Former Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away on Thursday at 80 years of age. He was suffering from chronic COPD and age-related issues. He served as the chief minister for two complete terms from 2002 to 2011. He was the successor of Jyoti Basu in the Left Front government. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee succeeded him.

In the 2011 assembly polls, Bhattacharjee-led CPI (M) lost to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, which ended a 34-year communist rule in West Bengal.

In a move reflecting its cautious approach amid ongoing economic uncertainties, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. This marks the ninth consecutive time the central bank has opted for stability in its monetary policy.

Governor Das stated, "After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions and the overall outlook. It decided by a majority of four members to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent."

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called an emergency meeting to discuss the surge in Monkey Pox (mpox) cases spreading from Congo.

Sharing a post on X, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a committee of independent experts will meet as soon as possible to look into the issue.

The opposition on Thursday protested against the introduction of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, with Congress MP KC Venugopal calling it "draconian" and an "attack on the Constitution".

Soon after Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju sought leave to introduce the bill, Venugopal -- who had submitted notice to oppose its introduction -- accused the government of violating freedom of religion and attacking the federal system through it.

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill is just an excuse to sell land in the interest of BJP members, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday and claimed that the saffron party was working like a real estate company.

He also suggested that the BJP rename itself to the "Bharatiya Zameen Party".

Bangladesh is unlikely to hold the general elections so soon after Sheikh Hasina was ousted, as the caretaker government may look to carry out constitutional reforms first to ensure future polls are tamper-proof, according to a former top diplomat.

Former Foreign Secretary Shamsher Chowdhury said the incoming interim government under Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus will want to restore law and order first and bring about changes in the system of government.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday introduced the Appropriation (No 2) Bill 2024 in the Rajya Sabha which authorises certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund of India for services in 2024-25.

Sitharamam also introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2024 in the Upper House.

The CBI has taken over the probe into the deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.

Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala drowned after water gushed into the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar here following heavy rains on July 27.

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s aspirations of winning a gold medal at the Olympics were dashed on Wednesday after she was disqualified from the women’s 50kg event.

Vinesh, who had been a strong contender for the gold, was disqualified for being a few grams overweight on the morning of her bout. Although she met the weight requirement on the first day, Olympic rules mandate that wrestlers must also meet the weight limit on the day of their match.

Reliance Jio, the leading telecommunications company in India, witnessed its subscriber base jump by 42.4 million to 481.8 million in the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), the company’s annual report revealed on Wednesday.

The report added that of the total user base, over 108 million subscribers have migrated to the 5G network, branded as Jio’s True5G. With the 5G network rollout, the company now commands 85 per cent share of the country’s 5G capacity, it said.

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