Mumbai-resident allegedly spent $1.41 million (Rs 9.1 crore) on British e-commerce websites using a foreign travel card issued by the State Bank of India (SBI) with a meagre spending limit of $200 (Rs 13,000) prompting the CBI to register an FIR today, officials said. The SBI had filed a complaint with the CBI in this regard alleging that its NRI Seawoods branch in Navi Mumbai had issued a Foreign Travel […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the 31 March deadline for linking Aadhaar with various services till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgement on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra had on 7 March said it may not be possible to decide by 31 March the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity […]

The farmers called off their protest on Monday after the Maharashtra government, on the back foot over the ‘long march’ by 30,000 of the state’s poorest agriculturists, accepted most of their demands. Under pressure after the protesting farmers trooped into south Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Monday, after walking the more than 180-km distance from Nashik in seven days, the state government accepted all their nine demands. The government, which was […]

In 1994, the journalist-author-activist Sanjoy Hazarika published Strangers of the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India’s Northeast which, in his own word, “looks at how little men and women have reacted to imperial, insensitive administrations, politicians and policies, through their eyes and mine.” Published at a time when serious work on the Northeast was still rare, the book became a standard reference point for anyone interested in this […]

Thomas Edison was the inventor of the lightbulb. We can well imagine what our lives would be like if it were not for this marvelous invention. The lightbulb makes it possible for us to utilize the night for those activities that through the ages were mostly possible only in the day. Candlelight and fires have a limited lighting capacity. While we may take this invention for granted, it was invented […]

A signed vintage photo of Mahatma Gandhi, walking alongside Madan Mohan Malaviya, was auctioned for $41,806 in the United States. Signed in fountain pen, “M K Gandhi,” the rare photo was taken after the second session of India’s Round Table Conference in London in September 1931, according to Boston-based RR Auction. Gandhi who died in 1948 attended the conference, a British initiative aimed at discussing constitutional reforms in India, as […]

The US on Friday announced a $5 million award for information leading to the arrest of Afghanistan-based Maulana Fazlullah, leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an outfit which carries out terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Under its rewards for justice program, the US also announced a $3 million reward each for information on Abdul Wali, of Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA), and Mangal Bagh leader of Lashkar-e-Islam. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar is a terrorist organization that split […]

In less than 24 hours, the CBSE Board exams 2018 for Class 10 and Class 12 will commence on Monday. The students appearing for these examinations are all geared up with there preparations. These exams are starting from March 5. A single mark can get you admission in a reputed college and a stream of your choice, thus reminding you how important it is to perform well in these exams. […]

In a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything last night, Microsoft founder Bill Gates talked about where he sees the world and society heading, and what we can do to solve some of the issues coming our way. Here are some excerpts from the Q&A. It would be a good idea to sit down and read the rest of this story… How do you see automation affecting our economy over the next 10-20 years? […]