Top News Of The Day: Cash For Bail - How Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar Gypped Tycoon's Wife

While a former billionaire is in jail, his wife spends hours on the phone discussing payments to obtain bail for him. She seems to believe that she is talking to senior government officials, including the Home Secretary of the country. It takes her months to discover that her conversations are with an impersonator; IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath spoke to NDTV on the Covid pandemic, vaccine inequity amid Omicron threat, and economic challenges and opportunities in India; India is celebrating Swarnim Vijay Varsh - 50 years of its victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. PM Modi led the nation in paying tributes to "the warriors" of Indian forces and Bangladeshi freedom fighters; jailed former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012, has written to the CBI claiming she is alive and has asked the agency to investigate, adding a bizarre new twist to the sensational case and other stories.