JAMMU: Three mortar shells were found in two separate places in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.According to officials, two mortar shells were found in Jhanghar forest area, while another was found at a secluded location in Makri village of Nowshera sector…
Wall Street recovered some ground on Monday as technology and semiconductor stocks linked to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom bounced back from Friday’s sharp sell-off while oil prices eased from overnight peaks despite continued tensions between Israel and Iran.The S&P 500 rose 0.7% after suffering its worst daily decline since October on Friday. The Dow…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a meeting on rejuvenation of Yamuna river, during which he asked the Delhi, Haryana and UP govts to work as a team with an integrated action plan to clean up the water body.Asking the three adjoining states to ensure standard ecological flow — the quantity, timing…
The rupee surrendered most of its previous session’s gains and fell 43 paise to close at 95.61 against the US dollar on Monday weighed down by a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a stronger greenback amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, PTI reported.Forex traders said risk aversion in global markets, higher…
Hyderabad: Sigma Advanced Systems on Monday said it has bagged an export contract worth US$21.97 million (nearly Rs 208 crore) to manufacture and supply 40,000 units of 155 mm M107 artillery shell bodies for a customer in North America.The Hyderabad-based company said the order has to be executed over a period of six months, with…
The government will divest up to a 3% stake in state-owned NLC India Ltd through an offer for sale (OFS), with the floor price set at Rs 303 per share, nearly 10% below the stock’s closing price on Monday.The OFS for non-retail investors will open on Tuesday, while retail investors can bid on June 10,…
Bitcoin (BTC) holder Strategy’s (MSTR) capital trap is getting tighter, according to Ilan Solot, senior global markets strategist, at Marex Solutions, a division of global financial services firm Marex. The company is sitting on a massive bitcoin hoard, accumulated through aggressive buying and stock dilution. Common shareholders bought Saylor’s vision, making the company a leveraged…
NEW DELHI: The first major INDIA bloc meeting since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections saw several opposition allies deliver a pointed message to the Congress: be more “large-hearted” and adopt a more accommodating approach towards regional partners, news agency PTI reported, quoting sources.From the CPM’s objections to Congress’s Kerala campaign rhetoric to concerns over the…
India has outlined key demands in its ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, including preferential tariff treatment and assurances against future tariff hikes, as both countries work towards finalising an interim trade agreement, a trade official said on Monday.A proposed bilateral trade agreement between India and the United States may only be finalised after…
Bitcoin’s BTC$63,871.14 slide below $60,000 may have less to do with Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR) and more to do with inflation creeping higher, one analyst argued. In a Monday report, Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, wrote to clients that investors have largely misread the drivers behind crypto’s sharp selloff over the past weeks. While…
