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The IDBI Jackpot

Government clears 60.7% IDBI Bank sale to Canada's Fairfax for Rs 52,878 crore, LIC to hold 19%, helping meet Rs 80,000 crore disinvestment target for 2026-27.

By Cult Current Desk • 15 Oct 2026

External Affairs

India-Canada Thaw

Two years after Nijjar row, India and Canada report significant progress on visas, students, trade, with Davos vision of middle powers building new rules-based order beyond US and China.

By Cult Current Desk • 15 Oct 2026

POLITICS

Tiranga Becomes Flashpoint

Three Cockroach Janta Party activists sent to Tihar for breaching denotified Jantar Mantar to hoist Tricolour, founder Dipke calls for CP gathering Friday saying waving flag is not a crime.

By Cult Current Desk • 15 Oct 2026

SCIENCE

Kigali at 10, India Still Sweats

Ten years after Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs, India faces paradox - soaring cooling demand will triple electricity needs, while HFC phase-down is only half the solution.

By Cult Current Desk • 15 Oct 2026

SCIENCE

The Cancer Bill Cut

Centre moves to cap trade margins on 110 costly cancer drugs, including 35 patented ones, aiming to cut MRPs by 20-70% and save patients Rs 2,500 crore annually.

By Cult Current Desk • 15 Oct 2026

POLITICS

Tiranga Becomes Flashpoint

Three Cockroach Janta Party activists sent to Tihar for breaching denotified Jantar Mantar to hoist Tricolour, founder Dipke calls for CP gathering Friday saying waving flag is not a crime.

By Cult Current Desk 15 Oct 2026

Delhi Police Kills Jantar Mantar

Delhi Police formally denotifies Jantar Mantar after a decade as protest heart, shifting dissent to Ramleela, Burari and CBD Grounds, raising cost and distance for ordinary protesters.

By Cult Current Desk 14 Oct 2026

The Court Steps Up

Supreme Court agrees to hear Opposition's joint plea on SIR and detention of protesters, asks Centre for reply on metro shutdowns and questions police blanket bans in capital.

By Cult Current Desk 14 Oct 2026

Police Is Not The State

Yamini Krishnan Jija Azad argues Delhi Police's barricading of Jantar Mantar and mass detentions over CEC protest violates Supreme Court's own rules on protecting individual rights.

By Cult Current Desk 14 Oct 2026

Jantar Mantar No More

Delhi Police denotifies Jantar Mantar as protest site, shifting dharna spots to Ramleela, Burari and CBD Grounds over 20 km away, sparking redemocratisation debate.

By Cult Current Desk 13 Oct 2026

Economy

BDL's Family Deal

Defence PSU Bharat Dynamics gives Rs 56.8 crore single-tender optical sights order to firm set up by its ex-CMD and wife months after his retirement, citing urgency.

By Cult Current Desk 15 Oct 2026

Economy

The IDBI Jackpot

Government clears 60.7% IDBI Bank sale to Canada's Fairfax for Rs 52,8...

15 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

The Bill That Breaks You

Why does your hospital bill jump from Rs 36,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh? A gove...

13 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Rupee's China Fix

With rupee down 7% in 2026 to record low 96.96 per dollar, RBI dusts o...

13 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Repo Shock: RBI's 5.5% Reality Check

After four pauses and a 125 bps cut cycle, RBI's surprise 25 bps hike ...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

VIDEO

Science

Kigali at 10, India Still Sweats

Ten years after Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs, India faces paradox - soaring cooling demand will triple electricity needs, while HFC phase-down is only half the solution.

By Cult Current Desk 15 Oct 2026

Science

The Cancer Bill Cut

Centre moves to cap trade margins on 110 costly cancer drugs, includin...

15 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

Internet in a Sachet

Former TRAI chief R S Sharma argues India should allow pay-as-you...

14 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

Internet in a Sachet

Former TRAI chief R S Sharma argues India should allow pay-as-you...

14 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

GM Crop, Unchecked Field

Editorial warns against unregulated GM mustard and Bt brinjal hybrids ...

14 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Society

Muslim Biryani Boycott Call

Posters in Siliguri urging Hindus to buy biryani only from Hindu shops ahead of Durga Puja trigger police case and fresh debate over food apartheid in Bengal.

By Cult Current Desk 14 Oct 2026