Suspected debris of LVM3 rocket found on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. NEW DELHI: Days after Isro launched its heavy-lift rocket LVM3 carrying US BlueBird Block-2 satellite, rocket debris, suspected of the Indian space rocket, washed ashore on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. The rocket part was found on Sunday evening along the…
India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) will continue working with its 125 member and signatory countries to advance solar energy deployment and climate objectives, official sources said, after the United States withdrew from the initiative, PTI reported.The Gurugram-headquartered ISA, a joint initiative of India and France, was launched on the sidelines of the COP21 climate summit…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed the unusually high number of interlocutory applications being filed in the stray dogs case. It also remarked that these many applications are not even seen in human cases.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed this when two lawyers mentioned the interlocutory application filed by…
CHANDIGARH: Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Renu Cheema Vig has been granted a four-month extension, with the Centre issuing a formal notification on March 27, just a day before her tenure was set to end.According to the notification issued by the Secretariat of the Vice-President of India, who is also the Chancellor of Panjab University, the…
Mirae Asset Consulting, an affiliate of South Korean multinational financial services company Mirae Asset Group, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in local crypto exchange Korbit. The company plans to purchase 26.9 million shares of Korbit for 133.48 billion won (about $93 million), a transaction that would give it a 92.06% ownership interest in…
MUMBAI: Gold loans are booming. Lending against the yellow metal is expanding at triple-digit rates of 128% year-on-year, propelling personal loans, which in turn underpin the 14.4% overall growth in bank credit as of Jan 31.Data from RBI on the sectoral deployment of bank credit shows personal loans outpacing all other segments. At 34.5%, they…
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called bitcoin BTC$70,754.50 a “giant Ponzi scheme,” prompting a swift rebuttal from Strategy chairman Michael Saylor and other netizens. In a column published in the Daily Mail and posted on social media platform X, Johnson wrote that he had long suspected cryptocurrencies relied on “a supply of new…
