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Fake Notes in Delhi's Sarojini Market? (Representative Image)Photo : iStockLocated in southwest Delhi, Sarojini market is a popular market for shopping clothes, home decor items and eating outlets. Recently, the Delhi Police received a tip-off that there had been a circulation of fake currency with the market’s premises. This prompted the officials to launch an investigation into the matter. Following which, two women were arrested with fake notes, the police said on Saturday. The police said they also seized 33 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of Rs 100 denomination from...

India has “absolutely no interest” in undermining the US dollar, and its fellow members of the Brics grouping of emerging economies have not formed a unified position on a proposed alternative payment system, according to New Delhi’s foreign minister.Speaking at the London-based think tank Chatham House last week during a six-day visit to Britain and Ireland, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar described the dollar as a “source of international economic stability”.His comments followed repeated warnings from US President Donald Trump against any efforts by Brics – an acronym of founding nations Brazil, Russia,...