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MPC may raise rate by another 25 bps as inflation woes persist: BS Poll
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to increase repo rate for a seventh straight policy review as headline inflation continues to remain above the mandate, a majority of the respondents of a Business Standard Poll said. Read more...
Consensus on 99% issues, readying first draft by July: G20 Sherpa Kant
India is looking to pass on its successes in digital public infrastructure through its G20 Presidency to all 133 nations who do not yet have fast digital payments, G20 Sherpa AMITABH KANT tells Arup Roychoudhury in an interview. Read more...
People rush back to vaccination centres as Covid-19 scare resurfaces
The spike in fresh Covid-19 cases in the wake of a new Omicron sub-variant, XBB.1.16, has pushed people to vaccination centres again, to get that booster shot that many of them had skipped. Read more...
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Nearly 80% of new wheat arrivals in mandis so far of inferior quality
Nearly 80 per cent of the new crop that has arrived at the mandis in North and Central India so far in the last few weeks is low-grade, fetching Rs 1,900-2,050 per quintal — lower than the 2023-24 minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,125 per quintal, trade and market sources said.
With the weather likely to improve in the days to come, the moisture content in wheat is expected to go down, helping the crop fetch a better price. Read more...
140 million tune in to watch Day 1 of IPL on TV, up 47%: Disney Star
Disney Star, the official television broadcaster of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), clocked a total of 8.7 billion minutes of consumption on TV for the opening match, up over 47 per cent in comparison to last year.
Around 140 million viewers tuned in for the live broadcast on opening day, which included the opening ceremony with 130 million watching the first match involving Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings, Disney Star stated in a press release. Read more...