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New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep its key repo rate steady at 5.50%, matching what market experts had anticipated. This pause comes as the central bank assesses the effects of its earlier rate cuts and recent tax reductions, while keeping an eye on uncertainties in global trade. Earlier in 2025, the RBI had slashed the repo rate by a total of 100 basis points, but chose to hold it steady in its August meeting. RBI Lowers 2025-26 Forecast to 2.6% RBI Governor highlighted that inflation is easing, thanks to a significant drop in food…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The federal government is officially entering a partial shutdown on Wednesday after the midnight funding deadline passed with Democrats and Republicans failing to agree on a funding bill.An earlier attempt by Senate Republicans to pass a short-term extension of fiscal year (FY) 2025 government funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), was sunk by Democrats who were furious about being sidelined in shutdown negotiations.The bill, which would have given Congress until Nov. 21 to set FY 2026 funding priorities, passed the House largely along party lines on Sept. 19. The Senate is…

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is all set to announce its October Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision today. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra will deliver the verdict at 10 am. The RBI’s policy announcement will be streamed live on its official YouTube channel, X handle, and website. Later at noon, a detailed press conference will provide further insights into the policy decisions. When was the October MPC meeting held? The October MPC meeting was held from September 29 to October 1, where the six-member committee discussed key issues like interest rates, inflation, and economic growth. This was the…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Critical Senate vote fails as shutdown deadline looms02:02Dust off your boots because Line Dancing is having a moment01:41Now PlayingTrump issues deadline for Hamas to accept Gaza peace plan01:21UP NEXTLawsuit alleges Pfizer should have warned women about possible tumor risk from birth control02:49South Carolina deputy suspended after incident with teens01:19Prosecutors want Diddy sentenced to 11 years, while defense asks for 14 months01:06Urgent search underway for students after deadly school building collapse01:02Hegseth summons military leaders for speech where he calls for controversial changes02:16New sliding-scale restaurant offers fine dining…

Keir Starmer has warned that Britain faces an era-defining choice between Labour and the populist right, as he launched a scathing attack on Nigel Farage, saying the Reform leader neither “liked or believed in Britain”.In a speech that drew the battle lines for the next general election, the prime minister said the UK stood at a fork in the road where “we can choose decency, we can choose division, renewal or decline”.While the address at the Labour conference in Liverpool was light on policy, it signalled a notable change in voice for Starmer, who is languishing in the polls and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accused congressional Democrats on Tuesday of forcing a government shutdown, warning that the “Radical Left” is putting vulnerable families at risk while pledging to keep critical housing services operating.”The Far Left is barreling our country toward a shutdown, which will hurt all Americans,” a HUD spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “At HUD, we are working to keep critical services online and support our most vulnerable. Why is the media more focused on a banner than reporting on the impact of a shutdown on the…

New Delhi: The Mumbai real estate market continued its upward trajectory this year, recording 1,11,388 property registrations between January to September — up 5.5 per cent from 1,05,607 units in the same period last year, a report said on Tuesday.  According to the latest Inspector General of Registration (IGR) data, 2025 is setting new benchmarks in both property registrations and government revenues, underlining the sector’s resilience and growing significance in India’s economy. The January-September registration was up 18.1 per cent from 94,307 in 2023. Add Zee News as a Preferred Source “When compared with pre-pandemic activity, the scale of growth…

The United States was set to deport hundreds of Iranian nationals, a senior official in Tehran said Tuesday, as the Trump administration takes new steps in its immigration crackdown.U.S. authorities had “planned to deport about 400 Iranians currently living in the United States, most of whom entered illegally,” the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s director general for parliamentary affairs, Hossein Noushabadi, told the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.“Out of this number 120 have been selected for deportation and will return to Iran within the next one or two days,” he added, attributing the deportation to the United States’ “new anti-immigration policy.”The identities…

When Keir Starmer sat in the chair for his broadcast interview at the start of the Labour conference on Sunday, he already had a clear idea of what he wanted to pull off during the four-day political gathering in Liverpool.With the historic Liver Building behind him, he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “At the end of it people can agree or disagree, but they can’t say they don’t know what we stand for, what this government is trying to achieve.”While many will, fairly, say it is an indictment of the prime minister that, after more than a year in office,…