Pune: The announcement of a farm loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh in the state budget will provide immediate relief to distressed farmers across the state, said farmers and agriculture activists on Friday. At the same time, they said the implementation of this decision should happen on priority to achieve the desired results.Presenting…
File photo: Union commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: The US is expected to work out trade deals with partners, including India, in the next three-four months, once it finalises its strategy to deal with the legal issues related to tariffs, a senior govt official said on Saturday.The official said that New Delhi…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against prediction market Kalshi, alleging that the death carveout in the “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader” market was not properly disclosed to users and that the platform failed to pay out winning trades. The plaintiffs said that the death carveout policy was “not incorporated into the user-facing…
Navi Mumbai: A forest guard deployed at the Teenvira dam area was killed in a mishap after his bike accidentally fell into a pit dug upon the Revas-Reddi road stretch in Alibaug on Friday night. The victim Suraj Sarange (30), riding his bike after duty, was returning home when the mishap was reported. He lost…
Pune: Come Sunday, Metro rakes operating on both the routes in the city would have reserved seats for women and senior citizens. A total of 46 seats would be reserved in each rake for women and eight for senior citizens. The initiative would be flagged off on theoccasion of International Women’s Day on March 8….
NEW DELHI: India never stopped sourcing crude from Russia, government sources said on Saturday, despite US President Donald Trump’s linking the withdrawal of a 25% penalty tariff in the proposed trade deal framework to New Delhi’s purported pledge to halt such purchases. Sources said India has never depended on permission from any country to buy…
A wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Jeffrey Wilcke transferred 79,358 ETH valued at around $157 million to the Kraken exchange on Saturday, as first reported by on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa. The move came eight months after Wilcke reportedly moved $41 million worth of ETH, with data tracked by Lookonchain showing that he held 95,897 ETH at…
Thane: A 55-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by her daughter and son-in-law after a domestic dispute turned violent in a Wagle Estate tenement area, officials said Saturday. A case has been registered against the couple.Authorities said the clash erupted on Friday in the low-income settlement in the Indira Nagar area after water spillage from the…
Pune: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said Pune is leading the state in attracting global capability centres (GCCs) or captive technology centres of multinational companies as the govt is expecting an investment of 400 new GCC units. “The Maharashtra Global Capability Centre (GCC) Policy, 2025, has been preparedand through this policy, 400 new GCC units…
The UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways announced that it will resume a limited commercial flight schedule, reconnecting Abu Dhabi with several major international destinations after recent disruptions caused by regional airspace closures. The airline said the decision to gradually restart operations was taken in coordination with aviation authorities following extensive safety and security assessments. Etihad…
