NEW DELHI: In a massive defence boost for India, the United States has approved a possible $93 million arms sales deal which would help “strengthen homeland defense and deter regional threats”.The deal includes Javelin Missile System and related equipment for an estimated cost of $45.7 million and 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles for $47.1 million.“The…
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar is set to take oath for an unprecedented 10th time as Bihar CM on Thursday after leading his party, JDU, and the governing bloc, NDA, to their second-best performance in the state, proving his resilience and popularity in an election where he was perceived as a vulnerable link in the alliance.Nitish…
Morgan Stanley initiated its coverage on LG Electronics with an overweight rating and a target price of Rs 1,864. Analysts said the company stands out across many categories in a highly competitive consumer durables market with industry-leading margins and best-in-class capital efficiencies. They expect revenues and margins to be driven by its new capacity, and…
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Bitcoin is slipping into a weaker market structure as the steady…
NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor’s recent praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruffled some feathers in the Congress as fellow party leaders have questioned the move. Demanding an explanation for his praise, Tharoor’s colleague Sandeep Dikshit went on to ask “why are you in Congress” and even termed him a “hypocrite”.“Shashi Tharoor’s problem is that…
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Spark has shelved its plans to launch a mobile app, for now. “We had an internal discussion and we’re going to put it on pause for now just because we view our edge as largely in the DeFi-native crypto space,” Sam MacPherson, CEO of Phoenix Labs, told CoinDesk in an interview…
If you start taking the new weight-loss medications, be ready to stay with it for a long time, says Dr V Mohan, Chennai-based senior diabetologist who has worked extensively on the epidemiology and genetics of the disease. Excerpts from his chat with TOI, which is partnering with Novo Nordisk India to spearhead the ‘Choose Your…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the validity of the practice among Muslim men to authorise a lawyer to send notices to his wife for divorce through three talaqs, each notified after a month’s gap, and said this would not be regarded as a valid annulment of marriage as the notices do not bear…
Browser maker Opera’s MiniPay, a stablecoin wallet built on the Celo blockchain, has rolled out a new feature allowing users to spend stablecoins directly at shops and services in Argentina and Brazil through a feature dubbed “Pay like a local.” The update, announced during the Ethereum Devconnect conference in Buenos Aires, connects dollar-denominated USDT balances…
