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Dec 08, 2021 10:40 AM IST
Activities level are reaching pre-pandemic levels: RBI
Globally, economies are opening up, activities level are reaching pre-pandemic level, says Governor Shaktikanta Das.
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Dec 08, 2021 10:38 AM IST
‘Outrageous and unprecedented’: Sonia Gandi on suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs
At CPP meet, Sonia Gandhi terms suspension of 12 Opposition Rajya Sabha MPs as outrageous and unprecedented. She also said it violates both Constitution and rules.
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Dec 08, 2021 10:21 AM IST
RBI retains GDP growth target at 9.5% in FY22
The projection for real GDP growth is retained at 9.5% in 2021-22, consisting of 6.6% in Q3, and 6% in Q4. Real GDP growth is projected at 17.2% for Q1 of 2022-23 and at 7.8% for Q2 of 2022-23: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
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Dec 08, 2021 10:20 AM IST
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%, retains accommodative policy stance
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate at 4% and the stance remains accommodative. MSF rate and bank rate remain unchanged at 4.25%. Reverse repo rate also remains unchanged at 3.35%: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das following MPC meeting
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Dec 08, 2021 08:45 AM IST
SKM’s 5-member committee to hold urgent meeting today
Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s 5-member committee to hold an urgent meeting in New Delhi at 10 am today, news agency ANI reported.
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Dec 08, 2021 07:27 AM IST
Encounter underway in Shopian
Encounter has started at Check Cholan area of Shopian districts in Jammu and Kashmir. Further details shall follow.
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Dec 08, 2021 07:10 AM IST
Pfizer shot gives less immunity to Omicron than to other strains: Early study
Researchers in South Africa have found in an early study that Pfizer’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) actually provides less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major versions of the virus. Read More
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Dec 08, 2021 06:17 AM IST
Australia follows US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Australia will not send officials to the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the event. Read More
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‘Like all mothers’: Maryan Nawaz Sharif has an appeal over her son’s wedding
Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s son Junaid had married Ayesha Saif, daughter of former Ehtesab Bureau head Saifur Rehman Khan, in London early this year. Maryam could not attend the wedding as she was on the no-fly list. Now, celebratory events are being held in Lahore
Published on Dec 08, 2021 09:47 AM IST
‘Mountains can’t stop the river’: China’s reply to Australia boycotting Olympics
Canberra’s decision to join the US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics comes amid “disagreement” with China over a slew of issues that have plunged relations into the most serious crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
Updated on Dec 08, 2021 09:39 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Jab mandates absolute last resort: WHO
More and more countries in Europe, including Germany, are debating whether to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory after Austria announced in November it would make inoculations compulsory as of February 1 next year, prompting large protests.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:49 AM IST
Pfizer shot gives less immunity to Omicron than to other strains: Early study
Omicron resulted in about a 40-fold reduction in levels of neutralising antibodies produced by people who had received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech SE shot, compared with the strain detected in China almost two years ago.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:37 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Biden, Putin hold key summit on Ukraine
Russian TV footage showed Biden and Putin greeting each other in a friendly manner at the start of what was expected to be a tense exchange. Biden told Putin he hoped their next meeting would be in person.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:32 AM IST
LIVE: Australia follows US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
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Updated on Dec 08, 2021 10:40 AM IST
Lee statue in Charlottesville to be melted down for new art
The city council decided how to dispose of the now-removed statue at the center of the Unite the Right rally in 2017 during a meeting that stretched into Tuesday morning, The Daily Progress reported.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:14 AM IST
France arrested wrong man over Khashoggi murder: Saudi Arabia
- The man was detained by border police on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by Turkey as he was about to board a flight to Riyadh from Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, judicial and airport sources told AFP, asking not to be named.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:11 AM IST
Omicron not more severe than Delta, existing vaccines will work: WHO
Meanwhile, researchers in South Africa have found that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine actually provides less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major versions of the virus.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 06:06 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Australia follows US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Canberra’s decision comes amid “disagreement” with China over a number of issues, including Australia’s foreign interference laws and a recent decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, Morrison said.
Updated on Dec 08, 2021 07:17 AM IST
Ahead of nuclear talks, US hits Iran with new sanctions for human rights abuses
The sanctions announced by the Treasury and State Department targeted government officials and organizations involved in the repression of protesters and political activists and prisons where activists have been held in brutal conditions.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 05:16 AM IST
Don’t invade Ukraine, Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin
In a video call with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden also reiterated US support of his support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy, according to a readout issued by the White House.
Updated on Dec 08, 2021 12:18 AM IST
ByYashwant Raj I Washington
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