Abandoned car found at Peeragarhi flyover (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Three people were found dead inside a car near the service lane of the Peeragarhi flyover in outer Delhi on Sunday, police said. Preliminary findings suggest that the case may be a suicide, though further investigation is underway.According to the Delhi Police, a PCR call was…
Public sector banks (PSBs) are expected to cross the Rs 2 lakh crore combined profit mark in the current financial year, buoyed by strong balance sheets, steady credit expansion and improved asset quality, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said.Speaking to PTI in an interview, Nagaraju said the Indian banking system remains resilient, supported by regulatory…
Saudi Arabia Bets Big on Syria: New Airline and $1 Billion Telecom Deal Unveiled On February 7, 2026, Syria and Saudi Arabia signed a series of major economic agreements designed to catalyse reconstruction in war-torn Syria and deepen bilateral cooperation across strategic sectors including aviation, telecommunications and infrastructure. The accords come as Damascus seeks to…
During much of 2024 and 2025, India was one of the largest purchasers of discounted Russian oil. (AI image) Will India stop buying Russian crude oil? US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order revoking the 25% penal tariffs on India for its imports of crude from Russia. However, the executive order clearly says…
Representative image (Credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: “Suspected fuel starvation” — running out of fuel — reportedly caused a Red Bird training aircraft to force land in an open field about to 50 to 70 km before its destination, Belagavi, on Sunday. Luckily, both the flight instructor and student pilot on board the Cessna 172 aircraft…
Aadhaar custodian UIDAI has completed mandatory biometric updates (MBU) for over one crore school children across 83,000 schools nationwide, according to an official statement.A child below five years can enrol for Aadhaar using photograph, name, date of birth, gender, address and birth certificate. However, fingerprints and iris biometrics are not captured at this stage as…
Block Inc. (XYZ), the payments company run by Jack Dorsey, may reduce its workforce by as much as 10%, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Hundreds of employees at the bitcoin BTC$71,300.65-supporting owner of Cash App and Square have been told their jobs are at risk, Bloomberg said. The reviews are part of…
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…
