RBI may cut repo rate only in Q3 FY25: Economist

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may cut repo rate only in the third quarter of FY25 and not before, said a top economist in the State Bank of India (SBI).

SBI refuses to disclose SOP for sale in RTI reply

The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose its standard operating procedure for the sale and redemption of the electoral bonds that were issued to its authorised branches, citing the exemption given under “commercial confidence”, according to an RTI response.

Putin vows to find the masterminds of the Moscow attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil in two decades, and urged the country’s law enforcement agencies to tighten security at mass gatherings.

Egypt’s Sisi sworn in for third term

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for his third term on Tuesday in the country’s new capital, the largest of the mega-projects that have signified his rule while stretching the country’s finances.

KCR’s nephew arrested in land grab case

BRS supremo and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s nephew Kalvakuntla Tejeshwar Rao, alias Kanna Rao, has been arrested in a land dispute case, police said on Tuesday.