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Mumbai/New Delhi: Gold and silver buying on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras kicked off Saturday with jewellers expecting higher footfalls, though record high prices of the yellow metal could dampen demand by 15 per cent in volume terms compared with a year earlier. Dhanteras, the...

New Delhi: Retail inflation for farm and rural workers eased to -0.07 per cent and 0.31 per cent, respectively, in September from 1.07 per cent and 1.26 per cent in August, respectively, according to the Labour Ministry data released Saturday. For the month of September...

Washington: US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that India will not be buying oil from Russia, stating that New Delhi has already "de-escalated" and "more or less stopped" its purchases from Moscow. While speaking to the media during a bilateral lunch with the President of...

Mumbai: As Diwali approaches, the gold prices have hit a new high amid increasing global uncertainties, including trade tensions and softening macro data, prompting a flight to safety. Last month, gold prices jumped by Rs 20,073 per 10 gram or 18 per cent, triggering a...

New York: Meta is adding parental controls for kids' interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether — beginning early next year. But parents won't be able to turn off Meta's AI assistant, which Meta...

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex spurted by 484 points and Nifty closed above 25,700 Friday, extending their winning run to the third consecutive day on buying in blue-chip banking and oil shares and foreign fund inflows. In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 484.53 points...

New Delhi: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba) Friday announced its plan to invest 55 billion yen (around Rs 3,232 crore) by FY2027, aimed at doubling output capacity at its key facilities in Japan and India. Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba) has...

New Delhi: Ahead of Dhanteras, Gold prices surged by Rs 2,442 to touch an all-time high of Rs 1,32,294 per 10 grams in the domestic futures trade Friday, driven by safe-haven demand as investors weighed deepening global economic uncertainties and expectations of monetary easing by...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Friday held a meeting with the visiting Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin in New Delhi as both sides discussed ways to enhance cooperation across several sectors, including trade, investment, energy, connectivity, health and technology. Alckmin is also...

Washington: The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the Donald Trump administration's decision to impose a USD 100,000 fee on all new H-1B visa petitions, describing it as "misguided policy and plainly unlawful" action that could cripple American innovation and competitiveness. The...