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Aldon Smith dies at 36: How 10 arrests in 9 years derailed NFL star's careerFormer NFL linebacker Aldon Smith, a standout with the San Francisco 49ers, has died at 36. His career, marked by exceptional talent, was r...
Paytm plans 10% staff increase in AI pivot, to lay off 400The increase would mark a roughly 10% increase in its headcount that stands at about 40,000 employees. Paytm is also laying off 1% of its s...
Quote of the day by The Alchemist writer Paulo Coelho: 'Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures' - lessons on emotional cost of isolation by Eleven Minutes and Wept authorPaulo Coelho's quote from Eleven Minutes states that loneliness is a more profound suffering than physical deprivation. He argues that whil...
ED's Parimatch heat reaches Zepto; SPC's India deeptech pushZepto has come under the ED's scanner as part of its probe into Parimatch. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
RBI’s currency printing cost falls 23.5% in FY26 despite rise in cash circulationReserve Bank of India's spending on printing money dropped significantly. This happened even as the total value of currency in circulation ...
Myanmar unearthed massive 4.2-pound ruby considered more valuable than the country’s largest-ever gemstoneMyanmar ruby discovery: Myanmar has found a massive 11,000-carat ruby in the Mogok region. This gem is considered exceptionally rare and va...
Latecomer Japan eyes slice of rising global defence spendingJapan has ended its long-standing ban on exporting lethal weapons. This move aims to position the nation in the global defense market. Whil...
Bengaluru court sentences Cong MLA Vinay Kulkarni to life imprisonment in murder caseA Bengaluru court has handed down life sentences to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and sixteen others. They were convicted in the 2016 murder ...
Hooking the future: Scientists deploys AI to track hilsa in Bengal—but fishers fear it may net more than it shouldIndia has launched an AI-based system to help fishers locate hilsa shoals in the Bay of Bengal, using machine learning to analyse ocean con...
Nepal lifts ban on Rs 200, Rs 500 Indian notesNepal's government has lifted its ban on high-denomination Indian currency notes. Citizens can now import and export Rs 200 and Rs 500 Indi...
India asks its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to LibyaIndia has issued a revised advisory urging its nationals to "avoid non-essential travel" to Libya due to security concerns, partially lifti...
Why withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes by RBI is not like 2016 note banThis is nothing like 2016 because, for starters, ₹2,000 notes are still legal tender. They also make up just 10.8% of the notes in circulat...
Rs 2,000 notes withdrawal: BRS says move illogical, absurdThe ruling party in Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, has criticized the Indian government over the Reserve Bank of India's decision to wi...
RBI says no data on demonetised 500, 1,000 notes used at petrol pumpsOn November 8, 2016, the Modi govt banned the use of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Demonetisation impact: Bharat going digital for paymentsPayments company executives estimate that card transactions in towns with populations of up to 1 million have doubled in the two years sinc...
Govt rectifies anomaly, allows law enforcement agencies to hold banned notesAn individual is not allowed to hold more than 10 banned notes. Besides, not more than 25 such notes could be kept for study, research or n...
One year of demonetisation: How it has impacted your moneyET Wealth looks at how one of the biggest disruptions affected our financial lives as the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,00 notes comple...
RBI: Currency in circulation was 74% of pre note ban era by March 31Currency worth Rs 17.97 lakh crore were in circulation when the demonetisation scheme was announced in November last year.
Post demonetisation: India running on half the cashCurrency in circulation is Rs 8.98 lakh crore, as per latest data. This is 50.04% less than the currency levels of Rs 17.97 lakh crore as o...
PIL in Bombay High Court challenges government ordinance on demonetisation"The apex bank should be asked to clarify whether it was working under some pressure or is being overpowered by any politician," the PIL fu...