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Moneylife Digital Team 17 October 2025
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has triggered widespread outrage with its newly-approved withdrawal rules which many see as a blow to India’s salaried class. Under the revised framework, employees who lose their jobs will have to wait 12 months instead of two to fully access...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 October 2025
In a landmark reform for India’s banking sector, the government has, for the first time, opened senior leadership positions in public sector banks to professionals from the private sector — including the prestigious post of managing director (MD) at State Bank of India (SBI). The move marks a...

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We always become aware of the new professions that are emerging in the new environment.  There are opportunities in the IT sector; in the ITES sector; in BPO; in the tourism and hospitality industry; in the financial sector; in infrastructure; in biotechnology; in solar energy and many...

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Has the Nagpur office of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed some of its employees who allegedly provided fake caste certificates to get the jobs? Since a requites filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act did not provide the required information, a second appeal has been filed with...

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On 19th September, the US president Donald Trump dropped a new bombshell. He ordered that all new petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of workers outside America would now carry a US$100,000 fee. The measure, which will last for a year unless renewed, is aimed at deterring firms from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 September 2025
In a sweeping overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, the US department of homeland security (DHS) has proposed a weighted lottery system that would give higher chances of selection to foreign workers in higher salary brackets, while also imposing a steep US$100,000 one-time fee on new visa...

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From the beginning of my working career, 60 years ago, I had been observing two kinds of people, especially in corporate life. Those who live their own lives—very private—and with the least connection with people lower down the rungs. And then some were up there—but had not forgotten the law of...

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Ganesh Chavan, a third-year law student of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), who had sought access to his fourth semester marks ledger through the Right to Information (RTI) Act but was denied the same by the university’s public information officer (PIO), is now victorious with the...

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This is in continuation of the article I wrote earlier, where I expressed concern that many innovations reported in the Indian media –innovations with the potential to transform lives in this country (and sometimes far beyond) –simply do not see the light of day in the marketplace. For all of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 July 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed deep concern over a series of student suicides at premier educational institutions, including Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and Sharda University, raising serious questions about the role and responsibility of campus administrations. A...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 July 2025
In a significant order addressing both justice and student welfare, the Supreme Court while directing central bureau of investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the suspicious death of a 17-year-old national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET-UG) aspirant in Visakhapatnam, also issued...

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Recently, I came across a breakthrough from two young scientists in Bengaluru: a mobile-sized cancer detection device promising results much faster and at a fraction of the cost of the device used today – a mere 10%. It also claims a current accuracy rate of around 70%, aiming for 98%–not...

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In a stern second appeal order issued by the central information commission (CIC) last week, the office of the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities (CCPD), has been pulled up for its failure to respond to an RTI (Right to Information) application concerning reservation in promotion...

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Bhavini Srivastava (Bar  and   Bench) 18 July 2025
The Delhi High Court recently found Wipro’s termination letter to its ex-employee defamatory and awarded 2 lakh in damages to the terminated employee and also directed issuance of a fresh letter of termination without defamatory language (Abhijit Mishra Vs Wipro Limited).   The suit was filed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 July 2025
Education loans, the fastest-growing segment for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in recent years, are set to witness a sharp deceleration in growth this fiscal, according to CRISIL Ratings. The agency expects education loan assets under management (AUM) to grow by around 25% this year,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 June 2025
The US Embassy in India has issued a strict advisory to all visa applicants, mandating the disclosure of social media handles used in the last five years as part of their application process. Failure to provide this information, the embassy cautioned, could result in visa denial and permanent...

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The central information commission has issued strict warnings to two central public information officers (CPIOs) of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for violating provisions of the RTI Act by denying two students photocopies of their answer sheets.   In both cases, the CPIOs...

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Whatever you do, wherever you go—you will be a winner if you think differently—and be different! You can begin being different when you are in high school, when you're in college, or when you have begun a working career. Some of us are people born with a 'questioning mind' and may end up with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 May 2025
The administration of US president Donald Trump has directed American diplomatic missions overseas to halt the scheduling of new appointments for student and exchange visitor visas. This development comes as the US state department plans to expand its screening of applicants’ social media...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 20 May 2025
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a candidate should have at least three years of practice as a lawyer to enter judicial service (All India Judges Association and ors v. Union of India).   The judgment was pronounced by a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI)...

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