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“I welcome answering questions to CBI and Ethics Committee”: Mahua Moitra on ‘Cash for Query’ scandal

New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (MP) Mahua Moitra on Friday welcomed the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee enquiry into the ‘Cash for Query’ scandal and said that she is ready to answer the questions of the panel when Committee calls her. In a post on X (former Twitter), Mahua Moitra said,” I welcome answering questions to the CBI & Ethics Committee (which has an absolute majority of BJP members) if and when they call me. I have neither time nor interest to feed an Adani-directed media circus trial or answer BJP trolls. I am enjoying Durga Puja in

Interest rate to remain high for now, says RBI Governor Das

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said interest rate will remain high at the moment, and only time will tell for how long it remains at elevated level. In the wake of the ongoing geopolitical crisis, major central banks across the world have raised their key policy rates to deal with high inflation. The Reserve Bank too had raised the short-term benchmark lending rate (repo) cumulatively by 250 basis points since May 2022. However, it has paused its rate hike spree in February this year and retained the repo rate at 6.5 per cent.

NaMo Bharat: PM Modi inaugurates India’s first regional rapid train service

New Delhi, October 20 (ANI) Namo Bharat Launch: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridor at Uttar Pradesh’s Sahibabad RapidX station– a state-of-the-art regional mobility solution aimed to transform regional connectivity in the country through construction of new world class transport infrastructure. The Prime Minister also flagged off the RapidX train connecting Sahibabad to Duhai depot, marking the launch of RRTS in India. This is India’s first RapidX train which will be known as “Namo Bharat”. The 17 km priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor will connect Sahibabad to

How to get a good night’s sleep as you grow older?

New Delhi, Oct 20 (The Washington Post): Older people need about the same amount of sleep as younger ones — generally, seven to eight hours, says Rosanne M. Leipzig, a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. But about 30 percent of older people get less than seven hours of sleep daily, and almost 20 percent report either frequent insomnia or poor sleep quality, according to a 2022 study published in the journal BMC Public Health. If you have been struggling with sleep, consider the following. How your sleep

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