Biker dies in accident, trucker booked | Pune News

Pune: A motorcycle rider, Maruti Nagnath Shinde (31) of Khandapur in Latur died while another biker, Sagar Patil, suffered injuries after a truck hit their motorcycle from behind on the Pune-Nashik highway around 9.30 pm on Thursday.The truck then hit two cars and a scooter rider, Chakan police said.Police have booked the 26-year-old truck driver,…

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Stripe’s Tempo Blockchain Closes $500 Million Series A To Hit $5 Billion Valuation

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Striped-owned blockchain Tempo has now reportedly completed a Series A funding round, securing a total investment of $500 million. The funding round was led by prominent venture capitalist firms Greenoaks and Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, representing the growing footprint of cryptocurrency in…

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Ensure Delhi is clean and well lit, CM tells civic bodies, power dept | Delhi News

New Delhi: To ensure that the city remains illuminated during Diwali, chief minister Rekha Gupta has directed the power department, local bodies and Public Works Department to ensure that streetlights across roads, markets, colonies, religious sites and public areas were fully functional and promptly repaired if needed. Chief secretary Rajeev Verma has issued detailed guidelines…

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s Denmark Open semi-final run ends with defeat to Japanese duo | Badminton News

India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, right, and Chirag Shetty in action (Claus Fisker/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In a thrilling men’s doubles semifinal at the Denmark Open Super 750, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi on Saturday.The Asian Games champions, who had recently reached finals in both Hong Kong Super…

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PCB names Afghanistan’s replacement after cricketers’ deaths by Pakistan airstrikes lead to Tri-series withdrawal

After the Afghanistan Cricket Board, the PCB named Zimbabwe as the replacement side (Images via AP, X/@ACBofficials) Zimbabwe Cricket has accepted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) invitation to participate in a T20I tri-series alongside Pakistan and Sri Lanka, scheduled from 17 to 29 November in Rawalpindi and Lahore. The move comes after Afghanistan withdrew from…

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Five DIAT professors among world’s top 2% scientists in Stanford-Elsevier ranking | Pune News

Pune: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), the only deemed university of DRDO, earned a major academic distinction as five of its faculty members are featured in the prestigious top 2% Scientists in the World list.The list is compiled by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier.The honoured faculty members include professors PK Khanna, CS Unnikrishnan,…

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Stablecoins Are Just CBDCs in Privately-Issued Wrapper: VC

Investors should exercise “discernment” when considering privately-issued stablecoins, which carry all the risks of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) plus their own unique risks, according to Jeremy Kranz, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Sentinel Global. Kranz called privately-issued stablecoins “central business digital currency,” which feature all of the surveillance, backdoors, programmability,…

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