spike in orders for delivery of summer-specific items. In addition, new-age cafes are popular destinations for remote working and meetings, which is further boosting footfalls.

capital investment, increased allocations for rural schemes and a boost for housing programmes at their pre-budget meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. The full budget for FY25 is expected next month. Sitharaman underlined the Centre’s support to states through timely tax devolution and release of GST compensation arrears to stimulate growth, while nudging them to undertake reforms to gain maximum advantage from 50-year interest-free loans. The states also suggested higher assistance be provided to combat disasters and climate change, officials aware of the discussion told ET. Andhra Pradesh asked for central funds for the development of Amaravati as its capital, fresh funds and the clearance of arrears for Polavaram irrigation project and cheap power tariffs among other demands. “There was no demand on special package by any state,” an official told ET. The Telugu Desam Party, support of which is key to the NDA’s majority in Parliament, has just taken over in Andhra Pradesh.

black money law are popping the champagne. For the first time, the court has invoked Article 20 of the Constitution to squash law's retrospective use which was enacted in 2015 to allow the taxman to go after offshore bank accounts, properties and companies of resident Indians. Article 20 lays down that «no person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the act charged as an offence». In other words, one cannot be punished under a law which did not exist when the offence was committed. The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated by the income-tax department against persons connected to overseas bank accounts and firms which were closed well before the Black Money Act came into force.

Willie Nelson are concerned that he may not participate in the 'Outlaw Music Festival'. The 91-year-old country music icon said on Instagram that he isn't feeling well and that his doctors have advised him to take it easy for the next four days. According to 'Metro', Willie Nelson will not be attending this weekend's Outlaw Music Festival, instead, Lukas Nelson and the Family Band, along with a few guests will perform. They'll play a unique set that features additional songs in addition to some of Willie's most well-known hits. Willie expects to resume the festival tour the following week and anticipates a speedy recovery. Fans express concerns

Devgad mangoes tried many hacks with little success to prevent unscrupulous traders from mixing cheaper varieties with this premium variant of the hapus, or alphonso, mangoes. They probably have a fix now. Grown at Devgad in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra's Konkan region, these mangoes are known for their thin skin, rich aroma and superior taste. A dozen of these cost ₹1,000 to upwards of ₹3,500, depending on the size.

ethnic wear,’ I reach for the nearest clothes hangar. Being in a garments store recently, a hangar was, indeed, close at hand. But I refrained from hooking someone with it simply because, the shop being in Khan Market, it was impossible for me to distinguish between customers and the store’s employees. It may have been a close call for at least one member of India’s thriving retail industry. But the term ‘ethnic wear’ pisses me off no end. What ‘ethnic wear’? I know that you know that I know what it means — sari, salwar kameez, choli, sherwani, bandhgala, Khan suit…. Like light, I know ‘ethnic wear’ when I see it. But for a voluble section of the country — which, in its continued quest to be a nation of virtue-signallers, recently took to the ludicrous binary of ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ in English, thereby quietly emphasising the perceived dowdiness of the latter against the perceived spunkiness of the former — their perfunctory use of the term ‘ethnic wear’ sounds not just preposterous, but downright embarrassing. ‘Ethnic,’ as an adjective, merely denotes belonging to an ethnicity, a population group or subgroup sharing a common genetic descent and/or cultural background. So ‘Germanic’ is as good a description of ‘ethnic’ as ‘Hispanic’ or ‘Indian’ and ‘Western’ or ‘Nordic’. And yet, somehow, you enter a store — here in India — and there’s a section devoted to ‘ethnic wear’. In India.

Gautam Gambhir looks set to be the Indian men’s team’s next head coach. Once Rahul Dravid made it clear that he would not be re-applying for the post at the end of the T20 World Cup, the speculation began. An unnamed foreigner was in the mix. At least two former Australian cricketers said they had received feelers from those in power, but were not interested in the job. So much so that Jay Shah, BCCI secretary, put out an official clarification that neither he nor anyone else from the Indian cricket board had approached either of these cricketers. This is just how the ecosystem works around Indian cricket. There is rarely anything simple or straightforward. And then, when it looked like Gambhir was in a one-man race, it came to light that WV Raman, another former Indian left-handed opening bat, had also applied for the job.

road transport and highways (MoRTH) has set up a round the clock control room in view of the onset of monsoon, same as last year. “The control room has been set up to monitor the problems arising from heavy rains impacting the operation of national highways in the country, viz., disruption of traffic, accidents due to poor visibility and potholes, water logging, road obstruction and landslides etc,” it said in an office memorandum issued on Saturday. Dedicated teams have been deployed for control room duties which will include receiving calls from public as well as government agencies and monitoring electronic media platforms for monsoon related incidents pertaining to operation of national highways.

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FIIs long-short ratio, this is working well in the Indian market. If I look at the historical data of the last two-and-a-half, three years, then the ratio goes near 10% to 15% on the lower side and on upside it goes till 70-75%. And just a couple of days back, the ratio of FIIs long-short ratio was 12% to 13% and now (12:13), so that clearly indicates that FIIs covered their short positions. So, short covering trigger was there. They built some long position also after a long time. So, somehow it seems that sentiment is changing and that may support the Indian market. As of now, the SIP and the flow from the DIIs were supporting the market and now if FIIs do the short covering, then further leg of rally could be seen, says Chandan Taparia, Motilal Oswal ET Now: Nearly, it is like a range. Though we hit a lot of records this week, Nifty hit a record, Bank Nifty hit a record for this week, but the range where we started Nifty, we have clearly or closely ended on those points only, 50 odd points of gain only. Is there a sign of exhaustion now? Are we in for a consolidated trade for the coming week? How would you trade from here?

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday demanded that the enforcement of the three criminal laws, which are to come into force from July 1, be deferred, saying the Bills were «bulldozed» through Parliament. In a post on X, Ramesh said the implementation of the Bills be deferred to enable a thorough review and re-examination by a reconstituted Standing Committee on Home Affairs as they were passed at a time when 146 MPs had been suspended. «On Dec 25 2023, the President of India had given her assent to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023,the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. The three far-reaching Bills had been bulldozed through Parliament without proper debate and discussion, and at a time when 146 MPs had been suspended from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,» Ramesh said. «Earlier the Bills had been bulldozed through the Standing Committee on Home Affairs without detailed interactions with stakeholders across the country and completely ignoring the written and very detailed dissent notes of a number of MPs belonging to different political parties, including the Indian National Congress, who were members of the Standing Committee,» he said.

IndiaAI Mission at the Global IndiaAI Summit to be held in New Delhi on July 3-4, the electronics and information technology ministry said on Friday. In March, the government had approved Rs 10,372 crore to be spent over the next five years on setting up compute capacity of up to 10,000 graphic processing units (GPUs), developing artificial intelligence (AI) applications in critical sectors and working on addressing problems raised by central and state governments as well as government-run institutions.

India were able to tame varied challenges thrown at them by South Africa so far, and they will be eager to take the series to its fitting conclusion of a 3-0 margin during the third and final ODI in Bengaluru on Sunday. Currently, the margin stands 2-0 in favour of India but that insuperable position has not come without its own trials by fire. In the first match, the Indian batters had to come back from a perilous 99 for five before making a 260-plus total. The home side bowlers defended the target well too.

silver prices remained in the limelight followed by feeble US economic numbers, which fuelled hopes that the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this year. In the key domestic futures market, prices were placed well above Rs 90,000 a kg level while it crossed the key $30-level mark in the overseas market last week.

International Yoga Day 2024: Transcending the boundaries of cultures and ethnicities, Yoga has become a global movement for fitness enthusiasts and those who want to adopt a healthy lifestyle. The celebration of International Yoga Day on June 21 worldwide is a testimony of the growing influence of the ancient Indian practice.

«I think in insurance there are a couple of things going on. One, obviously the two main drivers there will be, one was the large overhang for the last I think six-eight months around the surrender values I think that largely is behind us now with the ruling now,» says Sunil Koul, Goldman Sachs. Is the base case assumption a meaningful rural recovery or is it placed purely on valuation comfort, some of those pockets that you talked about? Sunil Koul: Look it is not a strong rural recovery we are baking in our numbers because I think the fact remains as we know that numbers have kind of bottomed out to a large extent. The FMCG volume growth was kind of negative for many quarters.

Nifty and Sensex are consistently moving upwards and the bull run is expected to continue as the Lok Sabha election results were well absorbed by the market participants. Considering the past week, Nifty seems to have taken a support near the 23,400 mark while Sensex seems to be resisting the 77,850 level for the last 3 trading sessions as the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 269 points or 0.35% to settle at 77,209 on Friday while Nifty dropped 66 points or 0.28% to end at 23,501.