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The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would pause its historic rate-hiking campaign as it waits for the effects to trickle further through the economy. Since March 2022, Fed officials have raised the central bank's benchmark interest rate 10 times in a row — an attempt to cool the US economy and battle inflation that is still double the Fed's target.
Massive fire broke out at a check-in counter inside Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport on Wednesday, according to media reports.
In a big relief to Indian students in Canada, a Canadian minister said on Wednesday that now the country will stop deportation and will look into each case separately.
The Tamil Nadu government has made it mandatory for the CBI to seek permission from the state government before initiating inquiry, according to media reports.
The Gujarat's Bhuj Airport terminal will remain closed until June 16 as cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make a landfall on Thursday. The landfall of the cyclone 'Biparjoy'is projected near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district.
Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji has been sent to judicial custody till June 28 by Sessions Court, in connection with a money laundering case.
National security advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday met his US counterpart Jake Sullivan for a bilateral meeting in New Delhi. On Tuesday, Doval met Sullivan to discuss regional and global issues of mutual interest.
As Cyclone Biparjoy barrels towards the Kutch coast in Gujarat, the government said they have so far evacuated nearly 37,800 people living near the sea in eight districts of the state. The powerful cyclone will make landfall near Jakhau port on the evening of June 15, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said. He was arrested after a long session of questioning, they said, even as the minister was admitted to a city government hospital after he complained of uneasiness. He is likely to produced before a special court later where the agency will seek his custody.
Ahead of PM Narendra Modi's state visit to Washington, the Biden administration is pushing New Delhi to cut through its own red tape and advance a deal for dozens of U.S.-made armed drones, two people familiar with the matter said. India has long expressed interest in buying large armed drones from the United States. But bureaucratic stumbling blocks have hampered a hoped-for deal for SeaGuardian drones that could be worth $2 billion to $3 billion for years. US negotiators are counting on Indian PM Modi's White House visit on June 22 to break the log jam.
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Indian Navy on standby in view of approaching Cyclone Biparjoy
As cyclone 'Biparjoy' approaches the coastal region of Gujarat, four ships with Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) bricks embarked are on standby at short notice, Indian Navy said in a statement. Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near the Jakhau coast, Gujarat on the evening of June 15 and will traverse all along the Rann of Kutch up to Rajasthan. Five relief teams each at Porbandar and Okha and 15 relief teams at Valsura are on standby to render assistance to civil authorities.
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BJP national president JP Nadda meets Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Panchkula
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Delhi gets taste of rain after scorching hot day; more predicted later in week
Parts of Delhi, including Dwarka, received rainfall on Wednesday, despite there being no forecast for rains for the day. Delhiites are expected to get some relief from the punishing heat in the next few days with light rains and thundershowers in the offing, the weather office said.
The maximum temperature is expected to be between 36 degrees Celsius and 39 degrees Celsius till June 20, it said.
10:07 PM
Fire breaks out inside Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Internationa Airport in Kolkata
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NIA seeks information of persons involved in attack on Indian High Commission in London
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Tamil Nadu withdraws general consent to CBI to investigate in state
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Delhi to witness thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain, gusty winds: IMD
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Cyclone Biparjoy: Gujarat Minister Praful Pansheriya visits shelter homes in Bhuj, Kachchh
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Monsoon set to advance further from June 18 into southern peninsula, says IMD
The southwest monsoon is set to advance further into the southern peninsula and eastern parts of the country from Sunday after an initial delay in its onset over Kerala. India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said Cyclone Biparjoy has completely detached itself from the monsoonal flow and will have no impact on the progress of the seasonal rainfall system.
"Had Cyclone Biparjoy moved north-westwards towards Oman, it would have affected the monsoonal flow," he said.
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Order issued under section 144 of CrPC to prohibit movement of people on beaches
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Sea remains turbulent under impact of Cyclone Biparjoy
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Our ties not transactional but represent solidarity of shared struggle: Jaishankar
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Startups, micro industries will be charged only 20% of testing fees: Piyush Goyal
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Fire breaks out in a coach of Garib Rath Express in Bihar; no casualties reported
A fire broke out in an air-conditioned coach of Anand Vihar-Jaynagar Garib Rath Express near Bihar's Samastipur district earlier today. No casualties were reported.
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Cyclone Biparjoy: Akashvani dismantles 90-metre tower in Gujarat's Dwarka
Akashvani on Wednesday said it has dismantled a 90-metre high-transmission tower supported by a guy rope at Gujarat's Dwarka as Cyclone Biparjoy is set to hit the Kutch and Saurashtra regions on Thursday.
"This has been done to prevent any mishap and minimise the damage to life and property in the surrounding areas," an official statement said.
Structural experts from the National Institute of Technology, Surat and the civil construction wing of Prasar Bharati had recommended dismantling the 35-year-old tower in January after a safety audit of the structure.
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First Published: Jun 14 2023 | 8:39 AM IST
