Is Bitcoin Ready To Retire Gold?

Gold has won the competition — a plebiscite as long-running as established civilizations — to be crowned mankind’s universal choice as a store of value and medium of exchange — as real money. Now, in less than two decades, a potential competitor has arisen: Bitcoin, with the arguable potential to rival and even supersede gold.  …

AIER Scholar Ryan Yonk Testifies Before Congress on Federal Clean Energy Loan Failures

Washington, DC — Dr. Ryan Yonk, Director of Education and Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), testified Wednesday before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, offering critical analysis of the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO). Created under the 2005 Energy Policy Act,…

Bomb threat rocks Thiruvananthapuram airport ahead of PM visit

Security forces conducted an extensive combing operation at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport following yet another bomb threat received on Tuesday evening. The threat, which emerged ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the city, prompted heightened security measures at the airport. The e-mail reportedly claiming responsibility from “Hizbul Mujahideen”, stated that bombs have…

Kashmir attack: How India might strike Pakistan – what history tells us | Border Disputes News

Pakistan said on Wednesday that it had “credible intelligence” that India might launch a military strike against it within the next few days. Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a series of security meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, adding to speculation of an impending Indian military operation against its archrival, after the April 22…

City schools shine in ISC, ICSE exams

Students in city schools put up a good performance in the ISC (Class XII) and ICSE (Class X) examinations, the results of which were declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Wednesday. At St. Thomas Residential School, Mukkolakkal, Ria Maria Manoj secured the first spot in the ISC Science stream…