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Boris Johnson's blustering strategy to browbeat his rival, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and coerce his Conservative opponents has fallen at the first hurdle. Till a day ago Boris has been warning his opponents of the consequences of opposing his stand on Brexit but on Tuesday his rivals showed him the path. Johnson lost his majority in parliament.

The Reserve Bank of India is working on a new framework to limit customer liability in the event of online payment fraud. The framework will include the system for the collection of data on frauds as well as testing the resilience of the digital payment system both in retail and large value systems. According to RBI’s annual report for 2018-19, consultations with the industry are integral to this process.

This weekend’s marches against Boris Johnson and his government displayed an eclectic mix of slogans and motives. For many demonstrators, these were protests against an unelected Prime Minister and his right-wing policies. They were rightly demanding a general election so that the electors can decide whether they want yet more austerity, privatisation and tax cuts for the rich and big business.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to woo the Indian Diaspora once again when he visits the US later this month to participate in the UNGA conference. A mega community event called “Howdy Modi” (an official Texas greeting) is being planned in Houston on September 22 where he proposes to address about 70,000 Indian-Americans to wow the Americans for the third time.

Can merely merging 10 banks by dumping six financially tottering banks on four relatively viable ones make the four banks stronger or weaker? Though this is a matter of common sense and one need not have to be a financial expert to find the right answer, why is the government doing this and arguing that this move would create stronger banks?

Argentina President Mauricio Macri’s yellow balloons — those that floated high during his 2015 presidential campaign — suddenly deflated on August 11. Macri and his coalition, Cambiemos, lost by a landslide to the “Fernández formula” in the polls to officially choose which candidates will be on the ballot in the upcoming October presidential elections. Although the election was more symbolic than consequential — as the main parties presented only one candidate — it is highly unlikely that Macri will recover from this brutal blow by October.

The Indian Army has decided to deploy a newly restructured army battalion specialising in conducting cross border strikes near the Pakistan border in next few months, Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said.

BHOPAL: In a rare coincidence former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is being attacked both by his party colleague and also by the BJP and Bajrang Dal. Umang Singar, a member of the Kamal Nath cabinet has accused Digvijaya Singh of interfering in the functioning of the government. In a signed statement Umang particularly referred to the letter which Digvijay has sent to all the Ministers.

China’s intensifying propaganda offensive is a move to convince a watching world that protesters were anti-national and their demand for scrapping the extradition bill was against the interest of Hong Kong. Debasing and insulting the pro people elements has been the known tactics of the Chinese rulers. For weeks in the initial stage Chinese media at the directive of the rulers ignored the Hong Kong turmoil. It was a strategic move to send the message that the government was tolerant to the protest.

There is a lot of debate on the pros and cons of electronic voting. Those promoting the idea point to the fact that we will get results quickly, that the chances of errors are fewer, less cumbersome, cheaper, saves paper etc. But here are some reasons why electronic voting is a terrible idea.