Here are the key decisions announced by the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has set his sights on a coaching career after agreeing to take charge of a top domestic team.
Maulana Kalbe Sadiq was told explicitly that it would be possible for him to enter the club premises only if he changed into a shirt-pant or a suit. The organisers' pleas fell on deaf ears and Maluana Sadiq had no choice but to leave the club, much to the embarrassment of the arrangers.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Justice V Gopala Gowda's name has been considered positively by the Trinamul Congress as well as the Left.
Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said the bank would use all its instruments to manage liquidity in the system following increased FII inflow.
The Panama verdict will decide how Pakistan handles its leadership problems.
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, on Friday decided to revert to its old fee structure of Rs 125,000 per annum, but also resolved to offer "need-based scholarships" to students from families with a weak financial position.
The first batch comprising 1,160 Amarnath yatris was on Friday flagged off by the state tourism minister from Jammu base camp to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
As the virus continued to spread its tentacles across India, several parts, including Kashmir valley headed towards a virtual lockdown with the administration restricting movement of people in several parts and banning all public transport in Srinagar city.
'We feel there is definitely something murky in the system.' 'Will anyone believe that Nirav Modi will go to a branch and bribe a low-level officer?' 'Just look at the people with whom he had moved around.'
The notification formalities were completed on Thursday night, a crucial step in paving way for the implementation of international civil nuclear cooperation, Department of Atomic Energy sources said.
The reason, he said, was the external environment was weak.
The Congress also said they would mention the matter before the Supreme Court on Monday.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
A section of the media on Thursday reported, quoting an unnamed EC official, that it may not allow RBI to go ahead with the plan before the polls and that they need more clarity from the Mint Road on certain aspects.
Ex-cricketer and former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chetan Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, has triggered a row with intense debate raging on social media on the government's 'bizarre selection'.
The Aam Aadmi Party government's first 100 days in power in Delhi have been a mixed bag
The government must set up a Bank Investment Company to shrink its role in PSBs, if we are serious about tackling the two persistent issues - lax corporate governance practices and discretionary decision-making, says Shyamal Majumdar.
The NPA of the public sector banks rose to 6.03% as of June 2015.
The 'Raj Bhavan/Nakkeeran Gopal case', in which editor S Gopal was arrested in the morning and set free by the court in the afternoon, is not the first one where the Tamil Nadu's once-reputed police force is seen as faltering in the eye of the law, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I would urge my Indian friends to look at how significant the overall support was.'
The actor, who has been catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in helping stranded labourers, has refuted reports of his political motivations and says his work with the migrants is because of his love for them.
State BJP in-charge Dinesh Sharma and party treasurer Surendra Patel met Shah on Thursday morning upon his arrival. The other top state leaders and ministers are expected to meet him in the evening.
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P Chidambaram said that the fiscal deficit target for 2013-14 will be met and the current account deficit will be contained below $40 billion.
A punitive majoritarian State can make an example of individuals who raise their voice in criticism of the prime minister and divisive politics, warns Sunil Sethi.
BJP president Amit Shah had said during the campaign that the party was fighting the election under Rupani and Nitin Patel.
Rajan tells RBI colleagues he will be returning to academics
As the government plans to take sector-specific steps to tackle the slump, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will soon hold talks with representatives from various sectors to get and take steps so that the confidence of those sectors can be restored.
New Delhi was reluctant to spook investors by clipping the bank's wings
New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg appointed Sonia Das as her chief of staff. She will take charge on January 1.
He also claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an FIR on the setting up of the 'secret unit'.
Stating that all aspects of the 400-crore water tanker scam of the Delhi Jal Board are being analysed, the ACB on Monday said that it would question all accused very soon.
India on Friday joined the United States in voting against Iran in a resolution passed by United Nations atomic watchdog IAEA censuring the Islamic nation over its controversial nuclear programme and demanding that it stop uranium enrichment.
In an interview with Business Standard, Jalan, who has also been a member of the Rajya Sabha, speaks on a wide range of issues concerning the markets
The Governor, who completes one year in RBI on Wednesday, has stabilised the rupee and is getting a fix on inflation.
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