Top stories this morning.
Demonetization: Govt issues new guidelines on cash withdrawals; says no need for panic, not to hoard currency
To ease the burden of demonetization on the common man, the government on Thursday went on an overdrive and brought in more measures, allowing families preparing for marriages to withdraw up to Rs 2.5 lakh, and reducing the existing limit of Rs 4,500 for exchange of old notes to Rs 2,000. Read more
CBI gets 34 requests to probe Indians wanted abroad
In a recent move, the Centre has designated the CBI as the nodal agency to probe and prosecute Indians who have committed a crime in a foreign country, but cannot be extradited. So far, the CBI has received 34 requests from various countries to investigate Indian nationals who have been taking refuge in India after committing a crime abroad. Read more
Demonetization: 2500 petrol pumps to dispense cash up to Rs 2,000
In a bid to ease cash crunch, the government on Thursday allowed dispensing cash of up to Rs 2,000 through debit card swipe at select petrol pumps. The facility will be available at 2,500 petrol pumps. Read more
How Atal Bihari Vajpayee undid a Cabinet decision
When Yashwant Sinha, the finance minister in 1998, went to meet the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to tell him about the need for re-introduction of Rs1,000 notes, he heard him and said 'zaroor kijiye'. Interestingly, Vajpayee was undoing the decision of the Union Cabinet, of which he was a part, in 1978. Eighteen years later, another BJP Prime Minister has undone a decision by abolishing Rs1,000. Read full story
Jayalalithaa breathing without respiratory support, may be discharged any day: AIADMK
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's lung infection has been cured and she is breathing without respiratory support and may be discharged from hospital any day, her party AIADMK said on Thursday. Read more
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