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The benefits would hinge on how such private companies issuing digital assets are regulated

Roland Cloutier said his move followed recent changes to the security teams at the video-sharing app

Cybersecurity researchers have outlined cases where Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests had their devices attacked with spyware

Some experts and central bankers point to regulation as the way forward. And supervising stablecoins and crypto exchanges would be a much easier affair than exercising controls over individual financial crypto products.

Why was the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) signed between the two? Why is IMF important for Pakistan’s economy?

The two sides will make their arguments about the trial's proposed start date to a Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Tuesday

The European Union is working on new rules and controls that crypto companies will have to comply with

SoftBank’s billionaire founder, Masayoshi Son, had told shareholders in June that he was in favour of a U.S. listing

The Competition Appeals Tribunal said it had quashed the CMA’s ruling and referred the matter back for a new decision

The gathering has symbolic meaning for Vladimir Putin’s domestic audience as well, showing off Russia’s international clout even as it grows increasingly isolated and plunges deeper into confrontation with the West

Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and two others were proposed by lawmakers as the three candidates for the July 20 Presidential election

July 18 is celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day. A quiz on the legendary leader who was born on that date in 1918

Celsius hopes that Bitcoin mining will help it repair its damaged relationship with customers, whose funds were frozen

WHO's Europe director Dr. Hans Kluge described COVID-19 as “a nasty and potentially deadly illness” that people should not underestimate.

The Olympic Council of Asia on Tuesday confirmed the delayed games would be held from September 23 to October 8

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Xie Feng “urgently summoned” the U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns late on August 2 night and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Nancy Pelosi’s visit

A revised version of the bill was tabled by bipartisan senators in the United States on Wednesday that strengthens the stance for digital news publishers to negotiate with Big Tech companies for sharing revenues that entail the use of their content.

After a private meeting with Mr. Bolsonaro, the Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin said the conservative leader had said, "It is over. So, let’s look ahead.”

Why are tech companies freezing their hiring process and laying off their employees? How has the new app tracking feature by Apple led to the sacking of employees?

The Data Point is a bi-weekly newsletter in which The Hindu’s Data team decodes the numbers behind today’s biggest stories.  

The Defence Minister represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during an unprecedented three-day visit to the African nation.

Bengaluru joins the league of 40 global cities including New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo among others at World Cities Culture Forum

Vegetable prices down 10% from last August, but pulses, fruits, potatoes and onions remain in high inflation zone

The trade deficit widened to a 10-month high of $29.65 billion, the second highest monthly shortfall in merchandise trade

The last such revision took place effective August 31 when the windfall tax on crude petroleum was set at ₹1,850 per tonne

West Bengal’s economic decline, southern States’ growth post-1991, and regional disparities in India’s economic performance analysed in a working paper by Economic Advisory Council to the PM

Policymakers voted 11-to-1 in favour of lowering the U.S. central bank's benchmark lending rate to between 4.75% and 5.00%, the Fed announced

The Food Secretary said the Centre is thinking of lifting the export ban on certain varieties of non-basmati rice

Punjab and West Bengal have recorded sharp declines in per capita income after a head start

The numbers demonstrate that the U.S. also protects specific products of its economy with high tariffs, GTRI said in a report.

What are the sectors in which exports have dropped? Is there any significant risk at this point?

The ongoing GDP series is due for revision. The official agency is considering using GST data to estimate value addition. However, the agency should be careful to not apply unverified datasets and shaky methodologies without adequate testing and validations for GDP estimation

The latest data shows that nearly 6.25 lakh members between the ages 18 and 25 are first-time workers or new joiners

Recent surveys suggest that while the pace of price increases has declined dramatically, the public’s mood is still marred by nearly two years of high inflation

South Africa has struggled for years with low economic growth and high unemployment. The official unemployment rate was 33.5% in April-June of this year.

According to exchange data, FIIs were net buyers in the capital markets as they purchased shares worth ₹404.42 crore on September 23

It says there is minor increase in the distribution of workers in agriculture and the manufacturing sector shows no growth in giving jobs compared to past years

The Indian economy grew 8.2% in the last fiscal (2023-24)

The gross market borrowing of ₹6.61 lakh crore shall be completed through 21 weekly auctions.

In the GST regime, compensation cess at varied rates is levied on luxury, sin and demerit goods over and above the 28% tax

Exports to be permitted with immediate effect subject to a minimum export price of $490 per tonne; duty on parboiled rice cut from 20% to 10%; revival of trade to eastern and south east Asian markets expected

In the debt markets, FPIs infused ₹8,543 crore through the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) and ₹22,023 crore via the Fully Accessible Route (FRR) in September