00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News Update for Thursday, February 1. Here are the top
00:06stories at this hour.
00:08India said today it expected economic growth to surge above 8% as it announced its annual
00:14budget that allocated billions of dollars for rural infrastructure. The government also
00:19unveiled a health insurance program for around 500 million poor. The fiscal deficit will
00:25overshoot to 3.5% from the earlier estimate of 3.2% in the current fiscal, Finance Minister
00:32Arun Jaitley said. There will be no change in personal income tax lapse.
00:36The potential release of a US House Committee's classified memo has the FBI in a remarkably
00:41public clash with the White House. The FBI says it has grave concerns about the accuracy
00:47of the memo, which involves the committee's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016
00:53The top Democrat on the committee, meanwhile, said its vote to release the memo is invalid
00:58because Republicans secretly altered the memo.
01:01Rose McGowan says it's time for disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to drop his
01:06story about a consensual relationship. The activist said her statement was the truth
01:12and reality.
01:13Weinstein issued a statement Tuesday that quoted McGowan's former manager saying the
01:17actress had spoken of a consensual encounter with him. Weinstein is accused by multiple
01:23women of sexual misconduct.
01:25And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 30 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:29to 14 degrees at night.
01:31That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
01:36but you can always get the latest updates on gulfnews.com
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