January 8, 2025 7:48 PM January 8, 2025 7:48 PM

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Central Bank of Sri Lanka announces key priorities for crisis-stricken island

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has announced key priorities for the coming year for the crisis-stricken island’s economy. The Central Bank released the policy agenda for 2025 where it emphasised inflation stabilization at the 5% target under the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework. The repo...

January 8, 2025 7:36 PM January 8, 2025 7:36 PM

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Kandla port soon to become hub of green hydrogen: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has said that after the cargo carrying capacity of Deendayal Port in Kandla reaches 300 million metric tonnes, it will become a mega terminal port and an important hub of the country in the field of green hydrogen. Shri Sonowal toda...

January 8, 2025 6:41 PM January 8, 2025 6:41 PM

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Air Chief Marshal interacts with NCC cadets

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amarpreet Singh and DG National Cadet Corps Gurbirpal Singh interacted with DG NCC officers and cadets participating in the Republic Day camp 2025 in New Delhi today. The Chief of Air Staff motivated the NCC cadets and appreciated their participation in the ...

January 8, 2025 6:38 PM January 8, 2025 6:38 PM

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Detained Italian Journalist returns home from Iran

An Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained in Iran since 19 December has been freed and is heading back to Italy. The office of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has announced that a plane carrying Journalist Cecilia Sala took off from Tehran after intensive work on diplomatic and intellig...

January 8, 2025 9:57 PM January 8, 2025 9:57 PM

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US declare emergency in LA as wildfire spread to nearly 3000 acres

In the USA, Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency as three wildfires exploded from 10 acres to more than 2,900 acres within hours. Local media reports that significant landmarks, community buildings, and businesses have been damaged or destroyed by the fires. It reports some one lakh people ...

January 8, 2025 5:58 PM January 8, 2025 5:58 PM

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Oil prices up as supply from Russia & OPEC members tightens  

        Oil prices continued their upward trend today, as supplies from Russia and OPEC members tightened. In intra-day trade,  Brent Crude was trading at around 77 dollars and 20 cents per barrel. WTI Crude also logged marginal gains to trade at around 74 dollars and 60 cents per barrel, as per the...

January 8, 2025 6:00 PM January 8, 2025 6:00 PM

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Akashvani & Doordarshan dedicate spl song to Mahakumbh 2025

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today launched the special song of Akashvani and Doordarshan, dedicated to Mahakumbh 2025, in New Delhi. Prasar Bharati Chairman, Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Prasar Bharati CEO, Gaurav Dwivedi, Director General of Doordarshan, Kanchan Prasad and Direc...

January 8, 2025 5:40 PM January 8, 2025 5:40 PM

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Domestic markets end flat

 Benchmark domestic equity indices ended nearly flat in a volatile trade today. The 30-share index at Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, dropped 51 points, to close at 78,148. Similarly, the National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 ended marginally down by 19 points, to settle at 23,689. The broader market indi...

January 8, 2025 6:34 PM January 8, 2025 6:34 PM

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India Maldives review various aspects of bilateral cooperation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart of Maldives Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon today reviewed the various facets of bilateral defence cooperation including training, regular military exercises, and defence projects. They held bilateral talks in New Delhi today. During the talks, both sides ...