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India’s forex reserves jumped by $10.512 billion to $692.866 billion during the week ended July 31, the RBI said on Friday (August 7, 2026). The overall kitty had jumped by $6.118 billion to $682.354 billion in the previous reporting week. Reserves had expanded to an all-time high of $728.494 billion during the week ended February…
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Bangladesh has sharply criticised India for allowing deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a press conference from New Delhi, calling it harmful to bilateral ties. Dhaka said its repeated requests to extradite Hasina remain unanswered. Published – August 06, 2026 10:39 am IST Source link
The story so far: The Union Cabinet on Friday (July 31, 2026) approved an outlay of ₹84,084 crore for the Oil Ministry’s National Offshore Exploration Scheme. ‘Samudra Manthan’ seeks to provide a fillip to India’s ambitions in deepwater and ultra-deepwater explorations. The scheme, which, among other things, seeks to de-risk offshore exploration and catalyse private…
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Harmanpreet in good spirits at the national-team camp. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar An India-Pakistan clash in any sport evokes heightened passion. For the players, the marquee match is all about keeping emotions in check while focusing on the task at hand. Their resolve will be tested once again at the FIH Men’s Hockey…
Indian garment exporters are hoping for tariff-rate quota, which countries such as the Bangladesh have got, from Washington as India is also a major buyer of U.S. cotton. Officials in a couple of textile and apparel export promotion councils told The Hindu on Wednesday that the Indian government is trying to negotiate with the U.S….
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India had its first private orbital rocket launch at 12.05 p.m. on July 18. So far, all orbital rockets India had launched as part of its space programme had been state-funded and led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace changed that by launching its small-satellite launch vehicle Vikram-1 to a low-earth…
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By the time Argentina’s players emerged from the tunnel on Wednesday evening, familiar songs had already begun rolling around the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The crowd came from Buenos Aires and Cordoba, from Rosario and Mendoza. But they also came with unmistakably different accents from Kolkata and Dhaka, from Kochi and Varanasi, from South Asian immigrant neighbourhoods…
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Ather Energy factory | Photo Credit: Kesavan A N@Chennai The Hindu Bureau The Government of India will invest ₹200 crore in Ather Energy through India-Japan Fund (IJF) a joint investment vehicle backed by the government of India and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). This partnership between the government of India and Japan Bank…
The Indian government’s decision to import more oil from Russia is part of a longer strategy it deployed following the start of the West Asia crisis and was part of a broader strategy to diversify sources of oil, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas has said in response to an editorial by The Hindu…
The story so far: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia last week, India and Australia “finalised the administrative arrangements” that are required to enable export of uranium from Australia to India. These exports will be “exclusively for peaceful purposes and under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) watch” as per the Australia-India Nuclear Cooperation…
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