- Crypto mayhem: $3.5 bn worth Bitcoin in Terra reserve just evaporated
The global crypto mayhem last week wiped out Bitcoin worth $3.5 billion -- created to defend and support the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin which saw a total crash -- and no one has any idea how such a large sum of funds disappeared.
- Adani Group acquires Holcim India assets for USD 10.5 billion
Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani’s group has clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Ltd’s businesses in India for USD 10.5 billion, marking the ports-to-energy conglomerate’s entry into the cement sector.
- Cancel knowledge - sharing pact between Punjab, Delhi: SAD
Cancel knowledge - sharing pact between Punjab, Delhi: SAD
- Amritsar: NRI accuses pvt bank of harassment
An Australia-based NRI has accused a reputed private bank near Custom Chowk on Mall Road for allegedly liquidating his fixed deposit worth Rs 1.65 crores in a fraudulent manner and harassment.
- 4 feared dead, 3 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Himachal?s Kullu
At least 4 persons were feared dead, while three others sustained injuries, when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge at Ghiaghi on the Aut-Luhri highway under the Banjar subdivision of Kullu district on Monday.
- Bhagtanwala dumping ground: Garbage keeps burning here from time to time, anyone listening?
Residents of localities around Bhagtanwala dumping ground have still not got any respite from pollution as the government hasn’t made any effort to shift the dump out of the city.
- FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week returns to Mumbai, to be held in October
The next season of the FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) will be held on ground in Mumbai from October 12-16, the organisers announced on Monday.
- Heatwaves, floods and heavy rain: India battling climate change and it is getting worse, warn experts
The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds blow across swathes of north India, including New Delhi where temperatures have crossed 49 degrees Celsius, and flash floods ravage parts of the northeast.
- Arvind Kejriwal targets BJP over anti - encroachment drive in Delhi
Slamming the anti-encroachment drive being carried out in various parts of the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said if bulldozers raze shops and houses of 63 lakh people in Delhi, which are considered illegal, it will be the "biggest destruction" in independent India.
- 6 Bangladeshis held for laundering: ED
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday said it had arrested six Bangladeshi nationals in West Bengal under various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Some of them “disguised” as Indian citizens using fake IDs. They have been arrested for launderin
- India adds record 88 lakh jobs in April: CMIE report
In one of the largest expansions in the labour market since the beginning of the pandemic, 88 lakh people joined the country’s workforce in April, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has said. The jobs that became available were inadequate compared to the demand as there was a fall
- CNG price in Delhi hiked by Rs 2 per kg, 12th increase in over 2 months
The price of CNG in the national capital has been hiked by Rs 2 per kg, the 12th increase in rates in just over two months.
- Punjab, Himachal on track to achieving 100 per cent target under ?Har Ghar Jal? scheme
The Union Jal Shakti Ministry is eager for the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh soon becoming a hundred per cent target under the Jal Jeevan Mission’s (JJM) ‘Har Ghar Jal’ scheme.
- Nine advocates appointed judge in Delhi High Court
The government on Friday cleared the names of nine advocates as judges of the Delhi High Court. “In exercise of the power conferred under the Constitution of India, the following advocates are appointed as judges of the Delhi High Court,” Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted along wit
- E - rickshaw facility at CUH
Mahendragarh: The Central University of Haryana (CUH) has started an eco-friendly e-rickshaw service to provide transport facilities for students, research scholars, visitors, teaching and non-teaching employees for travelling from one building to other on the university campus. Vice-Chancellor Prof
- Nikhat, Parveen, Anamika and Jaismine storm into quarterfinals of World Boxing Championships
Four Indian boxers stormed into the quarterfinals of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul today. Nikhat Zareen (52kg) made light work of Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg. Parveen (63kg) beat Jajaira Gonzalez of USA, while Anamika (50kg) dispatched Kristy Lee Harris of
- India logs 2,202 new coronavirus infections; active cases dip to 17,317
With 2,202 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,23,801 while the active cases dipped to 17,317, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
- Delhi breaches 49 degree mark amid heatwave; dust, thunderstorm in Punjab and Haryana today
An intense heatwave scorched parts of north India on Sunday with places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh recording 49 degrees Celsius and above while the weather office has warned of heavy rainfall across Kerala and sounded a red alert for five districts.
- Four killed in Karnal accident
Four persons were killed when a truck rammed into the car they were travelling in on Salwan-Panipat road on Sunday morning.
- Rhythm takes gold in Indian sweep
India’s shooters made a clean sweep in the women’s 25m pistol competition on the penultimate day of the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, to consolidate their lead at the top of the medal tally.
- Chaos reigns as Ahirs block expressway
Ruckus and chaos reigned today as “Adhikar Yatra”(protest march) by the Ahirs blocked the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway for several hours. There were reports of window panes of car of a woman driver being broken. An FIR was registered in this regard.
- Fire: Absconding Delhi building owner arrested
The Delhi Police today said it had arrested the owner of the building in the Mundka area of the national capital where a massive fire on Friday night claimed lives of at least 27 persons.
- Adani forays into cement sector with $10 - bn deal
Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani’s group on Sunday said it had clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Limited’s businesses in India for $10.5 billion, marking the ports-to-energy conglomerate’s entry into the cement sector.
- VP Naidu visits UAE to condole ruler's death
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu visited the UAE on Sunday to offer condolences on behalf of the government to the UAE leadership on the demise of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, former President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi.
- Smashing win, India lift maiden Thomas Cup
The Indian badminton team led by the experienced Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy created history as they beat 14-time winners and defending champions Indonesia to win their maiden Thomas Cup title in Bangkok on Sunday.