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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Fines

Lawyers suspect ‘black magic’ as murder accused surgeon throws rice on court floor during hearing

Chander Vibhas, a surgeon, accused in a 2011 murder case lodged at Delhi's Hari Nagar police station and facing his trial now, threw rice on the courtroom floor during a 11 August hearing.

CCI bars WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta apps for 5 years, imposes $25.4 million fine

The decision follows a 2021 probe into WhatsApp's privacy policy, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny on tech giants as India plans stricter digital competition laws.

Shubman Gill fined 15% of match fees for criticizing umpire over his dismissal in WTC final

Indian captain Rohit Sharma expressed his disappointment over the dismissal mentioning that unlike the IPL, just a few camera angles were available.

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Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.