NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday speedily moved to drop references of “corruption at various levels of the judiciary” from its new Class VIII social science textbook after drawing fire from the Supreme Court over what a bench led by CJI Surya Kant called a “deep-rooted conspiracy to…
Pokemon “Pikachu Illustrator” Trainer Promo Hologram Trading Card Source: Ha.Com Social media influencer and wrestler Logan Paul made history last week when he auctioned and sold a rare Pokémon card for $16.5 million, a world record price for an auctioned trading card. The winner views it as an investment. AJ Scaramucci — son of investor…
MUMBAI: Scheduled commercial banks have regained market share in financing the commercial sector in FY26 up to Jan 31 by expanding non-food credit faster than the overall resource pool, reversing a contraction seen in FY25 amid a surge in equity issuances and non-bank funding.Data for FY26 up to Jan 31, 2026 released in RBI’s bulletin…
Bitcoin BTC$68,353.28 snapped back near $69,000 on Wednesday, rallying more than 10% from Tuesday’s low as crypto markets staged a broad relief rally after a prolonged stretch of pessimism. Ethereum’s ether (ETH), DOGE$0.1021, native tokens of Solana (SOL) and ADA$0.3006 all posted double-digit gains, extending a move that caught many traders leaning the wrong way….
NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s visit to Israel rendered a rare moment of bipartisanship in its bitterly fractious and fragmented polity as its leader of opposition Yair Lapid called him a true friend of his country, while PM Netanyahu along with his wife Sara received Modi at the airport, a special gesture that signified their chemistry…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Nvidia — Nvidia reported strong earnings and revenue for the fiscal fourth-quarter , leading shares to add more than 1% in extended trading. Nvidia reported adjusted earnings of $1.62 per share, while analysts expected $1.53 per share, according to LSEG. The chipmaker’s revenue of $68.13 billion…
MUMBAI: The country’s credit card spend is consolidating, with HDFC Bank and State Bank of India moving close to controlling half of total card spending by value, while the top five issuers together have expanded their dominance to 85.6% of transaction value by Jan 2026.The shift marks a migration of high-value spending towards legacy lenders….
MIAMI BEACH — Bitcoin’s BTC$69,137.23 recent slide has frustrated investors who expected a smoother ride after a wave of institutional milestones, but Adam Back, one of the early cypherpunks cited in bitcoin’s 2008 white paper, said the volatility should not surprise long-time observers. “Bitcoin is generally volatile,” Back said at the iConnections conference in Miami…
NEW DELHI: Defence and military experts, on Day 2 of DefSat2026 conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, intensified the strategic dialogue on building India’s persistent and resilient defence space capability, against the backdrop of rapid global transformation in space-based military infrastructure. With 1,602 space-based ISR satellites projected to launch globally between 2025 and 2030, the…
Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Graeme Sloane | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday that interest rate cuts aren’t…