Bitcoin collapse wipes off $1 trn in the blink of an eye

Bitcoin was last hovering around $35K mark, after falling as low as $34,000 With the blink of an eye, more than a trillion dollars in crypto-market value has evaporated. The jarring downturn that’s been a hallmark of digital assets in recent weeks continued to play out this week

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Omicron spread: Vaccinate teens in mission mode, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing a high-level review meeting on Sunday, called for accelerating vaccination in the 15-18 age group in mission mode and ensuring adequate health infrastructure in districts. The review meeting, held to take stock of the country’s Covid preparedness, came on the day India registered

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Google hit with 150 million euro French fine for cookie breaches

France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies. Meta Platforms’ Facebook was also fined 60 million euros for the same reason, the CNIL said.

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Rising Covid cases dampen hopes of India box office touching Rs 2,000 crore in Q1

Just when India’s box office business was seeing a strong recovery, rising cases of Covid-19 and its new variant, Omicron, have slowed the growth momentum. The release of big-budget films has been pushed after some states asked theatres to close and others restricted capacity. These factors are once again putting

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IMF delays release of new forecast to January 25 to factor in COVID-19 developments

The International Monetary Fund has delayed the release of its World Economic Outlook by one week to January 25 to factor in the latest COVID-19 developments, a spokesperson for the global lend. The World Economic Outlook update will be launched on January 25 to allow our teams to

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IndiGo limits flights connecting West Bengal to Delhi, Mumbai to Mondays and Fridays

Budget carrier IndiGo airlines announced on January 3 that it will limit its flights connecting Kolkata, Durgapur, and Bagdogra to Delhi and Mumbai to Mondays and Fridays. The announcement comes a day after the West Bengal government announced, along with a slew of fresh COVID-19 curbs in view of rising

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Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai sees 8,063 fresh cases and no death

Mumbai recorded a steep rise in the daily coronavirus cases with 8,063 infections on Sunday, 1,763 more than the figure added to the tally on Saturday, the civic body said. The city did not see any death during the day due to the infection and 89 per cent of the cases

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Apple puts India iPhone maker Foxconn on probation for labour violations

Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed substandard living conditions. Foxconn, which uses the facility to assemble iPhones among other gadgets, apologized for the lapses in health standards and pledged to revamp its management and operations in the

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Asian shares rise, yen falls as traders shrug off Omicron fears

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian shares gained on Tuesday, cruising in the slipstream of another record-setting day on Wall Street amid strong retail figures, while the safe-haven yen lost ground as traders stayed in riskier currencies and asset classes like equities. A variety of asset classes from oil

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RBL Bank shares slump today. What brokerages say on the stock?

Asian stock markets were generally weaker  in holiday-thinned trading on Monday, as uncertainty over the economic impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant weighed on investor sentiment. U.S. airlines have cancelled or delayed thousands of flights over the past three days due to COVID-19-related staff shortages, while several cruise

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