Market seen on edge ahead of RBI governor's address; RIL, TCS in focus

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SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

HARPER, Kan. - Rain on a wedding day can be upsetting for any couple, but a tornado can be downright frightening during the vows.In some cultures, rain is viewed as good luck, symbolizing various things from fertility to unity. It can also represent that your marriage will last a lifetime. Candra and Caleb Pence would agree.It was May 19, 2012, and the 21-year-old bride was ready to marry the man of her dreams.

MOSCOW - With the risk of war looming larger, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes telephone call Saturday as a tense world watched and worried that an invasion of Ukraine could begin within days.Before talking to Biden, Putin had a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlier in the week to try to resolve the biggest security crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A Kremlin summary of the call suggested that little progress was made toward cooling down the tensions.The closely watched call between Biden and Putin began shortly after 11 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of Afghans killed during the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.Biden's order, signed Friday, allocates another $3.5 billion in Afghan assets for humanitarian aid to a trust fund to be managed by the U.N.

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COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

Ottawa is seeing another influx of people in the downtown as the demonstrations against COVID-19 public health measures and vaccine mandates enters its third weekend. Reports say there was some sort of party or additional protest late Friday night.

WILLINGBORO, Pa. - Officials in Burlington County announced Saturday that a man was shot and killed in a parking lot in a Willingboro shopping center. The investigation began after officers were called to the Kennedy Plaza in the 400 block of John F. Kennedy Way just after 7:30 p.m.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

Health Matters February 11: As the Alberta Diabetes Foundation’s 48 Hours to Stop Diabetes fundraiser continues, Su-Ling Goh explains how local researchers are aiming to find a pharmaceutical way to achieve Type 2 remission, by understanding the diabetes “dimmer switch.”

were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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◾New cases in State: 3,202◾New cases in B'lore: 1,293◾Positivity rate: State - 2.95%; Blore - 2.49%◾Discharges: 8,988◾Active cases: State- 38,747; B'lore- 16k◾Deaths:38 (B'lore- 10)◾Tests: 1,08,534#COVID

has moved to bravely open up about an "embarrassing" chronic health problem. The reality TV star suffers from bronchiectasis, she has revealed in a new interview.

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

Nurses in Canada say working during the COVID-19 Omicron wave has left them burnt out, physically and mentally, and an increase in abuse directed at health-care workers has pushed them to breaking point. According to a report from the Ontario Science Table, pre-pandemic, 20 to 40 per cent of health-care workers reported severe burnout. By spring 2021, rates had climbed to more than 60 per cent.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday (12) for Indian Rs. 10.75 crores after a closely fought bidding war.The Sri Lankan pair of Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, joined RCB for the second part of IPL 2021.Hasaranga took a hat-trick at last year’s T20 World Cup.

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After two weeks of the protest convoy occupying Ottawa, questions are rising over whether a better security response could have averted all the disruption sooner.

Norway has lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections.

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Bob Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, likely from a backwards fall.Saget was found dead Jan. 9 in a Florida hotel room.

It’s a case of buyer beware: read the fine print. An Edmonton man is sharing his experience trying to sell his SUV, hoping it will help others.

MUMBAI: The government will probably miss its fiscal deficit target of 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in financial year 2021 owing to the covid-19 pandemic, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das said in an interview to news agency Cogencis.

Analysts say RBI governor Shaktikanta Das will need to do a lot more in coming weeks. Here’s a look at some of the policy options still available to him

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das announced a series of measures on Friday to encourage banks to lend. This comes after non-food credit growth fell to a 26-year low in 2019-20. Will RBI’s new moves encourage banks to lend more? Mint takes a look.

MUMBAI : Governor Shaktikanta Das vowed on Friday to do “whatever it takes" to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic, before drawing from the central bank’s arsenal to cut the reverse repo rate to nudge banks to lend, provide liquidity support to struggling non-banks and ease asset classification norms.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and said the measures will enhance liquidity, improve credit supply and help small businesses and farmers hit by the nationwide lockdown.

MUMBAI: Indian stock markets jumped over 3% on Friday as liquidity boosting measures announced by Reserve Bank of India and firm positive global cues lifted investor sentiment. The BSE Sensex ended at 31,588.72, up 986.11 points or 3.22%, while the 50-share index Nifty closed 273.95 points or 3.05% higher at 9,266.75.

Setting the stage for a post-covid-19 economic revival requires both monetary and fiscal policy action. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has plugged gaps left by its last announcements. Now it’s time for the government to act.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das today announced a new set of measures in an effort to strengthen the financial system’s response to the Covid-19 fueled slowdown that has affected our economy. The RBI Governor said the central bank has taken a number of steps to ensure normal business functioning by the entire banking sector.

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) steps aimed at helping companies and individuals borrow at cheaper rates, improving non-banking finance companies’ (NBFCs’) access to low-cost funds besides assisting banks, companies and real estate firms with reclassification of norms on bad assets.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the announcements made by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor will improve liquidity and credit supply and also help small businesses, farmers and poor.

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has decided to provide an asset classification standstill for standard accounts that avail a moratorium between 1 March and 31 May, said governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday asked scheduled commercial banks and co-operative banks not to make any dividends for the financial year ending March 2020 and said it will review this stand in September. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das today said this was being done to conserve cash in view of the challenges posed by covid-19.

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday cut the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% even as it kept the repo rate unchanged at 4.4%. The central bank today took several steps to improve liquidity for non-banking finance companies as they were finding hard to raise funds. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the launch of second instalment of TLTRO -- TLTRO 2.0 -- for easing credit to NBFCs.

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced it will conduct targeted repo operations for an amount of ₹50,000 crore to begin with in tranches of appropriate sizes.

NEW DELHI : After the Narendra Modi government extended the coronavirus lockdown till May 3, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das will make some important announcements at 10 am today. He is likely to announce some fresh measures to cushion the economy during lockdown 2.0.

India’s central bank is deeply aware of its limitations in fighting covid-19, yet it is willing to go far into uncharted territory to preserve growth and financial stability.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has seriously dented global growth prospects and there is a rising probability of a global recession, which may be deeper than the one experienced during the global financial crisis, the Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said, according to the just-released minutes of the March 24-27 meeting of central bank's monetary policy committee.

NEW DELHI : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das will on April 15 participate in the meeting of the G-20 countries to discuss the way forward in supporting the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic.