Aug 14 (Reuters) Gold extended gains to a third straight session on Thursday, supported by rising expectations of an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in September following tame inflation data, which also weighed on the dollar. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $3,359.81 per ounce as of 0410 GMT. U.S. gold futures for December delivery added 0.3% to $3,408.50. Markets are pricing in the chance that the Fed cuts 50 basis points in September. So the dollars weakening, golds going up as a result

BERLIN, August 14, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be very severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska. Trump made the comment in response to a question from a reporter after announcing this years Kennedy Center Honors recipients in Washington. He did not say what the consequences might be. The remark came soon after Trump consulted with

> Patna, Aug 14 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Vaishali MP, Veena Devi, who belongs to the ruling NDA, has two voter (EPIC) cards. The Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly in a post on X shared screenshots taken purportedly from the draft electoral rolls published in Bihar as part of Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Veena Devi is a second term MP was elected on Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party ticket, headed by Union minister Chirag Paswan. :-

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he had a unique experience of having tea with some dead voters from Bihar and thanked the Election Commission for it. A group of seven voters from Bihar met the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at his residence and shared their experience of how they were declared dead by the EC and their names removed from the electoral rolls. There have been many interesting experiences in life, but I never got the chance to have tea with

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Gold prices slipped Rs 500 to Rs 1,01,020 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday due to continuous selling by stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 1,01,520 per 10 grams in the previous market session. In the national capital, gold of 99.5 per cent purity dipped Rs 500 to Rs 1,00,600 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) on Wednesday. However, silver prices traded flat at Rs 1,12,00

London, Aug 13 (The Conversation) Your dog tilts its head when you cry, paces when youre stressed, and somehow appears at your side during your worst moments. Coincidence? Not even close. Thousands of years of co-evolution have given dogs special ways to tune in to our voices, faces and even brain chemistry. From brain regions devoted to processing our speech to the love hormone or oxytocin that surges when we lock eyes, your dogs mind is hardwired to pick up on what youre feeling. The evidence

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) The rupee traded in a tight range and slipped 6 paise to 87.69 against the US dollar in morning trade on Wednesday as depreciation pressures are still lingering amid persistent foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a narrow range as the Reserve Bank of India has stepped up its efforts to curb excessive rupee depreciation. At the interbank foreign exchange market rupee opened at 87.63, then touched an intra-day low of 87.69 against the US dollar in

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Wednesday as steady US inflation data propelled a sharp rally in global markets. Besides, retail inflation slowing to an 8-year low of 1.55 per cent in July also led to the positive trend in domestic equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 327.79 points to 80,563.38 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty edged up by 112.15 points to 24,599.55. From the Sensex firms, Bharat Electronics, Tata Motors, Power G

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said several large trade agreements were still waiting to be completed, including with Switzerland and India, but the South Asian country had been a bit recalcitrant in talks with the United States. Bessent told Fox Business Networks Kudlow he hoped the Trump administration could wrap up its trade negotiations by the end of October. Thats aspirational, but I think we are in a good position, he said, adding I think we

After 25 years of research, scientists at Northwestern University, USA, have discovered why some adults can live well into their 80s and beyond with near-perfect cognition. These super-agers, as the researchers call them, are aged 80 or older, but their memory is as good as that of adults in their 50s and 60s. Since 2000, scientists have studied 290 of these super-agers, and autopsied 77 of their brains, to understand what makes them so resistant to cognitive decline. The scientists discovered p

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a highly volatile trade on Tuesday dragged down by blue-chip bank stocks and caution ahead of domestic and US inflation data. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 368.49 points or 0.46 per cent to settle at 80,235.59. During the day, it hit a high of 80,997.67 and a low of 80,164.36, gyrating 833.31 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty went lower by 97.65 points or 0.40 per cent to 24,487.40. Investors are also awaiting cues from the US

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) The rupee consolidated in a narrow range to settle just 3 paise higher at 87.72 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid a negative trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a tight range as a late decline in domestic markets and foreign fund outflows capped sharp gains for the domestic unit. Moreover, there is an overall negative bias amid uncertainties over the trade tariff issue between India and the US. At the interbank foreign exc

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday called the Bihar SIR (special intensive revision) row largely a trust deficit issue as the Election Commission of India (ECI) claimed roughly 6.5 crore people of the total 7.9 crore voting population didnt have to file any documents for they or their parents featured in the 2003 electoral roll. The top court is hearing a batch of pleas against the Election Commission electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet in Parliament at 10:15 am on Tuesday to discuss their strategy for the proceedings in the House. A day earlier, the INDIA bloc and its leaders came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI) amid allegations of vote theft in the previous assembly and general elections. The opposition MPs were detained by the Delhi police this morning for protesting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in po

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) The rupee traded in a narrow range and edged higher by 10 paise to 87.65 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, amid a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a tight range and the overall bias is expected to be negative amid uncertainty over the trade tariffs issue between India and the US. Moreover, investors are in a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the US CPI inflation data and are also awaiting cues from the US-Russia talks

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the worlds two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension, and that all other elements of the Agreement will remain the same. Beijing at the same time also announced the extension of the tariff pause via the official news agency Xinhua. The previous de

Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (PTI) The BJD said that it would approach the Orissa High Court regarding discrepancies during the 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha polls, as the EC has failed to give any satisfactory reply to the regional outfit on the issue. BJD spokesperson Amar Patnaik, MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo and former MP Sarmistha Sethi made the announcement at a press conference here on Monday. Around eight months ago, BJD had submitted fact-based evidence to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regardi

SEOUL, South Korea, August 12, 2025 (AP) South Koreas new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lees office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats. Their Aug. 25 summit will follow a July trade deal in which Washington agreed to cut its reciprocal tariff on South Korea to 15% from the initially proposed 25% and to apply the same reduced rate to Sout

A latest research adds to the growing notion that advice to limit egg consumption to avoid increasing bad cholesterol and risk of heart disease was based on scrambled data. What raises bad LDL cholesterol is actually the types of food we tend to eat alongside our eggs, such as bacon and sausage, according to a study from the University of South Australia that finds eggs have been unfairly beaten up for decades. Advice has long been to limit egg consumption especially the cholesterol-containing

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday hit out at the BJP-led Centre over the detention of Opposition MPs in New Delhi during their march against the Election Commission (EC), saying the world has seen that democracy is being murdered in India. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Thackeray maintained the BJP-led NDA government has smeared democracy with its own hands by detaining the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were protesting against the EC over the vote theft iss

BRUSSELS, August 11, 2025 (AP) Ukraine and its backers in Europe insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week, but the Europeans concede that Moscow is unlikely to give up control of Ukrainian land it holds. Ahead of the summit in Alaska on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal could include some swapping of territories, but the Europeans see no sign that Russia will offer anything to swap. Europeans and

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Snapping a five-day rally, gold prices retreated from record high levels and ended Rs 900 lower at Rs 1,02,520 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday as stockists turned to selling amid easing geopolitical tensions. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had climbed Rs 800 to hit a record peak of Rs 1,03,420 per 10 grams on Friday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity, which also reached the peak of Rs 1,03,000 per 10 gra

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day on a negative note, lower by 8 paise at 87.66 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as it came under pressure due to continued dollar demand by importers and a rebound in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee pared initial gains on positive crude oil prices, dollar demand from importers and foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 87.56 and moved in a range of 87.

NEW DELHI, August 11, 2025 (AP) India s opposition parties held a protest Monday calling for the rollback of a controversial revision of the voter list in one of the countrys poorest states, where key elections are scheduled in November, and warning it could lead to voter disenfranchisement. Hundreds of lawmakers and supporters began the protest from parliament and were confronted by police, who stopped them from marching towards the election commission office in the capital, New Delhi. Police

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in positive territory in early trade on Monday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and a rally in the US markets. A firm trend in Asian markets further contributed to the optimism in equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 104.84 points to 79,962.63 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 55.85 points to 24,419.15. From the Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Trent, NTPC, Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement and Kotak Ma

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, August 11, 2025 (AP) Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian state and amid growing criticism from officials in his government over suffering and starvation in Gaza. Australias government has also criticized plans an

Patna, August 11, 2025 (BBC) A few days ago, Indias Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters list. But opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through and many voters in Bihar have told the BBC that the draft rolls have wrong photos and include dead people. The Special Intensive Revision better known by its acronym SIR was held from 25

KYIV, Ukraine, August 8, 2025 (AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy quickly reversed course last month on a law that would have curbed the independence of the countrys anti-corruption watchdogs after widespread protests that threatened the stability of his leadership for the first time since Russias invasion. Its unlikely that the damage to the presidents image can be changed as easily. Zelenskyys reversal followed years of public discontent that simmered around his inner circle, some of

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Describing the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls as an institutionalised chori, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the Election Commission is openly colluding with the BJP to carry out this theft with the objective of taking away the voting rights of the poor. Gandhi made the charge in a video released on his YouTube channel in which he also claimed that SIR has been brought in Bihar because the EC knows that we have caught their chori. H

New York, Aug 8 (PTI) The US got involved directly when India and Pakistan went to war, and President Donald Trump was able to deliver peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed. Since May 10, Trump has repeated his claim many times that he helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan and told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a lot of trade with them if they stopped the conflict. India has been consistently mai

Mumbai, Aug 8 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday amid non-stop foreign fund outflows and tariff-related jitters. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 242.24 points to 80,381.02 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 54.85 points to 24,541.30. From the Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Bharat Electronics, Eternal, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank were among the laggards. However, Titan, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Bajaj Finserv were among the gainers. For

MUMBAI/CHENNAI, Aug 8 (Reuters) Ever since Donald Trumps tariff salvo on India this week, garment maker Pearl Global whose U.S. client list includes Gap and Kohls has been receiving midnight panic calls with an ultimatum: share the tariff hit or move production out of India. To calm U.S. customers nerves, Pearl Global has offered to shift production to its 17 factories in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and Guatemala to bypass the steep U.S. levies on Indian imports. All the customers are alre

GREENBELT, Md., August 8, 2025 (AP) A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trumps administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, issuing the fourth court decision blocking the presidents birthright citizenship order nationwide since a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardmans preliminary injunction was expected after the judge said last month she would issue such an ord

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) About a fifth of those aged 45 and above were living with diabetes in 2019, with two in every five possibly unaware of their condition, according to data from a study among Indias ageing adults. Findings published in The Lancet Global Health also suggest that as the countrys population rapidly ages, diabetes cases among the middle-aged and older adults will increase, even if increase in prevalence of the condition in age-specific groups can be arrested, authors said. Resea

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) Gold prices rallied Rs 3,600 to hit a record high of Rs 1,02,620 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday as investors turned to safe-haven assets after the US administration announced a 25 per cent additional tariff on Indian imports. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 99,020 per 10 grams on Wednesday. In the national capital, gold of 99.5 per cent purity rallied by Rs 3,600 to hit a lifetime

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday cited an analysis of data from a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka from the 2024 general elections to allege that the Election Commission is colluding with the BJP to steal elections and called it a crime against the Constitution. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the Congress put together a team and collected concrete evidence of vote chori in six months. I

New York/Washington, Aug 7 (PTI) The initial 25 per cent tariffs announced by the US on Indian imports came into effect Thursday, with President Donald Trump saying billions of dollars from countries that have taken advantage of America will now start flowing into the country. Its Midnight!!! Billions of Dollars In Tariffs Are Now Flowing Into The United States Of America! Trump said in a post on Truth Social as the clock struck 12 midnight in the US, ushering in the August 7 date when the recip

Mumbai, Aug 7 (PTI) Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday as US President Donald Trump slapped an additional 25 per cent duty doubling it to 50 per cent on Indian goods over New Delhis continued imports of Russian oil. The move that is likely to hit sectors such as textiles, marine and leather exports hard was slammed by India as unfair, unjustified and unreasonable. With this action singling out New Delhi for the Russian oil imports, India will attract

Mumbai, Aug 7 (PTI) The rupee traded in a narrow range and appreciated 5 paise to 87.67 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump slapped an additional 25 per cent duty doubling it to 50 per cent on Indian goods over New Delhis continued imports of Russian oil. Forex traders said Trumps aggressive move, which kicks in 21 days, threatens to raise total duties on select Indian exports to as high as 50 per cent making them among the most heavily taxed US i

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) Indias largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) informed employees that it will roll-out wage hikes for about 80% of workforce, covering mid to junior levels. The wage hikes come at a time when TCS is set to lay off about 12,000 employees this year. The wage hikes will be effective from September 1, TCS CHRO Milind Lakkad and CHRO Designate K Sudeep said in an email to employees on Wednesday (August 6, 2025). We are pleased

Aug 7 (Reuters) Gold rose on Thursday, supported by renewed safe-haven demand after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, escalating trade frictions. Spot gold was up 0.4% at $3,380.76 per ounce as of 0247 GMT. U.S. gold futures gained 0.3% to $3,443.30. Trump has been dishing up fresh tariff threats which is keeping gold in the frame as a defensive play for investors, Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade said. Gold is moving towards the doors

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) The Election Commission issued a notification on Thursday for the September 9 election to the vice presidents post, kickstarting the nomination process. According to the notification, August 21 is the last date for filing nominations, while the documents will be scrutinised on August 22. August 25 is the last date to withdraw from the electoral battle. The post fell vacant on July 21 following the surprise resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar citing health reasons. Dhankhars te

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 (AP) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, raising the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential products dependent on the processors powering the digital age. Well be putting a tariff of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors, Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. But if youre building in the United States of America, theres no c

LONDON, August 6, 2025 (AP) Chinese authorities have taken measures this week to try to curb the spread of chikungunya, a virus that often causes fever and joint pain. As of Wednesday, the government reported there had been more than 7,000 cases, mostly in the southern manufacturing hub of Foshan. Heres what to know about chikungunya: What is chikungunya? Chikungunya is a disease caused by a virus of the same name. The chikungunya virus was first identified in people sickened during an outbreak

MUMBAI, Aug 6 (Reuters) The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) published final rules for co-lending arrangements between banks and non-bank financial firms on Wednesday, expanding the scope of such partnerships beyond priority sector lending and introducing tighter norms. The framework, effective January 1, 2026, mandates that the lender retain at least 10% of individual loan exposures on its books and clearly disclose roles and responsibilities to borrowers. The move aims to provide regulatory clarit

New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Gold prices rose Rs 200 to Rs 99,020 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday due to continuous buying by stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had finished at Rs 98,820 per 10 grams in the previous market session. In the national capital, gold of 99.5 per cent purity increased Rs 100 to Rs 98,600 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) on Wednesday. It had closed at Rs 98,500 per 10 grams on Tuesday. Go

Mumbai, Aug 6 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex reversed its early gains to close lower by 160 points on Wednesday due to selling in IT and healthcare shares amid the RBI policy decision to keep the key interest rates unchanged. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 166.26 points or 0.21 per cent to settle at 80,543.99 with 18 of its constituents ending lower and 12 with gains. During the day, it declined 261.43 points or 0.32 per cent to hit a low of 80,448.82. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 75.35 points or 0.3

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Aug 6 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhands Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. Rahul Gandhi ji appeared before the court as per the direction from the Jharkhand High Court. He had sought bail, which was granted. We will now take the process ahead, the Congress MPs

Victoria, Aug 6 (The Conversation) Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI companions for friendship, support, and even romance. But these apps could be changing how young people connect to others, both online and off. New research by Common Sense Media, a US-based non-profit organisation that reviews various media and technologies, has found about three in four US teens have used AI companion apps such as Character.ai or Replika.ai. These apps let users create digital friends or romantic partn

NEW YORK, August 6, 2025 (AP) Between rising prices and dwindling job growth, using buy now, pay later on everything from concert tickets to fast food deliveries is becoming increasingly appealing. But greater use could also mean greater trouble, as more people fall behind on repaying these loans. Buy now, pay later loans gained popularity during the pandemic, especially among young people. While these loans can help you make large purchases without paying interest or undergoing a hard inquiry