Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, March 08, 2017
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| Ujjain train blast marks first IS attack in India |
| In the first-ever strike in India by the so-called Islamic State, a module radicalised by the deadly terrorist organisation triggered a low-intensity blast in a train in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, injuring 10 passengers. |
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| US moves to ease H-1B spouses from jobs |
| The Trump administration is moving quickly to drain the American economy and its workforce of immigrant labour and foreign workers, not just those who are illegal but also those who have won permission to work legally. |
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| MP CM orders probe into train blast |
| Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered an inquiry into the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast in Shajapur district, on Tuesday. The state government has also not ruled out possibility of involvement of a terror outfit in the incident where, nine persons were injured, two of them seriously. |
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| India beat Australia by 75 runs to level series 1-1 |
| India put in one of their best bowling performances under pressure in recent times to defend a total of 188 in the second India v Australia Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Day 4, beating Australia by 75 runs. |
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| Indian economy to grow 7.1% in FY17: Fitch |
| The US-based agency, however, termed the 7 per cent GDP growth for the October-December quarter as “surprising”, a tad lower than 7.4 per cent in the previous quarter. The rating agency said it expects the policy interest rate to stay at its current level of 6.25 per cent. |
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| India announces new licensing policy to boost oil output |
| India, the world’s third-largest oil consumer, will conduct auction of oil and gas blocks under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) twice a year, with the first round being held in July this year, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. |
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