NEW DELHI: Bengal’s iconic snack jhalmuri made a political appearance once again, this time at the National Democratic Alliance’s 12th anniversary conclave at Bharat Mandapam on Wednesday.A video of West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari serving jhalmuri to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a light-hearted interaction with leaders of NDA allies was widely circulated on social…
NEW DELHI: India and the US remain in touch over a possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 summit in France next week. A final confirmation, however, is still awaited as the two sides work around scheduling constraints to finalise the proposed meeting.PM Modi…
Mastercard (MA) is betting that AI agents will soon become active participants in the economy and wants its payments network to sit at the center of that shift. The payments giant on Tuesday unveiled Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a service enabling AI agents and software systems to make payments to each other securely and…
NEW DELHI: Leaders from across the world, including US President Donald Trump, congratulated PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday after he became India’s longest continuously serving elected PM, with several describing the milestone as a reflection of the trust reposed in him by voters over three consecutive parliamentary elections.Among the first to post a message was…
NEW DELHI: The government may not immediately mandate a higher level of ethanol blending but leave it to buyers to decide on flex fuel vehicles amid concerns that rushing from E20 to E25 will damage engines of existing vehicles.Most cars and 2-wheelers manufactured between 2012 and March 2023 were designed or certified to be E10-compliant,…
If bitcoin and Ethereum had been invented on the same day, nobody would have heard of bitcoin. I sold every bitcoin Bit Digital held and deployed the proceeds into Ethereum. I have built one of the largest corporate Ethereum treasury positions in the world and said, on the record, that we will never sell it….
New Delhi: Slamming the rejection of the nomination form of Meenakshi Natarajan, Congress told Election Commission Wednesday that there is no criminal case pending against the Rajya Sabha nominee, and urged it to overturn the returning officer’s order in MP.“It is like saying two plus two is seven, not even five. It is an egregious,…
A Citibank logo is displayed on a sign at one of their branches on Nov. 7, 2025 in Encinitas, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Citigroup outperformed the broad market as well as some other major bank stocks Wednesday after President Donald Trump lauded the bank and its CEO Jane Fraser in a social media…
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday described the situation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), where more than 20 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters, as “deeply disturbing”, and urged the authorities there to show restraint.2 soldiers killed in ‘accidental blast’ near LoC in Uri2 soldiers…
The customer experience industry will become a $5 trillion market by 2030, according to Netomi founder and CEO Puneet Mehta, who says that growth will create demand for stablecoins and blockchain-based payment infrastructure rather than pull capital away from crypto. Mehta said companies currently spend roughly $500 billion annually on customer experience-related knowledge work. As…
