A special investigation team (SIT) is probing a series of sexual harassment cases at a multinational IT company in Nashik NASHIK: A special investigation team (SIT) is probing a series of sexual harassment cases at a multinational IT company in Nashik, after eight women employees lodged complaints alleging mental and sexual harassment over the past…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says Sam Bankman-Fried asked him for “a couple of billion dollars nonchalantly, as if he were asking for a bologna sandwich” during the phone call that preceded Binance’s attempt to acquire FTX in November 2022, and that he never had any intention of going through with it. “I didn’t have…
As much of North India begins to transition into warmer summer weather, parts of Uttarakhand’s high Himalayan region are still experiencing intense winter conditions. Heavy snowfall has been reported in the upper reaches of Chamoli district since Sunday night, covering the sacred town of Badrinath and nearby mountain peaks in thick layers of snow. The…
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top experts answer coronavirus vaccine questions as part of “A Shot of Hope,” a CBSN special about the rollout and distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the U.S. Anchored by Tanya Rivero, this CBSN special hour focuses on the latest medical updates, the status of vaccine distribution, the struggle to get…
Wholesale price inflation accelerated to 2.13 per cent in February–the highest level in 11 months–as firming prices of food and non-food articles kept cost pressures elevated despite some easing in vegetable inflation, official data released on Monday showed.The WPI-based inflation rate has now risen for the fourth consecutive month. It stood at 1.81 per cent…
The Qatar Football Festival 2026, including the planned Finalissima match between Argentina and Spain, has been cancelled due to ongoing travel disruption and airspace closure, organisers said.In a statement, the Local Organising Committee (LOC), in conjunction with UEFA and CONMEBOL, confirmed that the programme of events scheduled in Qatar would no longer take place as…
Ten foreign nationals across four firms have been charged with orchestrating pump-and-dump schemes. Federal prosecutors in California have charged ten foreign nationals from four crypto market-making firms with orchestrating wash trading and pump-and-dump schemes to artificially inflate token prices at the expense of retail investors. Three defendants were arrested in Singapore, extradited to the United…
The ongoing confrontation between the United States and Iran has once again demonstrated a stark truth about modern warfare: the decisive edge no longer lies in tanks, fighter jets, or even missiles alone, but increasingly in swarms of cheap, expendable, and intelligent unmanned systems. From the deployment of Iran’s Shahed-series loitering munitions to America’s reverse-engineered…
Renowned economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs has sharply criticised the ongoing conflict, accusing US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of igniting the crisis despite warnings from experts. It has been over a month since the first missiles and bombs struck Iran. Now, a month later, the conflict has left…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its “exclusive regulatory authority” to oversee prediction markets in court. “It doesn’t matter if it’s on sports, politics or anything else, if it’s a validly offered product within a CFTC-regulated exchange, then we regulate that,” Selig said. You’re reading…