She was late for just a few minutes at the Jain school exam centre. The sound of wailing and desperate students' pleas echoed through the streets of Ara on Saturday morning as hapless students, who ...
Draped in an off-white handloom silk saree with fish-themed embroidery and golden border, Sitharaman posed for the traditional 'briefcase' photo outside her North Block office.
Sitharaman, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional ‘bahi-khata’, to carry ...