Prices of petrol and diesel increased in India's immediate neighborhood and as well as some other advanced countries at a time when they declined back home in India, data from various sources showed.
Stock indices in India declined sharply to start the fresh week, pulled down by a sharp dip in banking and financial stocks following the collapse of two US banks in a matter of two-to-three days.
Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) outstanding debt exposure in Adani Group of companies declined from Rs 6,347 crore at the end of 2022 to Rs 6,183 crore on March 5, 2023, government data tabled in Parliament showed on Monday.
Despite an increase in militant attacks last month, the resultant deaths declined compared to January. Militants carried out 58 terrorist attacks during the past month in which 62 people were killed including 27 civilians, 18 security forces personnel and 17 militants.
Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a press conference said that Afghanistan's gross income has declined by 35 per cent, and nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs over the past 18 months, the Khaama Press
Till Friday, the stocks declined over concerns that global growth will continue to slow in 2023 due to monetary policy tightening by various central banks to control inflation.
Wray had in November 2022, told Congress that he was deeply concerned about Beijing setting up unauthorised "police stations" in US cities to possibly pursue influence operations. He, however, declined at the time to detail the bureau's investigative work on the issue.
Overall real estate leasing activities last month stood at 3.2 million square feet in India, a 56 per cent decline on a monthly basis largely due to the lull period post the 2022 year-end momentum, said real estate advisory firm JLL.
According to RBI's latest data, India's foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves, declined USD 7.108 billion to USD 500.587 billion.