Vijay Kumar The Mumbai Police has launched an investigation into data theft from one of India’s leading life insurance companies after cyber fraudsters illegally gained access to sensitive information of its policyholders and demanded money by threatening to leak the data. The Mumbai Cyber Police arrested a 28-year-old interior designer from Haryana on December 14, while they … Read more
The rupee fell to a fresh daily low against the US dollar, yet its exchange rate hit an all-time high in “real effective” terms. The rupee’s real effective exchange rate (REER) index touched a record 108.14 in November, strengthening by 4.5 percent in the calendar year, according to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) … Read more
India’s statistical system is grappling with a unique issue – how to include food items under the Public Distribution System (PDS) and free social transfers in the proposed new Consumer Price Index (CPI) that forms the basis for calculating the retail inflation rate in the country. . The controversy is the big question of how … Read more
For the past three days Melbourne’s newspapers, TV and radio have been cracking up with obvious anxiety about this day, the first day of the Boxing-Day Test. Cricket is not the main concern; Bushfires are burning around the city, but cricket also features as 90,000 people are expected to pack in under the scorching sun. … Read more
The Kolkata Police Detective Department arrested a 42-year-old man, Moktar Alam, from Dattapukur Niwas in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday morning in connection with the fake passport case. According to police sources, documents including fake PAN card, voter ID card, passbook and debit card have been recovered from him. Alam was produced in the … Read more
IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 1, Live Cricket Score Updates: India and Australia will resume the Border-Gavaskar Trophy when they depart for the fourth Test on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday. As the atmosphere heats up at the MCG, players and fans alike will brace themselves for the sweltering weather … Read more
Following the arrest of a suspected operator of the terrorist outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) from Canning in West Bengal, the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) is probing the possible reasons behind the suspect’s presence in the state. According to STF sources, Javed Ahmad Munshi used to provide logistical support to terror outfits like Hizbul-e-Mujahideen and … Read more
Trinamool Congress MLA and actor Kanchan Mallick on Tuesday gave birth to his baby at a private hospital in Kolkata, sparking controversy after he ‘presented’ a hospital bill of Rs 6 lakh in the West Bengal Assembly for compensation. TMC MLA from Uttarpara, Malik married Srimayi Chatterjee in February this year and the couple welcomed … Read more
Union Home Minister and Cooperatives Minister Amit Shah inaugurated 10,000 newly established Multipurpose Primary Agriculture Credit Institutions (MPACS) along with dairy and fisheries cooperatives. Addressing the gathering, Shah said, “We have set a target of establishing 2 lakh Primary Agricultural Credit Institutions (PACs) in five years. It will not take 5 years, before that we … Read more
A Delhi court on Monday refused to take cognizance of the chargesheets by the ED in the coal “scam” cases, saying “the proceeds of crime or an attempt to obtain undue benefit cannot be termed as money laundering”. In a case related to the application for allotment of Fatehpur East Coal Block for the proposed … Read more