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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicGold demand

Topic: Gold demand

Trump uncertainty puts gold’s future as safe-haven investment in doubt

Gold is now firmly established as another investment asset, along with stocks and bonds. These days, its investment role is as part of a diversified portfolio, not as a hedge.

How govt bet on gold bonds, got hit by 930% spike in liabilities & is now furiously backtracking

Sovereign Gold Bond scheme was meant to reduce physical gold imports & provide govt a cheaper borrowing option. But gold imports haven’t gone down while govt liability has surged.

How a provision in trade deal with UAE has led to a surge in India’s gold imports

New Delhi: Indians are once again flocking to gold — both physical and digital — in a bid to hedge against economic uncertainty, high...

India’s gold demand could take bigger beating if prices continue to spiral upward

Sales slumped 18% from a year earlier & imports plummeted over half in the first quarter as prices surged & fresh Covid outbreak kept people away from stores, World Gold Council said.

Markets, inflation are feeding Indians’ gold frenzy. Govt should wean them away

Marriage and festive demand, and high inflation are pushing gold imports. Decline in interest rates on savings instruments, and equity market issues could boost this further.

India’s pandemic paradox: Poor pledge gold, rich buy more gold, pushing imports up by 200%

The trend of relatively well-off people buying gold comes at a time when poorer Indian households continue to pawn their meagre gold for funds. 

Covid hits gold sales on Akshaya Tritiya for second consecutive year

Recovery in India's gold demand, which bounced back in the first three months of 2021, has faltered again as surging infections force many states to impose lockdown-like curbs.

India’s gold imports more than double in August as demand returns ahead of festivals

The rebound in demand follows a nearly 80% drop in imports between January and June and comes as India slowly eases restrictions put in place to control the Covid outbreak.

Gold demand in India seen plunging to lowest on record as prices hit an all-time high

The consumption of gold fell 56% from a year earlier to 165.6 tons in the first half of 2020. The drop is unlikely to be made up during the rest of the year.

Peak wedding season sees little impact on gold sales, imports slump to five-month low

Total overseas purchases slid 15% from the year before as jewellers have been cutting purchases on poor demand.

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India has a solid defence structure on paper. But it lacks a national security vision

After Operation Sindoor, there is a realisation that the Indian Air Force has been good but needs to be better both in quality and quantity.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.