Grant Cardone, a multibillionaire real estate investor, said Wednesday he added another $100 million in bitcoin as part of a strategy combining the asset with income-producing real estate, during a Fireside chat at Consensus Miami 2026. “We just simply added another $100 million of bitcoin,” Cardone said, describing a recent property deal where BTC was…
GUWAHATI: PM Modi will launch the distribution of land deeds to thousands of tea workers in poll-bound Assam on March 13, giving them a stake in plantations where they have lived and worked for two centuries since British planters brought them from villages of Chotanagpur division, Bihar and Bengal.Nearly 3.5 lakh families across 825 tea…
Shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of IndiGo, have come under sharp pressure after large-scale flight disruptions linked to revised pilot duty norms, with the stock falling nearly 17% in just over a week.InterGlobe Aviation shares slipped from Rs 5,917 on November 27 to around Rs 4,913 on Tuesday, as the airline struggled with operational…
MUMBAI: Increased opportunities to hedge foreign exchange risk and longer trading hours are at the heart of a proposed overhaul by RBI to liberalise access to currency markets.The draft framework broadens the different types of derivatives that banks (authorised dealers) may offer to individuals and firms, extending hedging tools for currency and interest-rate exposures. Trades…
CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay announced a slew of freebies in his election manifesto, ranging from six free LPG cylinders a year and 200 units of power, to Rs 2,500 monthly dole for women below 60, and Rs 25 lakh family health cover. Releasing the manifesto in Chennai on Thursday, Vijay also promised…
Silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a dramatic 38 per cent drop, from their peak just seven days ago on January 29. This sharp decline was triggered by increased trading costs and investors cashing out profits. The market saw wild swings as silver prices first fell below $65 per ounce before bouncing back up by 8.6…
NEW DELHI: Becoming a pilot has just got more expensive with the hike in jet fuel price and the rupee crashing. Getting a commercial pilot licence (CPL) in India — which involves flying for a minimum of 200 hours and clearing theory exams — used to cost about Rs 50-60 lakh earlier in India, and…
NEW DELHI: Govt is working to step up the supply of induction cooktops and vessels, while nudging companies and institutional kitchens to move to electricity-based cooking to reduce pressure on gas.To meet the immediate requirement of cooktops, whose demand has increased in the wake of LPG concerns, imports are lined up, while domestic production is…
The US dollar was set for a second straight day of losses against the Japanese yen on Friday after Japan was reported to have intervened in currency markets to support its weakening currency, Reuters reported.The greenback was on course for its sharpest weekly fall versus the yen since early February, down about 1.7 per cent…
Taxpayers opting for the old tax regime can continue to claim deductions on donations made to eligible charitable organisations under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. To clarify how such claims will be assessed and verified, the Income Tax Department issued an extensive set of FAQs on December 19, 2025, outlining both substantive…
