The Reserve Bank of India admitted that it has no data on the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes used to pay utility bills and for fuel at petrol pumps. These transactions have formed a good part of the demonetised currency that returned to the banking system. The Modi-led BJP government demonetised Rs 500 …

Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani is now in the global rich list with a net worth of $54 billion. The Hurun Global Rich List 2019 is topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for the second year in a row. Ambani is placed at tenth spot with a network of Rs 3.83 lakh crore. He owns almost 52 per cent in …

The Centre has dispatched hundred additional companies of paramilitary forces to the state amid a massive crackdown on separatists in Jammu and Kashmir. On Friday, separatist Yasin Malik was arrested by the forces. After a notice was sent by Home Ministry in New Delhi Friday evening, 100 additional companies of paramilitary soldiers were airlifted to Srinagar, where the Jammu and …

The Travancore Desam Board, which manages the Sabarimala Temple, today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to respect the apex court’s verdict lifting ban on the entry of women to the shrine in Kerala. Making a sharp U-turn, the board said that it supports entry of women of all ages into the hill shrine. The five-judge bench headed …

After the success of Raazi last year, filmmaker Meghna Gulzar needs no introduction — the film being one of the biggest hits of 2018. However, Bollywood isn’t always considered to be a woman’s turf. And now, that the discourse has moved towards fortified representation of women behind the scenes in Indian cinema, it won’t be an overstatement that feisty film-maker …

The Centre has constituted a group of ministers to reinforce the legal and institutional framework to deal with and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The government’s move comes a week after minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar resigned from his post amid allegations of sexual harassment by journalists, when they worked with him in different media organisations. …

Branding liberals and intellectuals as “anti-nationals”, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Karnataka has raked up controversy by saying that he would have ordered the police to shoot down intellectuals, had he been the Union Home Minister. Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, an MLA from Vijayapura, said that “these people”(intellectuals) raise slogans against the Indian Army. “These people (intellectuals) live in …

As many would say, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, today, owned the Parliament during his No Confidence motion speech. From ‘Jumla Strike’ to Rafale deal, Gandhi hit every point while attacking the government. At the end of his speech, Gandhi surprised everyone in the Lok Sabha when he went and hugged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  “I have not an iota of …

The nanny state is back with a bang and this time it has banned alcohol in Goa.  Drinking publicly on the beaches of Goa will soon be a thing of the past. On July 17, chief minister Manohar Parrikar has announced that drinking alcohol at public places in Goa will attract heavy fine from August 15. “There will be a …

So far, 29 people have been murdered across the country solely based on rumours of ‘child-lifters’ floating in WhatsApp.  On June 28, a 33-year-old man engaged by the Tripura government to dispel rumours about child-kidnappers on social media was lynched by villagers, who ironically, took him to be a kidnapper. The same day a garment-seller was beaten to death by …