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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
Youth descended on road and railway track in protest against Agnipath.

1,111 arrests made during Agnipath protests: Bihar Minister

While BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal was attacking the Nitish Kumar government over the massive violence during the Agnipath protests, state Energy Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav asked him about the 1,111 arrests made during the agitation. Jun 28, 2022
5.7-magnitude earthquake jolts J&K

Tremors again in K'taka districts of Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada

For the third time in the last three days, the tremors were felt in Karnataka. This time, Karike, Peraje, Bhagamandala, Madikeri, Napoklu in Kodagu district and Sampaje, Goonadka, Guttigaaru near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district were the major areas. Jun 28, 2022
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