Saumil Gandhi, Senior Analyst – Commodities at HDFC Securities, said gold witnessed a sharp recovery after geopolitical worries began to cool, leading to a reversal in several macroeconomic factors that had weighed on precious metals in recent sessions. Silver too maintained its upward momentum for the third consecutive session. Prices of the white metal advanced…
NEW DELHI: NCRB’s ‘Crime In India’ report brings into focus a worrying trend, with 34,878 cases being registered against juveniles during 2024, marking an increase of 11.2% over 2023 (31,365 cases).A total of 42,633 juveniles were apprehended in 34,878 cases, out of which 34,648 juveniles were apprehended under cases of IPC and BNS.The majority of…
JABALPUR: An upper-deck seat on the Madhya Tourism cruise on the Bargi dam reservoir cost Rs 160. You had to pay more to be on the lower deck – Rs 200. Most of the lower deck was underwater, so one could even see the fish outside its floor-to-ceiling glass walls.On April 30, a 70-year-old former…
MUMBAI: Former India and Mumbai fast bowler and ex-national selector Salil Ankola is suffering from severe depression and has been admitted to a rehab centre near Pune, TOI has learnt.“Yes, Salil was suffering from depression and hence a couple of weeks ago, he got himself admitted to a mental health care centre near Pune. Salil…
NEW DELHI: Days after the assembly polls, Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath’s killing in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas triggered a political storm in the state.Rath was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants, who tailed his vehicle, forced it to stop and opened fire in full public view at around 10.30 pm before fleeing.The incident…
The newly elected MLAs of AIADMK have been shifted to neighbouring Puducherry, the party said on Wednesday.AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan said the party legislators have been lodged in Puducherry, but did not specify how many MLAs had been moved or the reasons behind the decision, as cited by PTI. Sources said AIADMK, led by Edappadi…
NEW DELHI: To enhance preparedness for radiological and nuclear exigencies, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday opened a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) field training and demonstration centre at Burari plains in Delhi.Inaugurated by DRDO chairman Samir V Kamat, the centre will be a unique DRDO-CBRN-centre of excellence comprising state-of-the-art facilities. These…
Elon Musk has decided Anthropic isn’t evil after all. The SpaceX chief, who spent much of February calling the AI lab misanthropic and accusing it of hating Western civilization, now says that he sat down with senior Anthropic executives last week and walked away impressed. “No one set off my evil detector,” he wrote on…
NEW DELHI: SC Wednesday commenced hearing on the validity of the law for appointment of CEC, ECs by a panel of PM, a Union cabinet minister and LoP, while the apex court had in 2023 suggested that the committee comprise PM, LoP and CJI, even as it left the issue for Parliament to decide.Appearing before…
As Rath’s car came to a halt, four assailants on two bikes pulled up next to the vehicle and started firing indiscriminately. KOLKATA: More chilling details have emerged in the killing of Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, who was chased, trapped and shot dead by bike-borne assailants near Kolkata airport late…