Official India: RBI, SEBI, and government announcements, decoded into plain English.
Indian benchmark indices closed lower last week as elevated crude oil prices and geopolitical risks dampened sentiment. The Sensex fell 0.62 per cent to 78,009.25, while the Nifty declined 0.83 per cent…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approved a new trenching policy to reduce repeated road excavation and increase accountability of utility agencies. Municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide cleared the policy this week, which…
The Madras High Court has ruled that a criminal prosecution against a government employee does not prevent the authorities from holding departmental disciplinary proceedings. A division bench of justices SM Subramaniam and…
The Madras high court has set aside a single judge's order directing the promotion of superintendents in the Department of Public Libraries as district library officers. A division bench comprising Justices S…
The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has issued show-cause notices to 43 medical shops for the illegal sale and misuse of weight-loss drugs, including Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus. A special drive…
The indefinite strike by AYUSH house surgeons, students and postgraduate doctors in Telangana entered its 12th day on Saturday, with protesters launching relay hunger strikes at government AYUSH institutions. The New Indian…
Chief Minister D K Shivakumar joined thousands of citizens at Vidhana Soudha on Saturday for the first-ever Freedom Habba, a carnival-style Independence Day celebration organised by the Karnataka government. Nearly 18,000 people…
Karnataka's 327 urban local bodies (ULBs) face a severe fund crunch after the state government released only Rs 4,972 crore of the fifth State Finance Commission's recommended Rs 34,052 crore for 2026-27.…
Maharashtra IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe, known as 'Singham' for his strict enforcement drives, has been transferred 25 times in 21 years. The Deccan Herald reports that his latest controversy stems from implementing…
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor is making visible progress, with new visuals showing work at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Surat stations. Businesstoday.in reports that the government expects the first high-speed service…
