SRINAGAR: Two weeks ahead of a crucial meeting between Ladakhi representatives and the home ministry’s high-powered committee, a delegation from Zanskar region of Kargil on Wednesday evening met Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai and opposed the ongoing demand for statehood for Ladakh.The delegation, comprising former chairman of LAHDC (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development…
HYDERABAD: Beauty and personal care giant L’Oreal will set up its first AI-powered global beauty tech innovation hub in Hyderabad. The company will invest 350 million euros (approx Rs 3,500 crore) by 2030. The hub, which will be a first-of-its-kind globally, will focus on developing the next generation of AI-powered beauty innovations.L’Oreal plans to leverage…
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the 2025 IIF annual membership meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that he disagreed with President Donald Trump’s approach to immigration, offering a rare public rebuke…
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain. Source link
SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference president and J&K legislator Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday called for “a profound and uncompromising reassessment of the Kashmir-Jammu relationship”, advocating separation of the two regions.Even as governing National Conference, including its president Faooq Abdullah and CM Omar Abdullah, vehemently rejected such demands as divisive and echoing Pakistan’s agenda, Lone rejected the…
SRINAGAR: A census to count the elusive Kashmir Markhor, the world’s largest wild mountain goat, will begin in early Feb as J&K’s wildlife department seeks more data on the population of the species that is categorised as ‘near threatened’.“The census will start from Kazinag National Park,” said Dr Tanushree Srivastava, senior manager and head of…
The first-of-its-kind FIA, according to the companies, offers crypto exposure with principal protection, aiming to attract cautious investors near retirement. Source link
JAMMU: Operation Trashi-I entered its fourth day on Wednesday, as security forces continued to comb the dense forests of Sonnar, Mandral-Singhpora, and adjoining areas in Chatroo belt in J&K’s Kishtwar district to track and kill fleeing terrorists. Searches were intensified in the target area, even as additional forces were rushed to the operation site to…
Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 — which got underway here with the participation of delegates from 70 nations — as a forum to showcase the successful conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) in…
Farcaster raised $150 million by Paradigm and a16z in 2024 but has struggled to sustain growth. Source link
