In the backstreets of Agra's Muslim quarter, where shoes have been made for centuries, small-scale manufacturers are firing workers and families cutting back on spending as a government crackdown on cattle slaughter ripples through the community.
Heavy rains have triggered a series of landslides and floods in Bangladesh and neighbouring northeast India, killing at least 156 people over two days, and officials warned on Wednesday the toll could rise.
The RBI has identified 12 of the country's biggest loan defaulters and said creditors must pursue bankruptcy proceedings against them.
When Leo Varadkar's Indian father, Ashok, moved to Ireland in the 1970s, he chose one of Western Europe's most socially conservative countries to call home.
The Reserve Bank of India has initiated "prompt corrective action" (PCA) for state-run Central Bank of India over high bad loans and negative return on assets, the lender said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday.
A gunman opened fire on Republican members of the U.S. Congress during a baseball practice near Washington on Wednesday, wounding several people including senior Republican leader Steve Scalise, before he was taken into custody, police and witnesses said.
India's wholesale prices rose 2.17 percent year-on-year in May, government data showed on Wednesday.
Intensified coalition air strikes supporting an assault by U.S.-backed forces on Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa in Syria are causing a "staggering loss of civilian life", United Nations war crimes investigators said on Wednesday.
China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| IN 10 YR |
+6.471
|
-0.022 |
| US 10YR |
+2.115
|
-0.092 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.064
|
-0.002 |
| Name | INR | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| INR | 1 | 64.2300 | 72.4130 |
| USD | 0.0156 | 1 | 1.1276 |
| EUR | 0.0138 | 0.8867 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,275.70
USD
|
+9.90
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Copper |
2.59
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Brent Crude |
48.33
USD
|
-0.39
Exp: Jun 17
|
