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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Gold

Soaring gold prices take the glitter off Diwali jewellery purchases

Jewellers are lining up promotions to entice Diwali buyers as a rally in gold prices coincides with a collapse in consumer demand.

Modi & his top ministers are risk-averse, invest their money in gold, FDs and land

An analysis of ministers’ declarations shows most of them don’t invest in equities and mutual funds, except Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal.

Fool’s gold – Pakistan could have made big money from gold mines, now it’s paying penalties

The $5.8 billion penalty in the Reko Diq case should make Pakistanis reconsider the military’s overwhelming presence in their lives.

Giant asteroid has gold worth $700 quintillion. But it won’t make us richer

Asteroid 16 Psyche has enough gold to give everyone on Earth $93 billion. But it won’t remain precious if it hits the markets in large quantities.

Gold jewellers count on discounts and Akshaya Tritiya to boost business

Gold demand in India is picking after slow sales in the last couple of years as higher prices and Modi govt's demonetisation hit the sector.

India joins world’s central banks in increasing gold bullion reserves

Experts say the RBI’s gold purchases are part of a wider picture developing across economies that is looking at de-dollarizing their forex reserves.

No one knows who discovered gold, but it is quietly shaping our world

Gold was always considered to be chemically “inert” – but in recent decades it has found a variety of interesting applications.

Indians are buying gold for as little as one rupee

Online sellers are trying to boost sales by selling gold in bite-sized portions.

Economists find new measuring tools for hard-to-predict Indian economy

Indicators such as rainfall, auto sales and foreign tourist arrivals, co-relate more with the old series.

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

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.