Gold rate outlook: Gold and silver prices set for volatile week; Festive demand and US inflation in focus

Gold and silver are poised for a volatile week ahead as investors navigate the interplay between domestic festive buying, physical market premiums, and crucial macroeconomic developments in the US, analysts said. With Federal Reserve officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, set to comment on policy on Tuesday, bullion markets are expected to closely track any cues […]

Gold loans surge: Organised market set to reach Rs 15 lakh crore by March 2026; says Icra report

The organised gold loan market is projected to touch Rs 15 lakh crore by March 2026 — a full year ahead of earlier forecasts — as banks tighten their dominance and expand faster than non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), according to a report by rating agency Icra.The agency had earlier estimated in September 2024 that the […]

Sanjay Dutt lost his cool after Govinda made him wait for 9 hours on Jodi No 1 set: ‘He started abusing assistant and…’

Bollywood actor Govinda ruled the silver screen in the 1990s. However, over the years, the actor’s stardom declined, and several of his co-stars and producers have spoken about how he would often arrive late on set. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, his Jodi No. 1 co-star Rajat Bedi recalled an incident where Govinda […]

AI co Anthropic to set up its 2nd Asia office in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Anthropic, the AI firm behind the coding assistant Claude, said it will open an office in Bengaluru early next year, expanding its global footprint as international demand for its models continues to rise. The Bengaluru centre will be its second office in Asia-Pacific after Tokyo, which opens later this year. The announcement comes close […]

India set to become hub for innovation: Telco chiefs

New Delhi: Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani and Airtel chief Sunil Mittal lauded govt’s efforts on boosting telecom and next-gen technologies, including deep tech and startups, and said the India Mobile Congress (IMC) brings out India’s movement towards becoming a global innovation hub.“Today we saw the whole value chain… from semiconductors, to fraud management, […]

Coal workers welfare: Government plans new law for social security; 1948 Act set to be replaced

The government has initiated the process of overhauling the legal framework governing social security and pension benefits for coal workers, with the coal ministry proposing a new law to replace the 77-year-old Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948.According to the ministry, the proposed Coal Mines Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, […]

In Feasibility Study for Large, Prospective, Real-World Trial, Masimo SET® Performed Accurately on Critically Ill Adult ICU Patients of All Skin Tones

Business Wire India Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the findings of an exploratory analysis for a unique feasibility study published in CHEST Critical Care in which Dr. Andrew Goodwin and colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) found that Masimo SET® pulse oximetry performed accurately among critically ill adult patients of all skin […]

Economy

Enlite’s unmanned cargo helicopters set to be ready for commercial use by H1 of 2026

M Mohanakannan, CEO, Enlite Helicopters and and J Subramanian, Lead Investor and Mentor, Enlite Helicopters, with R3 Helicopter displated at the AeroDefCon 2025 Enlite Helicopters, a Tiruvallur-based start-up, has developed an unmanned cargo helicopter for transporting packages (up to 70 kg) between cities. The product (R3) which was on display at the AeroDefCon 2025, will […]

Passenger vehicle sales jump 35% during Navratri: GST 2.0 fuels festive demand; auto retail sector set for record 42-day season

Passenger vehicle retail sales jumped 35 per cent year-on-year during this year’s nine-day Navratri period, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA). Overall vehicle registrations grew 6 per cent in September, as sales remained muted in the first three weeks before picking up following the implementation of new GST rates on September 22.Passenger […]