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A deadly fire at a Goa nightclub killed 25 people, and its owners fled India within hours. Their escape from an IndiGo flight to a Phuket hotel named Indigo didn’t last long.

The US Embassy in India has issued a fresh advisory warning that tourist visas will be denied if applicants intend to give birth in the US for citizenship benefits.

India’s currency has slipped to its weakest level ever: 90.56 against the US dollar. What’s driving this fall, and how long could the pain last? Watch to know what analysts expect next.

Over 6,700 Indians have been rescued from fake job and cyber-fraud rackets operating across Southeast Asia.

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has urged bank CEOs to reduce intermediation costs and improve operational efficiency, citing the 125-bps rate cuts since February.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13: "Accelerating India's Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance" by renowned Indian economist Karthik Muralidharan has won the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2025, for its rigorous and accessible blueprint to unlock India's next phase of growth through stronger state capacity and effective public service delivery. This landmark work systematically examines India's governance challenges, especially in education, health, social protection, and jobs and sets out evidence-based, state-level reform strategies to ensure that growth translates into widespread improvements in citizens' lives.

Gaja Capital Business Book Prize Announces Winner of its 7th Edition - Accelerating India\'s Development by Karthik Muralidharan

ANI Press Release

New Delhi [India], December 13: Delhi's food scene just got a fresh dose of authenticity with the arrival of three beloved names from Rajasthan -- Falahaar, Kota Kachori, and Jai Jinendra, now open at Connaught Place, New Delhi. Brought to the city by Rohilya Foods Pvt. Ltd., these brands are celebrated for their purity, tradition, and unmistakable Rajasthani taste.

Authentic of Rajasthan Arrives in the Capital -- Falahaar, Kota Kachori and Jai Jinendra Open Their Doors in Connaught Place

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 13: Reaffirming its commitment to equitable access to education in India's most vulnerable geographies, M3M Foundation has extended essential school infrastructure support to four government schools located along the Line of Control (LoC) in District Poonch. This intervention aims to uplift children in remote, high-risk border villages, where the challenges of geography and conflict have restricted access to safe and dignified learning spaces for years.

M3M Foundation Strengthens Education Along the Line of Control: Extends Comprehensive Infrastructure Support to Four Schools in Poonch

The US has launched Pax Silica, a nine-member coalition to secure the semiconductor supply chain from minerals to AI infrastructure. India, building its chip ecosystem, has been left out

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Washington considers specific provisions in the DPDP rules and IT Rules non-tariff barriers for its companies

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The draft legislation seeks to amend the Atomic Energy Act 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010

Jitendra Singh

Choose them for their strong wealth creation potential and short lock-in period, especially if you remain on the old tax regime, but don't judge them on past-year returns alone

g-sec, mutual fund, debt fund

SBI managing director Ashwini Kumar Tewari on Wednesday expressed concerns over Account Aggregator's mechanism of obtaining a single consent from customers for all financial services products.
Speaking at an event here, Tiwari argued that most customers do not read the fine print and often sign up without understanding the details.
An Account Aggregator (AA) is a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulated entity that acts as a consent-based data intermediary.
The Account Aggregator framework was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enable the easy sharing of data between financial institutions for quicker decision-making. There are as many as 225 million users on AA at present.
A single consent from the customer is used across all financial services products, including giving loans, signing up for wealth management or account openings, Tewari said at an event here.
Customer consent is obtained only once; customers do not read the fine print before authorising and end up sig

Ashwini Kumar Tewari, managing director, State Bank of India (SBI)

Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria heard arguments from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Additional Solicitor General S V Raju and senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi, Siddhartha Dave, Salman Khurshid and Sidharth Luthra.
Strongly opposing the bail pleas of activist Umar, Sharjeel and others, the Delhi Police had said the February 2020 riots were not something spontaneous, but an "orchestrated, pre-planned and well-designed" attack on India's sovereignty.
Umar, Sharjeel and other accused were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) anti-terror law and provisions of the erstwhile IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
The violence erupted during widespread .

Supreme Court, SC

IndiGo chairman Vikram Singh Mehta dismissed allegations that IndiGo engineered the crisis, tried to influence the government's flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules

Chairman Vikram Singh Mehta

The delegation headed by the Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR) Rick Switzer which is visiting India from 9 to 12 December has trade officials with expertise in agriculture among others

India US Trade

Why building educational institutions is a better path to promoting Uttarakhand than relying on unplanned tourism that is degrading its environment

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Gaja Capital Business Book Prize Announces Winner of its 7th Edition - Accelerating India's Development by Karthik Muralidharan

Authentic of Rajasthan Arrives in the Capital -- Falahaar, Kota Kachori and Jai Jinendra Open Their Doors in Connaught Place

M3M Foundation Strengthens Education Along the Line of Control: Extends Comprehensive Infrastructure Support to Four Schools in Poonch

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