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TopicDhanteras

Topic: Dhanteras

Make your Dhanteras brighter with these amazing jewellery pieces

The tradition of buying gold or gold jewelry on dhanteras is said to be extremely auspicious and is known to bring good fortune in life.

India’s gold demand expected to drop to lowest since 2016

Elevated prices and a weak economy have deterred gold buyers in India, the second-biggest bullion consumer in the world, even on the auspicious day of Dhanteras.

High gold prices, economic slowdown dulls Dhanteras sales

Gold sales in the run up to Diwali, which is usually a busy time, were down about 40% from last year.

This ad wants women to take care of their health, but not everyone is buying it

An advertisement raising awareness on anaemia in women drew some flak for the visual focus on the women and their clothing.

Festival of no lights and the killing of Avni

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

This Dhanteras, a look at the 5 crazy ways Indians show their love for gold

Be it cars covered in gold, or shirts made of the golden metal, Indians seem to have done it all.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.