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The initial objective of cooperative banks in India has been to provide small loans to rural and remote areas as well as to economically weaker urban populations, and to keep them free from usurers and middlemen. Due to this distinct nature of cooperative banks, their regulation was different from commercial banks. People
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
1. Hardworking people should not drink water for one muhurta (48 minutes) after taking food, and intellectuals for two muhurtas (one hour and 36 minutes). Drinking water during this period dilutes the digestive juices, which prevents proper digestion of food. 2. Immediately after bathing, without drinking water
23 October 2026 · 2 min read
What has the Modi government done for development so far? This is a question that often crosses the minds of many among us. Here, we present to our readers an account of those projects that the Modi government initiated, completed, or breathed new life into after they had become moribund, carrying them through to completion.
23 October 2026 · 9 min read
Today, Tuesday, the Modi government filed a petition in the Supreme Court to hand over the 67 acres of undisputed Ram Janmabhoomi land to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (trust). The Ram Janmabhoomi dispute is over only 2.77 acres of land, regarding which the Prayagraj High Court had delivered its judgment and the suit is pending in the Supreme Court. Vishwa Hindu
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Did you hear Mahant Shri Yogi Adityanath’s speech in Rajasthan yesterday? Did Yogi really declare the jati (caste) of Hanuman ji?? In fact, yesterday Yogi ji was campaigning for the BJP in a vanvasi (forest-dwelling/adivasi) majority constituency in Rajasthan. And I have listened to Yogi ji’s speech repeatedly; excerpts from it are as follows: "Hanu
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
Has Rahul Gandhi mistaken Parliament for a fish market or Munna Bhai's *pappi-jhappi* (hugs and kisses) corner? Parliament has certain decorum, Rahul Gandhi. Parliament is the institution of highest priority in a democracy. Being a member of that Parliament, being the president of a national party, your Italian mother's PM
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Many sentiments are hurt over the beating of Swami Agnivesh; let us first know who this man is... Swami Agnivesh was a minister in the Janata government led by Bhajanlal in those days. All his work was operated from Haryana Bhavan. He had not built a house, so he lived there too. Being a trusted confidant of Bhajanlal, one day Bhajanl
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
The whole world is overflowing with *chelas* (disciples). Wherever you cast your gaze, there are *chelas* and more *chelas*. Cyan, magenta, violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red—every color of *chelas*, yes, even infrared and ultraviolet *chelas*. *Chelas* by the dozen, *chelas* by the kilo. *Chelas* of Congress, of BJP, of Ambedkar, of Mohammad, of Jesus, of Gautama Buddha, of Marx, of Osho, of Stalin, of Gandhi
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
The tempest of Salman Bhai—the era of *Jaadugar* and *Ajooba* has arrived. Watching the trailer of *Tiger Zinda Hai*, one gets the impression that if one wishes to survive, one had better prevent this living tiger from being released. *Tubelight* dealt a massive blow to his stardom. After a second jolt, much like Shah Rukh, he will have to invest his own money to keep the film running so that the bra—
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
If Bill Gates were to start a mazhab (religion), the verses of the holy book would be as follows—Windows is the sole operating system; wage jihad against anyone who uses Linux or Mac. As soon as the holy month (the one of March financial closing) passes, raid their offices. Smash their computers, pull out their hard drives, because
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
Mansukh Mandaviya, who has become a minister in the Modi government, is being continuously targeted by a so-called elite class in the country due to his poor English. In reality, this is a problem of the entire Indian subcontinent, whose DNA has rotted during a long period of slavery, bending the very bone of its self-respect. A few years ago
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Read attentively, then ask whatever you wish. First of all, let me clarify for those who frequently ask, "I do such-and-such work, or want to do it. Will I get a Pradhan Mantri MUDRA loan for this or not?" I want to state in which sectors those working have, from my branch so far, under the MUDRA scheme's a...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Delhi. Temporary lecturers of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, who have long been demanding their regularisation, gathered at Jantar Mantar on Thursday to stage a dharna (sit-in protest) and placed their demands before the government. Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the country's largest Sanskrit [institution] with more than 10 campuses...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
There are two statements we all have been hearing and reading since childhood: 1. India was the *sone ki chidiya* (golden bird) 2. India was a *krishi-pradhan* (agrarian) nation. Just as the first statement is an absolute truth, the second statement is an outright lie. Yet, lacking the evidence to prove either, we find ourselves helpless. First of all, let us talk about
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
First read Part 1: History of India's Economic Prosperity – Part 1. The dollar has touched 70 rupees, and alongside this, some people are utterly confused as to why, if we are the world's sixth-largest economy, ours is not the sixth currency. The game of the dollar and the rupee began in 1952, as I [discussed] in the previous part
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
A river once flowed through the rugged hills of the Nahargarh aranya (forest) in Jaipur, the nation’s cultural capital. When the Athuniya Dam built upon it overflowed, cascades would burst forth across the picturesque Amer hills. While founding Jaipur, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh cut through the Harmada hill to bring water from the Bandi river into the Dravyavati. Nahargarh
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
The Comptroller Auditor General in its report has said that there was short crediting to the Fund of the GST Compensation Cess collections totalling to Rs 47,272 crore during 2017-18 and 2018-19. This short-crediting was a violation of the GST Compensation Cess Act, 2017. Opposit
26 September 2020 · 3 min read
It's rather painful to see the fall of Arun Shourie when the man has decided to not stop until he hits the abyss. To see him standing in solidarity with the people whom he opposed throughout his life is the testimony of the fall of a man. His tale is also a learning lesson for mo
30 January 2019 · 3 min read
A river flowed through the inaccessible hills of the Nahargarh forest of Jaipur, the cultural capital of the country. When the Athunia dam built on the Nahargarh hill used to split, waterfalls from the picturesque Amber Hills were fountained. While settling Jaipur, Maharani Sawaa
19 January 2019 · 5 min read
Few days ago, there was a news about Google investing $22 Million in Kai OS Project. Then you would have seen another news saying “Google is working on another android like OS called Fuchsia” and one more news stating “Now Google Chrome-Books will have Windows 10 and Android both
30 September 2018 · 5 min read
Business Wire India The GST Council took a series of decisions in its 28 th meeting held on 21.7.2018. Shri Ujwal Lahoti, Chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) said, “the decisions taken by the GST Council are in the right direction which will promo
2 August 2018 · 2 min read
Should India allow the US to curb its relationship with Russia? The question should be rephrased to, “should India succumb to US pressure and spurn Russian arms”? My view is that it should not. S-400 For one, Putin has led Russia into a rearming program after Yeltsin that has qui
19 July 2018 · 3 min read
The truth is that on the orders of the White House, Vajpayee had tied the IAF hand and foot and forbidden them from overflying Pakistani Air Space. The then PAF Chief is on record as saying that as the IAF did not enter Pakistani territory, what was going on was not a Pakistani c
19 July 2018 · 2 min read
China has already constructed and taken over possession of the Hambantota Port in Srilanka. This is merely further confirmation that while India was fully preoccupied with its casteist communalist politics to steal from the haves and the have-nots for the have lots of the Nouveau
18 July 2018 · 5 min read