India jumps up in the Ease of Doing Business Index

India jumped 23 positions in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index on Wednesday. It is now ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018. India was ranked 100th last year and 130th in 2016 and 2015.

WhatsApp: govt 'seeking only location, identity of those sending provocative messages and not decryption'

The Union government on October 31 said it was not seeking decryption of messages on WhatsApp but rather the location and identity of those spreading misinformation that provoke violence and heinous offences.

PM dedicates Sardar Patel’s 182-metre-tall ‘Statue of Unity’ to nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated to the nation a 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel built near the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam.

RBI's autonomy an 'essential and accepted' governance requirement: Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday acknowledged that the autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is an “essential and accepted governance requirement”, but it neither confirmed nor denied that it had issued directives to the bank under Section 7 of the RBI Act.

Rafale deal: Supreme Court seeks affidavit as Centre objects to sharing pricing/cost of 36 jets

The Union government on Wednesday raised objections to sharing the pricing/cost of 36 Rafale fighter jets with the Supreme Court in a sealed cover, saying it was not divulged even to the parliament.

Delhi HC sentences 16 ex-PAC personnel to life for 1987 Hashimpura massacre

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced 16 former Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) men in Uttar Pradesh to life imprisonment for killing 42 persons in Hashimpura area of Meerut in 1987.

Donald Trump faces widespread criticism for his plan to end birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump’s plan to bring an executive order to end the right to the United States citizenship for children born in the country to non-citizens has evoked widespread criticism, even from his own party.

Blasphemy case: Pakistan Supreme Court overturns Asia Bibi's death sentence

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on October 31, 2018 (Wednesday) overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy against Islam, a ruling likely to set off mass street protests by hardline Islamists.

Stalin will be in jail before DMK comes to power: Tamil Nadu CM

A day after DMK leader M.K. Stalin claimed that all the Ministers in the current AIADMK government will be jailed once the opposition party came to power, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami hit back on Tuesday, saying Mr. Stalin will be in jail even before his party came to power.

PM Modi gifts ‘Modi jackets’ to South Korean President Moon Jae-in

In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted some meticulously tailored “Modi jackets” to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who expressed his liking for them during his first State visit to the country in July.

Anupam Kher resigns as FTII chairman

Actor Anupam Kher has resigned as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India citing commitments to an international TV show for which he has to be stationed in the U.S.