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Representational image of the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System | Photo Credit: AP United States Federal Reserve officials will likely make official what’s been clear for many weeks: With inflation sticking at a level above their 2% target, they are downgrading their outlook for interest rate cuts….
ACT Fibernet is now available in 30 cities and towns. Photo: X/@ACTFibernet Home internet provider ACT Fibernet announced on June 12 that it was expanding service to more towns and neighbouring districts of existing markets. In Andhra Pradesh, the Class-A internet service provider (ISP) said it has launched services in Machilipatnam (expanding from existing market Guntur),…
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The World Economic Forum said India’s economic parity score has trended upwards for the past four years. | Photo Credit: AFP India has slipped two places on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to 129th place, while Iceland retained its top position in the rankings published on June 12. Within South Asia,…
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The RBI, in a recent proposal, asked banks and NBFCs to set aside a provision of 5% of the total loan amount of infrastructure projects at the construction phase. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) will ask the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to keep provisioning for infrastructure project loans unchanged…
Image used for representative purpose only. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices climbed on June 12, with the Nifty hitting its fresh record high level and Sensex climbing nearly 600 points, amid buying in market blue-chip stocks HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries. Buying in IT stocks also propelled the rally in the markets….
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At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.56 and gained further to trade at 83.54 against the greenback in initial deals. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 5 paise to 83.54 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on June 12, boosted by positive sentiments in the domestic equity…
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Atomic clocks are the backbone of the Global Positioning System (GPS), the network of satellites above the earth that we use every day to navigate cities, respond to emergencies, and organise military operations, among other things. Despite being one of the most accurate timekeeping methods, however, there is still room for improvement. Scientists today are…
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Tyre exports from India made a sharp recovery in the second half of 2023-24 fiscal and went up by 12% in value terms compared to the same period during the previous fiscal, according to data recently released by the Ministry of Commerce. In the first, tyre exports were severely impacted by falling demand in view…
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Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. | Photo Credit: S Rambabu/The Hindu Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and cracks within rocks. We see it when it rises to the surface in…
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IISc said that according to reports, 113 districts in 21 States in India have arsenic levels above 0.01 mg per litre while 223 districts in 23 States have fluoride levels above 1.5 mg per litre, which are beyond the permissible limits set by the Bureau of Indian Standards and the World Health Organization. | Photo…