BHOPAL: Tension erupted in Damjipura village of MP’s Betul district Sunday after a video allegedly showing a 50-year-old man committing an unnatural act with a cow went viral on social media. The clip triggered outrage, leading to arson and vandalism by an angry mob. Police arrested the accused and deployed security to control the situation,…
NEW DELHI: Amid trade tensions, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday sought to address a long pending demand of the commerce department by allowing the sale of goods by eligible manufacturers in special economic zones (SEZs) to domestic tariff area on payment of duty at concessional rates.Sitharaman said that only a prescribed share of…
Indians are increasingly investing in real estate overseas. Even salaried individuals are doing so driven by factors like children studying abroad and investment diversification. For resident individuals, such purchases are governed by RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), which allows outward remittances of up to $250,000 per person in a financial year. Families often pool individual…
Bitcoin BTC$78,358.92 traded back above $76,000 after a short-lived break of support, where it tested $74,000, highlighting the fragile balance between dip buyers and forced sellers in a market still short on “depth.” (CoinDesk) The quick V-shaped move stemmed from order book dynamics where liquidity has dried, allowing buy/sell trades to have an outsized impact…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of intensity 4.7 hit Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir at 5.35 am, Monday. According to the National Centre of Seismology, the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10km. The epicentre was reported to be in the Pattan area, according to PTI.The tremors were felt in India and Pakistan.The epicentral area,…
Amid controversy over the Father of the Nation’s name being dropped from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the FM on Sunday announced the launch of Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj scheme to strengthen khadi, handloom and handicrafts.“This will help in global market linkage and branding. It will streamline and support training, skilling, quality of process…
To ensure persons with disabilities (PwDs) get dignified livelihood opportunities and timely access to assistive devices, the govt on Sunday announced the ‘Divyangjan Kaushal Yojana’ and the ‘Divyang Sahara Yojana’.Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the ‘kaushal yojana’ for livelihood and the ‘sahara yojana’ for assistive devices are “fundamental needs” for PwDs.Noting that IT, animation, visual…
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. Bitcoin’s latest slide exposed a familiar pattern in crypto markets: probability gauges…
Action taken against defamers of Deepam judge, TN tells SC NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu DGP has told SC that the state police took action against those who had spread defamatory remarks against Madras high court judge Justice G R Swaminathan after he passed the order to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepa Thoon (lamp…
Of 30 Index Stocks, 26 Close In Red At a time when global markets are witnessing high volatility due to geopolitical uncertainties, the hike in securities transaction tax (STT) on derivatives trades hit investor sentiment on Dalal Street on the Budget day. This in turn led to a sharp sell-off that pulled the sensex down…
