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- Sahitya Akademi, on Friday, asked leading writers to take back the awards they recently relinquished to protest rising intolerance as it condemned the killing of rationalist thinkers such as Kannada writer MM Kalburgi. The Akademi asked the centre and state governments to take action following a silent protest by about 100 prominent people who had demanded the institute pass a resolution pledging to take stern steps to safeguard freedom of speech.
- Home Minister Rajnath Singh told on Friday that ministers must be careful while making statements they cannot get away by saying that the statement was misinterpreted or twisted. Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday demanded immediate sacking of Union Minister V.K. Singh for his dog remark on the Dalit killings in Faridabad.
- China's central bank cut interest rates for the sixth time since November on Friday in another attempt to jumpstart a slowing economy. China has pursued its most aggressive policy easing cycle this year since the 2008/09 global financial crisis, as policymakers seek to invigorate an economy beset by weak demand and excessive industrial capacity.
- Honda Cars India (HCIL) on Friday said it will voluntarily recall 3,879 units of continuously variable transmission (CVT) variants of the City sedan manufactured between February and November 2014.
- Former JD(U) minister Bhim Singh today joined BJP, which claimed that no leader of substance from Extremely Backward Caste (EBC) was now left with the grand alliance, even as the JD(U) shot back and reminded BJP of the one-day strike it had called over Singh's controversial remarks about Indian jawans.
- Over 50,000 tonnes of pulses, mostly imported tur dal, have been seized from hoarders in raids across 10 states even as retail prices today showed no signs of declining and still rule at Rs 210 per kg. On Friday alone, 15,000 tonnes were seized.
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