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TopicGold coins

Topic: Gold coins

Harappans were the first to use gold coins, not Kushanas

At the National Museum's monthly public lecture, Identification of Nishka, archaeologist BR Mani shed light on his study which pushes back the origin of Indian gold coinage back to the 3rd millennium BCE.

Gujarat’s true crime drama—flying gold coins, fleeing labourers, police chase, & an alert ASI

240 British-era gold coins, found by Adivasi labourers hired to demolish an NRI's house, travelled from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, setting off an inter-state hunt. The question everyone's asking is: who gets the gold?

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Dusting off Delhi’s air — clean construction must replace blanket bans

In FY 2022–23, Delhi estimated that 1.46 million tonnes of C&D waste from various government departments would be recycled, but achieved only a third of this amount.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.