News Snippets

  • The toll in the Rajouri mystery illness case rose to 17 even as the Centre sent a team to study the situation
  • Agencies are looking at imposing a 'freeze' on bank accounts for immediate transfer of credited funds in order to check 'mule' accounts
  • RBI sold $20bn foreign exchange in November and has room to sell $138bn more, as analysed by brokerage firm Nomura, if the situation warrants
  • A Canadian portal has cited documents filed in an Ontario court to claim that the disbanded US firm Hindenburg colluded with a hedge fund while preparing reports that targeted some companies, including the Adani group in India
  • LPG cylinder blast causes fire in a cluster of huts and many tents at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, no casualties reported
  • World champion D Gukes manages to turn probable defeat into victory against Anish Giri of Nehterlands in ther Wjik Aan Zee chess meet
  • Kho-kho World Cup - Indian men and women are world champions. They beat Nepal in both events.
  • Women's U-19 World Cup - India begin their title defence with a resounding win against the West Indies. After bowling the opposition out ofrr 44, they notch up the winning runs for the loss of just one wicket
  • Karnataka beat Vidarbha to claim the Vijay Hazare trophy
  • Champions Trophy sqaud announced - Bumrah included, Shami makes a comeback but Siraj and Karun Nair overlooked
  • PM Modi pitches for green mobilityasks the suto industry to focus on the 'economy and ecology'
  • BJP calls the Congress the 'new Muslim League'
  • Budget session likely from Jan 31, with the first part ending on Feb 13
  • ED attaches Rs 486cr property of Bhushan Steel in PMLA case
  • Supreme Court says the charge of abetment to suicide cannot be slapped mechanically just to harass the accused
Man who attacked Saif Ali Khan, allegedly a Bangladeshi inflitrator, was arrested from a marsh in Thane near Mumbai
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