Oil prices surged Friday, with Brent crude topping $90 per barrel for the first time since the latest escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The rally came as US President Donald Trump warned there would be no agreement with Iran, posting on Truth Social that the only acceptable outcome would be “unconditional surrender.”…
Mumbai: In a first for an urban local body in Asia, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in January approved through its high-rise committee (HRC) for empanelment of geotechnical/foundation experts to scrutinise as independent signatory for the foundations of high-rise buildings and ensure that excavation and construction practices meet stringent safety standards. The new norm states…
New Delhi: As a bulldozer tore down parts of a house linked to one of the accused behind the lynching of 26-year-old Tarun Butolia, clouds of dust hung in the narrow lane of Uttam Nagar’s JJ colony on Sunday. Near the rubble, the doors of a small neighbourhood tuition centre were open, but the desks…
Pune: PMC commissioner Naval Kishore Ram will table the draft municipal budget for the financial year 2026-27 on Monday. “The budget will be presented at 3pm at the PMC headquarters in Shivajinagar,” stated a press release issued by the civic body.As per civic officials, this is the first municipal budget after the newly elected body…
NEW DELHI: India’s official statistical machinery is set to better its estimation of district domestic products (DDP), with the availability of more granular data in the new GDP series, statistics secretary Saurabh Garg told TOI.“We have given more focus on having more granular data in this series, so that state domestic products are captured much…
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Strategy disclosed its third-largest Bitcoin purchase of the year, adding $200 million worth of the asset to reach approximately 720,750 total holdings. Summary Strategy bought $200M in Bitcoin, raising holdings to about 720,750 BTC. Deloitte verified USAT reserves in the stablecoin’s first attestation. Kazakhstan plans a $350M…
MMRC marked International Women’s Day by running two major Metro-3 (Aqua line) stations—Marol Naka and CSMT—entirely with women staffers on Sunday, underscoring its focus on women’s empowerment in public transport. Across multiple shifts, 85 women handled end-to-end station operations, including station control, ticketing, passenger assistance, security, maintenance support and housekeeping. The all-women deployment ensured seamless…
New Delhi: To accomplish the target for round-the-clock water supply in Lutyens’ Delhi, NDMC has started the process of appointing a consultant to prepare a 25-year water supply master plan. The consultant will do a study of the NDMC area, assess leakage and shortcomings in the pipeline network, examine the condition of the infrastructure and…
US financial services company Charles Schwab has leased about 340,000 sft of office space in Hyderabad, with capacity to accommodate around 2,000 employees, according to documents sourced from real estate analytics platform Propstack.The brokerage firm had earlier incorporated a new legal entity, Charles Schwab Services India (Schwab India), and established an employment centre in Hyderabad.“The…
The report ranked exchanges by reserves, trading activity, and transparency, with KuCoin scoring 96.7 out of 100. KuCoin has received the highest proof-of-reserves (PoR) transparency score among major crypto exchanges, according to CryptoQuant’s latest annual Exchange Leader report. The findings placed the Seychelles-based trading platform ahead of several larger rivals in a category that…
