What is Kratom? Is it legal or banned? Why is it getting highlighted following deaths of two University of Mississippi students?Kratom is legal at the federal level, but some state and local governments have banned the substance and federal authorities have issued wa...
25 Sep, 2026, 02.23 AM IST
Home Minister Amit Shah sets three-year target for a drug-free IndiaUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has set a three-year deadline to eradicate drug trade. He announced this goal while inaugurating the Third Na...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.49 PM IST
No electricity, no internet, no LPG: This 60-acre Andhra village is home to just 17 families. They live in mud houses, grow their own food and follow a spiritual way of lifeLocated in Andhra Pradesh, Kurma Gram village follows a traditional Vedic way of life, with little access to modern amenities. Residents li...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Rs 80,000 crore digital ad pie: Karan Taurani spots a hidden profit lever in new-age stocksIndia’s new-age internet companies may be sitting on a profit engine that investors are still not fully pricing in: advertising.
15 Sep, 2026, 08.40 AM IST
A new risk for global investors: Why access to markets, currency and financial systems may become tools of pressureOnce a country begins to treat access to its markets, its currency and its financial system as instruments of pressure, then the logic will...
07 Sep, 2026, 11.19 AM IST
Buffett asks shareholders to ignore his profit figure. Then explains how he could fake itThe rule is simple and almost nobody thinks about it. When a business sours, the accounts mark it down. When a business thrives, the accoun...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
PM Modi at SCO: Shun double standards on terror, choose dialogue & diplomacy to resolve conflictsIn a powerful address, Prime Minister Modi called on the SCO to take a firm stand against nations that leverage terrorism for state agenda....
02 Sep, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Dismantle ‘entire ecosystem of terrorism’: PM Modi says no country should use terror as strategic assetAt the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for dismantling the “entire ecosystem of te...
02 Sep, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
PM Modi calls to dismantle terrorism ecosystem at SCO summit, urges strong message to terror-sponsoring nationsPrime Minister Modi urged dismantling terrorism's entire ecosystem at the SCO summit. He stressed that countries using terrorism must recei...
02 Sep, 2026, 01.38 AM IST
India highlights 13 outcomes from SCO summit; Centre for security threats among key decisionsIndia highlighted key Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit outcomes on Tuesday. Measures to strengthen security cooperation and counter...
01 Sep, 2026, 11.42 PM IST
Explained | Settlement requires Meta to check young users' ages: How will that work?Here is a look at what Meta said it will do to ensure that users are as old as they say they are, and some of the legal issues that could c...
31 Aug, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
Meta shares hit 5% intraday high after $16.68 billion settlement over alleged harm to young usersMeta shares hit a 4.96% intraday high after the company agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to settle claims that Facebook and Instagram har...
26 Aug, 2026, 08.17 PM IST
Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to childrenThe deal was reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests ye...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
From $20 million to $100: ‘Donut King’ Ted Ngoy fled from Cambodia to the US and became a multimillionaire in 10 years, lost it all; how he rebuilt his wealthHe fled a dictatorship in Cambodia and came to the US to have a better life. Within ten years of his arrival, Ted Ngoy became a multimillio...
22 Aug, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
What if Meta loses trial? Penalties may top $1.4 trillion, matching its market capMeta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is being sued by a bipartisan coalition of states on allegations of deceiving the public and desig...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Shiprocket’s stellar D-Street debut; KKR buys BookMyShow stakeShiprocket shares zoomed in a bumper public market debut on Wednesday. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
19 Aug, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fu...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.26 PM IST