Official India: RBI, SEBI, and government announcements, decoded into plain English.
The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Thursday convicted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a junior colleague and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment.…
A fast-track court in Mizoram’s Kolasib district has sentenced 42-year-old Lalbiakengi to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly forcing her minor daughter into sexual exploitation for money and alcohol, the Assam Tribune…
Customs officials at Kolkata's NSCBI Airport seized gold and diamond jewellery valued at over Rs 1 crore from a domestic cargo consignment on Thursday and arrested one person, the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate…
The Finance Ministry has clarified that a Central government employee cannot claim House Rent Allowance if their spouse has been allotted government accommodation at the same station. The rule applies even when…
The government raised $3.3 billion by selling shares in Life Insurance Corp. of India, more than doubling the planned offer and making it India’s biggest stock exchange secondary offering. Institutional investors subscribed…
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has developed India’s first indigenous vaccine for African swine fever, a disease that can kill nearly all affected pigs. Scientists at ICAR’s National Institute of High…
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar described Jammu and Kashmir’s ongoing Assembly elections as “history in the making” during the second phase of polling on 26 seats. More than 46% of voters had…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expanded and reshuffled his Council of Ministers on Tuesday, inducting 10 legislators from the National Conference and Congress and dropping seven ministers. Governor Narender Nath…
India’s Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, took effect on April 1, 2010, giving all children aged 6 to 14 a statutory right to free and compulsory education.…
Seven years after the Modi government revoked Article 370 and stripped Jammu and Kashmir of statehood, assessments of the move remain sharply divided. The Hindu reports that per capita income in the…
