NEW DELHI: The national capital shivered through its coldest November night in three years on Sunday, with temperatures dipping to 9°C — 4.5 degrees below the seasonal average according to the India Meteorological Department. Not since 29 November 2022, when the city recorded 7.3°C, has November felt this cold. In the past two years, the…
Nearly 90% of Indian organisations are preparing to hire specialised professionals over the next year to strengthen digital identity management, infrastructure and cyber security frameworks, according to a Rubrik Zero Labs report released on Sunday.The study says the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is driving a surge in AI agents, leading to a sharp rise…
Today in crypto, Solari Capital, led by AJ Scaramucci, has put more than $100 million into American Bitcoin, a crypto executive weighs in on investor outlook beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Meanwhile, Steak ‘n Shake announces expansion into El Salvador. Scaramucci family invested over $100M in Trump’s Bitcoin mining firm: Report The Scaramucci family has invested…
In the lead-up to Bihar’s assembly polls, three major marches: Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra, Tejashwi Yadav’s Bihar Adhikar Yatra and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Padyatra were expected to energise the opposition and reshape the election narrative. All three drew large crowds and garnered a lot of attention. Yet, when the votes were counted, none…
Indian travellers are powering a sharp rise in tourist numbers across several overseas destinations this year, with Moscow, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Georgia reporting strong double-digit growth. The upswing comes even as Azerbaijan and Turkey have fallen out of favour following their support for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.Moscow has emerged as one of the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked engineers working on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project to systematically document their technical and on-ground experiences, saying such a record would help India replicate high-speed rail projects across the country without “repeated experimentation.”Interacting with engineers and workers of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Railway (MAHSR) corridor in Surat on Saturday,…
NEW DELHI: Panic gripped passengers aboard the Nizamuddin-bound Shridham Express on Sunday after authorities received an alert suggesting a bomb had been planted in one of the train’s general coaches, according to PTI. The warning, first communicated to railway officials in Bhopal, prompted heightened security measures and multiple checks along the train’s route as it…
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal held a series of high-level meetings in Moscow to review progress on the proposed India–Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement, the commerce ministry said on Sunday.During his visit, Agrawal met Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade…
The 11 U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) collectively bled $869.86 million Thursday, registering their second-highest outflow on record, according to data source SoSoValue. Investors have pulled out $2.64 billion over three weeks, signaling growing caution and shifting sentiment in the market. Thursday’s outflow coincided with Bitcoin’s fall below the key $100,000 support level and…
India has shown that rapid economic expansion and social inclusion can progress in tandem, with its development approach now shaping global learning, UNDP’s Acting Administrator Haoliang Xu has said, according to PTI. Calling India’s growth story a mix of technology-driven delivery, participatory governance and resilient climate action, Xu said the country offers “a blueprint for…
