New flashpoint? Trump threatens extra 5% tariff on Mexico – here’s why

US President Donald Trump reignited tensions with Mexico, threatening to impose a 5% tariff on Mexico over an ongoing water-sharing dispute, accusing the neighbouring country of withholding supplies guaranteed under a decades-old treaty. Posting on his Truth Social account on Monday (local time), Trump said that he will raise duties on Mexican imports once again…

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Congress betrayed national song under pressure from Jinnah: PM Modi | India News

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Monday accused Congress of betraying ‘Vande Mataram’ and bowing to pressure from Mohammed Ali Jinnah to “divide” it despite Mahatma Gandhi’s praise that the patriotic song had become like a national anthem, saying the party meted out the “grave injustice” due to its appeasement politics.Initiating a discussion in Lok Sabha…

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Digital Assets to Shift From Disruption to Integration in 2026, CoinShares Says

Crypto asset manager CoinShares said digital assets are shifting from an outside-the-system experiment to a core layer of financial infrastructure as large institutions build on public blockchains. In its 2026 Digital Asset Outlook published Monday, the investment firm argued that the next phase will be defined by convergence, not disruption, dubbing it “hybrid finance” —…

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Civil aviation minister vows ‘very, very strict action’ against IndiGO | India News

NEW DELHI: Under fire for its handling of the IndiGo crisis, govt said on Monday it would set an “example” for other airlines with “very, very strict action” against the budget carrier once the probe into the massive flight disruptions is complete. The unprecedented disruption was caused by an “internal crisis” in the airline, Union…

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U.S. Regulator Pushes Back on Banks Fighting Crypto’s Pursuit of Trust Charters

The traditional banking industry has sought to slow down the surge of institutions seeking charters as trust banks that will serve digital assets customers, and Jonathan Gould, the chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said such a hesitancy would “risk reversing innovations.” “The OCC is hearing from existing national banks, on…

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Trai, DoT at loggerheads over charges for satcom spectrum

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai and the department of telecom (DoT) are at loggerheads over fixation of satcom spectrum charges for the companies and other critical matters at a time when satcom players, such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Sunil Mittal’s Bharti group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb wait for regulatory clarity before beginning commercial services in India,…

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