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Bitcoin slipped below the $90,000 mark for the first time in seven months on Tuesday, signalling a sharp retreat in risk appetite across global markets. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency, which touched a record high above $126,000 in October, has now surrendered all its gains for 2025 and is down nearly 30 per cent from its…
Many taxpayers who completed their income tax return (ITR) weeks or even months ago are still waiting for their refunds despite the September 16, 2025 filing deadline having passed long ago. With bank accounts being checked daily, the tax department says the delays are tied to closer scrutiny of questionable deduction claims.Launching a taxpayers’ lounge…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to strengthen the existing regime for tiger protection, the Supreme Court on Monday issued a slew of directions to the states including giving a six-month deadline to demarcate and notify core and buffer areas of tiger reserves and put in place within three months comprehensive tiger conservation plans (TCPs).In one of his…
US President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on India in August, 25% of which is a penalty for India’s crude oil imports from Russia. (AI image) India’s exports to the US have grown in October over September, despite the 50% tariffs imposed by American President Donald Trump on Indian goods. However, the exports to the…
In one of Karnataka’s biggest-ever “digital arrest” scams, a 57-year-old Bengaluru woman was duped of nearly Rs 32 crore over six months.The software engineer from Indiranagar told investigators she remained trapped in the elaborate fraud until the scammers finally issued her a so-called “clearance letter.”Posing as CBI officers, the fraudsters reportedly placed her under a…
Rapper Fetty Wap, real name Willie Maxwell II, will be released from prison on December 8, 2026, three months earlier than initially planned. Arrested in 2021 for federal drug trafficking, he was sentenced to six years. His release date has been progressively moved up, with the exact reason for the latest shift not yet public….
Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor’s children on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that the university fees of one of them, currently studying in the United States, have remained unpaid for the past two months. The submission was made before Justice Jyoti Singh, who urged both sides to refrain from turning the legal battle “melodramatic” and…
Studying abroad is a dream cherished by many Indian students. It promises a passport to new opportunities, experiences, and top-tier education. Yet, the reality of stepping into a foreign university, especially an Ivy League institution, can be jarring. Beyond the prestige and global exposure lies a whole new world of cultural shifts, academic rigour, and…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Jharkhand govt to notify 314 sq km of the Saranda Forest, marked by dense growth of pristine Sal trees, as a wildlife sanctuary within three months and said this would not in any manner impede the rights of forest dwellers and tribals.In its first decision in 1996…
Nithari village hid horrors for months before 2006 discoveries (File photo) NOIDA: The first hint of the horrors that Nithari village, near Noida Sector 31, was hiding appeared on the police’s radar months before the grisly discoveries in the autumn of 2006 that would mire it in infamy. TOI spoke to one of the first…
