New Delhi: Suggesting amendments to penal laws to provide harsh punishment to acid attack convicts, Supreme Court on Tuesday opined that the present reform-oriented sentencing system must not apply to such convicts and their properties should be auctioned to compensate acid attack survivors.After acid attack survivor-petitioner Shaheen Malik narrated her pains, legal fight for 16…
While the “debasement trade” is in vogue again, Deutsche Bank thinks there are takeaways for investors dating back at least more than five centuries. Precious metals are off to a hot start for the year after a surge in 2025, with gold crossing the $5,000 mark on Monday and silver up more than 50% in…
The digital asset market is facing a critical fork in the road, according to crypto asset management firm Bitwise. In a Monday blog post, the investment manager warned that the stalling of the Clarity Act in Congress could shift the market from a speculative bull run into a grueling “show me” phase. The Senate Agriculture…
The iQOO 15R is scheduled to arrive in India next month, the company revealed on Tuesday. The device is expected to include a 6.59-inch AMOLED screen, a large 7,600 mAh battery supported by 100 W fast charging, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor. iQOO has confirmed that the 15R smartphone will be unveiled on…
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the cabinet will take a formal decision on the future course of action on the SIT report on state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged links with Pakistan on February 7.Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting here, Sarma alleged that Gogoi and his British…
Adani Power Ltd. on Tuesday raised Rs 7,500 crore via bonds on a private placement basis. The board approved allotted 7,50,000 secured, listed, rated, taxable, non-cumulative, redeemable, non-convertible debentures each bearing a face value of Rs 1 lakh aggregating to Rs 7,500 crore for cash, in dematerialised form, on private placement basis to the identified…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed cut interest rates by quarter of a percentage point, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 29, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters This week’s Federal Reserve meeting offers little suspense and probably not much action, even as massive changes loom over the central bank’s…
The buildup to the 2026 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has been tumultuous. The Bangladesh Cricket Board was at loggerheads with the International Cricket Council for a long time as the sport’s governing body did not heed to the board’s demand of shifting Bangladesh’s matches outside India. As a result, BCB decided that…
South Africa is considering imposing tariffs of up to 50% on vehicles from China and India as it moves to protect its automotive industry from a flood of imports. An internal review is being conducted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to assess potential measures to stem inbound shipments, which policymakers say are…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued one of the strongest warnings yet about the direction of artificial intelligence, arguing that humanity is entering a period of extraordinary technological danger that could determine the future of civilization. In his 38‑page essay, “The Adolescence of Technology: Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI”, Amodei described the…
