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OpIndia Explains

20% TCS on international credit cards: What it is, why it was needed, and how it will impact foreign visits – everything you needed...

Raju Das - 20 May, 2023

The abolition of rule 7 of the FEMA (CAT) Rules, 2000 means that credit card payments made while travelling abroad will attract 20% TCS

News Reports

No ‘flip flop’ or ‘mismanagement’ around Rs 2000 note withdrawal, the signs were clear from day one. Read details

Raju Das - 19 May, 2023

The withdrawal of Rs 2000 note by RBI is not sudden neither it is a flip-flop, it was a widely anticipated decision.

News Reports

‘They said not wearing burqa is like prostitution,’ Hindu victim talks about how Maulanas and Muslim friends coerced her into wearing Islamic outfits

Jhankar Mohta - 18 May, 2023

OpIndia met with some victims from Kerala who had fallen victim to the systematised crime of indoctrination in the name of Islam

Interviews

‘Was ready to kill someone who does not convert to Islam, was told Bharat not our home because it belongs to Kafirs’: Kerala conversion...

Jhankar Mohta - 18 May, 2023

OpIndia met some victims from Kerala, who fell prey to this systematic crime that has been flagrantly taking place in various parts of the country

News Reports

A murder convict had accused a judge of taking Rs 5 crore to acquit Mukhtar Ansari: read how the mafia politician allegedly influenced the...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 18 May, 2023

During the pronouncement of the verdict in a case against Mukhtar Ansari, another convicted individual named Raju Kanojia openly accused Judge Adil Aftab of accepting a bribe in a packed courtroom.

News Reports

All flights of Go First canceled till May 26, how to get refunds and change flights: Details

Shraddha Pandey - 18 May, 2023

As per an Economic Times report, Go First Airlines is planning to resume its flight operations on May 27, 2023 and has also started training classes for its pilots.

Political History of India

Aurangzeb had demolished Trimbakeshwar temple to build a mosque, Marathas performed Karseva and restored it: The history of the Jyotirlinga

Gopal Tiwari - 17 May, 2023

In 1754, the Marathas performed a karseva to restore the Trimbakeshwar temple that was demolished by Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb.

News Reports

2023 Karnataka Election Results: NOTA defeats AAP in 130 constituencies, AAP Molakalmuru candidate gets ‘defeated’ by NOTA by 4,500 votes

Anurag - 15 May, 2023

On May 13, the results of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections were announced. Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had claimed they would secure notable votes in the elections.

News Reports

From Bihar, Karnataka to Kashmir and role of converted Muslims: ‘The Kerala Story’ and its ISIS tentacles in several other states

Gopal Tiwari - 15 May, 2023

ISIS modules have also been identified and busted in states other than Kerala which indicates that the terrorists do not recognize the borders of states and nations.

News Reports