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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicFake currency

Topic: Fake currency

A history-sheeter from Bengal’s Malda facing 50 cases, who is Assadullah Biswas arrested in Delhi

Biswas was picked up Thursday night from a Paharganj hotel in connection with a murder case. He is also wanted in connection with fake currency racket and financing terror activities.

Delhi Police special cell bust international syndicate circulating fake currency notes

The accused, Raisul Azam from Bihar's East Champaran district, was nabbed in Sarai Kale Khan, and fake Rs 500 notes having a face value of Rs 2.98 lakh were found on him.

2020 saw 190% rise in counterfeit notes seized, ‘courtesy Malda-based syndicates’

NCRB data shows a 190.5% rise in 2020 compared to 2019, most fake currency notes seized from Maharashtra while Bengal recorded most related arrests.

NIA court in Kolkata sentences two men to 6-year jail in fake currency notes case

West Bengal Police had seized fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 9,80,000 in March 2016 near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Malda.

CSIR develops advanced security ink to stop counterfeiting of currency notes

The research was conducted by CSIR-National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi and published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Fake banknotes seized in India doubled after demonetisation, Gujarat topped list: NCRB

National Crime Records Bureau’s report for 2017 says new Rs 2,000 note, released after demonetisation, accounted for more than half the seized currency.

No end to fake notes problem, data shows huge jump in counterfeit Rs 500 & Rs 2,000

RBI's annual report says overall detection of counterfeit notes in fiscal 2018 was 31.4% lower than the previous fiscal.

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Musk’s golden touch is on the line. Tesla needs him to do what he does best — sell a pen

Tesla sales have been sliding, profits have been shrinking, and brand loyalty is faltering. Elon Musk’s politics has something to do with it.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

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.