RBI reveals no Rs 2,000 note printed this year as NIA says high quality fake currency has resurfaced

The move to print fewer Rs 2,000 notes is seen as an attempt to prevent hoarding of the high-value currency and curb black money.

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· Yesterday · 10:17 am

Watch: This man pranked his family even after his death, at his own funeral

With a recording that caught everyone off guard, Shay Bradley gave his loved ones one last laugh.

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· Yesterday · 01:00 pm

Watch: How Typhoon Hagibis made buildings sway, toppled cars, and broke ceilings in Japan

Even before landfall, Typhoon Hagibis had caused a cyclone and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake.

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· 11 hours ago

Retired SC judge says government is trampling on judicial independence through appointments

‘Who is calling the shots — the government?’ asks retired Justice Madan Lokur in an op-ed questioning the way judges are appointed.

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· 6 hours ago

J&K Police refute Amit Shah’s claim that Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti booked under PSA

The police said the two former chief ministers had been taken into preventive detention under Section 107 of the CrPC.

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· Yesterday · 01:12 pm

Ayodhya dispute: Supreme Court reserves judgement as arguments conclude

A five-judge SC bench heard the case for 40 days. Some reports had suggested earlier in the day that the Sunni Waqf Board may withdraw from the plea.

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· 7 hours ago

‘Drown in shame’, says PM Narendra Modi after Opposition brings up Centre’s Kashmir move

Modi said a ‘shameless Opposition’ had questioned the link between Article 370 and Maharashtra.

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· 4 hours ago

One chart shows how dramatically India’s GDP growth rate projections have fallen this year

On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund slashed India’s Gross Domestic Product rate from 7% to 6.1%.

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· 12 hours ago

‘Bengalis collectively won Nobel’: Abhijit Banerjee’s prize sets off identity debates in India

The latest discussion on social media: Bengalis, Tamils or Punjabis? Which is the subcontinent’s #1 Nobel Prize-winning ethnic group?

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· Yesterday · 02:16 pm

Explainer: What’s unique about Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s method – and why it is criticised

The experimental approach is said to have brought more specific evidence to the economics field. But is not without controversy.

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· Yesterday · 05:35 pm

‘Worst phase’ of Indian banks was under Manmohan Singh, Raghuram Rajan, claims Nirmala Sitharaman

The finance minister alleged that during Rajan’s tenure as the RBI governor, loans were given just based on phone calls from crony leaders.

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· 4 hours ago

Land Acquisition Act: SC to pronounce verdict on plea seeking recusal of judge on October 23

Advocate Shyam Divan, representing the petitioner, said that predisposition of a judge to hold a particular view gave rise to reasonable apprehension of bias.

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· 2 hours ago