Cryptocurrencies

Stablecoins not stable, have 'no role' as money; warns top banker [details]

As cryptocurrencies get hammered in the economic meltdown, stablecoins -- whose value is pegged to another asset like a fiat currency or a commodity -- are also bad investments and are ill-suited as a form of money, Siddharth Tiwari, the Asia-Pacific head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has said. Jun 28, 2022
Students protest at Delhi's ITO against Agnipath scheme (Ld)

Students protest at Delhi's ITO against Agnipath scheme

Several students along with the members of All India Students' Association (AISA) and AAP's Chatr-Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) on Friday staged a protest over the Central government's 'Agnipath' scheme for recruitment in the armed forces and demanded its rollback. Jun 17, 2022