Another day, another fall. The Indian rupee tumbled to a fresh life-time low of 85.81 against the US dollar on Friday. The INR decline today was the steepest in a single-day in the past six months,…
The Indian rupee dropped to its lifetime low on Tuesday, hurt by persistent dollar demand from importers, including local oil companies, and a rise in U.S. bond yields, which boosted the dollar.
The…
Indian equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended their losing streak to a fifth consecutive session on Friday (December 20), closing with sharp declines of about 1.5 per cent amid global risk…
The Indian rupee declined to its all-time low on Thursday, pressured by dollar bids in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market and from importers while intervention by the central bank kept a lid on…
Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4 per cent – have a
diagnosis of dementia. But even without a diagnosis, a certain amount of cognitive decline is normal as age sets in.
And whether…
On Dhanteras (October 29), most Indians purchase gold and welcome it into their homes, on the belief that it will bring good luck. Perhaps, it’s the same for the Reserve Bank of India. The country’s…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be on a visit to India from October 24 and ahead of his trip, his Cabinet has approved a key strategic document, titled ‘Focus on India’ which highlights the future…
The Swiss government has submitted its proposed free trade agreement with India to parliament, it said on Thursday, moving closer to a deal that could open up the world’s most populous country to…
Mpox has been declared a global health emergency for the second time in two years.
A new form of the virus, clade lb, has triggered global concern as it seems to be spreading quickly and little is…
As India is all set to celebrate its 78th Independence Day on August 15, the Firstpost explores the historical context of how the British Government of India Act, 1935, also known as the Government of…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will keep interest rates steady for a ninth straight meeting in August due to persistently high inflation, with a slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll…
In recent years, researchers and healthcare professionals have begun to recognise that financial difficulties could be an early indicator of dementia. A study by the US Federal Reserve Bank of New…
India and Russia inked nine MoUs and agreements on several areas, including trade, climate and research, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day high-profile visit to Moscow which concluded on…
India’s gold reserves parked overseas dropped to a six-year low at the end of March 2024 to 47 per cent of the total. This is the lowest since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started accumulating the…