From left: CPM’s MV Govindan, Congress leader VD Satheesan and senior BJP leader K Surendran (File photo) NEW DELHI: As Kerala heads toward another high-stakes assembly election, a controversial name has returned to the centre of a new political storm. Jamaat-e-Islami, long part of the state’s complex web of alliances and rivalries, is now the…
Garment exporters in Tamil Nadu’s textile hub Tiruppur expect shipments to the United States to double to about Rs 30,000 crore over the next three years following the India-US trade framework, industry representatives told PTI.They also indicated that the sector could generate about 5 lakh additional jobs over the next three to five years as…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1944.26, up 6.7% (+121.31) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+20.1%) and HBAR (+13.1%). Laggards: AAVE (+1.9%) and BNB (+3.0%). The…
‘Naxalism will be completely eradicated by March 31’: Amit Shah after Raipur security review NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Centre’s strategy against Left-Wing Extremism has started delivering clear results and asserted that Naxalism will be fully eradicated before March 31. He made the remarks after chairing a high-level security…
The latest tech sell-off underscores that it’s still a different game for investing in China versus the U.S. “The U.S. decline was primarily triggered by earnings miss[es] from some market leaders, but in China it was mainly sentiment spillover plus portfolio adjustment/rotation,” said Ding Wenjie, investment strategist for global capital investment at China Asset Management…
Foreign investors returned to Indian stock markets in the first week of February, investing over Rs 8,100 crore after three months of heavy selling. This is after they sold nearly Rs 62,000 crore worth of shares in the last three months. Improved investor sentiment amid a new trade deal with the US, helped bring them…
The Trump Mobile T1 smartphone, earlier marketed around a “Made in the United States” pitch, will instead be produced largely overseas, with only limited final assembly expected to take place in the US, according to a report by The Verge citing company executives.Trump Mobile executives Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas told The Verge that the…
IREN’s (IREN) latest earnings offered a snapshot of a company mid-transition, with shares currently paying the price for that transition. The firm reported weaker-than-expected revenue and earnings as bitcoin BTC$69,614.17 mining took a back seat to its rapidly expanding AI cloud ambitions. Crushed by record-low margins after the 2024 halving, bitcoin miners are recasting themselves…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat called the Hindus in Bangladesh to unite against the adverse atmoshpere that has developed in the aftermath of the Sheikh Hasina‘s outser followed by surging anti-India sentiments.Highlighting the presence of 1.5 crore Hindus in Bangladesh, Mohan Bhagwat said that putting…
Piyush Goyal (File photo) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday gave insights into the behind-the-scenes negotiations that shape India’s free trade agreements (FTAs).In an interview with PTI, Goyal revealed that had personally met every negotiator involved in India’s trade agreements, emphasising that negotiators are tasked with protecting their own country’s interests and…
