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Bitcoin mining appears to be having a moment. As the price of the flagship crypto asset scaled to new highs in March, flying on the back of ETF approval news, miner revenues also reached previously unseen levels, with the network distributing close to $70 million each day during the peak.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 84 major developmental projects worth more than Rs 1500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. According to a PMO release, the inaugurations will include projects related to road infrastructure, water supply schemes, and infrastructure in higher education etc. Additionally, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for projects like the improvement of the Chenani-Patnitop-Nashri Section, the development of Industrial Estates and the construction of six Government Degree Colleges.

business community regarding notices served under GST, Assam government will hold regional consultation. Assam Cabinet has requested Ministers Ajanta Neog and Ashok Singhal to hold six Regional Consultations. The consultations will be held in Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Guwahati, Tezpur and Silchar anda report will be submitted within one month. To encourage upcoming sporting talent and to carry forward the success of the Khel Maharan movement, Cabinet has accorded approval to an SOP for providing assistance to one Youth Club/Sports Association in each of the 126

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) share price have given 28-38% year to date returns to the investors . This is despite challenges on rising crude prices, volatility in gross refining margins, and concerns on marketing margins that erupted ahead of Lok Sabha Elections'2024.

Indus Towers for up to USD 2 billion. This is a significant increase from the approximately 10 per cent stake they initially intended to sell.The telecom company, which holds a 21.5 per cent stake in Indus Towers, is planning to use the proceeds from the sale to repay debt, according to a report by Reuters last week.In 2022, Vodafone announced its intention to sell its entire stake in the Indian firm.In the latest stake sale planned for June 19, the company aims to sell shares within the price range of 310 to 341 rupees.On Wednesday, over 615 million shares of Indus Towers were traded across numerous block deals, with a total of approximately 713 million shares exchanged, according to data from the National Stock Exchange of India.Indus Tower's share price was trading in red, down 4.48 per cent at ₹328.50, on June 19, at 11:00 am, on BSE.

₹1,267.05 apiece on the BSE, the stock touched an intraday high of ₹1,317, and an intraday low of ₹1264.80.“Recently, the Sansera Eng share price had given a breakout from a consolidation phase, and the follow-up move post that has been strong with high volumes. Thus, the overall trend remains positive, and one should keep a buy-on-dip approach.

Two employees of the U.S. Agriculture Department were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants in the Mexican state of Michoacan, prompting the U.S. government to suspend inspections of avocado and mango shipments

Such projects are currently required to give additional discount on tariff to get coal linkage at notified price of Coal India Ltd. The aim is to simplify the coal linkage policy, according to people aware of the development. Under the SHAKTI policy coal linkage is given in two ways — at notified price of coal or at a premium through auction.

The United States government has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan due to security concerns

Bitcoin miners have entered an extended sell-off period that hasn’t been witnessed since 2017, on-chain data suggests.

The Commerce Department on Tuesday reports retail sales data for May; grocery store giant Kroger reports its first-quarter results on Thursday, and on Friday the National Association of Realtors releases its monthly snapshot of existing U.S. home sales

Bhitarkanika National Park and Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha's Kendrapara district and its nearby areas. Bhitarkanika is known as the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarbans and Gahirmatha is known as the world's largest rookery of sea turtles. The Eco-sensitive Zone shall be 497.67 square kilometre with an extent of 0.10 kilometre to 8.7 kilometre around the boundary of Bhitarkanika National Park, Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and Gahirmatha (Marine) Wildlife Sanctuary, said assistant conservator of forest (ACF) of the national park, Manas Das. Eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is a buffer area covering 205 villages of Aul, Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Rajkanika and Mahakalapada blocks in Kendrapara district and Chandabali block in Bhadrak district around the core protected forest areas to minimize human-wildlife conflict, promote in-situ conservation of wildlife and reduce the impact on fragile ecosystems, he said.

Modi will on Tuesday release the 17th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, amounting to over Rs 20,000 crores, will be distributed to approximately 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer in Uttar Pradesh. Since its inception, the PM-KISAN scheme has disbursed over Rs 3.04 lakh crore to more than 11 crore eligible farmer families, underscoring its substantial impact and wide-reaching benefits. According to a press release, PM Modi is poised to launch several significant initiatives during his upcoming visit to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on June 18- 19.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face trial on U.S. antitrust enforcers’ claim that the internet search juggernaut illegally dominates the online advertising technology market, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

The notorious maximal extractible value (MEV) sandwich bot named “arsc” has managed to accumulate approximately $30 million by exploiting Solana users through MEV attacks in a span of just two months.

Amit Shah while chairing a high-level meeting on Sunday directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success. «Union Home Minister said that the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is in its decisive phase. He added that recent incidents show that terrorism has been forced to shrink from highly organized acts of terrorist violence to a mere proxy war. He stressed that we are determined to root it out as well,» Ministry of Home Affairs said in the statement. «Amit Shah emphasised seamless coordination amongst the security agencies, identifying vulnerable areas and addressing the security concerns of such areas. Reiterating Zero Tolerance Policy against Terrorism under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister said that the government will leave no stone unturned in rooting out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir,» said the official statement of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta Group, recently took to social media to reflect on a poignant moment shared with his father during his early struggles. Celebrating Father's Day, he recounted a conversation that left a lasting impact on his life. «During my years of struggle in Bombay, ek shaam (evening) main aur Bauji Marine Drive pe baithe the. He asked me to take a break and go back home to Patna with him for a few days. I was upset and silent,» Anil Agarwal wrote in a heartfelt post. He highlighted how this conversation not only brought him closer to his father but also imparted invaluable life lessons about perseverance. «He always used to say, 'Baat karne se har cheez ka hal nikal sakta hai, aur yeh har rishtey ki neev hoti hai.' Yahi seekh maine apne bachhon ko bhi di (Solutions come when you communicate and this is also the building block of every relationship),» he continued.

Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) and preparedness for the Amarnath Yatra. Earlier, Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a high-level meeting with senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here in the national capital on Friday and directed to call another detailed meeting on June 16 over the issue. Shah conducted the meeting in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, which have raised concerns about the security arrangements in the region.

In a post on Instagram, the actor shared the release date of the film, which will come out in five languages — Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. «Maammmaaaaa! Date block kar!!! Ustaad #DoubleIsmart Shankar #DoubleiSmartonAug15,» the actor wrote alongside a poster of the film.

US-built aid pier will be removed from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say WASHINGTON — The U.S.-built aid pier will be detached from Gaza’s coast for a second time due to rough seas, two U.S. officials said Friday, raising further questions about the viability of the sea route. The military is detaching the causeway and moving it late Friday and into Saturday to prevent it from breaking apart again, as it did late last month when it was hit by bad weather, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military planning.

ministry on Friday said it will launch the 10th round of commercial coal block auctions next week with about 62 mines to be offered without end user restrictions. Coal produced from the 62 blocks is permitted to be sold by the companies in the free market. So far, nine rounds of commercial coal auctions have taken place since 2020 and 107 coal blocks have been auctioned with 256 million tonnes peak rated capacity.