With Moltbook, AI agents build their own civilisation BENGALURU: In a surreal corner of the internet launched a few days ago, AI agents are building their own civilisation. Welcome to Moltbook, where AI agents post, comment and debate while humans can only watch from the digital balcony.When entrepreneur Matt Schlicht launched Moltbook on Jan 28,…
After the new excise duty regime kicked in, cigarette prices have gone up, with a pack of 10 sticks now costing at least Rs 22–25 more than before.This follows the government’s decision to raise taxes on cigarettes for the first time in nearly seven years, bringing India’s tobacco taxation closer to global public health norms….
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GUWAHATI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled in Union Budget a Rs 500-crore special development package for projects proposed by United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) — the first tranche of a Rs 5,000-crore fund to be disbursed over five years under a 2023 peace accord between Centre, Assam govt and the militant outfit. Ulfa…
Devpt Comes As President’s Rule Set To Complete 1yr Manipur’s NDA lawmakers have been summoned to New Delhi, triggering fresh speculation that an elected govt could be restored in the violence-scarred state as President’s rule nears its first anniversary.More than 35 NDA MLAs and party functionaries left Imphal on Sunday after being asked by BJP’s…
What Would $1 Invested in Bitcoin in 2009 Be Worth Today, 17 Years Later? The question resurfaces every time Bitcoin hits another high: what would your money look like now if you’d bought in at the beginning? With the cryptocurrency trading at $78,693.76 per coin as of early February 2026, the arithmetic of Bitcoin’s earliest…
Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman proposes seven high-speed rail corridors, freight links, new waterways push The Union Budget 2026 has been presented, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlining the government’s roadmap for economic growth. For India’s tourism and hospitality industry, the budget was closely watched by industry people on how the budget announcements will set an…
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif says India-Pakistan matches account for the majority of World Cup viewership. (PTI) New Delhi: Pakistan will not play their group-stage match against India at the T20 World Cup on February 15, the Pakistan government announced in a social media post on Sunday. However, clearance has been granted for the tournament,…
A chunk of FM’s new measures was addressed at foreign investors, whose interest in India, data shows, has cooled. So, the Budget courts global and diaspora capital.Aside from the generous tax holiday on data centres right up till 2047, the proposed year of the nation’s tryst with Viksit Bharat, the Budget offered a 5-year tax…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (PTI photo) MUMBAI: CM Devendra Fadnavis Sunday said they had no idea about the discussions of a merger of the two NCPs nor about the date of merger.“If discussions on merger had gone to a final stage, Ajitdada would have informed us… He is in our govt and without sharing with…