By Anurag Shukla Edited By: Anurag Shukla Updated: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:43 PM (IST) 14-year-old Prakhar Dwivedi committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor in NRI City, Nawabganj Police Station area of ​​Kanpur. It is said that the teaching teacher … read more Jagran Correspondent, Kanpur. 14-year-old teenager Prakhar Dwivedi, resident of NRI City, Mainavati Marg of Nawabganj police station area, committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor. It is said that the student was given homework by the teaching teacher that he could not do and committed suicide. The next of kin are shocked by the incident that how the student took such a big step over a small matter. Remove ads, just read news

Updated: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:42 (IST) After the repo rate cut, has your EMI also come down? Home loan customers of Uttar Pradesh got relief of around ₹ 500 crore. RBI’s monetary policy…read more Symbolic picture Jagran Correspondent, Bareilly. Reserve Bank of India has reduced the repo rate, bringing huge relief to home loan customers. According to bank officials, people will benefit more than Rs 500 crore every year after this decision of RBI. The special thing is that it will have no impact on savings bank account holders because there is no cut in the interest received by these account holders. Generally, when RBI reduces the repo rate, the interest on savings account is also reduced. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Until now minimum interest of 7.95 percent had to be paid on home loan. While RBI has reduced this interest and repo rate to 7.50 percent from December. For example, if someone has taken a home loan of Rs 10 lakh, he gets a relief of seven to eight thousand in installments of the year. If we look at the report of the District Coordination Committee or DCC of banks, home loans worth Rs 2 billion 88 lakh were given from April 1 to June 30, 2025 across the district. As the repo rate is applicable from January 24 this year, the banks of the district issued Rs 41 billion 37 lakh for home loans during this period. It is clear that customers taking home loans from banks are likely to get direct relief of around Rs 500 crore every year. However, this relief will be available only to customers who have taken a loan of more than Rs 15 lakh. Bank officials say that about 80 percent of home loan borrowers have loans above this limit. Therefore, a large number of customers will benefit from it. The number of people taking education loans is very less. According to the DCC report, the number of people taking education loans is less. This year, between 1 April and 30 June, only 1305 people took out this loan. He got a loan of Rs 7.69 lakh. Whereas if we look at the report from January 1 to September 30, an amount of Rs 1 billion 98 crore has been released to 3846 students. Bank officials also admit that people do not show much interest in taking education loans. Home loan takers will benefit greatly from the reduction in repo rates. There are a large number of home loan takers in the district. After the decision of RBI, more than Rs 15 lakh borrowers at floating interest are eligible to avail this benefit. – VK Arora, Chief Bank Manager Also Read- Bareilly’s ‘Nagar One’ gets place in UP eco-tourism agenda! Green revolution center will be built with ₹ 10 crores

Updated: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:41 (IST) Airlines continued to be disrupted due to dense fog at Delhi’s IGI Airport. 131 flights were cancelled, including 52 departures and 79 arrivals…Read More A plane landed in low visibility on the runway at IGI Airport on Sunday due to dense smog in New Delhi. ANI Jagran Correspondent, New Delhi. Dense fog engulfing the capital Delhi and surrounding areas completely disrupted flight services at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. From late Monday night to early Tuesday morning, the effect of fog was so effective that a total of 131 flights had to be canceled and about 400 planes took off late from their scheduled time. The canceled flights included 52 departures and 79 arrivals, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Remove Advertisement Read Only News According to the information, the level of visibility on the runway of IGI Airport in the early hours of Tuesday was very alarming. Due to dense fog, visibility on the runway reached zero at times in the morning. Most of the time from late night to early morning it was recorded between 50 meters. Due to such low visibility, safe operation of aircraft on the runway became impossible. Although the airport has a modern landing system like CAT-III, the movement of aircraft had to be stopped due to the extreme risk of operating when visibility was less than 50 meters. Also, due to fog, major changes in flight timings were seen at the airport. About 400 planes took off late from their scheduled time with a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 8 hours. As a result, passengers from both international and domestic sectors remained stranded at the terminal. During this period, as landing in Delhi was not possible due to low visibility, incoming flights from more than 15 other cities were diverted to nearby cities like Jaipur, Lucknow and Ahmedabad for safe landing. Later, when the weather cleared, the plane was brought back to Delhi. While issuing advisory, IGI Airport operator DIAL said that there may be further changes in the timings of flights due to fog. Passengers are requested to check the latest status of their flight through the helpline number or official website of their respective airlines before leaving for the airport.

Updated: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:41 (IST) The year 2026 will begin with the organization of Jharkhand Secondary Teacher Combined Competitive Examination-2025 for appointment to the posts of Secondary Teacher. The Commission has … read more State Bureau, Ranchi. The new year 2026 will begin with the organization of Jharkhand Secondary Teachers Combined Competitive Examination-2025 for appointment to the posts of Secondary Teachers. Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission has given the probable date to conduct this exam in the middle of January next year. Remove Advertisement Read Only News Exam date will be announced soon. With this, the Commission has canceled 26,301 online applications to appear in this competitive examination. The Commission published the list of these applications on Tuesday. According to the Commission, the preliminary stage has been completed in the case of 20,776 applications, but the examination fee has not been paid. For this reason, these applications have been cancelled. Similarly, in the case of 4,832 applications, only the preliminary stage has been completed. In 121 cases photograph and signature were not uploaded after payment of examination fee. A total of 26,301 applications were therefore rejected due to incompleteness. Let us tell you that online applications are invited for this competitive exam from 27th June to 27th July. Through this examination, teachers will be appointed for the first time in many subjects. Teachers will be appointed in subjects like Artificial Intelligence and Coding, Cyber ​​Security and Data Science, Computer Science, Applied English, etc. through this competitive exam. The court is assured to complete the appointment process by January 2026. Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, while hearing a petition in the Jharkhand High Court, assured to complete the recruitment process of secondary teachers by January 2026. Following this, the court scheduled the hearing in the case in March next year. Kaleshwar Mahato filed a petition in this regard. In the petition, a request was made to conclude the secondary teacher appointment process soon. Improvement in the syllabus of English subject: The Commission has improved the syllabus of English subject under this competitive examination. The Commission said that in the brochure related to the said examination, 20 MCQs were mentioned for each section in the course of Applied English subject. The Commission has republished the syllabus of this subject with partial modifications.

Jagran Correspondent, Patna. The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) announced the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026 on Tuesday. Yashvardhan of Patna became the topper from Bihar as well as East Zone by securing 26th position in All India with 107.75 marks. Rajdhani’s Karandatt also stood in second place. Candidates can check the result and scorecard by visiting https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2026/. In December, the examination was conducted at 156 centers in 25 states of the country. Students from the state also dominate in CLAT, UG and PG. Two students made it to the top 100 in PG. 5,434 students of Bihar filled the form to appear in CLAT but only 5,308 candidates could appear in the exam. Out of this, more than 70 percent students achieved success. For UG (five-year LLB), 5,010 candidates were to appear, but 4,909 candidates appeared in the examination. The pass percentage in UG was 70. For PG (LLM) 424 candidates were to appear but only 399 candidates appeared in the examination. The pass percentage in PG was around 72. Other students who made it to the top three National Law Universities include Paridhi Shrestha, Rudraveer, Tathagata, Jiya, Chaitanya, Shivangi, Shivali, Raj, Shanvi, Nitya, Siddharth, Diya, Aarav, Devendra, Sakshi Singh, Harsh, Sahyb, Singh, Shanhi, Singh, Harsh, Sahyb, Singhi Raj Nandini, Alka, Shivansh, Sundaram, Advika, Zahra, Aditi Nayan, Smriti, Piyush, Akshita etc. is included. Topper Yashvardhan, son of a father who works in a cooperative bank and a housewife mother, who studied for six hours a day, shared his success story. He told that for the past one and a half years he has been studying for six to seven hours every day. He said that during the study he completed more than 100 mock tests of the course. Keep up with current affairs every day. Focused on weak subject. Continued to follow the instructions given by Law Prep Patna. I want to give the credit of my success to all the teachers of the institute, my parents and Law Prep Patna.

In Lauria, West Champaran, miscreants attacked a CSC worker with a knife and looted his bicycle. On Tuesday evening in Lauria, West Champaran, miscreants attacked a CSC worker with a knife and looted his bike and other belongings. CSC worker Vikas Mishra … read more Jasan, Narkatiaganj (West Champaran). On Tuesday evening, innocents attacked a CSC employee with a knife and seriously injured him and looted his bike and other items near Devi’s place in Sugar Chhap Sauraha of Lauria Police Station area. Remove Advertisement Only Read News CSC worker Vikas Mishra was back to his home. According to the information, Vikas Mishra, resident of Jamunia village Bahuarva Panchayat, is involved in the work of depositing cash in ATM. He was returning home by bicycle on Tuesday evening around 8:00 p.m. In this order, when they came near the temple, the miscreants ambushed them. The miscreants attacked Vikas Mishra with a knife on his thigh and seriously injured him. Hearing her scream, the villagers ran and their lives were saved. It is said that the miscreants were three in number. In injured condition, Vikas Mishra started screaming as he ran towards the village for his life. On hearing his voice, when the people of the village ran to the spot, the miscreants fled from there on his bicycle, thus saving his life. As soon as information about the incident was received, the police team of Dial 112 reached the place. The police station chief also reached the spot along with the policemen. Injured Vikas Mishra was sent to Lauria Hospital for treatment. The police are investigating the case. Lauria Police Station Superintendent Ramesh Kumar Sharma said the injured person was taken to the hospital. The police are conducting raids to arrest the attackers.

Deutsche Bank adopted a generally positive outlook for global equity markets during 2026, and Dirk Steffen, the bank’s chief global investment strategist, attributed this to the financial expansion fueled by the US market, German investment and spending by Asian countries, led by Japan, South Korea and China. In an interview with Al-Sharq, Stephen added that the easing of monetary policy from central banks, the reduction of regulatory restrictions on the stock market in the United States and large spending on artificial intelligence are all factors supporting the rise in markets. Stephen warned of risks that could threaten the path of global equities over the next year, summarizing them in geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic matters such as inflation and weak growth. In its report on expectations for next year, the bank discussed ten topics in detail, and also highlighted the risks that could threaten the markets’ rise.

Russian oil prices fell to their lowest levels since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, at a time when sanctions have significantly increased the discounts the country’s oil sector is forced to offer, and with record futures falling. Russian oil exporters are selling crude oil at a price slightly higher than $40 per barrel for shipments from the ports of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the port of Kozmino in the east of the country, according to data released by Argus Media. This represents a decline of around 28% over the past three months, with discounts increasing following the sanctions on the two Russian oil giants, Rosneft and Lukoil, recently. Increasing Western pressure on Russian oil trade has made the sale and delivery of shipments more difficult, in the face of sanctions that have also targeted refining companies of major importers such as India. In addition, prices of world standard crude fell, trading below $60 a barrel for the first time since May on Tuesday. Efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine Russia’s oil revenues – which together with the proceeds from the sale of gas represent about a quarter of the state budget – are an extremely important component of financing the war. The decline in revenue is putting pressure on the financial conditions of Russian oil companies, reducing the value of the taxes they pay to the Kremlin treasury. Also read: Europe punishes a Pakistani business magnate and traders from Azerbaijan over Russian oil. In recent weeks, the administration of US President Donald Trump has stepped up its diplomatic efforts to end the war. On the other hand, during a recent visit to India, President Vladimir Putin admitted that the growth rate of the Russian economy is slowing down. Indian officials expect Russian oil imports to the country this month to reach around 800 thousand barrels per day, a sharp decrease compared to November, although the volume of stocks remains large. Read more: Indian officials: Russian oil shipments will decline with tighter controls A Chinese refining company recently bought a crude shipment from ports in eastern Russia, at the biggest discount recorded this year, and India and China are the main importers of Russian oil.

Saudi shares returned to declines today, Tuesday, after limited gains in the last session, with investors’ risk appetite still weak ahead of the end of the year, and in light of the anticipation of fourth-quarter results, amid the absence of short-term catalysts capable of changing the direction of the market. The main index, TASI, ended the session with a drop of 1.3% at the level of 10,452 points, under the weight of a decline in all sectors, especially banks, while liquidity amounted to about 3.6 billion riyals, compared to an average of more than 5 billion riyals in previous periods of this year. The recent decline in market performance was not surprising, with investors waiting for companies’ financial results announcements, after the previous quarter’s results were below expectations for most of them, with the exception of “Aramco” and the banks, according to Ahmed Al-Rasheed, senior financial analyst at Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper. In his interview with Al-Sharq, Al-Rasheed added that the profitability ratios in the market seem acceptable, but they do not reach sufficiently attractive levels, which suggests that other investment alternatives are still more attractive, especially with the decrease in bets on the continuation of the cycle of lowering interest rates during the next year. Limited appetite for risk: For his part, Thamer Al-Saeed, Chief Investment Officer at PLME Capital, does not expect the market to attract enough liquidity to push the index in a clear direction during the rest of the year. He said in an interview with Al-Sharq that investors’ appetite is still limited, at a time when traders are waiting for companies’ results for the last quarter and the whole year. However, he believes that “the negative atmosphere does not mean that there are no opportunities, especially for long-term investors,” indicating that current conditions may be suitable for building positions, with investors evaluating sectors suitable for purchase. An expected recovery in 2026. For her part, Mary Salem, a financial analyst at Al Sharq, said that a market recovery over the next year looks very likely given the low valuations and the strength of the fundamentals, but she stressed that poor liquidity remains a challenge to those expectations. Salem added: “Investors are finding opportunities in foreign markets, but with the return of positive supporting factors – as happened in mid-September – momentum will return to the Saudi market, and that is what we are waiting for in 2026.”

The price of gold eased after five days of gains, as investors awaited the release of a set of US data this week, which would provide clues about the Federal Reserve’s interest in cutting interest rates further. The precious metal was trading at about $4,280 an ounce, remaining about $100 below its record high in October. The Federal Reserve cut borrowing costs again last week, but since then policymakers have offered mixed views on the need for further rate cuts in 2026. Key data sets the Fed’s direction. US economic data this week is expected to help fill the information gap left by the six-week government shutdown. The delayed monthly employment data is expected to be released on Tuesday, with economists likely to add 50,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate recorded at 4.5%, consistent with a stagnant labor market but not witnessing rapid decline. Michael Wilson, a Morgan Stanley strategist, wrote in a note that even moderate weakness in US non-farm payrolls data would strengthen the case for an additional cut in interest rates. Low interest rates usually support gold, as it does not generate a yield. A number of Federal Reserve officials are expected to speak during the week, while inflation data is released on Thursday. Gold and silver to their best performance since 1979 Gold has jumped more than 60% this year, while silver prices have more than doubled, with the two metals on track for their best annual performance since 1979. These sharp gains were underpinned by strong purchases by central banks, and a decrease in investor appetite for sovereign bonds and currencies. According to the World Gold Council, holdings of gold-backed ETFs rose in every month this year except May. The price of gold fell 0.5% to $4,281.93 an ounce at 08:35 London time, after hitting a historic high of $4,381.52 in late October. Silver fell 1.7% after jumping 3.4% in the previous session. Platinum rose more than 0.5%, while palladium steadied, and the Bloomberg Dollar Bullion Index was little changed. (Prices have been updated to reflect market reality)