NEW DELHI: Domestic stock indices are preparing for the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy decisions, which are expected to provide fresh direction to the markets in the coming week.India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 5.4 per cent in Q2 FY25, marking the lowest growth rate in two years.During the past week…
Strictly Come Dancing has been on our screens for 20 years but this year is the first it has had a blind contestant. And it seems the success of comedian and actor Chris McCausland has had a knock-on effect with one inclusive London dance company seeing an increase in the numbers of those wanting to…
Black Friday sales in the United States grew 3.4% compared to last year, according to preliminary data from Mastercard SpendingPulse. The report, which tracks retail sales across all payment types and excludes automotive purchases, revealed a robust performance in e-commerce, which surged 14.6%, while in-store sales showed a modest 0.7% increase. Shoppers increasingly turned to…
Velindre Cancer Centre An artist’s impression of the new £885m Velindre Cancer Centre in Whitchurch, Cardiff There are “serious questions” over how two firms fined for rigging bids for construction projects came to be linked to the building of a Welsh hospital, a senior Senedd politician has said. One of the companies developing the new…
BBC Daniel San Diego was arrested at his remote home on the outskirts of Llanrwst in the Conwy valley Earlier this week one of America’s most wanted men was finally arrested in rural north Wales having spent the past 21 years on the run. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was wanted by the FBI for…
NEW DELHI: The cost of commercial LPG and aviation fuel prices surged on Sunday following the monthly revision aimed at aligning with trends in international oil prices. State-owned oil firms raised commercial LPG rates, used in hotels and restaurants by Rs 16.5 per to Rs 1818.50 per 19 kg cylinder.Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices in…
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Foreign investors pulled out Rs 21,612 crore ($2.56 billion) from Indian equity markets in November, primarily due to rising US bond yields, a stronger dollar and anticipated domestic economic slowdown.The outflow, whilst significant, was considerably lower than October’s substantial withdrawal of Rs 94,017 crore ( $ 11.2 billion).With the latest withdrawal, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said a new phase for his government will begin this week, under what he calls a “plan for change” for Britain. Writing for the Sun on Sunday, Starmer described the strategy as “the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation” as the government was “knuckling down” on…
EPA Rebel fighters were reportedly seen outside the citadel in Aleppo on Saturday Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the city of Aleppo following an offensive by rebels opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The army acknowledged that rebels had entered “large parts” of the city, the country’s second largest, but vowed to…
