From currency to salt-very little escaped the reach of fake or fabricated news in 2016. Rumours spread from WhatsApp and other social media into the mainstream media. Institutions such as Unesco and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had to step in and tell us what was true. Even Facebook and Google, two of the worlds biggest internet companies...
It was a year when India lost many prominent personalities from all walks of life, with politics receiving a particularly severe blow, many of its well-known practitioners leaving behind legion of followers....
Out of the 600-odd films released in four southern languages -- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam -- there were some which may not have earned a robust box-office number but still managed to elicit positive response from the audience and critics alike....
Despite facing massive volatility and foreign fund outflows, the Indian equities markets managed to make gains during 2016 mainly on account of a fall in lending rates, further economic reforms, lower inflation and a healthy monsoon....
More than 100,000 residents living in northeastern part of the US are without power due to heavy snowfall and harsh winds that also left roads slippery and hazardous mess....
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as "very smart" for holding off on retaliatory actions after Obama administration's new sanctions....
Following expiry of the deadline to deposit demonetised currency in banks, the RBI on Friday relaxed the daily ATM withdrawal limit to Rs 4,500 from the earlier cap of Rs 2,500, with this facility, to be effective from January 1, coming as a new year gift to citizens....
The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh split on Friday between party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who was expelled from the party following a rift over the selection of candidates ahead of crucial assembly elections due next early next year....
As the opposition accused the Prime Minister of changing the narrative on demonetisation and asking whether any of its avowed objectives were achieved at the end of 50-day deadline set by him, an unperturbed Narendra Modi pitched for less-cash economy and digital transactions. ...
Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said that one thing he doesn't want from the government is another "surgical strike". ...
