Bitcoin (BTC) was down by 1.16 per cent and Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.74 per cent. Bitcoin was the most trending, while TerraClassicUSD (USTC) was the top gainer with 13.43 per cent gains.
Equal opportunities for women need to be supported by a number of policy measures, including creation of jobs, better infrastructure, safety and security and access to childcare facilities. The aggressive push for privatisation without an integrated policy for women’s employment is self-defeating.
The major thrust to privatisation arrived in the era of neoliberalism in the 1980s, and soon a policy argument emerged that saw privatisation a necessary step to strengthen the economy. It was perhaps a political tool to entrench capital into various economies and make their return to government regulation difficult.
The dictum that ‘government should not be in business’ is fine, but while giving a push to privatisation the government should also fulfill its primary responsibility toward citizens: ensure its citizens are provided an environment that enables them to achieve their full potential. In his enlightening piece on the phenomenon, Partha Mukhopadhyay tells us why it is necessary.
There is widespread disenchantment with and disdain for government schools not only among affluent or middle-class people but also among poorer people, who feel an English-medium education would help their children’s career prospects. But English-medium schools fail to provide quality education.
The government is like the millstone that hurts PSUs. Its demand for dividends is unrelenting and the pressure on PSUs to go beyond their primary task to serve the fanciful projects of the government increases by the day. Diversification and consolidation based on their business logic are denied. Interference has reached a truly dysfunctional level that threatens to undermine the organisations of even worthy PSUs like NTPC and ISRO, says Sebastian Morris.
Updated: 20 Oct 2022 9:07 am
Cryptocurrency prices were trading in red with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) falling, along with other altcoins such as Solana, Binance and Cardano, on Thursday morning. Bitcoin was the most trending crypto.
The crypto market cap fell about 1.23 per cent to $916.06 billion but its trading volume was down by 17.24 per cent to $44.96 billion, according to data from Coinmarketcap.com at 8.30 am.
Today’s top gainer was TerraClassicUSD (USTC); it was up 13.43 per cent at $0.03972. The top loser was Casper (CSPR), which was trading at $0.04115 with losses of 9.35 per cent in the last 24 hours to Thursday morning.
Bitcoin: BTC fell 1.16 per cent to $19,054.54.
Bitcoin was trading with gains on the morning of October 19, but as the day progressed, BTC slid into the red territory and ultimately fell below the $19,000 mark briefly. Both BTC’s price and trading volume were down.
Its lowest intraday trading price was $18,971.46, while its volume was down by 24.58 per cent at $22,992,530,216.
Ethereum: Ethereum’s price fell 1.74 per cent to $1,282.30 in the last 24 hours to Thursday morning.
ETH’s trade was highly volatile, with its price swinging wildly on either side of the spectrum. Ultimately, the price fell below the $1,300 mark on October 20 morning.
The lowest price for ETH was $1,275.32. ETH’s trading volume was down by 17.18 per cent at $8,595,835,452.
Other Altcoins: Solana’s (SOL) price was down by 3.42 per cent at $28.91 today.
Ripple (XRP) was down by 0.7 per cent at $0.4567 and its 24-hour trading volume was up by 10.27 per cent at $1,482,890,079.
Cardano (ADA) fell 2.11 per cent to $0.3511. Cardano’s 24-hour trading volume was up by 0.16 per cent to $434,403,786.
Binance (BNB) was down by 0.45 per cent to $270.72. Its 24-hour trading volume was down by 13.23 per cent at $518,160,064.
Dogecoin (DOGE) fell 1.29 per cent at $0.05895. Its 24-hour trading volume was up by 21.06 per cent at $291,322,719.
Shiba Inu was down by 2.06 per cent to $0.000009899.
Yearn.Finance (YFI) fell 2.07 per cent to $7,515.22. Its 24-hour trading volume was down by 11.86 per cent at $17,861,848.
Avalanche (AVAX) was down by 3.26 per cent at $15.15 and its 24-hour trading volume was up by 16.7 per cent at $190,614,374.
Aave (AAVE) was trading with a gain of 0.09 per cent at $81.86 and its 24-hour trading volume was up by 6.46 per cent at $177,730,062.
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