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P Chidambaram, former Finance Minister and one of the tallest leaders of Congress, was arrested by CBI on Wednesday in full media glare. Interestingly, the 73-year-old was taken away by the probing agency to the same building whose inauguration he attended in 2011 when he was the Home Minister in UPA-II. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was the guest of honor back then.

Merely two weeks before she met with an accident, the Unnao rape survivor had written a letter to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, telling him about the threats she received by men of BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, who allegedly assaulted her. The letter started an uproar and it will be taken up by SC tomorrow.

The Supreme Court will hear the plea of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection to the INX Media caseon Monday, August 26. On Thursday, Chidambaram was sent to CBI custody till August 26 by a special court. The agency argued his custody is important for interrogation and alleged Chidambaram hasn't been cooperative.

A prolific leader, a brilliant orator, and one of most-loved politicians of India, Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night. She was 67. Her demise came as a shock to everyone and since last night tributes for the former EAM haven't stopped. Her last rites will be performed at 3 PM on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, special judge Dharmesh Sharma reached All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for one-of-a-kind proceedings pertaining to the infamous Unnao rape case. The judge recorded the statement of the rape survivor, who was airlifted to Delhi from Lucknow after she met with a dangerous accident in July. Now-expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is prime accused in the rape case.

Hours before her demise, former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had a touching conversation with lawyer Harish Salve. She had asked him to meet her and collect his fee of one rupee for representing Kulbhushan Jadhav at ICJ. On Friday, this promise was fulfilled by her daughter.

In a terrible incident, two pilots lost their lives on Friday after a helicopter of Indian Army crashed in Eastern Bhutan, said reports. The aircraft which met the deadly fate was an Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) helicopter. Of the two deceased, one pilot hailed from Bhutan.

The entire globe is facing an economic slowdown, but the effect is more pronounced in emerging economies like India, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of IMF, said the global economy is experiencing a synchronized slowdown

The situation in Delhi has invited criticism for governments, and rightly so. As residents are gasping for fresh air, they want authorities to quickly take action against pollution. Amid the crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Principal Secretary PK Mishra held a review meeting with top officials

A 9-year-old boy is set to become the youngest person to attain a university degree. A resident of Amsterdam, Laurent Simons, has an IQ of 145 and will graduate with a degree in electrical engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in December, within 9 months of enrolling!

Can you imagine a centuries-old painting in an animated avatar? No? Well, Samsung has developed an eerily scary artificial intelligence (AI) model that can do just that by bringing stationary images to life with expressions.It works incredibly well and was recently tested on Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa.