- Net financial savings of households fell to a nearly five-decade low of 5.1% of GDP in FY23, down from 7.2% in FY22, according an RBI bulletin.
- The RBI is considering a proposal to bring the manufacturing of solar panels under priority sector lending by banks as part of the country’s big push to green energy in the fight against climate change.
- Search engine Google has said it is opening up access to AI-powered chatbot Bard while integrating it with Google apps such as Maps, Docs and Drive and offering results in more languages and countries.
- The Women’s Reservation Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, would not serve its purpose during 2024 general elections even after both the houses passed the legislation as reservation of seats will only come into effect after a delimitation exercise is undertaken. The benefits are unlikely to pass on to women before 2029 Lok Sabha polls.
- India Tuesday rejected as ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of ‘potential’ involvement of Indian agents in the killing of a Khalistani separatist leader and kicked out a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case, marking fresh strain to the already frayed ties between the two nations.
- A survey conducted by CVoter for IANS has found that a majority of the respondents feel that during debates and discussions, TV journalists give preference to communal and divisive issues instead of real ones. The survey had a sample size of 2,433.
- Indian men’s football team go down 1-5 against hosts China in their opening group league encounter of the Asian Games.
- Ten more people were found positive for scrub typhus infection in the State in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such cases to 832, a Health official said Tuesday.
- The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Tuesday claimed to have collected vital evidence against the alleged loan scam by the authorities and owner of Eastern Media Limited.
- The Modi government persisted in finding ways to open up forests for commercial plantations, beginning shortly after taking office and ultimately achieving it through recent amendments to the Forest Conservation Act that damages the rights of tribal people, reveals a trail of official documents.
- The Rajasthan High Court has reduced the punishment of a convict in an appeal filed around 35 years ago by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar when he was a practicing lawyer.
- Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) commander Uzair Khan was among the two terrorists killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district that ended after seven days, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said Tuesday.
- The Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday reserved orders on a petition filed by former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him by the police in the Skill Development Corporation scam case and the judgment is expected to be pronounced within two days' time.
- US President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at the UN General Assembly Tuesday to stand with Ukraine against Russian invaders, hoping Republicans in Congress will also take notice.
- Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel Tuesday pardoned 670 convicts and those serving jail terms as per the government's recommendation on the occasion of Constitution Day
- . Some of the riders and team officials bound for the inaugural MotoGP round in India, including sixtime champion Marc Marquez, are awaiting their visas ahead of the race this weeken.
- A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to acquit Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a criminal defamation complaint lodged by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, holding his request was "without any merit"
- Canada updated the travel advisory to India amid escalating tension. The advisory mirrors in many ways what the US advises its citizens.
- Several hospitals in Delhi are seeing an increased footfall of dengue patients, doctors said on Tuesday, even as the city's civic body has not released reports on vector-borne diseases for the last several weeks.
- Calling the Women's Reservation Bill 'good', Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday said that the party is not criticising the introduction of the bill adding that the party just wants to seek some clarification from the government.
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