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Topic: Fake currency

Delhi Police special cell bust international syndicate circulating fake currency notes

PTI -
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’

Bismee Taskin -
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

ANI -
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

Mrigakshi Dixit -
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

Apoorva Mandhani -
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

Mahua Venkatesh -
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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Opinion

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Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra -
India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?
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Economy

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Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team -
A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Defence

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India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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