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November 14, 2024 12:49 PM
The value of the global cryptocurrency market has topped $3 trillion and is in uncharted territory as the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president spurred bets that friendlier U.S. regulation could usher in a new boom for all corners of the asset class. The sum market value of cryptocurrencies to...
November 14, 2024 12:12 PM
There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long COVID, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms so severe she feared she would die overnight. Among them are normally innocuous statements such as, "Fee...
November 14, 2024 11:15 AM
In a new record, Apple has reached almost Rs 60,000 crore in iPhone exports from India in the first seven months during the current fiscal (FY25). In the April-October period, the Cupertino-based tech giant exported iPhones worth almost Rs 60,000 crore (over $7 billion), at almost Rs 8,450 crore (n...
November 14, 2024 11:51 AM
India's benchmark indices opened flat on Thursday, pressured by ongoing foreign outflows and underwhelming corporate earnings. The Nifty dipped 16.90 points, or 0.07 percent, to 23,542.15, while the Sensex fell 54.01 points, or 0.07 percent, to 77,636.94. Most sectoral indices opened in the red, e...
November 14, 2024 11:03 AM
Delhi's air quality plunged further on Thursday as dense smog enveloped the city, reducing visibility across several areas and pushing the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) to a 'severe' level of 428 at 8 a.m. Several areas reported even higher pollution levels, with Anand Vihar recording an AQI of 4...
November 14, 2024 11:50 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 135th birth anniversary. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi wrote, "On the occasion of his birth anniversary, I pay homage to our former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru." Several C...
November 14, 2024 10:18 AM
Veteran Mauritian politician Navin Ramgoolam was sworn in as prime minister for his fourth term on Wednesday (November 13), a decade after he last left power, following his coalition's dramatic triumph in a general election. His Alliance du Changement (ADC) coalition won a landslide 60 of the 62 nat...
November 14, 2024 10:01 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address several rallies in Maharashtra today ahead of the upcoming legislative assembly elections. The rallies are scheduled to take place at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raigad, and Mumbai. Voting for the 288-seat assembly will take place on November 20, with v...
November 13, 2024 11:51 PM
The first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections concluded successfully on Wednesday with a voter turnout of 64.86 per cent across 43 constituencies, according to preliminary data from the Election Commission. This figure, recorded till 5 p.m., may increase slightly after the final count is conf...
November 13, 2024 11:48 PM
In a series of war games in the seas and skies around Taiwan last month, China deployed some of its newest strike aircraft, warships and missile forces. However, one of the most menacing weapons used in the drills: an updated version of a bomber that first flew in the early years of the Cold War. L...
