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RBI wants more Rs 200 notes in ATMs but banks want more Rs 200 notes in circulation first

Rs 200 notes are just 2.1% of total currency; banks say makes no sense to change ATMs until they rise to 15%.

Aadhaar, 377, Babri: CJI Misra has to deliver 10 landmark judgments in 18 working days

Misra is just a month away from the end of his controversial tenure, but in that he could well alter India’s future.

Friend China is torturing Muslims, but Islamic Republic Pakistan is quiet. Here’s why

There is Beijing's United Nations Security Council membership, the CPEC, and the host of support Islamabad has received over the years.

Forest officer wins NGT battle with former top cop. But the war isn’t over

Former Uttarakhand DGP Sidhu plans to appeal the NGT judgment against him, while forest officer Pandey claims vindication after years of ‘harassment’.

SC comes down hard on IT dept, says apex court is not a “picnic place”

The Supreme Court raps the department for making a "misleading statement" and notes that the pending matter was decided by the apex court earlier. New Delhi:...

An all-women bench will hold court in Supreme Court next week. Only the second time ever

There have been just seven women Supreme Court judges in the history of Independent India.

Billionaire Vinod Khosla will do all it takes to keep public off his ‘private’ US beach

In an interview with The New York Times, he said he regretted buying a 53-acre beachfront hillside in California, but wants people out anyway.

Revered Jain monk Tarun maharaj passes away, fasted to death after jaundice diagnosis

He found himself at the centre of a storm two years ago when invited for an address to the Haryana assembly in August 2016. 

Time not ripe for uniform civil code, says Law Commission chairman B.S. Chauhan

Important to make changes to the personal laws of different religions before bringing a uniform civil code, says Chauhan.

Sexual abuse convict among six Indians held in month-long US immigration crackdown

The operation 'targeted criminal aliens, public safety threats, and individuals who have violated immigration laws'.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.