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The crypto sector in India is going through a transformation, with the get-rich-quick impulse of the young investors five years ago increasingly giving way to a more mature, systematic, and long-term attitude towards crypto investments. And this change can best be seen in the rise of a new type of crypto product: crypto Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs). The crypto space in India is still unregulated and so finding official industry-wide data is impossible. However, each of the three of the largest crypto exchanges that The Hindu has spoken to have reported rapid growth in the adoption of crypto SIPs.This shift does…
Over the last three years, Starlink has become deeply embedded in how Ukraine fights. File photo | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s latest attempts to jam Starlink are about more than disrupting an internet service. They reflect a larger shift in the Ukraine war. Over the last three years, Starlink has become deeply embedded in how Ukraine fights. It sits behind drone operations, battlefield communications, and command networks that stretch across hundreds of kilometres of the front. That is why Russia is now trying to interfere with it.When Russian forces launched their full-scale invasion in February 2022, one of the first…
KT Rama Rao’s car experienced a collision at Alugunuru junction. HYDERABAD: An accident involving BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s car was reported at Alugunuru junction in Karimnagar on Saturday when a lorry brushed against the vehicle’s rear door as it was being opened, police said. KTR was inside the car at the time and escaped unhurt.According to police, KTR was travelling to Karimnagar when his convoy stopped at Alugunuru junction, where BRS workers had gathered to welcome him. After greeting the party workers, KTR got into his car.While women party workers were tying rakhis to him, the rear door…
A seven-year-old boy tragically died during a local Dahi Handi celebration in Malad West (Representative image) MUMBAI: A seven-year-old boy died after a brick column collapsed on him during a local Dahi Handi celebration in Malad West on Saturday afternoon, officials said.The incident was reported around 3.01pm at Ekta Welfare Society in Chikuwadi, Malvani, where a group of children were celebrating Dahi Handi on their own.According to civic officials, the rope used for the celebration had been tied to a tree and a brick column supporting a ground-floor structure.While the children were attempting to break the handi, the column gave…
Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy alleged that the Congress govt deliberately included residential properties that have valid title documents, house permissions and other permissions in the 22A prohibited list with the with the intention of facilitating land grabbing and real-estate business. He accused Congress leaders of trying to harass and exploit the people and said that the state has been completely turned into a real-estate business.Speaking at BJP Maha Dharna at Indira Park on Bhu Bharati- 22A inclusion of private properties, Kishan Reddy said that just as the previous KCR govt indiscriminately sold govt lands, the present Revanth Reddy…
File photo, image enhanced with AI AHMEDABAD: Courts in Gujarat, including the Surat district court and courts in Ahmedabad, received emails threatening bomb attacks on Saturday, following which police and security agencies conducted security checks.The Surat district court received an email threatening to blow up the premises with a bomb.After the threat was received, bomb disposal squad personnel and police teams reached the court and carried out security checks.The lawyers’ association, however, raised concerns over repeated bomb threat emails being received by the court and alleged that the premises were not evacuated despite the threat.”Even after receiving the bomb threat…
Latehar DC Sandip Kumar chairs a review meeting on implementation of schemes under VB-G RAM G Daltonganj: Large-scale irregularities involving duplicate attendance entries and manipulated photographs have been detected under the Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rozgar Aajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) works in Latehar district, prompting action against officials and field-level functionaries.Deputy commissioner Sandip Kumar said the discrepancies were uncovered through the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS), the Union rural development ministry’s app-based attendance monitoring platform.District officials said that 6,709 photographs uploaded for various works were examined. Of these, 6,595 were found to be fraudulent or duplicated, while 39 remain…
The photo of Arthur Lundeen duct-taped to his seat after his violent and racist outburst on a plane went viral. The man whose photo on an American Airlines flight went viral as he was duct-taped to the seat by the crew and the other passengers has been identified as 67-year-old Arizonan Arthur Lundeen. He was arrested after an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark was diverted to Baltimore when he allegedly became violent, hurled racist and anti-LGBTQ slurs, and attacked people on board. The video of how he was brought under control and the photos of Lundeen taped…
2,400-year-old artifact from Ancient Olympia returned to Greece from GermanyPhoto credit: Greece Ministry of Culture A young German tourist visiting the archeological site of Ancient Olympia in Greece in the 1960s took home a small piece of history: a shard of pottery dating back some 2,400 years. She held on to the relic for decades — first as a travel souvenir, then as a personal reminder of a trip long ago. Decades later the now elderly woman reached out to Greek authorities to facilitate the return of the artifact to the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Her choice, reported by…
Lord’s has a way of making even accomplished cricketers conscious of history. In August 1996, however, the old ground seemed to exert no such intimidation over the 15-year-old leading India in the final of the Lombard Under-15 Challenge Cup. Pakistan had made 222 for seven, and the Indian captain had already imposed himself on the match with the ball. The more exacting examination was still to come. A global title now depended on a chase, and the teenager entrusted with leading it appeared entirely untroubled by either the setting or the occasion.The Indian U19 team that won the trophy in…