Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Grail — Shares cratered 47% after the company said a trial of one of its drugs missed its primary endpoint and failed to show statistically significant Stage III-IV cancer reduction. Blue Owl Capital — Shares slid nearly 3%, a day after after the private market and…
National Highaways (File photo- PTI) Commuters on National Highways may soon have to rely entirely on digital payment modes at toll plazas, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is considering phasing out cash transactions nationwide.Post implementation, all toll payments at National Highway fee plazas will be processed exclusively through digital modes using FASTag…
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin BTC$67,801.44 has gained 2% in the past 24 hours, scrambling to top $68,000 after a selloff earlier this month. That’s done little to ease sentiment, with the “Fear and Greed” index remaining at the “extreme fear” level for a 20th straight day. André Dragosch, the…
As Kerala heads toward the 2026 assembly elections, a question hangs over the state’s political landscape: what does the future of the Left look like beyond Pinarayi Vijayan?For nearly a decade, Vijayan has been the undisputed face of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), steering it through floods, a pandemic, fiscal strain and, in 2021, a…
Gold is not just another metal. For centuries, the yellow metal has been a symbol of safety and stability, serving as a reliable hedge when markets turn volatile. Centuries ago, kings hoarded it to display their power, then, as nations modernised, central banks began stockpiling gold to shield their economies against crises. But recently, gold…
In recent days, IT stocks have traded under constant pressure due to concerns related to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. However, investors may now find some relief, as the country’s IT services industry, once feared to be at risk, could be better positioned to benefit from the AI-driven shift than previously expected, according to a…
Crypto prices firmed during Asia’s Friday morning session, with bitcoin climbing toward $68,000 after a choppy week that tested nerves across risk markets. The bounce was broad. XRP, Solana’s SOL, DOGE$0.09924 and Cardano’s ADA added upto 2% while ether lagged with a small dip, hovering below $2,000 as traders treated the level as a line…
IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said that artificial intelligence can fulfil India’s ambition of Viksit Bharat while boosting global growth by 0.8%.Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Georgieva cited research by the International Monetary Fund and said that AI could accelerate growth significantly across the world. ‘Crucial Role For India In…
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday trained his guns on Congress over its years in power in Assam, blaming the party for infiltration and alleging that it had “left our borders open to infiltrators” in what he described as an “attempt to alter the demographics”…
ePlane Company’s Air Tax New Delhi: Chennai-based startup The ePlane Company is building India’s first electric air taxi, the e200x, using advanced technology from Nvidia. Engineers have created a highly detailed “digital twin” of the aircraft using Nvidia Omniverse software, allowing them to test flight physics, sensors and emergency scenarios in a virtual world before…
