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Gold demand in India witnessed a 5% on-year rise at 802.8 tonnes in 2024 supported by reduction in import duty, and purchases related to weddings and festivals, and going ahead consumption of the yellow metal in 2025 is likely to be between 700-800 tonnes, according to the World Gold Council. The World Gold Council (WGC)…
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions. Consider a typical case: A 6-month-old child has suffered a severe brain injury following cardiac arrest. A tracheostomy, ventilator and feeding tube are the only treatments keeping him alive. These intensive…
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India’s services sector lost growth momentum in January 2025, although the PMI remained well above the 50-break-even level. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s services sector activity expanded at the slowest pace in over two years in January amid softer increases in sales and output, a monthly survey said on Wednesday (February 5,…
There’s a lot to look out for in February | Photo Credit: AFP This is a lucky month for amateur astronomers as it offers a chance to spot at least six planets in the night sky. That’s not all. Here’s the list of all you can see in the February skies. Full Moon: The Moon will…
Artist’s concept of the finished ELT, currently under construction in northern Chile. | Photo Credit: ESO A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on exoplanets and peer back in…
The rupee traded in a narrow range and depreciated 9 paise to 87.16 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) , as global trade war has fuelled risk aversion among investors. Forex traders said the rupee is trading with a negative bias over global trade war as market participants mulled…
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Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on a positive note on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) amid fresh foreign fund inflows and a firm trend in the U.S. markets. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 151.6 points to 78,735.41 in early trade. The NSE Nifty…
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For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto Beggar-thy-neighbour policies refer to protectionist economic policies adopted by governments that are aimed at benefiting a country’s economy at the expense of other countries. A trade war in which a government imposes heavy tariffs and strict quotas on the import of foreign goods into the country is the…
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A worker cleans the floor of a showroom during a presentation of the Union Budget 2025-26, in Mumbai, on February 1. | Photo Credit: PTI It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the biggest tax cut that the middle class has ever got in any Union Budget. To be sure, the…
Cotton bales stacked in a godown in Adilabad. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: S. Harpal Singh Cotton farmers in Maharashtra are seeking major changes in terms of technology, and increased allocations in the Union budget to fix the problem of falling productivity. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated ₹500 crore for the…
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