Karunanidhi a towering figure in Indian politics, society: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi honored the late DMK President M Karunanidhi as an influential personality in Indian politics and literature. ...
18 Aug, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Traders in dilemma over disclosing cryptocurrency as foreign assetOver the past two years as more and more banks in India blocked payments for crypto deals, many traders shifted their coins in wallets of f...
26 Jul, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
'Visionary decisions like demonetisation saved Indian economy, broke backbone of terror funding'Noting that India is a leading country in terms of digital payments, Naqvi said the government's "Digital India" campaign has ensured econo...
15 Jan, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
Full and final settlement before GodIn Buddhism and Jainism, you could accrue good luck by feeding and taking care of monks. Monks refused to take any loans, and so strived to...
28 May, 2022, 12.22 AM IST
BitClout aims to be the ‘influencer stock market’Bitclout, the world’s first blockchain-based crypto social network, lets users invest in the social clout of the rich and famous by buying ...
15 Apr, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
Handful of ancient coins may help solve one of the Earth's oldest cold casesThat ancient pocket change could explain how pirate Capt. Henry Every vanished into the wind.
01 Apr, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Indian independence icon: UK to mint Mahatma Gandhi coin, but not all PIOs happy with choiceFinance minister Sunak, who is Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy's son-in-law, had written to The Royal Mint on Saturday, urging it to ...
03 Aug, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
How best to change the mindset of gold buyersIndia needs to discourage gold imports to provide adequate capital for higher economic growth. Net import of gold and precious stones in ei...
24 Jan, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Secularism, harmony and tolerance is India's DNA: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviIndia is the world's hub of spiritual values and that is why it is the biggest secular democracy in the world, he said.
03 Nov, 2018, 05.15 PM IST
View: 'Less-cash' society can ensure financial, digital inclusion of the massesOne can see a move away from physical currency towards digitisation, which is fundamentally information. The nature of money is yet again a...
29 Nov, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
History at auction: When coins are worth a fortuneAt the Mumbai Coin Society Annual Fair in September, the mohurs from across history are expected to demand a heavy price.
18 Aug, 2016, 12.01 PM IST
Indian-American Sanjay Pradhan to lead Open Government Partnership at UN General AssemblySanjay Pradhan, an Indian-American World Bank official, has been tapped to lead an international initiative to promote government transpare...
18 Dec, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Coin exhibitions help us to know about our heritage: Kiritwardhan DixitKiritwardhan Dixit said such presentations help in generating interest among people about our glorious past and heritage.
18 Aug, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
Indians account for highest immigration into the UK; Polish influx up tenfoldIndians accounted for the highest immigration into the UK of any ethnic group during the decade to end-2011, beating the Irish.
13 Dec, 2012, 01.44 AM IST
- Coins in Tirupati temple traced back to pre-Christian era
The panel, which included 20 numismatic scholars from the south, has segregated more than 36 tonnes of coins from the total 48 tonnes in th...
28 Mar, 2012, 09.24 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
It's not enough to be just cynicalAn academic waiting in the voting line recently was reminded of the story of Diogenes. “The Cynic philosopher who lived as a beggar in Athe...
13 May, 2009, 02.51 AM IST