Financial stability, waste management top Delhi municipality's agenda

The structure of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi started taking shape on Monday with the appointment of five departmental heads and allotment of office spaces to officials of erstwhile......

ED summons Raj Thackeray; MNS says political vendetta

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in connection with a money laundering probe, evoking a sharp reaction from the party,......

What the rise in China's defence budget really means

'China's opaque defence allocation processes are shrouded in mystery and have triggered security dilemmas among its neighbours and others,' notes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli. IMAGE: A scene......

Wanted! A National Security Strategy

India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: Indian and......

NPCI Lists Digital Scam Warning Signs

UPI-related frauds have accounted for a cumulative loss of Rs 2,145 crore across 2.7 million reported incidents. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   With incidents of online frauds,......

Do you need to apply for PAN 2.0? Read here

Existing Permanent Account Number (PAN) card holders are not required to apply for a new one under the upgraded PAN 2.0 system that is primarily aimed at introducing a 'common identifier' for all......

India pitches for more info sharing on int'l payments

India is pushing for greater disclosures by credit card companies, fintech firms, and payment aggregators (PAs) at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), so that the sender and recipient in a......

WazirX Breach: 'Recovering Stolen Crypto Is Hard'

'As a lot of them are converted to other tokens, and since crypto is dealt with internationally, it can go to any exchange in any country.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for......