Reported By Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor

The much-awaited Cryptocurrency Bill is unlikely to be presented in the upcoming Union Budget 2022-23 session, government sources told NDTV on Tuesday.

Fresh draft of the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 brings regulation not ban, industry sources told NDTV. The crypto stakeholders asked for regulation to keep a check on corrupt practices and there are likely to be amends to the Bill, they added.

Just seven months back, two young Indian American siblings started mining cryptocurrency as a hobby. Today, 14-year-old Ishan and nine-year-old Aanya have set a goal to fund their college education with their earnings - about $30,000 a month.

The pandemic is not yet over, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria reminded on Saturday as he spoke to NDTV about the link between the spike in fresh Covid cases in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh amid tourist rush.

India's 'R-Value' is inching up, and it's a cause of concern, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Saturday, stressing on the need of aggressive containment strategies in the parts of the country that are witnessing a surge in fresh Covid infe

A new strategy is required to battle the Covid surge in the country that is fuelled by laxity in maintaining safety measures and a mutant strain of the Covid, Dr Randeep Guleria said on Saturday.

Alarm bells over a fresh spike in Covid cases in India - 1.35 lakh have been reported in the past 72 hours and the active caseload has increased for a 14th straight day - began ringing Wednesday as the government said a new "double mutant variant" of the virus had been detected in 18 states

A signed medical certificate - with details of the illness - will be required of people who are over 45 and looking to get the coronavirus vaccination in the second phase, sources said Wednesday night

Reports of lakhs of birds dying of Avian Influenza, or bird flu, over the last few days have sent panic waves across the country. Its confirmation in 10 states and reports of likely spread in others, has made people question the threat posed by the virus which is known to be zoonotic - or one that can jump from animals to humans. The fear has also ...

Students inside Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University are seen running for cover inside the library as loud firing and the shattering of what appeared to be windows is heard in a video that emerged today, highlighting the gravity of the Sunday evening's violence over the citizenship law. Jamia university has become the heart of protests that swep...

The unprecedented protests by policemen in Delhi that started on Tuesday morning ended after nearly 11 hours after assurances of action from Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and the top police officers. The clashes between the police and lawyers that started over the weekend had spun out of control as more than a thousand policemen gathered outside ...

BJP leader Vijay Goel, protesting the Arvind Kejriwal government's Odd-Even car scheme enforced from today in Delhi, drove out of his home in an odd-numbered SUV, painted bright orange with messages on it, as a mark of protest. Barely 100 metres from his home, the vehicle (2727), was stopped and the MP was fine Rs 4,000.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on top of a slow-moving minibus along with former chief minister Sheila Dikshit as she campaigned for the first time in Delhi today since she joined politics in January.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi met leaders of the party's Delhi unit today to discuss the possibilities of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for the upcoming national elections.

As the ruling BJP on Thursday said it disagreed with Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy's tweet backing the boycott of "everything Kashmiri" following the Pulwama terror attack, its long-time ally Akali Dal said the President must take action.

The much-awaited Cryptocurrency Bill is unlikely to be presented in the upcoming Union Budget 2022-23 session, government sources told NDTV on Tuesday.

Fresh draft of the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 brings regulation not ban, industry sources told NDTV. The crypto stakeholders asked for regulation to keep a check on corrupt practices and there are likely to be amends to the Bill, they added.

Just seven months back, two young Indian American siblings started mining cryptocurrency as a hobby. Today, 14-year-old Ishan and nine-year-old Aanya have set a goal to fund their college education with their earnings - about $30,000 a month.

The pandemic is not yet over, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria reminded on Saturday as he spoke to NDTV about the link between the spike in fresh Covid cases in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh amid tourist rush.

India's 'R-Value' is inching up, and it's a cause of concern, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Saturday, stressing on the need of aggressive containment strategies in the parts of the country that are witnessing a surge in fresh Covid infe

A new strategy is required to battle the Covid surge in the country that is fuelled by laxity in maintaining safety measures and a mutant strain of the Covid, Dr Randeep Guleria said on Saturday.

Alarm bells over a fresh spike in Covid cases in India - 1.35 lakh have been reported in the past 72 hours and the active caseload has increased for a 14th straight day - began ringing Wednesday as the government said a new "double mutant variant" of the virus had been detected in 18 states

A signed medical certificate - with details of the illness - will be required of people who are over 45 and looking to get the coronavirus vaccination in the second phase, sources said Wednesday night

Reports of lakhs of birds dying of Avian Influenza, or bird flu, over the last few days have sent panic waves across the country. Its confirmation in 10 states and reports of likely spread in others, has made people question the threat posed by the virus which is known to be zoonotic - or one that can jump from animals to humans. The fear has also ...

Students inside Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University are seen running for cover inside the library as loud firing and the shattering of what appeared to be windows is heard in a video that emerged today, highlighting the gravity of the Sunday evening's violence over the citizenship law. Jamia university has become the heart of protests that swep...

The unprecedented protests by policemen in Delhi that started on Tuesday morning ended after nearly 11 hours after assurances of action from Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and the top police officers. The clashes between the police and lawyers that started over the weekend had spun out of control as more than a thousand policemen gathered outside ...

BJP leader Vijay Goel, protesting the Arvind Kejriwal government's Odd-Even car scheme enforced from today in Delhi, drove out of his home in an odd-numbered SUV, painted bright orange with messages on it, as a mark of protest. Barely 100 metres from his home, the vehicle (2727), was stopped and the MP was fine Rs 4,000.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on top of a slow-moving minibus along with former chief minister Sheila Dikshit as she campaigned for the first time in Delhi today since she joined politics in January.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi met leaders of the party's Delhi unit today to discuss the possibilities of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for the upcoming national elections.

As the ruling BJP on Thursday said it disagreed with Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy's tweet backing the boycott of "everything Kashmiri" following the Pulwama terror attack, its long-time ally Akali Dal said the President must take action.