NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of thousands of bail petitions for years in high courts violated the “precious” right to liberty and ordered that issuance of notice on bail pleas could be dispensed with by serving a petition copy in advance on prosecution to enable them to respond on the very first…
Not everything in bitcoin is at risk from a quantum computer. Bitcoin mining, the process by which new blocks get added to the blockchain, uses a type of math called hashing that quantum computers cannot meaningfully break. The ledger itself and the rule that new bitcoin can only be created through mining would survive a…
India’s long-term economic outlook could fundamentally reshape the corporate landscape over the next two decades, Motilal Oswal Financial Services has said in a new report, identifying 30 companies it believes are best placed to benefit from what it calls the country’s “next multi-decade growth era”, ET reported.The brokerage expects India’s GDP to rise from $4…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the Hindi edition of ‘The Red Book of Emergency – Life Saving Tips’, a book aimed at improving public awareness about medical emergencies and life-saving interventions.The book, authored by Dr Lokendra Gupta and co-authored by Dr Utsav Anand Mani, seeks to help people recognise warning signs…
In the last year, steel-stock gains have been between 20% and 40%, while the Nifty has gained 9-10%, marking a clear out performance. The strong performance is even more pronounced against a highly-volatile global back-drop, given the trade disruptions, geo-political disturbances and slowing growth. Everyone knows that Chinese production and exports are the biggest variable…
India is set to operationalise its recently signed trade deals with the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries soon. Earlier this month, India and the US announced that they had reached an interim trade deal, scheduled for formalisation in March. Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that the deal…
Bitcoin and ether are grinding toward the lower end of their recent ranges, major market making firm Wintermute’s OTC trading desk said in a Wednesday note shared with CoinDesk, with both assets caught between last week’s hawkish Fed and the stop-start Iran headlines. Options markets price a relatively tight move for the next 24 hours….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday allowed a plea of Vikas Yadav, convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, to be released from prison on furlough. Yadav is serving a 25-year jail term without remission.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Vipul M Pancholi noted that Yadav has undergone 23 years of incarceration…
BENGALURU: Over 200 jobs at Australian telecom major Telstra are expected to be cut as the company rolls out AI capabilities and shifts some roles to India, according to a report in The Guardian. Telstra and Accenture announced a $700-million joint venture in 2025 aimed at driving efficiency and modernisation. Source link
Failing to pass the crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, could leave the door open for a future less industry-friendly US government to crack down on crypto again, Peter Van Valkenburgh the executive director of advocacy group Coin Center says. In an X post on Friday, Van Valkenburgh argued that rejecting developer…
