Gold slipped to near 5-1/2-year lows on Friday and was on course for a sixth straight weekly fall.
India, who have been among the top teams over the last five years but unable to win a major trophy
H S Prannoy stunned two-time defending champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in a thrilling 68-minute quarter-final to ensure a medal for India.
There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Saturday.
Mary Kom would look to go one step closer towards her sixth gold when she takes the ring in the 48kg semifinals, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Silver also plunged by Rs 1,430 per kg on poor offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Bullion merchants said sentiments in gold remained extremely weak after it plunged to two-month low in overseas markets as the outlook for higher US interest rates reduced the appeal of the metal as an alternative investment.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Chennai on Monday.
Batting great Gundappa Viswanath recalls his memories of Salim Durani.
Traders said sentiment remained bearish after gold and silver fell in global markets as the dollar's rally to a 13-month high dampened demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.
As the investors burnt their fingers with heavy losses in the stock market in 2011, the tried-and-tested gold added to its glitter and silver could retain only part of the sheen it gained during the year.
In dollar terms, however, gold prices jumped by 26 per cent this calendar year, following sharp jump in hedge funds' long position
Ghosal and Pallikal hardly broke a sweat as they prevailed 11-8, 11-4 over the Australians
With five titles under his belt, Lakshya Sen was racing towards the top echelons of international badminton before his stunning run was halted by the coronavirus pandemic, which brought all sporting action to a halt across the world. With the world in lockdown to contain the deadly disease, Lakshya too is enduring the uncertain times within the confines of his apartment, near the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru.
From UB40 to Punjabi MC to Apache Indian, the musicians gave the spectators an evening to remember as athletes walked out for the closing.
Saina Nehwal has the last laugh after all the nigles and the unsavoury controversy involving her father's accreditation at the Commonwealth Games.
Traders said sustained selling by stockists against falling demand at prevailing higher levels mainly led to decline for the second day in the precious metals.
'India has formed tremendous resilience and still a strong growth.'
Traders said sustained selling by stockists on the back of sluggish demand mainly kept pressure on precious metals.
The online abuse affected her mental health, which led to her drinking excessively.
'I believe they (India) can definitely finish on the podium in Odisha this time'
Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold on the last day of the ISSF World Championships.
India's dominance went uncontested for the fifth successive day at the 12th South Asian Games, as its shooters, wushu players and track-and-field athletes annihilated competition to sweep most of the gold medals up for grabs, in Guwahati, on Wednesday.
Gold in New York, which normally set price trend on the domestic front, rose by 0.2 per cent to $1,186.20 an ounce and silver by 1.1 per cent to $15.76 an ounce in Thursday's trade.
India had stormed into seven out of 10 finals.
Neymar shed tears of joy after delivering Brazil's first men's soccer gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout triumph over Germany after a thrilling final ended in a draw following extra-time on Saturday.
'Thank you for the cinema, thank you for the laughs.'
Six years after the rollout of the biggest indirect tax reform in India, Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue of Rs 1.5 lakh crore every month has become a new normal and tax officers are focusing on dealing with fraudsters who are adopting newer modus operandi to game the system, causing loss to the exchequer. To apprehend black sheep, who operate as syndicates and create fake entities on the basis of forged documents to claim input tax credit (ITC), tax officers have started using data analytics, artifical intelligence and machine learning aiming to curb evasion, which was over Rs 3 lakh crore since inception of GST. It was over Rs 1 lakh crore in 2022-23. Thinktank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said the most critical pending GST reform is upgradation of GST Network to prevent fake supplies and fraudulent claims of Input Tax Credit (ITC).
'I started as a kabaddi player but that's a team sport and credit is shared. Boxing attracted me because it's an individual sport'
India's top-five finish not a given this time
Double trap shooter Ronjon Sodhi won the individual silver medal and helped Indian team bag the bronze at the Asian Clay Championship.
The overall tally of six gold, five silver and 14 bronze medals at the end of day six put the country in 8th spot in the table with China leading the pack by quite a distance, having already crossed the 100-mark.
The commerce ministry has called a meeting on Monday to discuss tighter norms amid reports of increased round-tripping of gold
IOA athletes commission member Om Prakash Karhana came out in support of the wrestlers and said justice should be delivered as soon as possible.
Brazil came from behind to defeat the United States 2-1 in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final
Globally, gold declined from the highest level.
Extending losses for the second straight session, both gold and silver today declined in the national capital due to subdued demand from stockists at prevailing higher levels amid a weak Asian trend.
Gold struck another historic peak of Rs 18,000 per ten gram in the national capital today on sustained buying by stockists for the current marriage season amid a weakening dollar and reports that more central banks might purchase gold from the International Monetary Fund.
Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made impressive starts at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, advancing to the second round of men's and women's singles respectively with contrasting victories in Jakarta on Wednesday.
India's best medal hope, five-time World boxing champion M C Mary Kom lived up to expectations as she beat Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan to win the gold medal in the flyweight category (48-51kgs) at the Asian Games, in Incheon, on Wednesday.
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