Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal made a double bore attack on the government on Thursday, warning that there will be intense protests and unrest if it does not withdraw its ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. They also visited the Reserve Bank of India to check on the progress of printing new notes, Mr Kejriwal said. “Take back this decision in three days… Don’t test people’s patience. Otherwise, there […]

India’s largest public sector bank has dropped more than Rs 7,000 crore, more than 80 per cent of the amount owed to it by its top 100 defaulters, into the Advance Under Collection Account (AUCA) bin for toxic loans With efforts to recover its dues hitting a virtual dead-end, the State Bank of India (SBI) seems to be have started a clean-up of its balance sheets by writing off loans […]

the long queues outside the banks continue to stay thick, two leading bank unions today criticised the government over demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, saying the move has led to “financial chaos” across the country. All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA) and All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) have written to Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) saying the decision to withdraw the high-value notes was taken without proper […]

Setting the tone for BJP’s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a rally at Ghazipur in the Uttar Pradesh “The state played a key role in giving us an absolute majority. I salute this land (Ghazipur) which gave birth to Vir Abdul Hamid, who taught Pakistan a lesson in 1965 war,” PM Modi said while addressing the rally. “I had come here in May […]

We all know that the precious stone Rudraksha symbolises Lord Shiva. According to Shiv Puran, it is believed that the precious beads were formed out of the tear drops of Lord Shiva when he came out of meditation. Hence, when the tear drops fell on the ground, it took the form of seeds, which gave birth to Rudraksha trees. Rudraksha seed is produced by the large evergreen broad-leaved trees in […]

Even though it is not uncommon to read false stories of peoples’ deaths on Facebook; in a weird turn of events, Facebook itself has started declaring people dead – when in fact they are not. A lot of Facebook users were greeted with a eulogy message when visiting the profiles of friends and family, while some found their own accounts memorialised. Even Mark Zuckerberg was declared dead on his Facebook […]

People are queuing up at banks across the country to exchange their demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes . While the move disrupted the daily lives of hundreds of millions of Indians, economists and some businesses have welcomed it as a vital step towards broadening the formal economy and improving tax compliance. People are trying to swap their old notes for smaller bills and for new 500 and 2,000 […]

BBC’s wildlife documentary ‘Planet Earth II’ is one of the most talked about and anticipated series among wildlife enthusiasts because of four reasons – (a) It is the most expensive wildlife documentary ever made, (b) It took 10 years to film, (c) It promises to be one of the most amazing documentaries on wildlife ever and (d) It has been narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Last month, in October, BBC […]

In many ways, children from very different countries share similar online interests. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science and Mariya Stoilova, London School of Economics and Political Science The internet has reached almost every corner of the globe, but most research on how it is used, particularly among children, focuses on the US and Europe. This is a problem, because according to best estimates one in three […]

In an alarming revelation, it has been found that as many as 76 tiger deaths have been reported because of poaching in the country from January to October this year. According to a Times of India report, Madhya Pradesh is on top of the list, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of deaths and Karnataka stands on the second spot with 13 deaths. This number of tiger deaths […]