New Delhi, 20/6: The cryptocurrency industry was on edge on Monday morning as investors feared contagion from problems at major crypto players could unleash a major shakeout if not contained. Bitcoin which has lost 57% so far this year and 37% this month, fell below $20,000 over the weekend for the first time…
New Delhi, 20/6:Four years after the Tamil Nadu government sealed the sprawling premises on charges of pollution, Vedanta on Monday announced that its Sterlite Copper plant and other units in the southern port city of Thoothukudi are up for sale. Vedanta, in advertisements published in English and Tamil dailies, along with Axis Capital…
New Delhi, 20/6:Several states were on alert and stepped up security amid calls for Bharat bandh on Monday as the discontent over the armed forces short term recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ grew. The Centre, on Saturday, sent a note of caution to all states and Union Territories (UTs) regarding tackling the continued agitations on…
New Delhi, 20//6:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for the fourth time in connection with the National Herald case. His appearance was initially scheduled for June 17, but the senior Congress leader wrote to the ED to postpone his questioning citing the illness of his mother…
New Delhi, 19/6:Opposition leaders will meet on Tuesday afternoon to finalise their candidate for the Presidential elections with Gopalkrishna Gandhi emerging as the only name in contention after National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah announced that he will not contest as several urged him to fight. Sources said the meeting will be held at…
Kashmir,19/6:Four terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara and Kulgam districts, police said. While two terrorists were killed in Kupwara as many were eliminated in Kulgam, they said, adding some more terrorists are hiding and operation was still underway in both the areas. …
New Delhi, 19/6:India has completely protected the interests of farmers and fishermen in the recently concluded ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Goyal, who led the Indian delegation for the WTO talks, also said that the decisions taken in the conference will…
New Delhi, 19/6: Police in the national capital are everyday finding new ways to reach out to the people in this new era of social media and virtual interactions. On Saturday, the Delhi Police’s new witty graphical representation on the probability of a person reaching home safely after having drinks was loved by…
New Delhi, 19/6:The Army, Navy and the Air Force on Sunday came out with a broad schedule for recruitment of soldiers under the Agnipath scheme while asserting that it is being implemented to bring down the age profile of the armed forces. Lt Gen A Puri, the additional secretary in the Department of…
Bengaluru, 19/6: Bengaluru Traffic Police have imposed traffic and parking restrictions in and around Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday in view of T20I cricket match being played between India and South Africa. Parking will be banned on the following stretches between 2 pm and 12.30 am, the police said.
