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Congress gets ground on lease for ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ Indore event; claims 2 lakh student registrations

Indore, Sep 15 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday claimed nearly 2 lakh students have registered for its September 19 ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in Indore, to be addressed by Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi, and the party has been allotted a plot of land in front of a park for Rs 10 lakh fee for the programme. Amidst a political war of words, a Madhya Pradesh government body on Tuesday allocated 12,000 square meters of land on a temporary lease for the Opposition party’s student outreach programme, whose fifth edition is being held in the state’s commercial capital, an official

Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump’s demands

WASHINGTON, September 15, 2026 (AP) — The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump’s support for a cut. A quarter-point increase in the Fed’s rate, currently about 3.6%, isn’t guaranteed because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh doesn’t provide the signals about next moves that his predecessors did. Still, most analysts and economists expect a hike after a speech two weeks ago at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming,

Do direct democracies really exist?

THE ESSENTIALS September 15th is International Democracy Day. There are forms of direct democracy in the world: in Switzerland, in Uruguay, in a dozen American states or even in the state of Bavaria in Germany, for example. Citizens do not make all political decisions, but no institution can wield power beyond their control. Petitions and referendums are the tools that allow for the direct expression of the people in modern democracies . At a time when direct democracy is generating increasing interest , the term produces as much hope as confusion. For some , direct democracy refers to a regime

Gold plunges Rs 1,000 to hit 5-week low of Rs 1.54 lakh/10g in Delhi

Gold plunges Rs 1,000 to hit 5-week low of Rs 1.54 lakh/10g in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Gold prices fell by Rs 1,000 to more than a month’s low of Rs 1,54,400 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid weak global trends and a strong US dollar. The precious metal previously traded around these levels on August 7, when it stood at Rs 1.54 lakh per 10 grams in the local market. Silver pries, however, remained unchanged for the second consecutive day at Rs 2,34,600 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes), according to local traders. “Gold edged lower on Tuesday amid weak global cues, with spot gold slipping below

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