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Ramlila Maidan has had a long tryst with India's politics, much before AAP or Kejriwal came upon the scene. Here is a short history.

One of UK's wealthiest individuals and most successful hedge-fund managers, Crispin Odey is facing 13 allegations of sexual assault and harassment, as per a recently released report by 'The Financial Times' and 'Tortoise Media'.

An order issued on July 4, 2020, by the office of the Chief Secretary of Nagaland had banned dog markets, the commercial import and trading of dogs, as well as the commercial sale of dog meat in markets and in dine-in restaurants.

This is expected to give some stability to the credit market, to boost capital expenditure and investments. The current rate hike cycle will help arrest inflation, and boost investment and consumption sentiment.

The RBI has allowed banks to accept DLG in digital lending only if the guarantee is in the form of a cash deposit, or fixed deposits in a bank with a lien in favour of the RE, or a bank guarantee in favour of the RE.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act of 2007 – a law meant to protect human rights – has become a tool for the Sri Lankan state to crack down on dissent.

Several archaeological excavations began here from 2005-06, when PM Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The excavation work taken over by the ASI from 2014 onwards has found over 20,000 artefacts.

The normal date of the onset of the monsoon over the Kerala coast is June 1, and this year's delay is significant. However, neither an early nor a late onset of the monsoon is unusual.

RBI MPC Meeting: As the RBI has kept the policy rate unchanged in the June policy, external benchmark lending rates (EBLR) linked to the repo rate will also not rise. It will provide some relief to borrowers as their equated EMIs will not increase.

Most of the 700 are from Punjab, and have claimed they were defrauded by their immigration agent, who sent them to Canada on forged college admission offer letters.