With people eager to return old 500 rupee and 1,000 rupee notes, banks saw serpentine queues increasing by the hour. The PM said the enthusiasm is heartening; High security measures by the government make it difficult to fake 2,000 rupee note, find out how; NDTV investigates the strategy followed by some hawala operators in Delhi. For them, its business as usual in converting black money to white for a 25% commission; In a 'personal' comment, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the country has no first use nuclear policy but why rule it out. He insisted it's his thinking not policy; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.
