News Snippets

  • After government gets X to take down the handle of Cockroach Janta Party, another account - cockroachisback - springs up and gathers more than 50000 followers in hours
  • Bombay HC rules that asking a working wife to contribute towards household expenses, per se, cannot be termed as cruelty towards women
  • CBDT scrutinizes IT returns, finds many disclosing huge agricultural incomes do not own any land. Finds 310 cases where exempions claimed totalled ₹ 2038cr
  • Tamil Nadu CM Vijay expands his cabinet, includes 2 ministers from the Congress party
  • PM Modi gives indications that more structured reforms are on the way as he tells ministers to bring reform and keep government involvement only when needed
  • Calcutta HC says cow slaughter is not part of Eid and not essential to Islam, refuses to stay Bengal government order
  • Sale of vitamin supplements jump as dieticians are increasingly prescribing them to offset loss of micronutrients in patients taking semaglutide for weight loss. The sales rose 11.6% in April comapred to March
  • Supreme Court says even PMLA accused has a right to be heard and courts cannot take cognisance without it
  • Maruti is set to raise prices of various models by up to ₹ 30000 from June
  • The new Index of services will come out in July after the new Index of Industrial Production comes out on June 1
  • After severe restrictions on gold and silver imports, Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said the government was mulling more measures to check current account deficit
  • Stocks remain volatile on Thursday and end lower: Sensex shed 135 points and Nifty lost 4 points
  • Dilip Vengsarkar slams national selectors for ignoring Auqib Nabi despite him taking 60 wickets in Ranji Trophy last year. Says scrap Ranji then
  • ISL: East Bengal end 22 year wait, win the title by beating Inter Kashi 2-1. They won by better goal difference after being tied at 26 points with arch rivals Mohun Bahan
  • IPL: Gujarat Titans beat CSK by 89 runs as Sai Sudarshan (84), Shubman Gill (64) and Jos Buttler (57 not out) shine with the bat and Md Siraj (3 for 26), Kasigo Rabada (3 for 32) and Rashid (3 for 18) bowl CSK out for just 140
Twisha Sharma's husband, Samarth Singh, on the run for the last 10 days after her mysterious death, withdraws bail application and was arrested from outside a Jabalpur court which asked him to surrender in Bhopal