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The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee on Friday kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, while continuing with its 'neutral' stance. Governor Sanjay Malhotra assured proactive liquidity management

The Budget has raised the cost of trading futures and options and the market felt it instantly. A sharp sell-off, spiking volatility, and big questions for traders.

A Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia study warns that HbA1c, the gold-standard diabetes test, can misdiagnose or delay diabetes in Indians due to widespread anaemia and blood disorders

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Nearly 40 per cent of Indian adults may have metabolic fatty liver disease, with many unknowingly progressing to liver fibrosis, as new Lancet-backed data flags a major silent public health crisis

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North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country's state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign policies for the next five years.
The ruling Workers' Party congress, which Kim previously held in 2016 and 2021, comes after years of accelerated nuclear and missile development and deepening ties with Moscow over the war in Ukraine that have increased his standoffs with the United States and South Korea.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said the party's political bureau met under Kim's supervision and decided the congress would be held in late February. State media did not immediately specify a date or release agenda details.
The congress will likely continue for days as a highly choreographed display of Kim's authoritarian leadership. In recent weeks, Kim has inspected weapons tests and toured military sites and economic projects as state media highlighted his purported achievements

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Voters in Thailand went to the polls Sunday in an early general election seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics.
The battle for support from 53 million registered voters comes against a backdrop of slow economic growth and heightened nationalist sentiment. While more than 50 parties are contesting the polls, only three - the People's Party, Bhumjaithai, and Pheu Thai - have the nationwide organisation and popularity to gain a winning mandate.
A simple majority of the 500 elected lawmakers selects the next prime minister.
No outright winner expected
Local polls consistently project that no single party will gain a majority, necessitating the formation of a coalition government.
Although the progressive People's Party is seen as favoured to win a plurality, its reformist politics aren't shared by its leading rivals, which may freeze it out by joining forces to form a government.
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Shree Cements expects a strong rebound in cement volumes in the fourth quarter of the current financial year, aided by a pick-up in infrastructure activity and higher government spending towards the fiscal year-end, the management said in a Q3 analyst concall.
The company is targeting sales volumes of 9-9.5 million tonnes in the January-March quarter.
It noted that the Centre's push to utilise infrastructure allocations by March 31 is likely to support demand.
While pricing remained a focus in the earlier part of the year, the company is now looking to ramp up capacity utilisation as volumes improve, an official said.
Separately, Shree Cements outlined an aggressive expansion plan for its ready-mix concrete (RMC) business, with the company aiming to scale up its RMC footprint to 45 plants from the current 19 units over the next six to eight months.
The management said the RMC push is part of a broader strategy to move up the construction value chain, adding that around 45 per cent

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President Donald Trump's administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states.
Full details have not been released, including whether the states could take any steps to avoid losing the funding. The federal government cited concerns over fraud and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars, but has not presented evidence beyond remarks from Trump and others in his administration.
The approach has become a familiar one for the administration, and this time focuses on frequent targets: California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.
Courts have so far temporarily blocked other similar efforts by this administration to restrict funds.
The latest effort targets some public health and transportation funds
An Office of Management and Budget official confirmed to The Associated Press that the office is telling the US Department of Transportation and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cancel grants totalling more t

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Tharoor slammed the Interim Trade Agreement with the United States, stating that 'it appears far less like a free trade agreement and far more like a pre-committed purchase'

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Heading to Washington on Tuesday to meet Trump, Netanyahu said he planned to convey Israel's position on US nuclear talks with Tehran during the meeting

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