Rajan was replaced by a low-profile Urjit Patel as the new Reserve Bank Governor and the good-old Rs 500 banknotes made way for a new grey-colour replacement.

A depreciating rupee and surging crude oil prices added to the downward trend in the markets.

"There is an existing requirement of 5 lakh cyber security professionals in India, which will grow in the coming years," Reddy said.

Nasscom, telecom operators, and NITI Aayog have come together in creating a dedicated helpline - 14444 - for addressing all queries on digitial payments, as government takes strides to push for more digital transactions post demonetisation.

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said India has sufficient number of aircraft in the heavy category in Sukhoi-30s, whereas gaps in the medium and lightweight categories needed to be filled.

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said that posturing like these were part of the international diplomacy, and transfer of technology in the field of nuclear proliferation was taking place in the region.

The Cabinet approved an ordinance to impose a penalty, including a jail term, for possession of scrapped Rs 500, 1000 notes after March 31st.

The newfound thaw in ties comes after the Congress and CPI(M) had struck up an alliance in the last West Bengal assembly polls, which Banerjee had termed as "unethical and immoral".

Rahul Gandhi dared PM Modi to reveal the actual amount of cash recovered since the announcement to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.

Viral V Acharya is the C V Starr Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business (NYU-Stern).

Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on Prime Minister over the demonetisation issue and accused him of practicing politics of “fear and anger”.

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