News from India
There have been chaotic scenes outside banks in India, two days after 500 ($7) and 1,000 rupee notes were withdrawn as part of anti-corruption measures. Some banks ran out of… Continue reading India rupees: Chaos at banks after ‘black money’ ban
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says “honest people” have no need to worry about a decision to scrap 1,000 and 500 rupee notes. Mr Jaitley said the move would flush… Continue reading Shock as India scraps 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes
Surging pollution levels are driving panicked residents of the Indian capital, Delhi, to queue up for face masks, leading to shortages across the city, as the BBC’s Vikas Pandey reports.… Continue reading Delhi pollution: Face masks run out as residents panic
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the existing 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes will be withdrawn from the financial system overnight. The surprise move is part of a… Continue reading India scraps 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes overnight
Delhi’s chief minister has shut all schools in the Indian capital for three days as its citizens struggle with choking smog. After an emergency cabinet meeting, Arvind Kejriwal promised a… Continue reading Delhi smog: Schools closed for three days as pollution worsens
Air pollution has reached hazardous levels in the Indian capital, Delhi, after many firecrackers were set off to celebrate the festival of Diwali at the weekend. People celebrated the festival… Continue reading Polluted Delhi has ‘become a gas chamber’
‘Gulzar in conversation with Tagore’, a passion project led by Gulzar which has been 5 years in the making, was launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra, last evening by Saregama India, the… Continue reading Saregama launches ‘Gulzar in conversation with Tagore’
