Live: Gold prices sink as safe haven rally pauses | Commodities Corner After the Israel-Hamas conflict started, gold prices have indeed risen by just over 5 percent on the MCX, primarily due to increased interest from investors seeking a safe haven. But how much of this gain has been led by safe-haven buying?...
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NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Tuesday gave three weeks to the Central Public Works Department to deconcretise trees in 15 government colonies under it. Justice Jasmeet Singh stated that failure to do so would mean the presence of the director general of CPWD before the court during the next hearing with an explanation.The court also turned its attention to tall claims made by CPWD and MCD in its...
On attachmentsमात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ।।O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and...
The Netherlands' skipper, Scott Edwards, called his team's remarkable win over South Africa in the ICC World Cup on Tuesday as a significant achievement, while Proteas' captain Temba Bavuma acknowledged that the 38-run defeat would be a painful setback. South Africa, chasing a target of 246 in a rain-shortened 43-over match following Edwards' crucial unbeaten 78, were eventually dismissed for 207."Proud...
BHIWANDI: Police on Tuesday arrested four of the seven accused of the gang rape of a 16-year-old in Bhiwandi earlier this month while a hunt is on for the other three who are on the run. The main accused is the girl's boyfriend who had also recorded a video of the crime which he shared with his friends on a WhatsApp group.The accused are aged between 20 and 30 and most are school dropouts who do odd...
Kolkata: A 14-year-old student who had gone missing for over 24 hours after attending school on Monday was finally traced by New Town Police to a clothing store in a mall on Tuesday evening. The girl is a class-VIII student of a south Kolkata English-medium school. The police said she had last been spotted leaving the school premises around 5.30pm on Monday. Preliminary investigations suggest she had...
CUDDALORE: Farmers at Erumanur village near Vridhachalam in Cuddalore district destroyed paddy crops raised in about 30 acres as the crops withered within 40 days of sowing without adequate water for irrigation.Farmers in Erumanur and neighbouring villages raise samba crops every season solely depending on rain to meet the irrigation needs. This season they had cultivated paddy on about 30 acres....
NEW DELHI: Delhi government has decided to restart the bike ambulance service to provide first aid for emergencies at home. The scheme is expected to be rolled out in the next three months.The government had in February 2019 launched 16 first-responder vehicles in East, Northeast Delhi and Shahdara districts as a pilot project. "Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) used to operate 16 bike...
NEW DELHI: University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to revise the amount of junior research fellowship and senior research fellowship for science, humanities and social sciences with effect from January 1, 2023. This will benefit around 31,000 students.As per the revised rates, the existing per month fellowship amount for JRF and SRF have been increased from Rs 31,000 and Rs 35,000 to Rs 37,000...
CHENNAI: Leading the party in celebrating the AIADMK’s 52nd founding day, former chief minister and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday asserted that his party would lead a grand alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and win all 40 seats, including the lone Puducherry seat. “People are disillusioned with the DMK and the AIADMK will return to office again in 2026,”...