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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: Gold

NBFC crisis turns bonanza for gold loan financiers Manappuram, Muthoot

Indians are increasingly pawning their family jewellery to get cash amid a fundraising crunch at NBFCs.

India cuts gold imports for fourth month 

Gold consumption is forecast to drop to the lower end of a 700 to 750 ton range this year, the lowest since 2016, as a surge in prices coupled with a weak economy keeps buyers away.

Indians are buying less gold and millennials are partly to blame

The world’s most important gold market isn’t what it used to be. Just a decade ago, India’s hunger for gold jewellery and bullion meant it...

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.

Silver glitters in India as record prices dull gold’s luster

At around Rs 45,900 a kilogram, silver is about 80 times cheaper than gold and far more affordable as an investment.

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.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.