The U.S. Treasury Department has, for the first time, sanctioned cryptocurrency exchanges for operating in Iran’s financial sector. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Zedcex and Zedxion both registered in the United Kingdom, as part of a broader crackdown on Iranian authorities after their brutal suppression of an internal uprising that…
Sunetra Pawar was sworn in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister from the NCP quota on Saturday, just days after her husband Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash. Newly released US Justice Department records connected to Jeffrey Epstein feature photographs reportedly showing Britain’s former Prince Andrew kneeling on all fours over a woman lying on…
MUMBAI: IDFC First Bank reported a 48.1% jump in net profit to Rs 503 crore for the third quarter ended December, from Rs 339 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The increase was helped by higher core income, lower sequential provisions and an improvement in asset quality.The bank’s bottom line improved aided by stronger…
Something strange (and maybe creepy) is happening on the internet. Moltbook — a Reddit-like social network where AI agents post their thoughts (yes, that’s right, AI’s are talking to each other over social media!) — is going viral. And, in a very crypto-degen fashion, memecoin traders are cashing in. Moltbot is a social network populated…
NEW DELHI: Sunetra Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra from the NCP quota on Saturday, days after her husband Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.Sunetra was clad in a white saree as she took the oath to replace her husband amid the chants of “Ajit dada amar rahe.” Maharashtra…
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by a sharp $8.053 billion to touch a new all-time high of $709.413 billion in the week ended January 23, extending the recent rebound after months of pressure from rupee volatility, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India.The latest rise follows a jump of $14.167 billion in…
NEW DELHI: As anticipation builds ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2026–27 on Sunday, attention is once again turning to the government’s tax proposals, spending priorities and fiscal math. The annual Budget is not just an economic exercise but one of the most closely watched economic and policy events in India, shaping everything…
Tokenized silver futures recorded the largest liquidations across the crypto market over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether in a rare reversal of the usual risk hierarchy as a pullback in precious metals spilled into commodities-based crypto futures. According to CoinGlass data, 129,117 traders were liquidated in the past day, with total losses…
NEW DELHI: 2026 may see the Congress win another state. If the local body election results in Kerala are an indication to go by, the state may turn to Congress-led UDF after 10 years. So far so good. But what after that? Will Kerala go the Karnataka way for the Congress? Will the victory, if…
As the Union Budget 2026–27 approaches, education stakeholders across schools, higher education, skilling, and edtech are calling for focused policy measures and financial support to strengthen learning outcomes, employability, and workforce readiness. These expectations come amid a steady rise in education allocations over the past few years and an increased emphasis on execution and infrastructure.The…
