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For crores of bank customers in India, failing to maintain the minimum balance in their savings account comes with a hidden penalty, not only do banks deduct charges, but they also impose GST on those ...

Politics, religion, and identity collide at Mysuru Dasara. Is this state-funded festival a cultural celebration or a strictly religious festival? Pooja Prasanna unpacks the controversy in this week’s ...

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the long legal process endured by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others who have been in prison without trial and h ...

India’s banking system has long been criticised for its reluctance to lend to the poor and marginalised.

RW hate is thriving online, in Kerala's late-night X Spaces and on YouTube channels that turn hate into pop songs. From calls to burn holy books to mocking child deaths in Gaza, Pooja Prasanna breaks ...

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss K Kavitha’s resignation from the BRS and what it reveals about power, patriarchy, and BC mobilisation in Telangana ...

For lakhs of Indians, the CIBIL score, managed by a private credit bureau, has become a gatekeeper of financial access. But mounting complaints have exposed serious flaws in the system — from incorrec ...