Top headlines: SC shocker for telcos, wholesale inflation rises, and more

From SC's rejection of telcos' plea for new schedule for AGR payments to wholesale inflation rises to 3.1% in January, here are the day's top headlines

SC rejects telcos' plea for new schedule for AGR payments, slams DoT

Supreme Court slammed mobile carriers on Friday for non-payment of billions of dollars in government dues and threatened them with contempt proceedings if they didn’t pay up by March 17. Read more

Wholesale inflation rises to 3.1% in January vs 2.59% in December

Wholesale prices-based inflation rose to 3.1 per cent in January, as against 2.59 per cent in the previous month due to increase in prices of food articles like onion and potato. The annual inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 2.76 per cent