US investors may soon have access to a greater array of products tied to asset classes like private credit and crypto as the Trump administration and SEC push to open markets, a change that some investment advisors say puts too much onus on individuals to protect themselves. Both the White House and the Securities and…
X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, makes the social media platform more truth-friendly with responses that oppose users who turn to it to confirm political biases, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said. “The easy ability to call Grok on Twitter is probably the biggest thing after community notes that has been positive for the truth-friendliness of this…
Indian exporters in pharmaceuticals, electronics, and automotive sectors are poised to significantly increase shipments to New Zealand. This expansion offers New Zealand an opportunity to diversify its trade and lessen its reliance on China, according to think tank GTRI. The move highlights a potential shift in regional trade dynamics. Source link
MUMBAI: India’s digital payments surge is less uniform than headline numbers suggest. Adjusted for population, Maharashtra, the largest state economy, records almost seven times the per-capita UPI transactions of Bihar. Telangana, ranked second, posts more than six times the average of Tripura. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala sit well above the national mean, while Jharkhand,…
NEW DELHI: Once relegated to the fringes of lifestyle care, obesity drugs have emerged as one of the world’s most powerful growth sectors, ranked by McKinsey alongside AI, EVs and robotics as trillion-dollar opportunities by 2040. In India, the surge in the weight-loss and metabolic therapy market is set to shape pharma’s growth narrative in…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has sought the response of the Centre and the producers of web series ‘U’, which is reportedly based on the life of slain gangster Vikas Dubey, on a plea by his wife to stop its release. Justice Sachin Datta, in an order earlier this week, refused to stay the release…
MUMBAI: With nearly Rs 2 lakh crore collected from 365 IPOs in 2025, the year set a new record in terms of mobilisation through the primary market. In comparison, in 2024, through 336 IPOs, companies had collected about Rs 1.9 lakh crore. What’s more, total funds mobilised in 2025 was nearly four times that of…
Bitcoin’s market fundamentals have stayed strong in 2025, despite the asset’s price and sentiment declining toward the end of the year, says Strategy CEO Phong Le. “The fundamentals of the market this year for Bitcoin couldn’t be better,” Le told the “Coin Stories” podcast on Tuesday, emphasizing that he doesn’t care too much about its…
NEW DELHI: In a money laundering case related to digital arrest of well-known industrialist and CMD of Ludhiana-based Oswal group, SP Oswal, ED has carried out searches across five states, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Assam, at 11 locations and arrested one Rumi Kalita from Kamrup in Assam.Kalita was brought from Kamrup to Jalandhar, where…
Vandals target Christmas decorations at Assam school, mob attacks mall in Raipur GUWAHATI/RAIPUR: Right-wing vandals smashed Xmas decorations in Assam and Chhattisgarh on Christmas Day, leading to the arrests of four people in Nalbari, Assam, and an FIR in Raipur against 25-30 activists.The arrests in Assam — three activists of VHP and one of Bajrang…
