NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday celebrated the Madras high court order as a “big victory” for Hindu dharma, justice for devotees and “slap for the appeasement politics” of DMK and its allies. Union minister Piyush Goyal, who is BJP’s in-charge for Tamil Nadu polls due in a few months, slammed the state govt over its…
Silver imports surged sharply in 2025, pointing to its growing strategic importance, amid rising industrial demand, supply constraints and geopolitical tensions, according to a report by Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).India was the world’s largest importer of refined silver. It is estimated to have imported silver worth $9.2 billion last year, a 44 per cent…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru over the construction of Somnath temple and accused him of “the greatest hatred towards Lord Somnath.” In a series of social media post on X, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi cited numerous letters written by Nehru, claiming that Nehru…
Bitcoin BTC$92,549.18 traders may want to add the Japanese yen (JPY) to their list of related markets, moving beyond the dollar index, as the connection between the cryptocurrency and the yen has hit a record high over the last 90 days. The 90-day correlation coefficient between BTC and Pepperstone’s JPY index has risen to 0.86,…
Indian equity benchmarks, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, continued their losing streak on Wednesday, as investors turned cautious amid escalating geopolitical tensions and renewed worries over possible tariff increases by the United States.The decline was compounded by continued selling from foreign investors. At 12:21 PM, Nifty50 was trading at 26,101.25, down 77 points or 0.30%. BSE…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Wednesday launched a broadside against Election Commission and Bharatiya Janata Party after 2.89 crore electors were deleted from the draft voter list in Uttar Pradesh after special intensive revision.Congress state president Ajay Rai called for an inquiry alleging a “big conspiracy.”“The removal of 2.89 crore voters (from UP SIR draft…
An FD gives you a fixed interest rate, a promise from the bank that you’ll get your money plus that interest back at maturity. (AI image) Over the long run, mutual funds usually outpace FDs—but only if you use each for the right goal, time frame and temperament.You talk about mutual funds and there’s always…
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has invited public comments on the draft “Reserve Bank of India (Prudential Norms on Dividend and Remittance of Profit) Directions, 2026”, proposing a revised framework for declaration of dividends and remittance of profits by banks.The central bank said it had undertaken a review of the existing guidelines on…
NEW DELHI: At a time when home minister Amit Shah has vowed to eradicate Left-wing extremism by March-end, Supreme Court on Tuesday said success against Naxalites could not be based on arrests alone and there must be adequate courts and infrastructure for speedy trial of the arrested ultras.One Kailash Ramchandani was arrested in June 2019…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform is already in “full production,” unveiling fresh details at the CES tech event in Las Vegas about hardware that he says can deliver five times the artificial-intelligence computing of Nvidia’s previous systems. Rubin is expected to arrive later this year and is aimed squarely…
