Yahiya had to wait in vain outside a bank for two days together to get Rs 23,000 exchanged, all of which were in Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes In the Mahabharata, Draupadi refused to tie her hair until she took revenge on the Kauravas. A 70-year-old man in Kerala, hit hard by demonetisation, shaved off half the hair on his head and has taken a pledge to grow it […]
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world, and is often considered to be one of the most refined. A Nagpur-based Sanskrit weekly has been keeping the language and its significance alive for over 65 years. Sanskrit-Bhavitavyam was started in 1951 by Pradnyabharati Dr. Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar, an erudite scholar, a musician par excellence, and an expert in the field of Yoga. It happens to be the only […]
Anticipating a more protectionist US technology visa programme under a Donald Trump administration, India’s $150 billion IT services sector will speed up acquisitions in the United States and recruit more heavily from college campuses there. Companies including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro have long used H1-B skilled worker visas to fly computer engineers to the US, their largest overseas market, temporarily to service clients. Staff from those three […]
Divyasha Girish, the ’20-something’ author of the book A 20-something Cool Dude, has all the reasons to be excited. Her book, a passionate love story that hit the bestseller charts after its release at the Delhi Book Fair last year, has been picked up by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to be included in its library. The ministry has added the book to the list of 200 titles that […]
In another drastic move initiated by the government, the government has decided to end the window for exchange of currency notes at banks effective midnight today. The move, government sources said, was taken in view of several complaints of the facility extended by the government following the demonetisation move. In another development, the government has extended the deadline for use of demonetised Rs 500 notes for emergency services and basic […]
At a time when the central government is going all out to encourage cashless transactions across the country, it seems some government offices might have missed the memo. One of them is the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Mundhwa where, according to Wanowrie resident Deepika Sampat, there is no cashless facility for the public. Sampat, who had made an online payment prior to her visit to the passport office, said […]
Veteran Carnatic musician M Balamuralikrishna passed away in Chennai on Tuesday at the age of 86. According to The Hindu, the singer was native of Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, and was born Murali Krishna. After his first concert at the age of 8, Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, a distinguished Harikatha performer, who was in attendance, gave the prefix ‘Bala’, and hence he became Balamuralikrishna. The 86-year-old veteran was not […]
“I have asked for 50 days. It’s been just 10 days . the banks will infuse this money in the markets” The country will emerge victorious after the Centre’s demonetisation decision that was a “test by fire”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. “As I said on the very first day when I announced the decision, it is a time-consuming process. It will cause inconvenience and a little hardship […]
CBI and ED in 2012 had attached assets worth over Rs 50 crore to Rs 70 crore, including expensive cars, helicopters and immovable assets A replica of a palace right in the middle of Bengaluru, a lavish event spread over five days and bride’s trousseau worth crores; former BJP minister and mining baron Janardhana Reddy has done all he can to make sure his daughter’s wedding was in the headlines. […]
Today, November 14, marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak–the founder of Sikhism. Born in the year 1469, Guru Nanak is undoubtedly the most revered religious figure for the Sikh religion–and rightly so. His teachings have endured the test of times and his words continue to remain relevant even in today’s day and age. Celebrated on Kartik Purnima–the full moon day in the month of Kartik, Guru Nanak Jayanti is […]
