British charity Christian Aid on Wednesday slammed Britain's four biggest banks for what it said was lack of preparedness in the face of climate change, calling on them to shift their customers' money from 'dirty to clean energy'. ...
The prevailing currency crunch is likely to affect food production in Tamil Nadu as distribution of crop loans by cooperative banks/institutions and payment for farm inputs have been impacted, the state government said on Wednesday....
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday criticised the Centre's demonetisation move and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by comparing him to French Queen Marie Antoinette....
Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma on Wednesday demanded a probe into "selective leakage" of the demonetisation move, which he termed a "Nadirshahi farman" (autocratic order)....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the media was responsible for upholding the right to freedom of speech and stressed the self-regulation by the Fourth Estate....
Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday underwent dialysis after a kidney failure....
A rail blockade called by tribal students hit railway services in parts of northeast India for the second day on Wednesday, snapping the crucial rail link of Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam with the rest of the country. ...
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said there was no need for an ordinance on demonetisation, and added that the Prime Minister is fully authorised to take such steps....
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the RBI to file replies on a PIL for framing of guidelines to prevent charging of surcharge on transactions through credit/debit cards....
Despite the government decision's to use indelible ink at cash counters to prevent people from doing multiple transactions, most of the banks in the National Capital Region (NCR) were found without such ink on Wednesday morning. ...
