Asian equities edged higher on Wednesday as investors weighed developments in US-Iran nuclear discussions and fresh details of Japan’s investment commitments to Washington.Tokyo led regional gains, with the Nikkei rising 1.23% or 684 points to 57,250 at 10:07 am IST, after the United States confirmed the first batch of funding from the $550 billion Japan…
In the mid-1950s, as independent India’s bureaucracy expanded, central govt employees began forming cooperative housing societies in Delhi, planning communities for post-retirement years. Vasant Vihar was one of them.Located near Chanakyapuri, the colony took shape in the 1970s. Suresh moved in as a 20-year-old young man with his father, who was then working in the…
PUNE: Angry protesters blocked the Pune–Solapur highway at Bhigwan in Indapur taluka, about 100 km from the city, on Tuesday night amid tension over the abduction of a 21-year-old woman earlier that afternoon by three men hailing from a different community. The blockade continued for more than 30 minutes before police managed to convince the…
Exchange-traded fund issuers Bitwise and GraniteShares have filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch funds tied to event contracts on the outcome of US elections. Bitwise filed a prospectus on Tuesday for a new lineup of ETFs branded PredictionShares, comprising six prediction-market-style ETFs listed on NYSE Arca. The first two funds will…
A scene from Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest, according to local media reports. Mahmoudian was arrested in Tehran shortly after signing a statement condemning Islamic…
Ganesha says that the day is strongly favorable for progress, recognition, and financial movement, especially for Numbers 1, 4, 5, and 9. Money-related matters gain momentum today; long-pending financial obstacles begin to clear, new income sources open up, and investments made with wisdom show promising future returns. Businesspersons are supported in taking calculated steps toward…
Nissan has launched the new Gravite MPV in India at an introductory starting price of Rs 5.65 lakh, ex-showroom. The model is available in multiple variants with both manual and EZ-Shift AMT gearbox options. Here’s a closer look at the variant-wise pricing and what key features each trim offers. Nissan Gravite variant-wise prices and key…
MUMBAI: Sunetra Pawar, accompanied by her elder son Parth Pawar and others, handed over a letter to the chief minister seeking a CBI probe into the Baramati air crash in which Ajit Pawar and four others were killed on January 28. In the letter, the NCP stated, “Multiple aspects surrounding the incident give rise to…
India’s Hardik Pandya (ANI Photo) India’s premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya has revisited the turning point of his career, casting his mind back to the dramatic final over against Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2016 that first thrust him into the national spotlight. Tasked with defending 11 runs in the last over, Pandya…
Pakistan cricket team (AP Photo) As the afternoon flight to Chennai from Colombo was about to take off, there were a lot of Pakistan fans waiting in the queue. Two flights — one to Lahore and the other to Karachi — were scheduled around the same time and you could over-hear their conversations. It was…
