India Commentary | Analysis of Indian news/current affairs/politics/business/sports/lifestyle/society

News Snippets

The home ministry has notified 50% constable-level jobs in BSF for direct recruitment for ex-Agniveers
Supreme Court said that if an accused or even a convict obtains a NOC from the concerned court with the rider that permission would be needed to go abroad, the government cannot obstruct renewal of their passport
Supreme Court said that criminal record and gravity of offence play a big part in bail decisions while quashing the bail of 5 habitual offenders
PM Modi visits Bengal, fails to holds a rally in Matua heartland of Nadia after dense fog prevents landing of his helicopter but addresses the crowd virtually from Kolkata aiprort
Government firm on sim-linking for web access to messaging apps, but may increase the auto logout time from 6 hours to 12-18 hours
Mizoram-New Delhi Rajdhani Express hits an elephant herd in Assam, killing seven elephants including four calves
Indian women take on Sri Lanka is the first match of the T20 series at Visakhapatnam today
U19 Asia Cup: India take on Pakistan today for the crown
In a surprisng move, the selectors dropped Shubman Gill from the T20 World Cup squad and made Axar Patel the vice-captain. Jitesh Sharma was also dropped to make way for Ishan Kishan as he was performing well and Rinku Singh earned a spot for his finishing abilities
Opposition parties, chiefly the Congress and TMC, say that changing the name of the rural employment guarantee scheme is an insult to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi
Commerce secreatary Rajesh Agarwal said that the latest data shows that exporters are diversifying
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that if India were a 'dead economy' as claimed by opposition parties, India's rating would not have been upgraded
The Insurance Bill, to be tabled in Parliament, will give more teeth to the regulator and allow 100% FDI
Nitin Nabin took charge as the national working president of the BJP
Division in opposition ranks as J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah distances the INDIA bloc from vote chori and SIR pitch of the Congress