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Room at centre of Justice Varma cash row sealed over 10 days after fire, cops & firemen questioned

Videos, photos & other evidence collected Wednesday to be examined by experts.

Justice Varma of Delhi HC, under fire for ‘cash found at home,’ once ruled to curtail ED powers

Justice Yashwant Varma has also delivered other significant judgments, including on service charges on restaurant bills and misreporting on the Delhi excise policy matter.

Cash seizure in Noida crosses Rs 1 cr mark since implementation of MCC by Election Commission

According to the official, the maximum cash seized in one incident in Gautam Buddh Nagar so far is Rs 11.58 lakh.

Security guard killed during cash van robbery in Delhi’s Wazirabad

The incident took place at an ICICI Bank ATM kiosk near Jagatpur flyover & was reported to the police around 5 pm. The accused are suspected to have taken off with an estimated Rs 8 lakh.

Cash is dying all over the world, but we aren’t ready to bury it yet

Even in nations where technology has turned it into an anachronistic appendage, cash can’t be allowed to die. Not before central bank digital currencies are ready.

Five years after demonetisation, cash transactions are down but not gone, survey says

According to the LocalCircles survey, over the last year, 20% of respondents reduced their cash transactions in favour of digital payments. 

Indians saved more in Q1, preferred to invest in mutual funds and hold cash, RBI says

RBI says increased flows to mutual funds was driven by low fixed deposit rates in banks while pandemic hastened need for people to buy life insurance policies.

Blame it on RBI – Indian banks have Rs 8 lakh crore sitting idle in their systems

The Rs 8 lakh crore with banks exceeds the level seen after demonetisation in 2016 and is expected to be the new normal for the next few months at least.

ATMs, once the future of banking, starting to become more scarce

Consulting firm RBR said in a study that banking customers are increasingly favouring mobile banking and credit & debit cards over cash.

Funding crisis to worsen unless India pumps in cash, Kotak says

India’s cash deficit is the worst since 2016, largely due to muted government spending & high election-linked expenditure.

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India needs a clear Balochistan strategy. ‘Enemy of my enemy’ approach won’t work

Confronting only secular insurgents in Pakistan, while overlooking jihadist groups operating from Iran, will do little to change the broader strategic equilibrium. History underlines this point.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.