Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Indian stock markets' key indices, Sensex and Nifty, slumped by more than two per cent on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made a surprise announcement to hike policy repo rate by 0.40 per cent.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee in an unscheduled meeting on Wednesday unanimously decided to increase the policy repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect citing inflation worries.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take necessary initiatives to reduce the exorbitant hike in airfares in the domestic and international sector.
Sydney [Australia], May 3 (ANI/Xinhua): After dropping interest rates down to historic low levels during the pandemic, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked interest rates by 0.25 to 0.35 per cent, the first rise since 2010, in an effort to calm growing inflation.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday lashed out at the Centre over hike in petroleum prices and termed it an "attack on the labour class and poor" on the Labour Day.
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 102.50 on Sunday, which now costs Rs 2,355.50 against the earlier price of Rs 2,253.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): Adding more burden to the staggering economy of the island nation, the Health Minister of the country Channa Jayasumana issued a special gazette order on Thursday stating a dramatic price hike in the pharmaceutical drugs, yet again shooting up the prices
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): While salary might not be THE defining factor for employees, it surely counts as an important one and almost everyone at some point of time or other in their employment has faced the prospect of mustering the courage to ask for a bigger paycheck.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI): In a major hike, the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has been increased by Rs 2.20 in Pune, taking its new rate to Rs 77.20 in the city today, informed Ali Daruwala, Spokesperson, All India Petrol Dealers Association on Friday.
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is calling on the United States to undo the increase of tariffs on Chinese goods amid soaring inflation in the country, Chinese commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said on Thursday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): PM Narendra Modi has appealed to states to reduce tax on petrol and diesel, but imported oil is taxed first by Centre and then the states, so the Centre should also reduce tax, said Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar on Thursday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 28 (ANI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to States ruled by non-BJP parties to reduce tax on fuel, Tamil Nadu Minister for Finance and Human Resource Management Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan lashed out at the Centre and recalled that the Sta