Official India: RBI, SEBI, and government announcements, decoded into plain English.
Union Minister Suresh Gopi flagged off the 16-coach Ernakulam-KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express at Ernakulam Junction on Monday, doubling its seating capacity to 1,128. The service earlier had 530 seats. The move…
The Reserve Bank of India closed its FCNR(B) swap facility a month early on August 31, surprising markets. SBI Research said the cost of hedging, estimated at USD 10.5 billion over five…
The Enforcement Directorate has advised homebuyers to report builders to law enforcement and RERA if they refuse to share registration details, insist on cash, delay documents or fail to refund money. The…
Telangana's Chief Electoral Officer has released draft electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision, deleting around 73 lakh electors from the state's voter list. Of the 3.38 crore electors recorded on June…
India's defence ministry signed an agreement on August 17, 2026 with US-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) to lease two MQ-9B Sea Guardian high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted aircraft systems for…
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside an Allahabad High Court order that had kept a murder trial in abeyance, ruling that the right to a speedy trial belongs to victims as…
Senior IAS officer Anurag Jain on Monday took charge as the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, succeeding B.V.R. Subrahmanyam. A 1989-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Jain was previously…
Jio has relaunched its Prime membership programme at Rs 300 per year, a move aimed at shielding customers from potential tariff hikes. Sources disagree on timing: Aaj Tak reports the membership will…
India's total government jobs account for only about 4% of the country's 610 million workforce, according to economist Santosh Mehrotra. Central government sanctioned posts fell by nearly 75,000 between 2020 and March…
The Jharkhand government has cancelled all examinations conducted by the testing agency TDPL, including the JSSC CGL exam, and annulled their results. Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the decision after 24 days…
