The native token of the BNB Chain, BNB, extended its recent advance, climbing more than 5% to $893 as it nears the $900 resistance level. The rally comes amid the debut of a physically backed BNB exchange-traded product (ETP) by crypto asset manager Virtune on Nasdaq Stockholm. The new product offers direct exposure to BNB…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state has ushered in a new era of women’s empowerment. Addressing a programme marking the first anniversary of UCC implementation, celebrated as ‘UCC Day’, Dhami said that discrimination, inequality, and injustice prevailed in society due to…
The recently clinched India-EU Free Trade Agreement opens up massive investment opportunities and access in the textile industry and is slated to create 6-7 million new jobs, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. The sector which has been navigating tricky waters ever since Donald Trump struck it with 50% punitive tariffs, might just…
Singer Arijit Singh took to social media to break the news that he would be retiring from playback singing, expressing his gratitude for the support he had received from singers over the years. “Hello, Happy new year to all. I want to thank you all for giving me so much of love all these years as…
The government is aiming to make high-tech small chips of 3-nanometre nodes — used in products like modern smartphones and computers — by 2032, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. The minister said the government will focus on six categories of chips — compute, radio frequency (RF), networking, power, sensor, and memory — under…
The equity benchmark indices were traversing tricky waters on Tuesday but ended in gains after a strong recovery from intraday low levels. Analysts are expecting the heightened volatility to continue ahead of the annual budget announcement slated for Feb 1. “Nifty has formed a bullish candlestick pattern with a lower shadow, indicating buying demand at lower levels on the monthly…
India is hopeful of securing preferential treatment for steel exports to the EU as the 27-nation bloc is currently negotiating new steel regulations with its trading partners that have an interest in the sector. Under the India-EU free trade agreement, India has agreed to eliminate duties on most of the iron and steel products from…
Maruti Suzuki India, Larsen & Toubro, Bharat Electronics, and TVS Motor Company are some of the main companies that will announce their third quarter earnings on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Here are the analysts’ consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Larsen & Toubro (Consolidated, YoY)L\&T is expected to report strong top-line growth in Q3. Revenue is estimated…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon — The e-commerce giant said it would sunset its Fresh and Go brick-and-mortar store, marking a pivot in its grocery strategy . Amazon shares rose more than 1% in midday trading, while shares of rival grocers were lower. Kroger and Albertsons shares were both down…
The federal government in the US seems to be headed towards a partial government shutdown this week, with Republicans and Democrats at odds over funding the Department of Homeland Security following the fatal shooting of another US citizen by federal immigration officials in Minnesota. Time is running out for Congress to pass a sprawling appropriations…
