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October 18, 2022

Justice D Y Chandrachud appointed next CJI

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice DY Chandrachud as the next Chief Justice of India.

1 min

Congress leaders vote to elect their new chief

Congress delegates from all over the country today voted in the party's presidential poll which saw a straight contest between veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge and MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor with the scales heavily tilted in favour of the former.

2 mins

PM releases ₹16,000 cr under PM-KISAN scheme

PM-KISAN scheme

2 mins

Poll-bound Gujarat spared Amul milk price hike, govt cuts VAT on LPG

Election season is bringing multiple benefits to the people of Gujarat, including cut in cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG).

1 min

CM Mamata bats for Sourav Ganguly

Chief minister said Ganguly had been wrongly ousted

2 mins

CPM questions Siliguri mayor’s ward visits

CPI-M councillors in Siliguri have raised questions on the outcome of ward visits being made by Mayor Gautam Deb. According to them, there was alack of initiative to plug the gaps after they were found during his visits. The councillors cited lack of action oriented performance” of the civic body when it came to the fight against dengue. The councillors today met Mr Deb and put forth their suggestions.

1 min

CM may announce plans for N Bengal on Tuesday

She met families of flash flood victims, who lost lives during immersion of Durga idols in Malriver

2 mins

Health centres face staffcrunch in fight against dengue menace

Urban primary health centres UPHC) under the Siliguri Municipal Corporation SMC) are grappling with an acute shortage of medical staff, which, experts say, could take a toll at a time when the town is battling a dengue outbreak.

2 mins

‘Didi must make Sourav Bengal's brand ambassador’

Replacing Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, said BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari

1 min

‘Govt adopted holistic approach to strengthen national security’

Rajnath Singh emphasised that national security encompasses the security of land and sea borders

1 min

Economic Outlook

Central banks around the world are now tightening money supply sharply in order to restore price stability because persistent inflation is extremely detrimental to future macroeconomic stability. Central banks would have the unenviable task of continuing with a tight monetary policy, even after economies start slowing down, and the public clamours for a loose monetary policy. Central banks have to walk a difficult tightrope; under-tightening would not tame inflation while over-tightening would push the global economy into a recession

6 mins

India should ignore reset in US-Pakistan ties

Recent week long visits by Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto and army chief, General Bajwa, to Washington, signal a resetting of US-Pakistan ties, believed by some to be a message to India. These were preceded by sale of maintenance stores for US delivered F-16s and followed by the US Ambassador to Islamabad visiting POK, which he referred to as Azad Kashmir. Past US ambassadors have used the same term for POK.

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Sensex extends gains to 2nd day, closes 491 points higher

The Nifty started the day in theredat17,144.80 points and slumped to a low of 17,098.55 points

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DGCA directs SpiceJet to get engine oil samples of entire Q400 fleet examined

Following a recent incident of smoke in a SpiceJet plane cabin, the aviation regulator DGCA has directed the airline to send the engine oil samples of the entire Q400 fleet consisting of 14 operational aircraft to Pratt Whitney Canada to ascertain the presence of metal and carbon seat particles.

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