The central government on 20th December had sought parliament's approval for capital infusion worth Rs 41,000 crore to the ailing state run banks in the current fiscal. 11 out of total 21 Public Sector Banks have been placed under the PCA frame work of the RBI which restricts such PSBs from lending money, in addition to placing other curbs on them. While on the face of it the intention of the government may seem to be noble but why is the gov in such a hurry to infuse such massive amounts of capital instead of improving the operational efficiency of these ailing banks??

The 2018 assembly elections which were touted as the Semi-finale in the run-up to 2019 lok Sabha elections are over. It has been a week since the results of the five states- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana came out. The grand old party of India, Congress which had seen a series of drubbing in assembly elections since 2014 regained the ground with thumping victory in the three Hindi Heartland states. t is important here to understand that the three states are electorally significant. Moreover, with just few months to go for the mega battle of 2019, the assembly election provides a prelude of what we can expect in the next Lok Sabha election. In this show today, we talk about how these assembly election result can reflect in 2019 and how it will impact the number game.

Description: The Supreme Court in its verdict on Friday said that it found nothing wrong with a deal the Narendra Modi government signed with France to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said that it had studied the matter "extensively" and that it was "satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process [of signing the Rafale deal]." Overall, the Supreme Court gave a thumbs up to the Rafale deal. But is the Rafale story really over? We take a look at the unanswered questions in this video.

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison has announced that his government will recognize West Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel. Nonetheless, he stated that the embassy of Australia would not relocate from Tel Aviv till such time a peace settlement is agreed upon. But what's the inside story to it?

Chief of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, Kamal Nath, on 13th of December was appointed as the 18th chief minister of India's heartland. The announcement finally ended the suspense about who would become the CM of Madhya Pradesh. Both Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia were the two front-runners for the position. With wins in 114 seats, the Congress party had not done enough to secure a clear majority, but managed to scrape past the halfway mark with the help of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party. The infighting in the Congress in Madhya Pradesh was a major challenge and Kamal Nath was the sole person responsible to bring the scattered Madhya Pradesh Congress back to a mold..

Transparency is a basic thing for a democratic state and since India is proud to be both transparent and democratic, the government must take the Central Information Commission's audit of ministries departments seriously. According to the Chief Information Commission's audit more than one-third of government ministries and departments do not disclose basic information about their decision-making process, foreign visits of senior officials, minutes of departmental meetings, transfer policy etc.. All the 2,092 public authorities who are registered with CIC were approached between July and October 2018 with a pro forma, which they had to fill themselves. Overall, 838 of the 2,092 government ministries and departments responded and submitted to this audit. Where it shows about 35% of them have poorly scored on disclosure and only 19% have topped it.

67% voter turnout recorded at 3 pm in Mizoram. Forty-two VVPATs, 25 ballot units and 19 control units were replaced, following malfunctions at various polling stations across Mizoram. Former chief minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga, who was in power from 1998 to 2008, said that he was confident that his party MNF would win this time in a landslide victory. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla cast his vote at Zarkawt at around 12:15 pm. He is hopeful to win simple majority by bagging more than 27 seats. The chief minister had also said that the Congress would not forge post poll alliance with the BJP. the Congress would not forge post poll alliance with the BJP.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today at the ground-breaking ceremony of a corridor to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara stated Navjot Singh Sidhu should become the Indian Prime minister for improving the relation between both India and Pakistan. He made this statement responding to the controversy regarding Sidhu's previous visit to Pakistan which created headlines when the congress leader visited for the swearing in ceremony of his friend Khan. Khan said he hopes that they don’t have to wait for Sidhu to become Indian PM for everlasting friendship between the two nations.

The voting time will be from 7 am to 3 pm.with 1.80 lakh security personnel deployed on duty to ensure peaceful polling in the state, where the ruling BJP and opposition Congress will vie for supremacy. The BJP is eyeing a fourth straight term in office, while the Congress is hoping for a comeback in the state which was once its stronghold. As many as 2,899 candidates, including 1,094 independents, are in the fray for the 230 seats, but the main contest is between the Congress and BJP - the big two of Madhya Pradesh politics.

A total of 37.26 percent were polled in Madhya Pradesh till 2.30 pm. Kamal Nath's home district Chhindwara saw the maximum turnout with 45.62 percent votes polled, while Morena was the district with the lowest voting percentage at just 29.78 percent turnout. Incidences of violence have been report from Bhind district today. Gunshots were fired in front of two polling booths. Sources said that the assailants have fled the spot and the firing was done with the intention of disrupting the polling exercise. Sources said the district is located in the Gwalior-Chambal region. The region is expected to witness tense contest between BJP and Congress. The region has a total of 34 seats.