45-year-old served as money launderer for sophisticated criminal enterprise that began before October 2023 & continued through at least March 2025, according to US court papers.
CBI has summoned cyber expert Gaurav Mehta, whose name came up after ex-IPS officer Ravindranath Patil accused Supriya Sule & Nana Patole of using scam funds to finance poll campaign.
The Indian-origin engineer worked closely with fallen crypto king Bankman-Fried who ran FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, and lost most of his life savings.
The once-celebrated young investor with estimated worth of $26 bn, is now 'nearly penniless & friendless' and going down in history for besmirching reputation of struggling crypto industry.
Compromised account is used to target other victims without knowledge of the user. Scammers keep deleting accounts or changing name of Instagram handles, says a police officer.
In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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