They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and in 2025, some images captured the very soul of India. From the haunting photograph of Saurabh Rajput’s murder in Meerut to the stunned silence of newlyweds in Pahalgam after a terror attack, the nation faced moments of heartbreak and horror. Yet, there were triumphs that…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show cause notice to Air India for operating a Boeing 787 between Japan and India in June 2025, despite snags. One flight — Tokyo (Haneda) to Delhi — had to be diverted to Kolkata due to the cabin getting uncomfortably hot at the…
2025 was a big year for privacy onchain. Zcash, one of the original privacy coins, jumped more than 600%, and was one of the year’s biggest success stories. Ethereum and Solana announced major initiatives to bring privacy to their networks. And startups building privacy-preserving tech with zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) continued…
MUMBAI: Prism, the parent company of Oyo, has filed draft IPO papers with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) through the confidential route, people aware of the matter said, making its third attempt at going public. The company is seeking to raise up to Rs 6,650 crore through fresh issues of shares…
NEW DELHI: Jammu police carried out extensive security and crime-control operations in 2025, conducting 541 cordon-and-search operations and 1,093 long-range patrols, while reporting no active terrorist presence in the district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.Presenting the annual crime and security review, Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police Joginder Singh said 4,134 FIRs were registered…
If global markets were running a marathon this year, Indian equities were clearly trailing the pack. While South Korea saw Kospi skyrocketed nearly 76%, Japan’s Nikkei soared over 25%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed more than 30%, China’s Shanghai Composite posted gains of over 16%. In the west, Wall Street also bagged doubled digit…
The government on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged on various small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, for the seventh consecutive quarter starting January 1, 2026, PTI reported.In a notification, the finance ministry said the interest rates for small savings schemes for the fourth quarter of…
US stocks were largely steady in light trading on the final day of 2025, as investors wrapped up a year marked by strong gains driven by optimism around artificial intelligence, alongside lingering concerns over inflation and valuations, AP reported.Early in Wednesday’s session, the S&P 500 was flat, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 47…
Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT), the company behind Truth Social, said Wednesday it plans to distribute a new digital token to shareholders through a deal with Crypto.com. The token will be issued using Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain. Trump Media said in a press release that once the program launches, each shareholder would receive one token…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah on Wednesday said external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Dhaka would help India and Bangladesh script a new chapter in bilateral ties, guided by shared interests, pragmatism and mutual interdependence.In a post on X, Hamidullah wrote, “As Hon External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar left…
