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For the third time since India opened its skies to private airlines, a carrier has discovered that the fastest way to bend the State is not through policy lobbying—but by holding passengers hostage. Planes are grounded; chaos is unleashed; and the government, fearful of systemic collapse, blinks...

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Bollywood star Dharmendra’s passing has brought many of his memorable stories, films, and songs back into the spotlight on social media. Among them are several video clips created using artificial intelligence (AI). These AI-generated clips reminded me of a famous song filmed with Dharmendra in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 December 2025
IndiGo has offered travel vouchers worth ₹10,000 to customers who were 'severely impacted' during the three-day meltdown between 3rd December and 5 December 2025. These vouchers will be valid for any IndiGo flight over the next 12 months. The airline clarified that the new ₹10,000 vouchers will...

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Shirish Shanbhag 11 December 2025
As cooperative housing societies (CHSs) grow in size and complexity, the issues member residents encounter often extend beyond routine maintenance and internal disputes. Problems can arise when multiple Societies share common amenities, when property transactions fall through or when managing...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 December 2025
With the launch of the digital consent acquisition (DCA) pilot project, select bank customers will shortly begin receiving SMS alerts from their telecom service-providers (TSPs) via the short code 127000. This will enable them to review, manage and revoke previously granted consents for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 December 2025
Prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi has called on citizens across the country to check for unclaimed financial assets and reclaim what is rightfully theirs under the nationwide ‘Your Money, Your Right’ initiative, launched in October 2025 to address the massive pool of unclaimed deposits lying...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 10 December 2025
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Union government for its failure to prevent the chaos caused by cancellation and delays in flights of Indigo airline.   A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the government...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 December 2025
The Mumbai bench of the income-tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) has set aside an addition of ₹59.87 lakh made by the income-tax (I-T) department on the basis of stamp duty valuation, holding that the valuation prevailing on the date of the property’s allotment must be adopted when part...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 December 2025
Prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Sunday informed that nearly ₹1.04 lakh crore remains unclaimed across banks, insurance companies, mutual fund houses and dividend accounts, asserting that the government is working to return these funds to their rightful owners as part of a wider effort to...

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Nushaiba Iqbal (IndiaSpend) 08 December 2025
The cost of groceries per person per day in Mizoram was Rs 77.5 in November 2025, about Rs 20 more than the all-India average (Rs 57), as per Food Price Watch, IndiaSpend’s realtime dashboard, which aggregates food prices from various groups across the country to estimate how much an individual...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 December 2025
IndiGo on Sunday insisted that its board of directors had intervened 'on the very first day' of its nationwide operational collapse, even as the airline continued to cancel hundreds of flights for the sixth straight day and regulators escalated action over what they termed 'large-scale...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 December 2025
In a sharp escalation of public anger over IndiGo’s week-long operational meltdown, a nationwide survey by community platform LocalCircles has found that 87% of airline passengers want the central consumer protection authority (CCPA) to initiate a class action against the airline under the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 December 2025
The Indian government on Saturday ordered IndiGo to complete all pending passenger refunds by 8pm on Sunday, as the nationwide flight disruption triggered by the airline entered its fifth straight day, leaving thousands stranded across major airports. Separately, in a major relief for air...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 December 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s grievance redress system, especially the much-touted integrated ombudsman scheme (IOS) scheme has come under scrutiny after two separate cases—one involving a Mumbai consumer’s locker-deposit dispute and another concerning a 79-year-old Kerala-based senior...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 December 2025
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, plunged into a deepening operational crisis on Friday, cancelling around 500 flights in Delhi alone and more than 1,000 flights across its network in recent days, triggering widespread chaos at airports nationwide. The mass cancellations forced the directorate...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 December 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has significantly expanded the range of free services available to customers holding basic savings bank deposit (BSBD) accounts, commonly known as zero-balance, zero-fee accounts. In a new directive, RBI has asked banks to treat BSBD accounts on par with regular...

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Every week, I track how fraudsters and cybercriminals from around the world adapt more quickly than regulators and remain several steps ahead of law enforcement agencies (LEAs). But a bigger danger is now emerging: a growing digital trust deficit. This is the widening gap between what citizens...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 December 2025
India’s banking ombudsman system recorded 194,021 complaints in FY23–24, marking a significant reduction from the previous year but also showing a notable rise in maintainable or actionable cases, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s annual report on the integrated ombudsman scheme...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 December 2025
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, remained in disarray for a third straight day on Thursday, scrapping more than 300 domestic and international flights across major hubs such as Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, and leaving hundreds of travellers stranded. Widespread delays also rippled through...

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Shirish Shanbhag 04 December 2025
Issues around ownership transfer, joint-holder rights and charges levied by a cooperative housing society (CHS/the Society) continue to cause confusion for many members. While CHS bye-laws provide detailed guidance on what societies can and cannot do, managing committees often follow informal...

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