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New Delhi: Gold prices reached a historic milestone Wednesday, crossing the $4,000 per ounce mark in international markets for the first time ever. The precious metal touched a record high of $4,002.53 in spot trading, while December gold futures on the US Commodity Exchange rose...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty advanced for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday, helped by a rally in blue-chip bank stocks and buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 136.63 points or 0.17 per cent to settle at 81,926.75 after...

New Delhi: The World Bank Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent estimated earlier, and said the country is expected to remain fastest-growing major economy, underpinned by continued strength in consumption growth. The World Bank...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Khurda district committee Monday staged a protest rally and demonstration at Master Canteen Square, opposing the state government’s recent move to extend labourers’ daily working hours from eight to ten. Leaders, including Suresh Panigrahi, Pradeepta Nayak, Pushpa...

New York: President Donald Trump Monday announced that his administration will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all medium and heavy-duty trucks coming into the US from other countries beginning next month. Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, said, “Beginning...

New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday said the prices of electric vehicles (EVs) in India are expected to be on par with those of petrol-powered vehicles within the next four to six months. The minister said India's dependence on fossil...

According to PharmEasy’s report on dengue, India continues to face concerning dengue trends during the monsoon months. The study, which analysed over 1.2 lakh diagnostic tests between April 2022 and December 2024, identifies Odisha as one of the states with a significant dengue burden this...

Mumbai: Stock markets rallied for the third consecutive day Monday, with benchmark Sensex climbing 583 points and the Nifty reclaiming the 25,000-level following value buying in IT and financial shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 582.95 points or 0.72 per cent to settle at 81,790.12....

New Delhi: Researchers at Nagaland University have developed a flexible supercapacitor device capable of powering next-generation wearable electronics, electric vehicles (EVs), and renewable energy systems, a breakthrough that has the potential to transform energy storage technologies, according to officials. This is a first-of-its-kind study to...

New Delhi: The growth of India's services sector eased in September from the recent high in August, as new business and activity expanded at slower rates, according to a monthly survey released Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell to...