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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

POLITICS

Opposition Takes SIR Fight to Supreme Court

Rahul Gandhi leads Opposition unity march to Supreme Court against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and SIR drive, filing joint petition after days of street protests and police crackdown in Delhi.

By Cult Current Desk • 13 Oct 2026

ECONOMY

The Bill That Breaks You

Why does your hospital bill jump from Rs 36,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh? A government report on drug markups and bed charges reveals private healthcare's profit playbook.

By Cult Current Desk • 13 Oct 2026

ECONOMY

Rupee's China Fix

With rupee down 7% in 2026 to record low 96.96 per dollar, RBI dusts off China's playbook, forcing banks to hold more cash against rupee derivatives bets.

By Cult Current Desk • 13 Oct 2026

External Affairs

From H-1B to Hired Locally

Long before US suspended green card route for TCS, Infosys and Wipro, Indian IT majors had quietly shifted from visa dependence to 85:15 local-offshore model.

By Cult Current Desk • 13 Oct 2026

POLITICS

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

Opposition Takes SIR Fight to Supreme Court

Rahul Gandhi leads Opposition unity march to Supreme Court against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and SIR drive, filing joint petition after days of street protests and police crackdown in Delhi.

By Cult Current Desk 13 Oct 2026

Mumbai Joins Chorus

300 detained at Shivaji Park as Aaditya and Amit Thackeray join CJP solidarity protest against CEC, accusing BJP governments of copying Delhi Police's detention model in Maharashtra.

By Cult Current Desk 12 Oct 2026

Snuffed Before Spark

Heavy security, swift detentions and flash protests marked Central Delhi on Sunday. Even journalists showing press cards were picked up, as dissent found new, fleeting forms.

By Cult Current Desk 12 Oct 2026

The FIR Factory

At least 20 new FIRs filed over weekend anti-CEC protests in Delhi, adding to 25 earlier, as police use penal provisions to manage dissent after denying Jantar Mantar permission.

By Cult Current Desk 12 Oct 2026

Economy

The Bill That Breaks You

Why does your hospital bill jump from Rs 36,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh? A government report on drug markups and bed charges reveals private healthcare's profit playbook.

By Cult Current Desk 13 Oct 2026

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

Economy

Who Owns Spirit?

Supreme Court said states can regulate industrial alcohol. Now GST Cou...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Economy

Poison Apple Of Insurance

Insurance sold ₹1.93 lakh cr premium in FY25 but penetration flat at 3...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

VIDEO

Science

Orangutans On The Run

As Indonesia battles its worst forest fires in years, 46 orangutans have been rescued since August, many with burned palms, fleeing fires worsened by El Nino.

By Cult Current Desk 13 Oct 2026

Science

Mirror Breakthrough: Nobel For Chirality

French-Japanese duo's Chemistry Nobel for controlling mirrored molecul...

08 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

Nobel Medicine 2026

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win Nobel Medicine 202...

07 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

Count Every Cancer

Supreme Court asks 19 states to make cancer notifiable. If implemented...

07 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Science

When Elephants Self - Prescribe

From orangutans to chimpanzees, zoopharmacognosy is known. Now African...

05 Oct 2026 • Cult Current Desk

Society

Crosshairs in Bengal

A Catholic church vandalised in Nadia amid allegations of religious conversions reflects Bengal's growing faultline over prayer meetings, where faith, law and vigilantism dangerously collide.

By Cult Current Desk 11 Oct 2026