Dr. Poonam Gupta took over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The RBI gave the key portfolio of monetary policy department to her. Before being appointed here, Dr. Gupta was the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

Amid strained ties with Pakistan after the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack which claimed 26 lives, India has blocked actor Fawad Khan’s Instagram page. Users are now unable to access the ‘Kapoor and Sons’ actor’s Instagram page.

Vice President J.D. Vance has said that U.S. hopes that India will respond to the Pahalgam terror attack in a way that does not lead to a “broader regional conflict” and expects Pakistan to “cooperate” with New Delhi to “hunt down” militants sometimes operating from their soil.