MUMBAI: India’s balance of payments swung from a surplus of $0.5 billion in April 2025 to a deficit of $ 6.6 billion in April 2026, even as the current account moved into surplus during the period. The current account recorded a surplus of $4.7 billion in April 2026 compared with a deficit of $4.8 billion…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig weighed into the perpetual futures debate in a Monday appearance on CNBC’s “Fast Money,” defending his agency’s decision to approve the asset domestically. Selig said that incumbents will always fear the future, but that the commission is looking to onshore products that are being developed internationally to ensure…
The U.S.-Iran peace deal reached over the weekend provided the stimulus many markets had been waiting for. Oil fell more than 4% on news the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, copper jumped. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares rallied 3% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 hit a record high. Crypto markets, however, posted muted gains after…
MUMBAI: When Air India flight AI 171 crashed into the B J Medical College hostel in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, it killed 241 of the 242 people aboard and 19 more on the ground, among them were four medical students having lunch in their hostel mess. Though all the 260 people killed were victims…
A sports-themed display in a Beijing mall ahead of the World Cup kickoff on June 11, 2026. CNBC | Yin Hon Chow BEIJING — Long gone are the days when catching World Cup soccer games on the go meant buying a portable mini television set. Instead, consumers in China can just whip out their phones….
Dancing Girl” in NCERT’s class 6 Social Science textbook (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In a swift move, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) decided to restore the original version of the iconic “Dancing Girl” of Mohenjo-daro in its new class IX textbook with immediate effect on the digital books available online as well…
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that the U.S and Iran had reached a peace deal and will sign it on June 19. Among other conditions, the agreement sees the removal of the U.S. naval blockade and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Crude oil fell 5% to around $80 per barrel. It…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from Centre and Punjab govt to a PIL alleging that the AAP-governed state has failed to implement the constitutional guarantee of free and compulsory education to every child from economically weaker and marginalised sections of society.Though RTE and RTI were among the main planks on which AAP…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has welcomed the US-Iran understanding on ending the conflict in West Asia, while expressing hope that its implementation will help restore peace and stability in the region and ensure the freedom of navigation and commerce. In a post on X, Modi said, “We look…
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused treasury company, continued its purchase streak after raising fresh capital through a preferred stock sale. The firm acquired 76,881 ether (ETH) over the past week, worth roughly $136 million based on ETH’s current price, lifting Bitmine’s treasury to 5.62 million ETH. The company also held 204 bitcoin, $502…
