Top news on Dec 26: Stock markets end flat, ICC imposes penalty on Virat Kohli, Azerbaijan plane crash, and more
Live MintTop news, Dec 26: From Sensex and the Nifty 50 closing flat on Thursday to distorted J and K map, Budget 2025, penalty on Virat Kohli, Azerbaijan plane crash, Anna University rape, Indian economy to grow around 6.5% in FY 2025 and more. Indian economy to grow around 6.5% in FY25 India's economy is expected to grow at around 6.5% in fiscal year 2024/25, closer to the lower end of its 6.5%-7% projection, as global uncertainties pose a dampening threat, the government said on Thursday. Chennai Anna University rape The alleged sexual assault on a second-year engineering student of Chennai's Anna University on campus on December 23 and the arrest of a roadside biryani vendor, Gnanasekaran, in the case, have prompted the BJP and the AIADMK to target Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, reported Indian Express. Virat Kohli gets ICC sanction Virat Kohli has been fined 20 percent of his match fees by the International Cricket Council and awarded one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct after his shoulder-bumping incident with Sam Konstas on Day 1 of the India vs Australia fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the global cricketing body announced on Thursday.