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. Crypto markets are starting the year in recalibration mode rather than retreat,…
NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence to run an MBBS course with 50 seats for the 2025-26 academic year, after a surprise inspection found serious violations of minimum standards.The January 6…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Stock market recommendations: According to Mehul Kothari, DVP – Technical Research, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers, the top stocks to buy today (January 7, 2026) are Varun Beverages Ltd, Havells, and IREDA. Let’s take a look:Varun Beverages Ltd – Trend Resumption After BreakoutBuy near: ₹490–₹485 | Stop Loss:…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC denied bail to Gurmukh Singh — son of former Akal Takht jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode — and Gurmej Singh in a narco-terrorism case related to smuggling of arms, explosives (including tiffin bombs), and narcotics from Pakistan via drones to fund terror activities in Punjab and other parts of India.A division…
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is inching closer to agreement on a bipartisan crypto market structure bill, with a vote next week, its chairman said, as industry insiders prepare for a blitz of the Senate offices on Thursday. Republicans on the committee are exhibiting wide confidence that their finish line is near on the lengthy…
NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after Supreme Court’s Vishaka judgment mandating a mechanism against the sexual harassment of women at workplaces, it remains unimplemented by many high courts, including Calcutta, Patna, Orissa, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Allahabad and Uttarakhand.Appearing for PIL petitioner Geeta Rani, senior advocate Sonia Mathur told SC that, significantly, district courts in Delhi, Punjab…
NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam by holding that delay in trial and long incarceration cannot be the sole ground to grant relief, another bench of the court on Tuesday held that an accused has fundamental right to speedy trial and it is…
Shares of Strategy (MSTR) rose nearly 6% in post-market trading on Tuesday after MSCI said it would not move forward—for now—with plans to exclude digital asset treasury firms from its indexes. The move eases immediate pressure on companies like Strategy, which hold large amounts of bitcoin BTC$93,378.26 on their balance sheets but don’t directly operate…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court under the leadership of CJI Surya Kant maintained its stand for equitable distribution of judicial time for litigants irrespective of their status, and said on Tuesday that the rich and influential could not bypass tiers of judiciary to move the SC directly.When an accused sought hearing of his petition challenging validity…
Ledger, the maker of one of the most popular hardware wallets in crypto, confirmed Monday that a trove of customer data was exposed in a breach linked to its third-party e-commerce partner, Global-e, sending fresh waves of concern through the crypto community. While Ledger says private keys, wallet funds and payment information were not accessed,…
