Perpetuals-focused Ethereum-based Layer 2 decentralized exchange (DEX) Lighter has announced the debut of its native cryptocurrency, the Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), to align traders, builders, and backers as it looks to blend traditional markets with DeFi. The LIT token supply is divided evenly: 50% to the ecosystem, 50% to the team and investors. An immediate…
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy enters 2026 under the shadow of global trade tensions and geopolitical shifts but swift reform measures have laid the foundation for it to weather the global challenges on the back of robust growth. The nearly $4-trillion economy has managed to navigate the global storm deftly with growth now expected to…
LUCKNOW: The draft electoral rolls for special intensive revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh will be published on Jan 6, 2026 instead of the earlier scheduled date of Dec 31, UP chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa announced on Tuesday. From the same day, voters will be able to file claims and objections, with the window remaining…
MUMBAI: An SME company eyeing about Rs 84 crore from its IPO, was subscribed nearly 500 times, generating a total demand worth almost Rs 29,500 crore (excluding the anchor part). The company, E2E Transportation Infra, works with the Indian railways on the Kavach 4.0 train protection system and also other signalling & telecommunication (S&T) systems….
PM Modi and FM Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for reforms and deregulation, signalling govt’s priority for the next budget. During a pre-budget meeting with economists, which is now a part of PM’s annual calendar in the run-up to the budgetary exercise, with the theme ‘Aatmanirbharta and Structural…
BENGALURU: Even as jewellery continues to account for about 90% of Titan’s revenues, its other businesses-watches and CaratLane-are now in the fast lane, within striking distance of the $1-billion revenue mark over the next few years.“Watches are certainly on their course, in consumer price terms, to reach that billion. Given the way they are progressing,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to end the subsidy for electric three-wheelers after it met the target of 2.9 vehicles under PM e-Drive on Friday. In the three-wheeler segment, EV penetration is estimated at around 32%, which is in line with the target the Centre had set for itself, and is now leaving it…
DEHRADUN: The family of Anjel Chakma, the young Tripura native killed in Dehradun earlier this month, pushed back sharply against the city police chief’s public dismissal of racial slurs as a motive behind the murder – a claim central to the family’s version of events and backed, they say, by the firsthand account of Anjel’s…
MUMBAI: Sebi has cancelled the certificate of registration of a research analyst, Poorushkhan, after finding out that his KYC documents were used by someone else to obtain the regulator’s Research Analyst certificate. People running an unregistered investment advisory outfit named Options Research used documents of Poorushkhan, who ran a grocery shop and had nothing to…
NEW DELHI: A GST penalty of Rs 458.3 crore has been imposed on IndiGo by the additional commissioner of CGST (Delhi south commissionerate) on Monday. In a regulatory filing on BSE Tuesday, IndiGo said: “…The company strongly believes that the order passed by the GST department is erroneous and not in accordance with law, backed…
