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Precious metals ended 2025 on a strong note with gold and silver reaching fresh life-time highs in the last week of December. Prices cooled off a bit in the last couple of trading sessions of 2025 but gold and silver posted handsome gains for the year. The interest rate cuts announced by the U.S. Federal…
Self-employed applicants are assessed more strictly for personal loans than salaried applicants, due to the uncertainty of income involved. Staying aware of the lender’s requirements can help self-employed individuals prepare better for a smoother approval. Let’s take a look at key factors lenders analyse while approving a personal loan for self-employed applicants. Credit health, repayment…
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We are all familiar with Systematic Investment Plans (SIP) and to an extent, Systematic Transfer Plan (STP). The goal is similar: when you invest in a disciplined manner over a long period of time, the average cost of acquisition works in your favour as you purchase across market cycles. There are certain differences as well,…
The dictionary of life has a new update. A DNA sequence that signals cells in almost all other organisms to stop synthesising proteins instead encodes a rare amino acid in some archaea, according to a study published in Science in November. Archaea are microbes that resemble bacteria in shape and size but are biologically distinct….
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A small plane crashed Sunday (January 5, 2026) at the Provincetown Municipal Airport on Cape Cod, catching fire and killing the pilot, who was the only person on board, officials said. Firefighters and other emergency responders extinguished the fire at the crash site near the seaside community at the very tip of the Cape Cod,…
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People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on January 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: FP North Korea test-fired hypersonic missiles on Sunday, state media KCNA reported on Monday, to assess its military operational capability regarding…
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When deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro makes his first appearance in a New York courtroom on Monday (January 5, 206) to face U.S. drug charges, he will likely follow the path taken by another Latin American strongman toppled by U.S. forces: Panama’s Manuel Noriega. Mr. Maduro was captured Saturday (January 3), 36 years to the…
Several participate in the Pallankuzhi contest at the Lady Sivaswamy Ayyar Girls School in Mylapore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: RAGU R A hush prevailed inside the hall at the Lady Sivaswami Ayyar School in Mylapore on Sunday as participants of the pallankuzhi contest bent over their wooden boards moving tamarind seeds or red beads or shells from one pit to another. There was hardly any talking as the…
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Data has shown that Indian-Americans have among the highest median household incomes among major ethnic groups in the U.S. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (January 4, 2025) posted a list of several countries, including Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Nepal, to highlight rates of welfare and assistance received by…
Data has shown that Indian-Americans have among the highest median household incomes among major ethnic groups in the U.S. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (January 4, 2025) posted a list of several countries, including Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Nepal, to highlight rates of welfare and assistance received by…