MUMBAI: RBI stepped up dollar sales in FY26 to manage exchange rate volatility. The central bank recorded a total net sale of $53.1 billion over the course of the fiscal year an increase of $12 billion compared to net sales of $41.1 billion in FY25. Despite temporary periods of dollar accumulation, the central bank maintained…
‘Can’t Be Grand Generalisation For Giving Bail’ NEW DELHI: Amid an escalating fight between two benches over whether delay in trial entitles those facing grave charges under UAPA to bail, Centre on Friday put a pointed poser to Supreme Court – could dreaded terrorists like Ajmal Kasab and Hafiz Saeed be allowed bail just because…
NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough, the Centre and Ladakh representatives Friday agreed on creation of an elected body at UT level “with full legislative, executive and financial powers”, apart from having similar bodies in each of the seven districts.The two sides – which resumed talks after a gap of over three months, with environmentalist…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday raised a question on why children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes be allowed to avail the benefit of reservation under OBC category.“If both parents are IAS officers, why should they have reservations? With education and economic empowerment, there is social mobility. So then again to…
NEW DELHI: Observing that a person is legally entitled to dispose of his property as he wishes, Supreme Court has ruled that a will cannot be invalidated just on the ground that legal heirs have been denied a share, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Vijay Bishnoi said the exclusion of…
NEW DELHI: A day after peak power demand broke all previous records and reached the projected level of 271 gigawatts (GW), the power ministry on Friday urged citizens to use electricity “wisely and judiciously”.The ministry said the intense heatwave sweeping the country had pushed electricity demand to record levels over the last four days. “Although…
NEW DELHI: After two benches of the Supreme Court differed over whether delay in trial can justify bail for those accused under UAPA, the apex court has now referred the issue to a large bench for authoritative pronouncement.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale said this while taking exception to remarks made…
New Delhi: Declaring the Centre’s resolve to put an end to infiltration from across the eastern border, which it sees as a design to introduce unnatural demographic changes, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asked BSF to take up the responsibility of identifying infiltrators and their routes by engaging with the local administration and…
Countries substantially aligned with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes report exclusive breastfeeding rates of 54%, compared with 24% in countries with no legal measures. This was stated in the latest report put out on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Protection Day on May 21, assessing the extent to which the code has…
NEW DELHI: India and Cyprus upgraded their ties to a strategic partnership, launched a roadmap for defence cooperation and signed an MoU for establishing a joint working group on counterterrorism as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Nikos Christodoulides for talks. Modi said ties with Cyprus, which currently holds the EU Council presidency, were based on…