Gold price to go up after import duty hike? All you need to know

The central government on Friday announced that it has raised its basic import duty on gold to 12.5 per cent from 7.5 per cent. According to a notification issued by the Finance Ministry, the import duty on gold has been hiked by five per cent. If the surcharge is taken into account, then the import duty on the…

Pak govt warns of mobile, internet services shutdown amid power crisis

The Pakistan National Information Technology Board (NITB) has warned about shutting down mobile and internet services amid power outages in the country. “Telecom operators in Pakistan have warned about shutting down mobile and internet services due to long hours of power outages nationwide, as the interruption is…

ED arrests Satyendar Jain’s business associates in money laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two more people in connection with the alleged money laundering case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain. Jain’s close business associates Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain were taken into custody by the financial probe agency on Friday. Last Monday, a special CBI…

Asteroid was on track to hit Earth. Then something changed

On August 28, 2021, the Mount Lemmon Observatory, located north of Tucson, Arizona, picked by an object cruising in the vastness of space. There was nothing unusual about it like other such objects detected every day beyond Earth. But in the days that followed, this asteroid became a priority as observations from…