Fitch Ratings has cut India's economic growth forecast to 8.4 per cent, earlier it was estimated at 8.7 per cent for the current fiscal year (2021-22, or FY22).
Konkani author Damodar Mauzo was awarded the 57th Jnanpith award 2022 on Tuesday, 7 December. The 77-year-old author was conferred with the nation's highest literary award for his "outstanding contribution to literature".
The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has ranked at 37th position in the Forbes' rankings of 100 most powerful women of the world for the third time in a row.
Tokyo Olympics has the top searched news event by Indians on Google in 2021, followed by Black Fungus, Afghanistan News, West Bengal elections and Tropical Cyclone Tauktae.