Till debt has done us part with kindnessA senior bureaucrat from the UP health department drowned in the Ganga after divers demanded ₹10k for a rescue. His friends attempted a UPI...
21 Sep, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
All about Odisha's historic 'Bali Jatra', one of the largest open trade fairs in AsiaThe festival, which marks the end of the 'kartik' month, celebrates the day when 'sadhabas' or mariners used to set sail for distant lands ...
28 Nov, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
How to test the purity of gold?When it comes to gold, how pure is pure? And how does anybody know? The question of testing the purity of gold has been a live one for thou...
10 Nov, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
UK couple hits jackpot, finds many ancient gold coins under floorboard of kitchen. See detailsA UK-based couple recently hit the jackpot after finding many gold coins under their kitchen floor. The current value of the coins is estim...
02 Sep, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
This 2,000-year-old coin might get sold for $2 millionThe ancient coin monumentalizing the assassination of Julius Caeser could fetch over $2 million at an in-person Zurich auction on May 30th ...
15 Mar, 2022, 09.39 PM IST
There’s a new vision for crypto, and it’s wildly different from BitcoinThe Bitcoin vision is to create a new form of money outside the authority of any central issuer. The DeFi vision inverts this, and takes th...
07 Jun, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Bitcoin is winning the Covid-19 monetary revolutionAmong the big-name investors who have turned bullish are Paul Tudor Jones, Stan Druckenmiller and Bill Miller. Even Ray Dalio admitted the ...
30 Nov, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, is a dizzying collection of paradoxesAncient temples and towering high rises. Tales of spirits, fire-breathing dragons and life-giving elixirs.
20 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
Demonetisation: Cane farmers survive on credit but it is a crisis for farm, factory labourersThings are much worse for small and tenant farmers and daily labourers in the rural belt towards Meerut, an ancient city in western Uttar P...
21 Nov, 2016, 01.35 AM IST
Assembly elections could push Jharkhand, J&K towards development oriented politicsCompared to Jharkhand, the electoral map in Jammu and Kashmir is decidedly complicated. No party is expected to win a majority of the assem...
16 Dec, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
Gold and bitcoin courtship picks paceA new-age currency bitcoin could be hatching as gold bugs meet bitcoin believers to match-make and supplant the dollar.
31 Jul, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal to contest from Varanasi; dares Narendra Modi for open debateKejriwal said the biggest enemy for Congress & BJP is AAP, which is why they both show black flags to AAP not to each other.
26 Mar, 2014, 01.09 AM IST
25 paise coin to cease being legal tender money from June 30; negative seigniorage a worryAs per a government notification, published in December 2010, the 25 paise coin, still called chaar anna by some, will cease to be legal te...
29 Jun, 2011, 07.44 AM IST
- The forgotten anniversary of decimalisation
As this year ends and everyone starts noting all the major events and anniversaries that took place, spare a thought for the 50th anniversa...
29 Dec, 2007, 04.07 AM IST
- How Christmas celebrations link European nations
This week in Delhi, there was an unusual picture of Christmas presented to an India that has also succumbed to the template of “roast turke...
20 Dec, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Destination Bhutan-Rome-Tokyo: Across shores & seas
ET Travel brings you the serene beauty of Bhutan, the stylish and glamorous Japan and the rich history of Roman civilisation. All you need ...
09 Nov, 2007, 04.15 PM IST
- Rome-ing on a budget
Rome is a small city by Indian standards and it takes just about 15-20 minutes to go halfway across the city by the metro.
08 Nov, 2007, 06.06 AM IST