HIGHLIGHTS Gold is trading at Rs 46,100 per 10 grams, recording a marginal dip. Silver futures stand at Rs 61,168 per kg, witnessing a hike of Rs 162. Globally, spot gold was flat at $1,754.86 per ounce, today. On Friday, the prices of both gold and silver changed on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). Recording a…
Indian shares scaled record highs on Friday and were set to post a weekly gain of more than 1%, as banking stocks jumped a day after the country’s finance minister laid out details for the establishment of a bad bank. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.52% to 17,721.0 by 9:27 am, having hit a record of…
Washington: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday disputed an independent investigation which found that in her previous job at the World Bank, she pressed staff to alter a report to avoid angering China. Based on the findings, the World Bank announced that it was immediately discontinuing its Doing Business…
New Delhi: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 71st birthday today, Rahul Gandhi posted a one-line greeting without comment. “Happy Birthday, Modi ji,” wrote the Congress leader, who frequently targets the government and the ruling BJP in his near-daily tweets. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the two sides should work for an early resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and that China avoid viewing its ties with India through the lens of a third country. In a meeting on the…
New Delhi: The government is aiming at a COVID-19 vaccination record today to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A 20-day mega event “Seva and Samarpan Abhiyan” – has also been planned by PM Modi’s party, the BJP, Â to mark his “20 years in public service”.…
New Delhi: After outrage by some Congress leaders over a media report quoting party’s Telangana unit chief Revanth Reddy making a derogatory reference to senior leader Shashi Tharoor, Mr Reddy withdrew the remarks on Thursday and regretted any hurt that may have been caused to the MP from Kerala. “I…
New Delhi: The accused in National Conference leader Trilochan Singh Wazir’s murder case were planning his killing for the past two-three months and planted fake evidence to mislead the police, taking inspiration from Bollywood movie “Drishyam”, officials said on Thursday. The body of…
NewDelhi: The Congress on Thursday cited a recent media report to allege “criminal culpability” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and senior officials of the ICMR in fudging COVID-19 data “to build a false narrative that everything was normal” ahead of…
Washington: Australia and the United States announced expanded military cooperation on Thursday, including rotational deployments of all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia, a day after announcing a submarine deal denounced by China as intensifying a regional arms race. Speaking after meetings between…