A committee that advises the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recommended the agency move forward on a tokenized-securities policy that would allow traders to cut out the kind of go-between settlement that Wall Street investment firms have relied on for decades. The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee voted Thursday to recommend narrow exemptions for the blockchain-based innovation…
NEW DELHI: After its narrow body operations, IndiGo will now cut its Europe & UK flights mounted on wide body aircraft too. Copenhagen flights will be suspended till further notice from Feb 17. The airline says its twin aisle operations have “faced external operational constraints; continuously changing airspace constraints due to geo-political circumstances and congestion…
NEW DELHI: Even as the opposition demanded that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 be referred to a parliamentary standing committee for wider consultations, Lok Sabha passed it by a voice vote, with govt responding to allegations of “exclusion” by saying the changes were aimed at ensuring that the protection and benefits…
As China and the U.S. compete for domination in artificial intelligence, compute power will be the key factor in determining the winner, Bernstein found. The firm also named a few stocks to play on the trend. “China will need to make huge investments in semis and power infrastructure to catch up with the U.S., creating…
SRINAGAR: Days after J&K CM Omar Abdullah described the “vote chori” as an issue of the Congress alone and said the INDIA bloc had “nothing to do with it,” the party on Saturday said being in alliance does not negate a constituent’s political ideology.“Omar Abdullah was present in various meetings of the INDIA bloc, whether…
India’s stock market has become one of the calmest in the world – so calm that it’s prompting a rethink of strategies among players in the country’s vast derivatives space.Despite geopolitical flare ups and a recent global selloff in risk assets, Nifty has barely budged for months as domestic money overwhelms foreign flows and derivatives…
Credit provided by India’s capital markets could eventually surpass bank lending, Kotak Mahindra AMC managing director and CEO Nilesh Shah said on Tuesday, underscoring a structural shift in how the economy is financed.Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Shah said credit, which was traditionally dominated by banks, is increasingly being provided by capital markets and…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to reach women in distress, the National Commission for Women in coordination with state women’s commissions will hold marathon ‘Mahila Jan Sunwais’ (public hearings) across the country starting from Monday to cover 500 districts spread out in 25 states and Union Territories till March 14.Through this nationwide effort, the commission aims to…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday stepped up its attack on the BJP-led central government after a Delhi court declined to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s prosecution complaint in the National Herald money-laundering case.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of misusing central agencies to harass opposition leaders, particularly the Gandhi family. “They…
JAMMU: A 47-year-old GRP constable was injured when his service weapon went off accidentally in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday night, officials said.“The constable, identified as Dinesh Kumar, was injured in the shoulder in the incident that took place while he was on duty at Kathua railway station late Saturday night,” officials said.Kumar…
