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Let’s plug a privacy loophole in India’s account aggregator system

By newsportaltoday November 19, 2024

Having worked on different versions of India’s digital public infrastructure, I have come to see, first-hand, how well this techno-legal approach addresses the many challenges that will arise in the…

Rupee rises 2 paise to 84.40 against U.S. dollar in early trade

By newsportaltoday November 19, 2024

On Monday, the rupee bounced back from a low of 84.46, settling 4 paise higher at 84.42 against the U.S. dollar. File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The rupee rose…

Finance Ministry revises norms for dividend payments, share buybacks, stock splits for PSUs

By newsportaltoday November 18, 2024

Union Finance Ministry has revised norms for dividend payments, share buybacks and stock splits at state-run companies to improve capital management and bolster performance of their equities.The government has asked…

Slivers of action from the 200-year-old Ramnagar-ki-Ramlila in Varanasi

By newsportaltoday November 18, 2024

The Ramnagar Fort in Varanasi that plays host to the 200-year-old Ramlila. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Follow the elephant, we are told. Anant Narayan Singh, the Maharaja of Ramnagar,…

Meghalaya: Looking beyond the grape | Market demand for fruit wines and an enabling government policy is motivating small-time winemakers to go commercial

By newsportaltoday November 18, 2024

In the last couple of years, te.gism, the “fruit with a dot in its name”, has caught the imagination of wine lovers in the Northeast who fancy non-grape elixirs. Also…

The Indian economy is yet to fully escape the state’s shackles

By newsportaltoday November 18, 2024

There are many reasons for this. Independent India was born as a poor country with universal adult franchise. Most developed democracies widened the right to vote only after getting rich.…